Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. -Habakkuk 3:17 & 18, NIV
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So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ -Mathtew 6:31, NIV Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. -Exodus 14:21 & 22, NIV As Saul watched David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is that young man?” Abner replied, “As surely as you live, Your Majesty, I don’t know.” -1 Samuel 17: 55, NIV Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” -Mark 4:38, NIV I am going where everyone on earth must someday go. Take courage and be a man. -1 Kings 2:2, NLT My son, I will die: I have to, I cannot cheat the circle of life. Where I will go, you will meet me soon –but please, heed my words. What God has given me is a monumental favor. I do not deserve this, I do not own this, neither do you. You are a servant, an administrator accountable to the people's whims. And no, please don't look at me with that face. I believe in you, I trust in you –only you can finish the job God started in me. Trust me, you are the perfect person...but I cannot let you stray away, not by any chance. Please, remember me. Remember my victories. Remember my failures. Remember my hardships. Remember I was born running, and I will die running –and so you will, too. Remember I was born leading, and I will die leading –and so you will, too. But I must beg of you: learn, grow, improve, do better than what I did, exceed the expectations, go far above and beyond, soar and fly higher than I did. You have your youth; I have my sagging flesh and skin. Be careful when you walk along the halls. The walls have ears, and they will hear even your last breath. Be careful what you do in secret— I have learned this the hard way. Be careful when you make treaties with foreigners or when you run off meeting your future bride; treat everyone with respect, everywhere you go. I see your tears. Don't hold them back. After all the years I had to suck my tears dry in front of the Lord, I can't ask you to be more a human than to be yourself. I've seen you grow up into a strong man, so curious and unafraid of the world. Don't lose the fear I won back on my deathbed. Please, don't lose that sparkle of hope in your eyes...yet don't fall prey to the stupidities you'll face in these horrible days. They will only grow from bad to worse, but that's where you come in. Where God has placed you, that's where He wants you: and only through Him, you'll grow even higher and higher. Tell your children...Oh, they're right here...I love you all very so much. Tell your wife...Oh, she's also there...I am honored to be your second father. Tell your workers and friends...Thank you for the music. And I will say to myself...Thank GOD I am leaving this place! But enough is enough: I have said what I have to say. I will go in peace, I will go in silence. Remember all my advice, and make it your own. And when you make it your own and your children stand before you, you will see your lips move with the Lord's majestic voice. Be a man. Be brave. Be majestic. Be a father. Be a man.
Felicidades. Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? -Matthew 6:26, NIV I remember Resetti from Animal Crossing. Whereas any game would take saving the game for granted, Resetti enforced it to a ridiculous degree. Any unwanted ejection was no excuse: he’d randomly pop up in front of the criminal’s front yard and stated badgering with near-expletives to the point of high blood pressure! Whoa, was he always mad! Sometimes, we’d genuinely forget (please remember, I live in Babylon). Others, we’d only do it to provoke is wrath…but it gets my creative juices flowing!
But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. -Luke 24:29, NIV |
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