Taken at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt. Coot-tha.
A picturesque bottle brush tree.
Salvia
Flame tree
Salvia
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Himself He Could Not Save
Matthew 27:41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save...
Himself He could not save,
He on the cross must die,
Or mercy cannot come
To ruined sinners nigh;
Yes, Christ, the Son of God, must bleed,
That sinners might from sin be freed.
Himself He could not save,
For justice must be done;
And sin's full weight must fall
Upon a sinless one;
For nothing less can God accept,
In payment for the fearful debt.
Himself He could not save,
For He the surety stood
For all who now rely
Upon His precious blood;
He bore the penalty of guilt,
When on the cross His blood was spilt.
Himself He could not save,
Yet now a Saviour He:
Come, sinner, to Him come,
He waits to welcome thee;
Believe in Him, and thou shalt prove
His saving power, His deathless love.
Albert Midlane
John 10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Berry Fun Saturday – Strawberry Slippers!
I think these strawberry slippers over at Ema’s Decorations are so fun and cute! :-) I am thinking that I might actually try to make these myself sometime. I have been trying to work more strawberry theme into my clothing of late.
What do you think? Are you a strawberry lover? Would you wear slippers like these?
Delicious Strawberry Slippers – a crochet pattern.
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Laying Aside Weights – Some Thoughts On Dealing with Things
1 Corinthians 7:29-31 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
These articles written by others go well with the Laying Aside Weights series. (I know, I thought I was done with that too, but it keeps coming up again.)
Spring Cleaning Your House and Your Mind - Here’s an article over at Living On A Dime about clearing our thinking up as we prepare to clean up our houses for spring and summer. I dare say most of us could stand to remove some of the “scum of life” that has accumulated from the winter months. She has some helpful observations about how we view our things and how our things should serve us rather than us serving our things. (If you have trouble figuring out how to go about organizing and cleaning up – especially if you have some illness that hinders you – you might want to also read this: How to Get Organized! Part 2.)
Letting Go of Someone Else’s Memories - Here is a thought-provoking item at A Slob Comes Clean for those who are tempted to keep and store other people’s memories and stuff. I may have posted this before, but it goes well here.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Some Thoughts On Spiritual Warfare
Here is another article that I wrote some years ago.
There are a lot of people today who are getting pretty careless in warfare with the devil. It is especially bad among Charismatic types and those on their fringes. While they make fools of themselves in their dealings, others who profess to be Bible believers ignore the possibility of even needing to do warfare with our adversary the devil, acting as if they have "charmed" lives and are immune to attack by simply being saved. They take the hymn literally when it says, "Jesus is the name that charms us..." He seems to be our "lucky" rabbit's foot to some…
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