Two verse memes and a quotation from the Book of Sirach

 Sirach 1:1-10

All wisdom comes from the Lord and is with him for ever.

The sand of the sea, the drops of rain, and the days of eternity--who can count them?

The height of heaven, the breadth of the earth, the abyss and wisdom--who can search them out?

Wisdom was created before all things, and prudent understanding from eternity.

The root of wisdom--to whom has it been revealed?  Her clever devices--who knows them?

There is One who is wise, greatly to be feared, sitting upon his throne.

The Lord himself created wisdom, he saw her and apportioned her, he poured her out upon all his works.

She dwells with all flesh according to his gift, and he supplied her to those who love him.

The heart of the Gospel message.

 Augustine speaks to a young friend, reminding him that Paul says we can only be saved by faith, and not by good deeds.  You see, Augustine says, we need a mediator in Jesus Christ, having given his precious blood for the sake of any in mankind that would only believe!

"Weights became wings..."

The birds had lovely plumage and sweet voices; they could sing, and their feathers gleamed in the sunshine, but they could not soar in the air. They hesitated at first when bidden to take up the burdens that lay at their feet, but soon they obeyed, and taking up the wings in their beaks, laid them on their shoulders to carry them.

For a little while the load seemed heavy and hard to bear, but presently, as they went on carrying the burdens, folding them over their hearts, the wings grew fast to their little bodies, and soon they discovered how to use them, and were lifted by them up into the air -- the weights became wings.

 

Verse of the Day: July 9, 2023

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.  

-Ephesians 3

before the weekend.....

A popular tv pastor has "offering Friday", given over at the conclusion of his week-long teaching arc.

I decided to do something similar here, not mandatory, completely voluntary.  If you feel the need to guve to the site, do it, byt if you have any concerns at all, go with you conscience, and take it to prayer.

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"no fear in love"

John brooks partly-mystic, saying that God is Light, God is Truth.  Christ is the Divine Word.  He gives us something more than a "daddy-motif" or the Jewish Messiah, but something that transcends those concepts, those sects, and those regions, to reach into the very concepts of nature itself.

No darkness at all in God or Christ.  No untruth at all.

Perfect Love, without fear.

Verse of the Day, July 6, 2023

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.  

-Matthew 24