Signs That Accompany

Our Sharing God’s Word

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Do We Even Know What They Are?

As far as our eyes see, to the horizons and back on their reflections in water, can we see inside events and recognize God’s Signs

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of steadfast Love

Psalm 89:2

I declare that your steadfast love is established forever;
your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.

Mark 16:20

And they went out and proclaimed the good news everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that accompanied it.

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Words of Grace for Today –

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I’ve never thought of the sky being firm, but rather gaseous and quite movable, moved by wind that brings all kinds of weather and skies over and down upon us.

But there you go: a different time thought of them as firm, and actually as firmaments, a barrier/border that kept the chaos of al pre-creation void at bay, allowing the earth to exist with good order, from morning through noon, to sunset, through night and again to morning’s new beginnings.

As earth still moves us through morning, noon, sunset, night, to new beginnings, and we share again and again the Words of God’s Works, Promises and Steadfast Love, being ourselves the deeds thereof as well, do we ever consider that we could notice God’s Signs.

Oh, the highway has all sorts of signs, which we must learn in order to earn the privilege of driving on them. The seasons have all sorts of signs of what might blow in next, challenging or easing the struggle to thrive or perhaps just to survive. The faces of others bear all sorts of signs, of emotions, of struggles past and present, of hope unreasonable, of joy founded and sorrow unbearable.

But!

But do we take time to recognize the signs of God’s Work around us and among us and in us?

If you take time and give a bit of effort to it, what Signs could you see today?

What Signs of God’s Works, Promises, and Steadfast Love?

Glory Hallelujah

(ours or God’s)

Monday, May 18, 2026

Seekin’ a Step Up for Our Own, or …

Letting God Shine Through Us!

Psalm 115:1

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,
for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness.

John 7:18

Those who speak on their own seek their own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing false in him.

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Words of Grace for Today –

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It’s all okay to take on each day’s challenges, feeling overwhelmed, and working like everything depends on one’s own success.

It’s okay, but futile and in the end just senselessness.

To live (aware and counting on and trusting the gifts the Holy Spirit gives us) is the greatest adventure we can ever know.

Whether one faces enemies’ attacks, or others’ diseases, depressions, and perversions, or the struggle to have the basics for life …

Whatever one faces

the only way to actually face it all and live through it (not escaping some side road to a half life or less) is

to trust God’s promises

and with all one is and does and speaks and writes

to give God praise, to turn any and all glory towards God’s

in thanks

for life

and breath.

We sing hallelujahs, in thanks.

Wise Opposition

To Fools

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Grace for the Humble

One can only be humble looking at God’s work.

Job 9:4

God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who has resisted him, and succeeded?

1 Peter 5:5b

All of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for
“God opposes the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”

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Words of Grace for Today –

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Being humble is to allow

that the other person might know a little about what they are doing.

That is hard to grant to some

who act like idiots

more often than not.

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But true idiots

cannot benefit

from honest reactions to their idiocies.

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Those who benefit are the ones who respond with grace to idiots,

for to condemn others, putting aside all grace and humility

only corrodes the heart and spirit.

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Since Jesus commanded us to love one another,

to resist such wisdom is not going to help much good come one’s way.

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But the honest truth is treating real fools and idiots with Grace is always a challenge!

God help us.

Eyes Seeing

Truth and Singing

Monday, May 11, 2026

Seeing Beyond The Horizons of Life

Where Heaven and Earth Meet

First Samuel 2:2

There is no Holy One like the Lord,
no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God.

Revelation 4:8

And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and inside. Day and night without ceasing they sing,
“Holy, holy, holy,
the Lord God the Almighty,
who was and is and is to come.”

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Words of Grace for Today –

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The troubled waters of these times, like most of history for most humans who ever lived, are full of change, and not towards the better.

We’ve enjoyed peace.

Well, some of us living in the privilege and comfort afforded a small percentage, have enjoyed peace,

while most live in the chaos of wars, conflicts, displacement, refugee camps, job loss, food insecurity and and and.

But now climate change robs more and more of the ability to live where their people have lived for centuries even millennia. Even the most isolated have more trouble finding clear air, sufficient water, dry land, or or or.

While we struggle more, and fear even more and more the coming state of our worlds,

the one solid foundation of our lives and our hope is God.

The four winged creatures, with eyes all around, and even eyes inward (which see what we cannot) respond always

giving God praise in song.

So we

in our troubled times and fear filled days

can pause at least

to sing

for in song

we see inwardly what we otherwise cannot see:

the pure joy of being God’s creatures on this ever changing planet.

By The Skin Of Our Teeth

Rescued

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Again

Still Waters Will Always Be Stirred to Shocking Tempests.

Psalm 81:7

In distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Matthew 14:30-31

But when he noticed the strong wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!” Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

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Words of Grace for Today –

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Trials and Tests

come each day,

some small, some big, some hidden until they are done, some like walls that seem we cannot get past.

Some blow the waters, once calm, into tempests unimagined.

And

Are

Afraid.

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Still

God reaches out and pulls us to safety

again.

And again.

And Again.

From the Nest

Carried, Guided

Friday, November 14, 2025

On Wings, High Above It All

High Above the Brutality and Greed,

the Corruption and Scheming,

the Dishonesty and Shame.

Deuteronomy 32:11-12

As an eagle stirs up its nest, and hovers over its young; as it spreads its wings, takes them up, and bears them aloft on its pinions, the Lord alone guided God’s Volk; no foreign god was with them.

John 10:29

Jesus spoke: What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father’s hand.

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Words of Grace for Today –

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There’s enough in the world to go around,

air,

water,

food,

clothing,

shelter,

work,

and

love.

There’s also enough

Brutality,

Greed,

Corruption,

Scheming,

Dishonesty,

and

Shame.

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God provides us protection and passage on wings of love and light, high above the worst of humanity’s failings,

so that we can be blessings to others,

sharing

all

that

good

and

life-giving

with

all

people.

Trusting

What is Worthy of Trust

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Will It Be So?

Enjoy, All That Is.

It Will All Change.

Soon.

Psalm 119:6

Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.

Luke 8:15

But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.

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Words of Grace for Today –

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Bear Fruit.

In other words: be good, do right, be just, do good.

Tall order for humans who are caught in being bad, doing wrong, being unjust, doing bad.

Hearing (well we can do that), holding it fast (well that’s more quesionable, our grasp is always wavering), having a good and honest heart (well we all fail that one) and bearing fruit with patient endurance (bomb.)

So how are we to live.

Last week the forecast came out: snow Wednesday evening to Thursday, enough to cover and put to rest thoughts of a snow free fall for a few more weeks.

So into high gear I went, working as many hours as the sun provided light (and a few more) and (more limiting) how much energy my body could exert.

Now if such focus (at expense of lot of other things, mind you) were available for weeks on end I’d have more than enough wood for the winter.

As it is, it’s kind of touch and go. Lots of the wood in the stacks will either burn real fast (it’s about as good as sawdust) and some is so wet it may not burn at all, until after the coldest of winter (which may pull some moisture out of it, hoping).

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No matter.

The fore cast now calls for freezing rain, followed by sleet and then ice, followed by close to a foot of snow.

All gathering wood from the woods will cease: no traction for the truck and not enough umph any more in the body. So what’s in will have to do, though I’ll add bits and pieces as I can still.

The sun shines. The temperature is a pleasant 3⁰ above. The wind is calm. The sun shines clear.

It’s hard to believe in a few hours the firm grasp of winter’s snow will grab this browned grassy area, and hold it for months to come until Spring springs.

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Trust.

Trust it will be so, even if it will make things tougher.

But focused me it did. To use the time available for what will not be possible later.

So Trust.

Trust the Word.

For what life is may not be what we hope for,

but God’s Word is that it is GOOD.

In the end it will work out for us,

Jesus has a home waiting for us.

And those we love will be better for it.

Thank God.

Do Not

Be Afraid!

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Blessings Promised

Lots of water

between here and

the coming storms.

Genesis 26:24

And that very night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham; do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you and make your offspring numerous for my servant Abraham’s sake.”

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places

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Words of Grace for Today –

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“Do not be afraid.”

Always, “Do not be afraid.”

But …

well, there’s plenty of reasons to be afraid.

Seasons change,

and with climate change, the wild storms are now ferocious, focused on destroying us

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it seems.

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Morning

Rising moon sliver cannot dent the not quite frozen dark.

Innumerable stars pierce the black void around dancing magnetic streams.

Dew drenched grass waits increments of snow piling on.

Ferocious winds wait, catapults loaded.

Biting cold looms over the horizon.

Already the monster chews it’s bright orange flames turning wood to ash & light & heat

Ever slowly boiling the pot for morning coffee & the day’s tea.

All is well

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For now.

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Thank God for all the blessings (as promised each day through the generations) that have kept us alive

until now.

And a home waiting

when that last day comes

our way.

Gone Degenerate and Wild

Will Anyone Plead for Us?

Friday, October 10, 2025

Surely Someone?!!

Sunset Glory.

The Colours Are Not Real.

But God’s Blessings Are!

Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I planted you as a choice vine, from the purest stock. How then did you turn degenerate and become a wild vine?

Romans 11:2

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

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Words of Grace for Today –

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If we are at all honest with ourselves we know that we have at least taken the good vineyard God planted in us and chosen to bring in wild weed seed, and degenerative thoughts, words, dreams, and deeds,

to much so that they choke out life in and around us.

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Elijah, as powerful as he may be, cannot save us.

Thankfully, God has not rejected us and deserted us to ourselves and all the evils we dream up.

Instead

God sent Jesus to save us

and save us he did and does

each day.

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Thus we may live this day

as the ones God blesses,

all in order that we share those blessings will all.

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Breathe.

The Spirit

Always in and around us, for life.

For This Reason

And What Reason Is That

Thursday, October 9, 2025

That God Would Bless Us?

The Spirit Works Where God Wills

Genesis 12:1-3

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Galatians 3:9

For this reason, those who believe are blessed with Abraham who believed.

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Words of Grace for Today –

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God calls and says “Go!”

God promises a great nation, blessings to be blessings to all.

And Abram and Sarai, go, and manipulate, cheat, and lie their way to wealth, security, and fame (or infamy to their victims). But they cannot make a great nation, starting with a family unless God blesses them with a child, and for that …

well they are humbled, most humbled. They cannot do it on their own.

Late in life, they finally have a child, and the rest is history.

A history of a nation growing and strong, then corrupted and overrun, and reestablished but still weak, then dispersed across the earth, and oppressed, killed and driven out.

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Do we want to join that family?

Maybe not so much, eh!

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Yet, by baptism into Jesus, the Christ, we are made a part of that family of God, a family larger than just Abraham’s blood descendants. A family bound together by the fire-wind-spirit of God, pouring gifts upon us all

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all so that we can be blessings to others.

And how are we brought into this family? Do we do what is right and good and just and earn our way in. Not on your life.

We, like Abraham and Sarah, can do nothing, except wait for the gifts of the Holy Spirit to bring us home, into the family of God.

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For this reason, namely, that we are saved not by our works, not by our own hands, not by our own hearts or minds; that we are saved by faith given to us by God;

for this humble reason, that we do none of it on our own, that God must do it all for us.

For this reason, this humbling reason, we are blessed

not for our benefit

but that we can be a blessing to others, many times over.