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August  22

 

Golden Words


Then you will sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, making music to the Lord in your hearts.

Ephes. 5:19 (NLV)

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Next To Theology

“Music is a fair and lovely gift of God which has often wakened and moved me to the joy of preaching....Next after theology, I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor....My heart bubbles up and overflows in response to music, which has so often refreshed me and delivered me from dire plagues.”

—Martin Luther



August 22  Jer 29:1 - 31:40

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What bird does the lover in the Song of Solomon compare his beloved's eyes to?

The dove (Song of Solomon 1:15)

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Bible Birds - Doves

There are four species of doves found in Palestine. They are: the ringdove or wood pigeon, the stock dove, the rock dove, and the ash-rumped dove. Doves were described by the law as clean birds. They could be eaten and used as sacrifices. They lived in the craggy holes of rocks and were known for their passive disposition. They never retaliated or resisted their enemies. Because of this behavior they became a symbol for peace. Jesus exhorted His followers to be "harmless as the doves" (Matt 10:16). The dove is also a symbol of the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:22). 

 

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But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

Job 16:5 (NIV)

Whatever

by Cathy Vinson 

 

" He brought them to the man TO SEE what he would name them; and WHATEVER the man called each living creature, that WAS its name"

(Genesis 2:19)


 

Escape Is there something God is bringing to you? It's unforced; it's uncoerced. It's not a moral test. It's the Father seeing what the child will do. The toddler's father brings home building blocks to see what the child will create. Does the child's freedom to play bring joy to the father? What about the True Father?

Jesus said "Go your way" to the one cleansed and touched by Him. What IS that way that the person will go? Is it a way God would try to prove wrong?

It seems in RELATIONSHIP we are called beyond right vs. wrong. There is more to what God is about with His man. Let us press on. We are called into the liberty of creativity because of our RELATIONSHIP to Him.

At the end of the above verse, we read "that WAS its name." This is the affirmation of what RELATIONSHIP with God produces. Jesus has made this wonder real for us. In Him, are we not like Adam before the fall? Can we see God in the works of our fingertips?

How are we handling the times and tools God brings to us? He deserves to enjoy us. Our freedom to put childlike faith into creativity is enjoy-able. May we recognize it. We can pray, and we can build, and there is Someone to enjoy it.



Cathy Vinson©

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... Jesus has made this wonder real for us. In Him, are we not like Adam before the fall? Can we see God in the works of our fingertips?

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Today's Fact - Brown Pellican


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The Turkey Vulture

The Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), is a nearly eagle-sized bird with a wing spread of 6 feet. It has a small naked red head. The 'naked," featherless head protects it from bacterial infestation of its feathers from eating carrion. It is a familiar sight in the sky over much of North America. Its dark, long-winged form can be seen soaring high over the landscape.

This efficient scavenger plays an important role in nature's cleanup crew, quickly disposing of the carcasses of dead animals. Most birds are believed to have a very poor, or absent, sense of smell, but the Turkey Vulture is an exception. This large bird has poor eyesight but is apparently able to find carrion by odor.

In northern areas the bird is migratory, heading south for the cold winter. The largest known concentration of Turkey Vultures during migration in the United States and Canada occurs during the last week in September and the first week in October near Weldon, California. During the Kern Valley Vulture Festival between 1,000 and 4,000 Turkey Vultures are sighted daily.

In early spring the birds return north. This return to their summer home is very predictable. They often arrive in great numbers to the same spot on nearly the same day each year. Each year, in early spring, the 'buzzards' return to Hinkley, Ohio. Although not nearly so romantic as the return of the swallows to Capistrano, it is a big celebration.

 

And God said, "Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind." So God created great sea creatures and every sort of fish and every kind of bird. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:20-21

 

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event9.gif (2217 bytes)If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation.

— Tom Stoppard

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I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

— Elvis Presley

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I wept at the beauty of your hymns and canticles, and was powerfully moved at the sweet sound of your Church singing. These sounds flowed into my ears, and the truth streamed into my heart.

— St. Augustine

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Music doth extenuate fears, furies, appeaseth cruelty, adadeth heaviness, and to such as are wakeful it causeth quiet rest; it cures all irksomeness and heaviness of soul.

— Cassiodorus



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"A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."

Proverbs 17:22 (New International Version) 

 

 


         

Used Car Ad Translation Table


MUST SELL . . . before it blows up

RUNS FINE . . . I was going to say "runs excellent" but I had a last-minute conscience attack.

NEEDS SOME BODY WORK . . . was blindsided by a Winnebago.

LOOKS LIKE NEW . . . just don't try to drive it anywhere.

LOADED WITH OPTIONS . . . each one more troublesome than the next.

ALL ORIGINAL . . . I never had anything fixed, adjusted, or replaced.

PROJECT CAR . . . doesn't run

LOTS OF POTENTIAL . . . doesn't run

NEEDS MINOR REPAIR . . . doesn't run.

 

A wife went to the police station with her next-door neighbor to report that her husband was missing. The policeman asked for a description.

She said, "He's 35 years old, 6 foot 4, had dark eyes, dark wavy hair, an athletic build, weighs 185 pounds, is soft- spoken, and is good to the children."

The next-door neighbor protested, "Your husband is 5 foot 4, chubby, bald, has a big mouth, and is mean to your children."

The wife replied, "Yes, but who wants HIM back?"

Eagles may soar, but weasles don't get sucked into jet engines.

 
 

This is a golden oldie. I think that it's great. Try reading it aloud. It will be much easier to understand.

LADLE RAT ROTTEN HUT

Wants pawn term dare worsted ladle gull hoe lift wetter murder inner ladle cordage honor itch offer lodge dock florist. Disc ladle gull orphan worry ladle cluck wetter putty ladle rat hut, end fur disc raisin pimple caulder ladle rat rotten hut.

Wan moaning rat rotten hut's murder colder inset: "Ladle rat rotten hut, heresy ladle basking winsome burden barter an shirker cockles. Tick disc ladle basking tudor cordage offer groin murder hoe lifts honor udder site offer florist. Shaker lake, dun stopper laundry wrote, end yonder nor sorghum stenches dun stopper torque wet strainers." "Hoe-cake, murder," resplendent ladle rat rotten hut, end tickle ladle basking an sturred oft.

Honor wrote tudor cordage offer groin murder, ladle rat rotten hut mitten anomalous woof. "Wail, wail, wail," set disc wicket woof,
"evanescent ladle rat rotten hut! Wares or putty ladle gull goring wizard ladle basking?" "Armor goring tumor groin murder's," reprisal ladle gull. "Grammars seeking bet. Armor ticking arson burden barter end shirker cockles."

"O hoe! Heifer blessing woke," setter wicket woof, butter taught tomb shelf, "Oil tickle shirt court tudor cordage offer groin murder. Oil ketchup wetter letter, an den - O bore!" Soda wicket woof tucker shirt court, end whinney retched a cordage offer groin murder, picket inner window an dore debtor port oil worming worse lion inner bet.

Inner flesh disc abdominal woof lipped honor betting adder rope. Zany pool dawn a groin murder's nut cup an gnat gun, any curdle dope inner bet. Inner ladle wile ladle rat rotten hut a raft attar cordage an ranker dough ball. "Comb ink, sweat hard," setter wicket woof, disgracing is verse. Ladle rat rotten hut entity bet rum end stud buyer groin murder's bet.

"Oh grammar," crater ladle gull, "Wart bag icer gut! A nervous sausage bag ice!" "Butter lucky chew whiff, doling," whiskered disc ratchet woof, wetter wicket small. "Oh grammar, water bag noise! A nervous sore suture anomalous prognosis!" "Buttered small your whiff," inserter woof, ants mouse worse wadding.

"Oh grammar, water bag mousey gut! A nervous sore suture bag mouse!" Daze worry on forger nut gull's lest warts. Oil offer sodden throne offer carvers an sprinkling otter bet, disc curl an bloat thursday woof ceased pore ladle rat rotten hut an garbled erupt.

Mural: Yonder not sorghum stenches shud ladle gulls stopper torque wet strainers.

 

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Phill Bower


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