Slowly Getting Back

Hello Friends. I know I have considerably let down on my blog, but only because it has been extremely busy for me the last few weeks. I am slowly getting back, although there is still a lot to do. A lot that I will not even try to go into. In the mean time, I will start trying to do what I had intended to do awhile back and at least post a scripture of the day, or something of that sort. So please continue to bare with me as my life for this season of my life continues. Thanks again for your support in that you continue to check back here.


Today's Scripture:


O come, let us sing unto the Lord, let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. Psalm 95:1-3


Can we honestly say we make a joyful noise unto our Great King? I know that I can't. Especially in the days when it seems that the process of moving has taken very much a front seat in my life. Being a senior makes it even harder then it ever was, Our kids for the mot part had all moved away to raise their own kids, and it had been hard seeing each of them leave until who was left, just hubby and I.

Life. It had never been easy. But, even so, that is no excuse for the times that I did not make a joyful noise unto God, or read his word. Because, if we let it, his word brings us renewed life. Renewed hope. And renewed healing.

And yet, God understands what we go through that, it is sometimes tough.But he is  patiently waits for us to remember him because he loves us and wants to forgive us of things that get in the way of thinking of him first.

However,even during the midst of the things that troubles and causes us stress, when maybe we aren't thinking of him, he can and does sometimes bless us. I know this because of the countless times over the past times of extreme stress or when I couldn't see my way out, and my thoughts of him aren't on my mind, let alone singing to him with joy in my heart.  And yet, I find that I am on his mind anyway and he blesses me, and sometimes even surprises me.

Because, you see. It is not enough for God to just love and forgive us. Although don't get me wrong, they are the most important things he does for us. Without them, we would be lost.

But, he loves to bless us as well. And when we least expect it, he brings something or some one into our lives, that is meaningful to us and reminds us that....

....he is a great God and a great King and desires for us to go to him with our joyful noises and songs of praise to him and.....

....he inhabits the praises of his people. (Psalm 22:3) Who but God would wholly want to bless his children when they don't shout for joy, let alone those that do.

Even so while we have to endure the hard things of life, it is best to remember God.  Because he does come when we call on him, and even....sometimes when we don't or can't always have him on our minds.

The Blessing of the Sock

How can God bless someone with one sock, you might ask. Well, let me tell you, God can do anything he wants to and especially for those that trust in him. And that means that even a single sock can become a blessing from him. 

It happened a few short days ago. June 15th, to be exact. Some of you know that we have moved from our home state to Florida. About a 2/3 of our furniture, household goods etc came down last summer and until that date, the rest of it stayed at our home in Ohio. There are some reasons why, which I won't go into because they don't pertain to this story. 

So last summer, we had left a lot of personal items that we didn't need at the time, there. Clothing, bath towels....that kind of stuff along with other things. It had been a grueling couple of days.On Friday the 12th we had help getting the furniture out, (into a U haul trailer) from 2 young men from our local church who was a part of a youth ministry there. Without them, we wouldn't have made it. But, over the weekend, it was just my husband and myself trying to pack the rest of our stuff, and load the trailer

And believe me, we are no spring chickens, in our late 60s, and early 70s!

. We still had had a lot to pack and load even tho we had brought down most of it last year. So we trudged on. Mostly me packing and carrying it out to our porch and hubby helping some inside but mostly loading it. 

Both of us are not in the best of health and all of it was being a real challenge to us at this point. 

But thankfully, we had gotten it almost gotten it all done, and we had a time when we were going to be starting out for the last time.

After all the work though, I needed to do one more thing.And that was to take a shower. So I went to gather the clothes that I had kept out. 

A pair of jeans, a t-shirt, undies, socks and...oh no, no washcloth!

Everything else had been packed, I wasn't about to try to find one in all the stuff hubby had loaded! He wouldn't have appreciated it and besides, who knew where they were even at!

So I went through the house, looking for one. Just hoping against my hope that one had been missed somewhere. To tell you the truth, I wasn't optimistic, because we had literally gotten everything out.

But then, I had not considered what God can do. 

And so through the house I went, asking Jesus to show me where I might find one that had been missed.

Yet there was none.

And then I saw it. One lone and clean sock laying in the dining room in some things that we were leaving in the house. We probably would have missed it, if I hadn't need that wash cloth so badly. After inspecting it to make sure it was clean, I used it to take the place of what I had needed.

You might think this is a silly story. But it is the truth behind it that stands. That when we need something the most, and even in the smaller things of our lives...God can and will provide what we need, when we need it.

Even in situations that are less then hopeful, or perhaps when we have no hope at all. 

Because as we pray with faith, even just the faith of a mustard seed, he can do much with it. And frankly friends, that day, that was about all I had, when I looked at the situation after several days of trying to get ready to leave, and now everything personal had been taken out. It was all the faith I had, and yet it had been enough. Sure there was no real wash cloth, but that sock had satisfied a need. Had I just given up and not used that sock, it wouldn't have made me feel good physically for sure.

And more importantly, what it had done for me, was that it made me feel good spiritually. Because God had heard my less than hopeful prayer and guided me to a sock that we would have other wise not found because we already knew the stuff that it was in, was not going with us.

Jehovah Jireh, 

It is one of the many names of God that means: My Provider. Sure it wasn't as big a deal as it had been to Moses in Genesis 22. But it was a big thing to me, that God had seen my need and was my provider even so, at a time when I might have left feeling dreadful for not having had a shower. . 

A mustard seed of faith coupled with Jehovah Jireh, who is a big God that provides even the little matters of life. Now that is who I want to depend on in all situations!

Hello Friends. Thanks for coming by. I pray your summer is going well, after all of the situations we have found ourselves in with the virus that closed most businesses etc, God is good and he will see us through it

I will be posting as much as I can now that I am back. It might not be everyday because there is much to do here still. However, I will do the best I can and hope you will continue to check my blog out as often as you can. Until next time......

Why Did Jesus Stay For Forty Days?

In Mark 16:12, Jesus had been walking with the two men on their way to Jerusalem. And then in verse 14, he appears to the eleven as they were eating. On down in verse 19, it says this;

So after the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God.

The question is, did he immediately go, as Mark seems to say in that verse?  The answer is no It couldn't have happened right after he was first found to be alive. Acts 1:13 tells us that:

...Jesus began to do and teach. Until the day in which he was taken up, after that through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen. To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion giving many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

And so we know by this that he hung around down here for forty days. But why? I think there really is a simple explanation for that. He wanted to make sure his disciples knew that he was alive, along with all those that followed him, But he also wanted to let those that didn't know him, try to  say that his body could not be taken away and so that is what happened to him.

Because they did try to. Those Roman Soldiers that was guarding the tomb? They had to go tell their "higher ups" that his body was gone! However, the "higher ups" told the soldiers to lie and tell people that his friends had stolen his body. If the soldiers didn't, they could face harsh consequences. 

But, I am sure that the guards were all to happy to obey their leaders because Mathew 28;12, says that after the elders had counseled they "gave large amounts of money to the soldiers." 

Lets face it, the Roman government or at least most of them, didn't want its people to have anything to do with Jesus. Putting him to death, was meant to solve their problem. However, they hadn't bargained on him really being the Son of God and doing what he had said he would do, much less what had been prophesied hundreds of years before. He had risen. He had stuck around to continue to preach the gospel, and then after being seen by many many people for forty days, he did ascend the sit on the right side of God the Father. 

During that forty days, he appeared to many groups of people. More then two decades later, the Apostle Paul wrote that he had appeared to "more then two hundred brothers at the same time time, most who are still living."  1 Corinthians 15:6

No Super Power was ever going to stop him. Not then and not now. He came and did what his Father-the only real Super power, (God) that will ever be, had sanctioned him to do. And he did it for you, and me. What kind of love is that? 

Thanks for coming by today Friends. Have a wonderful evening. 

God bless!

Jesus Appeared in Another Form

After that, he (Jesus) appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.  Mark 16:12

What did Mark mean, when he said that "he appeared in another form unto two of them? Who were they?

Two of the followers of Jesus were walking from Jerusalem to a village called Emmaus. One of men's name was Cleopas  (Luke 24:18) And they were talking about a man that they had been following that was a prophet and whom they believed to be the Messiah

Jesus, had joined them, walking with them but they did not know him because his appearance had changed. He asked them what they were talking about and Cleopas asked, "Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that has come to pass there in these days> 

In the account that Mark gave in his account, it does not say anything more that answers these questions for us. However, Luke does in chapter 24:18-24, and they explained to Jesus that the women had gone to the sepulcher and found it empty and they had seen a vision of angels who told them he had risen. They went to the tell him that several of them had  then went there and also did not find him.

And so, by these accounts, what we can conclude is, that Jesus can take any form that he wishes. He doesn't have to show himself in a way that people would have known him. Why not? I do not know the answer to that. He just is who he is, the Son of God. And as such, he can take any form he wishes.



The answer of the two men walking in the country was partially given in Luke 24:18 They were his followers, and only one name was given, Cleopas.

We were not given much more information about the questions raised. But then again, it was just a part of the most important part of the story of Jesus death and Resurrection. A part that is going to have to wait until we get to heaven ourselves and maybe can then know the answers to.

But then, I suspect, we will be very busy checking out all the wonders of God at that time, and these will take a back seat to those things we now read of, but are yet unseen...or maybe we will just know them without God telling us. I don't know.

What do you think?

God bless you today my Friends. Have a wonderful new week. 

Til next time......

The Young Man: Mark 16:5

And entering into the seplucure they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment and they were frightened. Mark 16:5

Who was the young man?

The two Mary's had went to the tomb of Jesus that morning to anoint Jesus's

 body with sweet spices. On the way they had wondered who would roll away the stone from the entrance so that they could go in. But when they got there, they found the stone had already been moved. They went in and to their amazement or perhaps confusion, they found he was not there. And then they saw him. A young man, in a long white garment and it had scared them,

What ever we may know about angels of the bible, our first thought might be that he was an angel. But was he? Or was he a man?

The four gospels each explain that situation a bit different. Mathew does not say that they actually went into the tomb, but that an angel descended from heaven after an earthquake and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. He was dressed in clothing as white as snow and when the Mary's arrived, he told them that Jesus was not there, he had risen. 

Luke on the other hand does not mention the earthquake, but when they got there, found the stone had been rolled away and there were two men standing beside them in shiny garments

 And lastly John describes Mary weeping outside the tomb and  as she wept she stooped down to look into it and saw two men in white sitting at the ends of where Jesus body had been laid.

Which one is the truth? 

I am sure theologians have debated over questions like that for many of years. And the fact is, we really don't know. The disciples themselves were not eyewitness to that particular event when the Marry's were at the tomb.  Some of them did not even believe that that they were even telling them the truth about Jesus, when they went to tell them what  they had discovered that morning.. 

I have no doubt that what they had just witnessed three days before, from his trail to his burial, that all of his friends were grieving because they had not really understood what was happening and when his tomb came up empty, and they finally knew that he had, their grief had turned to the most wondrous kind of joy that could be had. 

Not only that, but from one question I had is, how long after he arose were the gospels written. One site I looked up said it was forty years later. And so in that amount of time, or whatever amount of time went by, perhaps memories faded. And the four apostles had to recall that time in their minds. 

Adding perhaps to that, even family members can be involved in some event in their lives, and yet at some point later, will recall them quite differently then the other members that had been there. 

So who was this young man? Angel or a man?

Inquiring minds want to know. Right?

I believe he was probably an angel. But that is my opinion. That and a couple dollars might buy you a cup of coffee at Starbucks. 

The fact is, we don't really know.by just reading the account. And you know what? It really is not all that important. What is important about that part of the story, was that the two Mary's had found the tomb empty. Jesus was gone, and someone-whether angel or man, had convinced them that he was alive and they must go to let his disciples know.

And they did.

Scripture refs:Mathew 28:2, Mark 16 1-:5, Luke 24: 1-4, John 20:11-12

Hello Friends. Thanks for your visit today. Have a great start to your new week. Stay safe and be blessed!

What Was The Veil of the Temple?

What was meant by the veil in the temple being rent (or ripped) in two when Jesus died? 

/Why was this important

To understand this, we have to first know what the veil in the temple even as. 

Back before Jesus came into the world, God's people were required to sacrifice an animal to God as a way of getting his forgiveness for their sins. When the temple was built, people would take an animal there to sacrifice them to God as a way of atoning for their sin. Because sin separated  man from God, there had to be a way that he could get his forgiveness for it.

The reason for animal sacrifice was a temporary fix, if you will. A foreshadowing of what Jesus Christ would do to absolve the sins of the world when he died on the cross. Jesus was the perfect sacrifice that would be taking the place of the animals that had been used up to that point.  

"...without the shedding of innocent blood there is no forgiveness of sin." Hebrews 9:22

Some one had to shed his own blood for it and God sent his son Jesus to do that because no one in all humanity could. But up until then, it still had to be done, and because Jesus was not here yet, something else had to take its place until then. And so goes the reason for animal sacrifice. Which was done within the temple once the temple had been built.

In Jesus' lifetime, the Jewish people used the temple for  the worship of God according to the law of Moses, and they followed it religiously. In the temple, there was a veil that divided the Holy of Holies which was God's presence from the rest of the temple where men dwelt.This was because man was sinful and God could not be where sin was. Once a year, only the high priest was allowed to go beyond the veil to enter God's presence to atone for all of the sin of Israel. 

The significance of the veil being torn in two was that when Jesus died, the shedding of his blood was now all that was needed for the forgiveness of sin.It signified that now, the Holy of Holies was open to all people, no matter who they were. Both Jewish and Gentile. 

From then on, our High Priest is God and not a man. We no longer go through a man to get to God. We go to Jesus, who is the way to God, and he is the only way to him by the forgiveness of our sin which he shed his blood for us on the cross. John 14:6.

The veil was a symbolic reminder that Jesus is the only way that we can go to the Father. 

Thanks for stopping by Friends. God bless you!

Who was The Naked Young Mani n Mark 14:51-52?

And a naked young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him, buts he left the linen cloth and ran away. Mark 14:51-52

Have you ever heard this part of the gospel message referring to the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ? Because, I can't honestly say in all my years of celebrating Easter and hearing it's message over and over, I never have. And it has just been in reading these four accounts, that I have learned this.

Why is that? Is there a mystery here? Who was this man? Are those 2 little verses important to the story of Jesus? Is there are any more we can learn from this? Is there anything we can learn from it? Why was Mark the only one that reported it?

As you can see, I ask a lot of questions. Maybe some are important and some are not. But finding the answers, if I can, that is.... important to me. So let's see what we can find out about this part of Mark's account.

To see what was actually going on at the time, we have to take notice of the 4 verses immediately before that.

And they laid hands on him (Jesus) and seized him. But one of those that stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out against a robber with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day, I have been with you, teaching in the temple and you did not seize me. But let the scriptures be fulfilled." And they all left him and fled. Mark 14:46-50

And so, what have these 2 sets of scriptures have to do with each other?

We can conclude by reading the scripture that at the time, there was tremendous tension, anger, rebellion and fear going on. Among the people were the "higher ups" that were trying to stir them up. The soldiers standing there could have killed all of the disciples that were there with Jesus, if they had wanted to, after one of them had cut ff the ear of one of their own.

But Jesus had posed that question. Did that make them suddenly stop what they might have been thinking?

Verse 50 of Mark's account says that they all fled. His friends had deserted him. Every one of them. And then the incident with the naked man comes into play, and after that, Jesus is taken to the high priest. 

Mark seems to be saying that they had deserted him because they had become afraid. Afraid for their own lives. They were with him for three years, but now that he was being arrested, they too were in danger.

They had just watched Jesus being seized. And next came them doing the same to the naked man. Would they be next? Is that why they thought they had better get out of there? And fast. 

There was no time for thinking it through. They had to get themselves out of there and quickly. 

Possibly this was the reason for the young man's appearance in this part of the story of Jesus. Maybe, and I say maybe, but not only that...but just maybe, the others didn't tell it that way so as not to make it such a big deal about the fear they had experienced. So people wouldn't see them as being weak.  I don't know. Because we do not have any other information about it, we can only assume it could be that way. 

But had you or I been there, we probably would have reacted in the same way. Afraid for ourselves even though we knew our good friend was in real trouble.

It will in no doubt remain a real mystery until we get to heaven and may then get to know the answers 

Thanks for coming by today, Friends. God be very real to you and bless your day. Until next timel....