Behold, He Comes!

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Behold, He comes... riding on the clouds,

shining like the sun

at the trumpet call;

Lift your voice,

it's the year of jubilee;

and out of Zion's hill

SAL-VA-TION COMES!

There's no God like Jehovah...

There's NO God like Jehovah...

There's no God LIKE Jehovah...

There's no God like JEHOVAH!

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Jesus the Beginning and the End Jesus look what condition this world's in Jesus please hurry back to earth again Jesus Son of God and son of man Jesus one and only deserving King Jesus  Creator of everything Jesus sorrow poured from Your veins Jesus the lost You find...You save Jesus come quickly, stake Your claim!

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New Beginning

Photo-art credit goes to a friend who sees natureas God's second book...all to His credit.

Consider the perspective which has been said -

Nothing is predestined:

the obstacles of your past can become the gateways

that lead to new beginnings.

From a natural perspective, there is probably a good vein of truth in the quote; I mean to say that it is like a gold mine.

From a supernatural perspective, the Word of God says in Ephesians 1:5 that He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will. From a personal perspective, the obstacles of my past did serve to bump me into an accessible position in front of the adoption gateway, which I then by the grace of God recognized as Jesus Christ. And there was my new beginning - end and enter.

It is not a comfortable gateway from the cocoon

through which the larva emerges a butterfly.

...Jesus declared,

I tell you the truth,

no one can see the kingdom of God

unless he is born again.

-John 3:3 NIV

He said to me:

It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega,

the Beginning and the End.

To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost

from the spring of the water of life.

-Revelation 21:6 NIV

For by grace you have been saved through faith;

and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

For we are His workmanship,

created in Christ Jesus for good works,

which God prepared beforehand

so that we would walk in them.

Ephesians 2:8-10 NASB

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The Bright and Morning Star

Nothing But The Blood

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What can wash away my sin?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

What can make me whole again?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Oh...precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

For my pardon, this I see,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

For my cleansing this my plea,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Oh...precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Nothing can for sin atone,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

Naught of good that I have done,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Oh...precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

This is all my hope and peace,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

This is all my righteousness,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Oh...precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Now by this I’ll overcome—

Nothing but the blood of Jesus,

Now by this I’ll reach my home—

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Oh...precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Glory! Glory! This I sing—

Nothing but the blood of Jesus,

All my praise for this I bring—

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Oh...precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

-Robert Lowry 1876

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you

these things in the churches.

I am the root and the offspring of David,

and the bright and morning star.

-Revelation 22:16

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Where does my help come from?

Photo-art credit goes to a friend who sees natureas God's second book...all to His credit.
It is nothing for God to seta rainbow or two across your sky;and the rainbow itself...now that is something, oh my!
Those who see the invisible(...are you lifting up your eyes?)can do the impossible.To God be the glory of this sight.
The greater works of God are yoursto do, not by your mightbut by the Rainbow Maker's. SourceHis power, not your fright.
Poem - Copyright (c) 04.24.10 - Linda L. Brown
The RAINBOW in the BIBLE (click)

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His Freshest of Air

Beautiful afternoon, Sunday. We indulged ourselvesin a rambling drive along Deerfield Road.After a few miles,we passed a stretch of greening slopes.I glanced over just in timeto see several clusters of WILD CROCUSES!!Yaaay!I nearly jumped out of the car (wanting to take pictures)but Sam was driving too fastand couldn't stop right away.I was sure we would see more up the road,so I urged him on.
Alas, miles and miles of no crocuses. :-(Beautiful scenery, but no crocuses.
Later, as we were returning(driving a loop known to locals),Sam expressed an interest intaking our walk-of-the-dayalong a forest road popular with both of us.He was about to pull in to park,but we saw someone else already driving the road.I used that as an excuse to not walk there...
- true confession - my real reason was...I was SURE there were no crocuses on this road(having walked it other springswith no satisfaction in the search).
Sensing, however, that Sam really wantedto walk on this particular road(his hopes being to possibly spot an elk herdthe like of which we had sitedseveral times, previously),I became ok with this walk, this place.
He turned in and pulled up to park...and right there, directly in my line of vision— a beautiful clump of crocuses!The late afternoon sun was shining on themand this gave me some very pretty pictures.
At the height of our serene walk,Sam pointed out another pasque flowerwhich led me to yet anotherclump of the fuzzy little beauties.As you can perhaps imagine,the happiest part of it all was...
GOD had provided where I least expected.
Although we didn't see any actual elk this time,we did see plenty of sign of them,including a nice rubwhich Sam wanted to be photographed by,so he could email the fun to a Florida friend.Sam also found a shed (antler),and was thrilled for it.I halfway tripped,in my vain effort to see the shed (building).
We did, too, see a shed of sorts,an old abandoned miner's cabincrumpled up on the ground (second pic).
The Lord blessed both of uswhile filling our lungs with His freshest of air.

Below is how the cabin may have appearedin its glory days.This cute thing is along a secondary road.It has a name-sign which reads...
Dear LodgeAs a fitting followup to our adventure,here is an expression by an unknown authorof the generosity of God...
We are profoundly impressed with the unlimited resources of the God of the Bible. He never does anything small, When He makes an ocean He makes it so deep that no man can fathom it. When He makes a mountain he makes it so large that no one can measure or weigh it. When He makes flowers, He scatters multiplied millions of them where there is no one to admire them but Himself. When He makes grace, He makes it without sides or bottom and leaves the top off. Instead of giving salvation with a medicine dropper, He pours it forth like a river.
When God sets out to do a thing for us, He does it with a prodigality of love-prompted abundance that fairly staggers one who reckons things by the coldly calculating standards of earth.
Whatever blessing is in our cup it is sure to run over. With Him the calf is always the fatted calf; the robe is always the best robe; the joy is unspeakable; the peace passeth understanding; the grace is so abundant that the recipient has all-sufficiency for all things, and abounds to every good work.
There is no grudging in God's benevolence; He does not measure out His goodness as the apothecary counts his drops and measures his drams, slowly and exactly, drop by drop. God's way is always characterized by multitudinous and overflowing bounty, like that in nature which is so profuse in beauty and life that every drop of the ocean, every square inch of the forest glade, every molecule of water, teems with marvels and defies the research and investigation of man. Well may we cry with the Apostle,"I have all and abound."
GENESIS 15:5


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The Season of Singing

Photo-art credit goes to a friend who sees natureas God's second book...all to His credit.
We have an awesome Creator!...says she, and I agree.
(The Pasque Flower or Wild Crocus is the South Dakota State Flower)


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