Why Do They Rage?

Because they are infants, tossed back and forth by the waves,

and blown here and there by every wind of teaching

and by the cunning craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.

They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God

because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.

Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality

so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.

~ Ephesians, Chapter 4 (NIV)

Painting ~ A Storm at Sea, Hermanus Koekkoek 1815-1882

They Could Have A Crystal Stream, Instead ...

 If they but understood...

All the delights in the sensual life, all the pleasure that ever your lusts gave you, 

are but as the putrid stinking waters of a corrupt pond, 

where toads lie croaking and spawning, 

compared to the crystal streams of the most pure and pleasant fountain.

~ John Flavel in None But Jesus

Image ~ Freepik 4045

Thankful Thursday ~ A New Day Dawning

So thankful today for God's mercy in giving us new governing officials. Oh, how I have prayed for His mercy to grant us a reprieve from the moral degradation our present leadership has spiraled us into. Yaweh has heard the prayers of the faithful in the land, and I believe He is giving America an opportunity to aright ourselves and to abolish the wrongs so many have perpetuated and forced upon us.

It's the dawning of a new day.

Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise.

Give thanks to Him; bless His name.

Psalm 100:4

Photo ~ White Chair,  Lori L. Stalter, Flickr CC by 2.0

A Thought on Providence

If providence had alike prospered every man's designs, and set them upon a level, there had been no occasion to exercise the rich man's charity, or the poor man's patience.

~ John Flavel, in None But Jesus

Painting ~ The Gleaners, 1854, Jules Breton 1827-1906