A Wildflower Morning

"Everything  beautiful and useful  in our world  we owe to  the mercy of Christ." Review and Herald, October 16, 1883 Thank You, Jesus, thank you!  

This morning God brought me some new thoughts.  He took me to the interlinear Bible I had downloaded onto my computer , where I can look at the Hebrew or Greek or any verse of the Bible.  This morning I studied through the 10 commandments in Exodus 20.  Amazing.  I have never looked at them in this way.  I have new thoughts about almost every verse.  I don't know if I'll have time to write about all of them, so I'll start with the last one, because it is possibly the one that struck me the closest. In the King James we read in Exodus 20:17, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's." The first translation of the Hebrew word for covet is "to delight in, and then gives a list of things you might delight in, including, "beauty, desire, goodly, pleasant (thing), precious (thing). I had no...

The Hiding Place By Bryan Jeffery Leech “In a time of trouble, in a time forlorn,  there is a hiding place where HOPE is born.    In a time of sorrow, in a time of grief,  there is a hiding place to give relief. There is a hiding place , a strong protective space,  where God provides the grace to persevere,  for nothing can remove us from the Father’s love; though all may change, yet nothing changes here.   In a time of danger, when our faith is proved,  there is a hiding place where we are loved.   In a time of weakness, in a time of fear,  there is a hiding place where God is near. There is a hiding place , a strong protective space,  where God provides the grace to persevere,  for nothing can remove us from the Father’s love; though all may change, yet nothing changes here. ” We find scriptures that talk about the hiding place.  Isaiah prophesied concerning the One who would be “as ...

  It seems there are three main kinds of prayer.  Public prayer, small group prayer (Where two or three are gathered together, there I am) and private prayer.  Each kind of prayer is important, but private prayer is the foundation. We need public prayer often, asking for God's presence, and blessing on the occasion, making it clear that we belong to God and not satan. Making it clear that God is our leader and we are under His direction and care.  Living in His presence in all the business of life.  Public prayer is usually short in duration, but reflects our previous and continuing commitment to God. Small group prayer, prayer with two to a few people, binds hearts together with God and and each other.  There is much power is small group prayer.  When we pray together as a family, in our home every day, there is a marked difference in our home.  When I meet with a group of women every week, to share our walk with God intercede for each other...

I'm not going to count the trials this morning, even though that is what I feel like doing.  Here is a list of the mercies of the LORD that have happened even this morning. 1. A temper dissolved and disagreement resolved. 2. A working stereo to play "Peter and the Wolf" to a studying boy. 3. No snow or fog today. 4. Grandma is up and around, doing laundry and helping. 5. The prayers of my husband and friends. 6. The God of tender mercies is greater then all my trials. 7. God promised me strength and peace this morning in the Psalms. 8. Good food to spread on the table and feed my family. 9. Hymns that lift my heart to happy thoughts. 10. I'm safe in Jesus.