2015 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 9,300 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

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Pop Quiz?

1.) What is the name of this donkey?

2.) Who was this donkey’s master?

3.) Can you name two events in history which this donkey was an eye-witness?

The answers to these questions can be found in:

“Donkey Tells, A Promise Kept”

http://www.amazon.com/Donkey-Tells-J-Thomas/dp/1628715308

Visions Become Reality !!!!!!

I cannot begin to express how deeply this post describes the place in my life I am at now. Yes the Lord has taken me into the valley and I go of my own freewill for when our Abba returns me to the mountain I shall be the humble and meek man for God’s vision in me.

Levi's Daily Thoughts

The parched ground shall become a pool . . . —Isaiah 35:7

We always have a vision of something before it actually becomes real to us. When we realize that the vision is real, but is not yet real in us, Satan comes to us with his temptations, and we are inclined to say that there is no point in even trying to continue. Instead of the vision becoming real to us, we have entered into a valley of humiliation.

Life is not as idle ore,
But iron dug from central gloom,
And battered by the shocks of doom
To shape and use.

God gives us a vision, and then He takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of that vision. It is in the valley that so many of us give up and faint. Every God-given vision will become real if we will…

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PRAYER REQUEST – My Dad

Anytime there is a call to prayer may the Men of One Accord bend their knees, Amen

A DEVOTED LIFE

To all my friends from A Devoted Life:

I would greatly appreciate prayers from you all.

My Dad is critically ill and in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the hospital.  He has a gangrene infection in his gall bladder.  He is too ill for them to operate and remove his gall bladder.  We were just told that he is on life support and is experiencing organ failure of the kidneys and heart.  We understand that due to low blood pressure there may be other organ damage.

My Dad has loved his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ for as long as I can remember.  He is the one that showed me what it looks like to truly love God.  His destination is assured.  Yet, we selfishly desire to keep him with us and earnestly desire our Lord to heal the infection within his body and restore his health.

We serve the King of kings and Lord…

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O’ Wretched Soul

These poems are a collaboration of two souls who write for the love of Yeshua.

O’ This Wretched Soul

An original  from days past by James Neff of Men Of One Accord

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O’ this wretched soul

of mine

over hell’s fire suspends

to be lost for all time

obstinate awaiting life’s end.

O’ this wretched soul

stone cold harden heart

toiler chained to villainy

to be forever hell’s tart

lost ship in the sea of iniquity.

O’ this wretched soul

 naked before the Father’s Throne

pungent humiliation shadow of life

another sinner scorned

scourged by strife.

O’ this wretched soul

is there any hope for me?

will Yeshua’s forgiveness Flow?

can Yeshua set this soul free?

I plead for Yeshua hell’s debt to suspend

upon which now this soul depends.

prostrate before Abba’s Throne

please take this prodigal back Home?

O’ this wretched soul

of mine.

Amen.

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O’ Wretched Soul

A new take on an original by Deborah Gomez of awomansaved.

 O’ Wretched Soul | awomansaved

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O’ wretched soul

raging

unbending I await life’s end

burning

whilst over hell’s fire I suspend

O’ wretched soul

hardened

is this stone cold heart

languishing

in bitter taste of hell’s tart

O’ wretched soul

chained

is this sinner to villainy

sailing

lost in this sea of iniquity

O’ wretched soul

scourged

by strife this leper left scorn

naked

in humiliation before the Father’s Throne

O’ wretched soul

awaken

to Yeshua’s redemptive flow

given

to you is His forgiveness to sow

Never again left to suspend

on His love you now depend

He has heard your prayer’s voice

O’ wretched soul

rejoice!

The Necktie of Purpose: A poem

Here is a poem I think you find that stretches  you out a wee bit!

In Memory of Chuck Smith

Pastor Chuck, Thank-you for your service. It was through Your ministry that I came to know the Lord Jesus Christ as savior. I will miss you, James

TRAVAIL!

A pain, a longing, an anguish,

for the heart of Christ,

Born and Yoked in Prayer.

A Cross daily to Bear

burdens and cares

laid at Yeshua’s feet

along with perceived defeats

Born and Yoked in Humble Prayer.

Amen.

I would like to give a special thanks to ljoneil of wordscroll for giving me the title to this poem, thank-you Lori!

http://wordscroll.org/

 

Senior Moments!

My Aunt Emailed me this and ask me to share it, I think she is telling me I am not a little boy any more just because I have started to use my senior discount when I go out!

You may have already seen these!

Growing Old is great fun….  A few good Senior Moments  An elderly gentleman….. Had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%  The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, ‘Your hearing is perfect.. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.’  The gentleman replied, ‘Oh, I haven’t told my family yet..  I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I’ve changed my will three times!’ Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says: ‘Slim, I’m 83 years old now and I’m just full of aches and pains. I know you’re about my age. How do you feel?’  Slim says, ‘I feel just like a newborn baby.’  ‘Really!? Like a newborn baby!?’  ‘Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.’

An elderly couple had dinner at another couple’s house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. 
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, ‘Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great.. I would recommend it very highly.’ 
The other man said, ‘What is the name of the restaurant?’ 
The first man thought and thought and finally said, ‘What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love? 
You know…. The one that’s red and has thorns.’ 
‘Do you mean a rose?’ 
‘Yes, that’s the one,’ replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, ‘Rose, what’s the name of that restaurant we went to last night?’

Hospital regulations require a wheel chair for patients being discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found one elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn’t need my help to leave the hospital. 
After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the elevator. 
On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him. 
‘I don’t know,’ he said. ‘She’s still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown.’

Couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they’re physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember .. 
Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. ‘Want anything while I’m in the kitchen?’ he asks. 
‘Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?’ 
‘Sure..’ 
‘Don’t you think you should write it down so you can remember it?’ she asks. 
‘No, I can remember it.’ 
‘Well, I’d like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it down, so as not to forget it?’ 
He says, ‘I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.’ 
‘I’d also like whipped cream. I’m certain you’ll forget that, write it down?’ she asks. 
Irritated, he says, ‘I don’t need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream – I got it, for goodness sake!’ 
Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, The old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs.. She stares at the plate for a moment. 
‘Where’s my toast ?’

A senior citizen said to his eighty-year old buddy: 
‘So I hear you’re getting married?’ 
‘Yep!’ 
‘Do I know her?’ 
‘Nope!’ 
‘This woman, is she good looking?’ 
‘Not really.’ 
‘Is she a good cook?’ 
‘Naw, she can’t cook too well.’ 
‘Does she have lots of money?’ 
‘Nope! Poor as a church mouse.’ 
‘Why in the world do you want to marry her then?’ 
‘Because she can still drive!’

 

Three old guys are out walking. 
First one says, ‘Windy, isn’t it?’ 
Second one says, ‘No, it’s Thursday!’ 
Third one says, ‘So am I. Let’s go get a beer..’

A man was telling his neighbor, ‘I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but it’s state of the art.. It’s perfect.’ 
‘Really,’ answered the neighbor .. ‘What kind is it?’ 
‘Twelve thirty..’

Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical. 
A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young woman on his arm. 
A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, ‘You’re really doing great, aren’t you?’ 
Morris replied, ‘Just doing what you said, Doc: ‘Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.” 
The doctor said, ‘I didn’t say that… I said, ‘You’ve got a heart murmur; be careful.’

One more. . 
A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool.. After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split. 
The waitress asked kindly, ‘Crushed nuts?’ 
‘No,’ he replied, ‘Arthritis.’

Now, before you ‘forget’,
send them on to some other folks you know who need a good healthy laugh !

 

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The Peanut Gallery

Christmas trees or ‘Holiday’ trees?
Posted on December 13, 2012 by kathleen

 

Apparently the White House referred to Christmas Trees as Holiday Trees for the first time this year which prompted CBS presenter, Ben Stein, to present this piece which I would like to share with you. I think it applies just as much to many countries as it does to America …
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Ben Stein

The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.

My confession:

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejewelled trees, Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against. That’s what they are, Christmas trees.

It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, ‘Merry Christmas’ to me. I don’t think…

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