He will wipe away our tears!

-internet photo

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"Earth has no sorrow 

that heaven cannot heal" 

This is attributed to Irish poet, writer, and lyricist Thomas Moore (1779-1852). 

Thomas Moore's full quote is:

"Here bring your 

wounded hearts, 

here tell your anguish; 

Earth has no sorrow 

that Heaven cannot heal".  

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Isaiah 35:10

..."And the ransomed 

of the Lord will return

And come with joyful shouting to Zion,

With everlasting joy upon their heads.

They will find gladness and joy,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away."...

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Revelation 21:4

..."and He will 

wipe away every tear from their eyes; 

and there will no longer be any death; 

there will no longer be any mourning, 

or crying, 

or pain; 

the first things have passed away.”

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Winter Solstice

-Winter gate, High Clear, England
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Winter Solstice 2024

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Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, and let us reason together,”

Says the Lord,

“Though your sins are as scarlet,

They will be as white as snow;

Though they are red like crimson,

They will be like wool."

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The Dangerous "Christian-eze" Among Us

-dangerous grizzly bear:Yellowstone FB
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Control, Falsehoods, and Manipulation Techniques 

After 'being around the block' a few years in my Christian walk among many Christian sinners, I can recognize many falsehoods and their "christian-eze" (false information and behavior with at least some true Christianity included) which are used by deficient, shadowy people who are teaching falsely as well as using control and manipulation techniques to catch and control others.

These are dangerous behaviors for Christians and non-Christians alike as BOTH can be easily deceived by these false teachers. 

They may "look like a duck" (looking and acting like true Christians), but they are definitely teaching and behaving unlike true Christians.

True, righteous Christians are open, teaching truth from the Word, not from their own sinful minds. They truly care about others, and do not devise ways to control others. 

True Believers do not manipulate you, control you, or give you false memories of your life before  "them". 

True Believers really care about others: Christians and non-Christians alike.

True Believers love others even if you sin against them. They pray for you to come to truth and reality. 

True Believers DO NOT use MANIPULATION to CONTROL others.

Who are your friends and how do they treat you?

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Colossians 3:1-17

Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.

For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience, and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.

But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him— a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.

So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. 

Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father."...

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He is the Love of My Life

Husband, Father, Brother, Son, Friend, Believer in Jesus, Christian Apologist, Airplane Enthusiast, Reader...

He is a gift from the LORD to me.

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Christmas Kitties

-internet comic

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Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

~Yellowstone FB 

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As the saying goes:

"Lie down with dogs;

get up with fleas."

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1 Corinthians 15:33-34

..."Do not be deceived: 

“Bad company corrupts good morals.”

Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. 

I speak this to your shame."...

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- essentially saying that associating with morally bad, unrighteous people can negatively influence your own character and lead you astray.

-unknown

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A Life of Grieving-Understood by the Man of Sorrows

-yawning Fox, Yellowstone FB

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"There is no grief 

like the grief that does not speak."

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Isaiah 53:3-6

..."He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.

But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.

All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him."...

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The Child within Mary

-internet photo

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The First Person to recognize Jesus was an unborn Child: 

His relative, John (the Baptist).

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Luke 1 & 2

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Babies in the womb

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God is still God

-Scotland FB

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The dawn is not distant, 

nor is the night starless; 

love is eternal!

God is still God,

 and His faith shall not fail us;

Christ is eternal!

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Advice from Lucy

 

We are definitely PLUGGERS

-PLUGGERS 

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Moo-oo-oose!

-Yellowstone FB 

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"Every heart has its secret sorrows, 

which the world knows not, 

and often times we call a man cold, 

when he's only sad."

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Isaiah 41:10

‘Do not fear, for I am with you;

Do not anxiously look about you, 

for I am your God.

I will strengthen you, 

surely I will help you,

Surely I will uphold you 

with My righteous right hand.’

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Prodigals: Going along with the Crowd

-Yellowstone FB

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"When a prodigal son wants to follow his appetites, or the latest fashion in idols, he tells himself that he has made a careful evaluation of everything when he is in reality just going along with the crowd. At such time, the last thing he wants to listen to is wise counsel."

-Phillip E. Johnson, The Wedge of Truth

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A Foundation in Freedom

-internet photo

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"Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. 

The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue."

-John Adams, 21 June 1776

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Obstacles in Life

-internet photo 

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God's Creation up Close

-Yellowstone bird, FB 

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We will never take our lives here for granted. 

There is always something which we see in person, or like this Yellowstone bird photo, we see and, thus, admire the LORD's creation even more so.

We can see things we have never seen before or we can see the same things over and over and still be in awe over the LORD's designs.

Sunsets seem the same, but they are never exactly the same; beautiful clouds, storm clouds, lazy wind day clouds...bird flocks seem the same, but every time the joy is more heightened because we know who created these things. 

Praising the LORD for His creation!

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John 1:1-5

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was in the beginning with God.

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it."...

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Genesis 1:1-2

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters."...

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Colossians 1:13-20

..."For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven."...

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2 Corinthians 5:17-21

..."Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 

He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him."...

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As Lonely as a Fox at a Train Station?

-Scottish FB site

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How lonely are you?

Psalm 147:3

..."He heals the brokenhearted

And binds up their wounds."...

Romans 8:38-39

..."For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Psalm 46:1

"God is our refuge and strength,

A very present help in trouble."...

Isaiah 41:10

‘Do not fear, for I am with you;

Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you, surely I will help you,

Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

Matthew 11:28-30

...“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

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Your loneliness can be solved if you allow yourself to trust in the One and Only, Jesus Christ, Savior of our Souls!

"To trust in Jesus as your Savior, you need to personally acknowledge your need for forgiveness, 

believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay for your sins, 

and choose to accept him as your Lord and Savior by surrendering your life to him through prayer and faith; 

this can be expressed by saying a simple prayer where you confess your sins, ask for forgiveness, and invite Jesus into your heart."

Got Questions

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Our House

-Non-Sequitur 

Thanksgiving

-internet Holly Hobbie

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Thankful for our Freedom here in the USA, but eternally Thankful for our Freedom in Jesus Christ! 

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Romans 8:1-11

"Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. 

But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you."...

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PRAISE the LORD!!!

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You Don't Have to Defend the Truth

-Grizzly Bear;Yellowstone FB

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Truth is like a lion; 

you don’t have to defend it. 

Let it loose; it will defend itself.

-Augustine of Hippo (AD 354 to AD 430)

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God's Creation in our home.

This "little Bit" of a kitty grew into an enormous, lovable, sweet boy. We have had seven wonderful years with him. He has been a great blessing to us.

But today we groaned with Creation ....

Romans 8:18-25

..."For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.

And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.

For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it."...

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Jesus saves!

Acts 4:12

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A Happy Anniversary! I miss them so!

My Parent's, Kenneth and Roberta;  

my Father's parents, Ezra and Willhelmina; 

my mother's mother, Mildred, 

1950.

A precious couple; 

a loving mother and father.

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Walking in the Truth

 

3 John 1:2-4

..."Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.

For I was very glad when brethren came and testified to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth.

I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth."...

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-internet photo

This was my own choice of Scripture for my own treasured children.

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These things speak and exhort and reprove.

~Yellowstone FB

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Titus 2 

"But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine.

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.

Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.

Likewise urge the young men to be sensible; in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.

Urge bondslaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, not pilfering, but showing all good faith so that they will adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in every respect.

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. 

Let no one disregard you."

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Joy is in Its Season

Autumn is such a lovely month.

All the harvests, all the changing of colors, the fresh clean air, and all the memories of families throughout the years.

All the baking, the autumn recipe aromas, the clearing out of the yards, and the cleaning of the house to decorate for autumn. The pumpkins from your garden which surprise you, and the placing of them on the porch.

All the get togethers with friends, specials church suppers, autumn drives to see the trees, and field trips with other seniors...

Autumn is Joy in Its Season!

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People tend to say: "The Mid-west is so Flat!"

-Autumn in the Mid-West USA

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This is a bike trail UP a high slope!

No, the mid-west is not all flat.

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God's Handiwork

 Psalm 19

The heavens are telling of the glory of God;

And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

Day to day pours forth speech,

And night to night reveals knowledge.

There is no speech, nor are there words;

Their voice is not heard.

Their line has gone out through all the earth,

And their utterances to the end of the world.

In them He has placed a tent for the sun,

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;

It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

Its rising is from one end of the heavens,

And its circuit to the other end of them;

And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul;

The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

The precepts of the Lord are right, 

rejoicing the heart;

The commandment of the Lord is pure, 

enlightening the eyes.

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;

The judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether.

They are more desirable than gold, 

yes, than much fine gold;

Sweeter also than honey 

and the drippings of the honeycomb.

Moreover, by them Your servant is warned;

In keeping them there is great reward.

Who can discern his errors? 

Acquit me of hidden faults.

Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins;

Let them not rule over me;

Then I will be blameless,

And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.

Let the words of my mouth and 

the meditation of my heart

Be acceptable in Your sight,

O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. 

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Autumn in Glen Lyon, Scotland

-Scotland, FB 

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What happened to the Good Old Days?

-Schulz

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Veterans are Multi-faceted

 

The Super Heroes Among Us

 

Honor Our Country's Freedom: Paid with the High Cost of Lives Lost, and for Those Who Continued to Live.

Honor our Country for it is where we have received such freedom which the rest of the world desperately desires.

Veteran's Day: Our Freedom Protected by all Branches of the Armed Forces

Thank you all!

Meanwhile, Jesus paid it ALL!

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Colossians 1:13-14 ..."For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."...

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Autumn at Highclear

-FB photo

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Still..not as beautiful as the Mid-West, USA!  :o)