Just some thoughts on 9/11 – Eighteen years ago today – the day known as 911 – the people of this country united as one against ‘the enemy’. Patriotism was at a pinnacle for a long time after that day. Now, patriotism is viewed as ‘far right’. This view is so far left that it does not even recognize itself.
When the best thing that can be said denigrates another, that is not patriotism – it is denigration. I would like to see some more of that patriotism that was so strong after 9/11. I hope it does not take another attack on our country to bring it back.
"Be Still," He says, then you can know the marvelous moments I dispense for perusal, for inner peace. Only when you listen, can I show the world your serene inner glow and the blessings of saving grace. "Be Still," He says.
Maturity is peaceful space midst growth His love doth e'er bestow. When the heart hears wisdom will grow; So, stop - listen to the quiet voice . . . . "Be still," He says.
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Photo Above:by Colin Watts @ imagefactory on Unsplash.com.
November
Thanksgiving vibes flow through our veins,
fill the atmosphere with celebratory strains.
Our hearts overflow with holiday cheer
as carols ring out in the blustery air.
Tinsels, lights and bows are strung
along the streets, in our homes are hung
as shoppers search for gifts far flung.
Christmas carols begin to be sung
by old and young and those in between,
and one can almost see a glistening sheen
as everywhere people cast doubt aside
and swear by His will they do abide.
Thanksgiving Day we'll offer up a prayer
for all the love, food and wealth we share --
the Spirit overcomes all we cannot hold dear.
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Photo above:The First Thanksgiving -- by Bettman/Corbis @ Smithsonian.org,
John 1:1-5 (NKJV) John 1:1 – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word Was God.” John 1:2 – “He was in the beginning with God.” John 1:3 – “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” John 1:4 – “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” John 1:5 – “And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
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John 14:6 (NKJV) “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’“
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John 5:19-24 (NKJV) John 5:19 – “Then Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do, for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.‘” John 5:20 – “‘For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does, and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.‘” John 5:21 – “‘For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.‘” John 5:22 – “‘For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,‘” John 5:23 – “‘that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.'” John 5:24 – “‘Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.‘”
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NOTES — by tkbrown
The apostle John tells the story of Jesus birth, life, death and resurrection from a perspective of love. He tells of the love that God had, and still has, for man. In a previous discussion, we leaned from . . .
John 3:16 – “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
Holy Bible: The New King James Version
. . . God has no desire that any should perish. We also saw that God does not condemn any person; it is the lack of belief in His Son that condemns a person. If we believe, we can have everlasting life.
In John chapter 1, above, we are told that the “Word,” or Jesus, existed in the beginning – that He was with God, that He was God. This shows the connectedness of God the Father and God the Son.
In John 14:6, Jesus tells us He is the way, the truth and the life. He further states – no man [or woman] comes to the Father but by Him.
In John 5, verses 19 through 24, Jesus explains God’s expectation that He [Jesus – God’s Son] be honored just the same as we honor God. God has backed this up by granting judgment of all to Jesus, His Son. If we believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, we will honor and obey Him just as we honor God. All who do this, will have life through Him [Jesus Christ – God’s Son].
Do you believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God? If you do, are you willing to say that in front of men? These are two requirements of anyone who wishes to become a Christian. If we do not believe, then we have already condemned ourselves. God does not have to condemn us. On the other hand, if we do believe, then God loves us as much as He loves His Son. If we obey all that Jesus commands of us, then God will give us life everlasting. How much more can He love us?
Do you love your children’s friends enough to give them a permanent home with you – and to make them joint heirs with your child? That is what God does. If we love His Son, Jesus Christ, then God will give us a permanent home and life everlasting. Again, I ask, how much more can He love us? This is love that goes beyond all other love.
Bless you for taking the time to read! Have a Blessed Lord’s Day!
Halloween . . .
is about the most candy ever seen.
You'll find it for months
betwixt and between.
As it hypes kids up
and makes them mean;
if any goes missing
eyes will be keen
for any sign
of the need to intervene.
It's easier from the bottle
a toddler to wean.
'Twill make a kid fat,
he'll no more be lean.
It makes me wonder,
is the ER keen
to the increased numbers
of diabetics they screen?
How many new sugar cases have been
first diagnosed . . .
on Halloween?
Ingratitude is an attitude that can interfere with calm life, fills it with ire, trouble and strife, allows rage to gain altitude as voice ramps up the amplitude -- volume overflowing with rife . . . Ingratitude!
It leads to responses of rude interchange with one's husband or wife that wounds the soul, cuts like a knife, leaving disbelief at such a rude . . . Ingratitude.
October October brings cooler days and colder nights blanketed with red and yellow, crimson and orange — color sights to deck the hills, welcome bellows whence we fan the flame on cold nights. Bonfires and hayrides, fun for all, caramel apples and smores bites fill tummies midst those dunking calls. Bobbing for apples, ghoulish frights are all part of October fare; fall festivals and frightful dights round out the Trick or Treat scare. Then as the month comes to a close we pull out our warm winter clothes, wear a scarf to cover our nose.
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Photo above:Fall Apple Harvest -- Portland Monthly@ google.com.
First cup of joe in early morn -- it starts the day in bliss array; clearing the mist almost away, aroma wafting high airborne, opulent pleasure ever worn throughout the day to mold the fray. First cup of joe!
Anticipative thoughts adorn the scent its brewing casts my way -- words to describe are wont to say, casting aside the fog forlorn! First cup of joe!
September The waning days of September bring memories from days of yore, of growing-up, learning the ways employed by those living before. Comforts not thought to be quite new by those who enjoy them today — were considered luxury then and wood heaters merely cliche. Summer ends with fall equinox, cooler nights bring welcome relief, people start thinking to months ahead when holidays will seem too brief. Time will become holiday blur as days and nights begin to whirr — and suddenly appears New Year.
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Photo above:Fall Foliage Homestead -- by Matthew Pla @ Unsplash.com.
T. S. Eliot — poet, author and Nobel Laureate was born in St Louis, Missouri.
In 1948, Thomas Stearns Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry. His most famous poetic works include “The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock” (1915), “The Waste Land” (1922) and “The Hollow Men” (1925).
by tkbrown 
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