Psalm 122:6

 

May 

those

who

love you

be at peace.

 

There are many ways out there.

Ungodly ways all.

But just one way that is godly.

Daniel 3

 

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, 

“O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.” 

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated. And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 

Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics, their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace. Because the king’s order was urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace. 

Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste. He declared to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”

Words of Jesus

 

I am the way, and the truth, and the life. 

No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:6

Have you ever?

 

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, 

for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 

Hebrews 13:2

Hebrews 12:1-2

 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 11:32-24

 

And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

Hebrews 9:27 & 28

 

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

Hebrews 7:15-17

 

This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, 

but by the power of an indestructible life. 

For it is witnessed of him,

 “You are a priest forever,

 after the order of Melchizedek.”

More

 

Part 1: here.

She stepped through the wall like before, entering the past from the distant future. Her comfortable apartment became an old office in an old building in the capital of an old nation. Yesterday had a distinct aroma.

"What are you doing here?" The leader asked, surprised at her reappearance. At least this time she had come through on purpose, yet still dressed too casually. 

"I need a hero," she said.

He winced. He made a terrible hero.

"Not you," she explained.

"Oh."

He drew a long, reluctant breath, then asked, "Why do you need a hero?"

"Something unexpected has happened."

"So you came to the past to look for a hero?" He understood immediately her problem was fear and said, "Perfect love casts out all fear." 

He wasn't sure how he knew that until she reminded him it's in the Bible. "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 1 John 4:18."

He must have read it when he was a child.

"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6," she said. 

He nodded. 

She was the one who was trained up, but here she was needing to be reminded. 

He didn't make such a terrible hero afterall.

I did it, People.

 

I roasted chestnuts. 

How do they look? 

They taste like...like...like nothing else in this world. 

A fluffy acorn? Chewy bread? 

Bland. Warm. Toasty. Nice. That's the word. Nice. 

The Internet said they can be dipped in mascarpone cheese. Hmm.

I salted one of mine. An improvement. 

They were a delight and, curiosity cured, pretty okay.

There. That's my food review. 

I think I should be doing this on TV. Does anyone watch TV anymore?

Знамение Сына

 

Isaiah 1: 18b-20

 

  ...though your sins are like scarlet,

  they shall be as white as snow;

  though they are red like crimson,

  they shall become like wool.

  If you are willing and obedient,

  you shall eat the good of the land;

  but if you refuse and rebel,

  you shall be eaten by the sword;

  for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Just something.

 

 

Have you ever roasted chestnuts?