The Attributes of God - God's INFINITUDE

Colossians 3:1-3 

"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."

Romans 11:33
^"33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
³⁴ For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
³⁵ Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
³⁶ For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen."
Boundless, Unlimited, Infinite! Only God is boundless, unlimited in His resourcefulness and truly infinite. 

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling: ...How the Whale Got His Throat
‘One at a time is enough,’ said the ‘Stute Fish. ‘If you swim to latitude Fifty North, longitude Forty West (that is magic), you will find, sitting on a raft, in the middle of the sea, with nothing on but a pair of blue canvas breeches, a pair of suspenders (you must not forget the suspenders, Best Beloved), and a jack- knife, one ship-wrecked Mariner, who, it is only fair to tell you, is a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity.’

The Unity of God

Frederick W. Faber (1814-1863)One God! one Majesty!
There is no God but Thee!
Unbounded, unextended Unity!
Awful in unity,
O God! we worship Thee
More simply one, because supremely Three!
Dread, unbeginning One!
Single, yet not alone,
Creation hath not set Thee on a higher throne.
Unfathomable Sea!
All life is out of Thee,
And Thy life is Thy blissful Unity.
All things that from Thee run,
All works that Thou hast done,
Thou didst in honour of Thy being One.
And by Thy being One,
Ever by that alone,
Couldst Thou do, and doest, what Thou hast done.
We from Thy oneness come,
Beyond it cannot roam,
And in Thy oneness find our one eternal home.
Blest be Thy Unity!
All joys are one to me,—
The joy that there can be no other God than Thee!

Song: Be Magnified O Lord

Seabird and The Merry Adventures of Robinhood

The Great American Solar Eclipse

Seabird and This Country of Ours

Dr. Jobe Martin 10 Part Creation-Evolution Series

@ Boys Camp - Pensylvania

Art Class: Giotto di bondone: Hope and Desperation, 1306

There seems to be no better illustration of desperation than drug addiction and living one's life solely for the next high. No thought of family, friends, vocation, marriage, children etc.

Book: In the  Realm of Hungry Ghosts :

Shakespeare: HAMLET

To be, or not to be? That is the question—

Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

And, by opposing, end them? To die, to sleep—

No more—and by a sleep to say we end

The heartache and the thousand natural shocks

That flesh is heir to—’tis a consummation

Devoutly to be wished! To die, to sleep.

To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there’s the rub,

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come

When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,

Must give us pause. There’s the respect

That makes calamity of so long life....

... Who would fardels bear,

To grunt and sweat under a weary life,

But that the dread of something after death,

The undiscovered country from whose bourn

No traveler returns, puzzles the will

And makes us rather bear those ills we have

Than fly to others that we know not of?

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,

He Will Tax The Remotest Star To Assist Us!

Whenever God's will is in the ascendant, all compulsion is gone. When we choose deliberately to obey Him, then He will tax the remotest star and the last grain of sand to assist us with all His Almighty power.  ~Oswald Chambers.

Chosen/Found

One has to be chosen, the other has to be found.  

I Corinthians 2:9-10 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

¹⁰ But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

  Romans 8:27-28 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Daniel 9:7-10 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

⁸ O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

⁹ To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

¹⁰ Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

  Oh Lord, to us belong confusion but take our mess and use it to bring glory unto your name. 

Esther 4:14 ¹⁴ For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

For such a time as this, for such a place as this for such a reason as The Lord knows. God certainly knows. if we truly trust Him, tis a time of rejoicing and not of woe. 

We have heard the joyful sound: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Spread the tidings all around: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Bear the news to every land, climb the mountains, cross the waves;
Onward! ’tis our Lord’s command; Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Waft it on the rolling tide: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Tell to sinners far and wide: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Sing, you islands of the sea; echo back, you ocean caves;
Earth shall keep her jubilee: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Sing above the battle strife: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
By His death and endless life Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Shout it brightly through the gloom, when the heart for mercy craves;
Sing in triumph o’er the tomb: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Give the winds a mighty voice: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Let the nations now rejoice: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Shout salvation full and free; highest hills and deepest caves;
This our song of victory: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!

Bible Study: The Dagger of Ehud by Eric Ludy

Bible Study: The Dagger of Ehud

Eric Ludy - The Dagger of Ehud from Ellerslie Mission Society on Vimeo.

Lord Look Upon My Need

LORD, LOOK UPON MY NEED
I NEED YOU, I NEED YOU
LORD HAVE MERCY NOW ON ME, FORGIVE ME
OH LORD FORGIVE ME AND I WILL BE CLEAN
OH LORD YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH MY WAY
THERE IS NOTHING NEW HID FROM YOU
OH LORD YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF MY DAYS
I WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE FOR YOU

Little Britches Series by Ralph Moody: Horse of a Different Color

Bowl of Lilies

When I Survey The Wondrous Cross

When I survey the wondrous cross 

On which the Prince of glory died, 

My richest gain I count but loss, 

And pour contempt on all my pride. 

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, 

Save in the death of Christ my God! 

All the vain things that charm me most, 

I sacrifice them to His blood...

A Confederecy of Grasses: It's a beautiful world, this.

Lilies!

"In the beauty of the lillies Christ was born across the sea, 

with a beauty in his bosom that transfigures you and me. 

As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, 

while God is marching on."

Hair Things

I spent the years of my youth fighting my hair to change it to comply with whatever was in at the time. Sometimes my poor hair was like an invading enemy atop my head that needed to be subdued no matter the high cost in time and money. I was not going to surrender and hesitated not to employ instruments and portions of all sorts to gain the victory. Not so, as a mom. With these girls, the Lord has walked me through repentance, re-education and endless honest conversation to raise girls who seem to love the hair The Lord gave them. Daily we have all three come to see the rich beauty and grace in our hair of a million tiny curls. We speak gently to our hair these days and the instruments of war are all but disappeared. The result has been love, ease, profound gratitude and rest in our locks—mysterious and liberating. As one of the girls takes hers down, I want to weep 😅😬😬 but mostly thank The Lord for girls who love the covering that He chose for us.

Midinight again, flush again.

Tales with Grandpa

Propping Up Peas

a few flowers

mustard, beet, spinach and kale greens

bitter greens, green beans and peppers

propping up tomatoes and peas

strawberries, pumpkins and zucchini

bird, benjamin or bug bath

Find Your Refuge in God.

There is only one Friend ever meant to be exclusively, exclusive, always and forever.

We do not NEED friends as the world needs them, we are thankful for fellowship and friendships but we can do just fine as long as Christ remains. 

Unlike the BFF models in the world, biblical friendship looks outside itself to find its purpose. And like everything else, that purpose should be the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31). Resolve today to be a friend who leaves exclusivity and romance for marriage, who consistently pushes others toward Christ and not yourself, and who finds your refuge in God, not in friends...Read More

Genesis 15:1  Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 

It's Midnight and It's Flush

Of brer bear, brer rabbit, grasshoppers, bugs and sugar water

New Artist - James McNeill Whistler

Peonies and June

Art Class: Giotto di bondone: Justice and Injustice, 1306

Shakespeare: Othello: Act 5 Scene 1: 

Iago: He hath a daily beauty in his life That makes me ugly; 

Before ever considering the justice of God and how He exercises it, we must well consider that He is a Holy God. What happens when a Holy God meets an unholy people? Indignation happens. A Holy God who is indignant must needs judge. Sodom and Gomorrah and Jesus driving the money changers out of the temple are an example. Isaiah 6

As Anne of Austria once remarked to Cardinal Richelieu: "God does not pay at the end of every day, my Lord Cardinal, but at the end, He pays."

Hymn: Hail Sovereign Love that first began the scheme to rescue fallen man. by Jehoida Brewer
Indignant justice stood in view,
To Sinai’s fiery mount I flew,
But Justice cried with frowning face,
“This mountain is no hiding place!”

Poem: The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson

I FLED Him, down the nights and down the days;
I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways
Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears
I hid from Him, and under running laughter.	5
Up vistaed hopes I sped;
And shot, precipitated,
Adown Titanic glooms of chasmèd fears,
From those strong Feet that followed, followed after.
But with unhurrying chase,	10
And unperturbèd pace,
Deliberate speed, majestic instancy,
They beat—and a Voice beat
More instant than the Feet—
‘All things betray thee, who betrayest Me.’

Copyright ©2005-2017 by PlayShakespeare.com.
Visit http://www.playshakespeare.com/license for details.

Bible Study: The Holiness of God: Holiness and Justice examines the meaning of holiness and why people are both fascinated and terrified by a holy God. This series closely explores God’s character, leading to new insights on sin, justice, and grace. The result is a new awareness of our dependence upon God’s mercy and a discovery of the awesomeness of His majestic holiness. R.C. Sproul says, 'The holiness of God affects every aspect of our lives — economics, politics, athletics, romance — everything with which we are involved.'"

Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Creation Evolution Summer Marathon Watching.

Bible Study: The Insanity of Luther

"The Holiness of God examines the meaning of holiness and why people are both fascinated and

terrified by a holy God. From the series: The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul

And tulip tree blossoms!

First Greens

Beets, mustards, spinach and kale

To Boat, to boat with Brian!