A Sweet Sound to Your Ear

I love you, Lord, and I lift my voice
To worship you, Oh my soul rejoice!
Take joy, my King, in what you hear
May it be a sweet, sweet sound in your ear

I love you, Lord, and I lift my hands
To worship you as my soul demands
Take joy, my King, in what you see
May I be a sweet, sweet child on your knee

I love you, Lord, and I lift my voice
To worship you, Oh my soul rejoice!
Take joy, my King, in what you hear
Make it a sweet, sweet sound in your ear

Make it a sweet, sweet sound in your ear

The Lord has Promised

Have you ever had one of those horrible days (weeks) in which everything seems to go wrong? Or perhaps the kids are mis-behaving, maybe there is a rift between you and your spouse, or maybe your best friend is mad at you. Well, it does happen to the best of us (and the worse of us for that matter). In times like these, my heart usually sits in my throat.

Sometimes, I leave my heart sitting there, and continue to feel like throwing up or choking. This choking nausea tends to lead swiftly to self pity. By the time self pity engulfs the soul, it's a little too late to take a deep breath and swallow.

Yet, I am learning more and more that it does not have to be this way. It sounds so cliche to say 'Turn to the promises of God." So, instead I'll say it this way. God had promised. Do we really believe this?

We need to trust God for the little things.

The promises of God. God has promised. The Lord has promised.

the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised (Ex 12:25)

Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned. (Num 14:40)

the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, (Deut 12:19)

the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him. (Deut 10:9)

the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised (Deut 26:18)

LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. (Josh 23:10)

And being fully persuaded that,

what he had promised,

he was able also to perform.

Romans 4:21

Do we turn to God? He has promised to be there.

A Rest for the People of God

I sure the majority of people enjoy a good vacation. The place and type of vacation varies, naturally, but we look forward to vacations nonetheless. Personally, I enjoy a quiet vacation. I love being with people, I love visiting quiet shops, and I do love to try new adventures. I am not really keen on amusement parks or noise.

For me a vacation is the time I can escape, spend some time with God, and think. Everytime, I think of taking a vacation, I am reminded of the verse in Hebrews "there remaineth a rest for the people of God." I know this verse is usually thought of in terms of Heaven, but I thank God for the rest, each opportunity we have for a vacation, whether a day, week, month, or more.

God gives us everything we have, "every good gift and every perfect gift, comes down from the Father of lights". How much more we should credit Him.

*Foto credits to my sister.

You know things are bad when.....

You are typing an email to your Aunt. And you can't seem to spell Wednesday.

Wesday

Wensday

Wedsday

Wenesday

Exasperated you finally right click on poor Wenesday only to find that spell check gives you

this.....

I am ONLY missing one letter!

Come Out From

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

1Pe 1:16

For I am the LORD your God:

ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves,

and ye shall be holy; for I am holy:

Lev 11:44

Time has past since we would journey to Florida as a whole family by car. The three day trek to Florida seemed like an eternity to us kids, helped mostly by the eager anticipation to play in the sand and "our" pool --namely the resort's pool. We felt like we owned Florida!

Looking back I can imagine how trying we children were to Dad. "Are we there yet?" "How many more days?" "How many more hours?" "Dad, are bald headed eagles really bald?" "Dad, I feel seasick! No, I'm NOT car sick, I am SEA sick, I feel sea sick." "Dad.." "Dad..."

I am sure my parents wonder if these long trips were even worth the effort. I wonder if they ever realized what an impact these trips had on us.

You see, we had a favorite "tape" (cassette tape -- or rather tapes): Don Francisco's tapes. We could sing every song by memory. These songs made a huge impact on our minds, on our life. And no wonder, we listened to them the whole way down and the whole way home (this was before we discovered the Odyssey series.)

I was thinking today of one of these songs in particular. The song is "Holiness", and it is the chorus that stands out to me even now.

Holiness, Holiness

It's the Lord's command

Not the Lord's request

How true this is! I don't believe we understand the significance of such a command. Above I have listed the verses that come to mind whenever I heard this song. IF only we could grasp the importance of being holy, our lives would be changed.

"How should we then live?

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Eze 33:10, 11"

"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord"

2Co 6:17

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Proverbs in Cartoon: Update

Another Proverb in cartoon, Proverbs 29:9.

Proverbs in Cartoon

WHY?

Have you felt that it must be wrong to ask "why?" So often, we are told "Don't ask why, just do it." or "Why? You shouldn't have to ask why!" or even sometimes we are told that it is wrong to ask why, especially to ask God why.

Did you know?

the word "WHY" is listed over 250 times in our KJV bible

Moses asked God "Why?" on two separate occasions

The Lord asks "why?" over 10 times in the old testiment.

Gideon, Job, David, Isaiah, and Jeremiah ask the Lord "Why?"

When Rebecca wondered why the twins she was carrying were struggling inside her, she asked the Lord. Moses was curious at the burning bush that was not consumed, he went to inquire. And God often tells us "why" things were such in the Bible.

And the children struggled together within her; and she said,

If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD. Gen 25:22

And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight,

why the bush is not burnt. Exo 3:3

And this is the cause why Joshua did... Joshua 5:4

God has many secrets, but He allows for why. And he answers. The Lord challenges us to ask Him.

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee,

since the day that God created man upon the earth,

and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other,

whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is,

or hath been heard like it? Deuteronomy 4:32