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Friday, October 18, 2019
Yesterday
was rather cold and blustery but still beautiful.
Near New Holland we passed this Amish school with
the children out for recess
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"The
Peace That 'God
Knows'"
Message summary: May we all experience the peace that "God knows".
Listen
to this
message on your audio player.
"O LORD, You have searched me and You know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways" (Psalm 139:1-3). "Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, You are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me" (Psalm 139:7-10).
As many of you know, many late model cell phones have a feature that constantly knows its location. Mine knows where I am and can project where I am going apparently based upon my location history. For instance early on Tuesday morning I receive a notification with the distance and directions to a company we typically visit Tuesday morning in Lebanon County. At some point each day it must sense we are ready to head home and helpfully gives us directions, although I rarely rely on GPS.
The phone also records where a photo is taken using the GPS to very precisely pinpoint the location. That's a nifty feature and a reminder of the many helpful uses of GPS.
Recently a Japanese man was arrested for reportedly stalking a pop star and attacking her at her home, according to Japanese news. Allegedly, this man found the woman’s home by studying photos she posted on social media, observing a train station reflected in her eyes, finding that train station using Google Street View, waiting for her at the train station, and following her home. (link to article below)
In one way or another so many now have access to precisely where we are! While this can be very comforting when we're in trouble and need rescued it's also quite scary. That's a privacy concern that many have although I'm such a small fry I really don't worry much about some geek in the Silicon Valley being interested in where I am.
One thing is sure; God knows where I am at this and every moment. This is true for everyone! He knows me; He's familiar with all my ways. He knows when I sit and when I rise. We may all exclaim along with David, "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me!"
Psalm 139 speaks of God's intimate knowledge and His care for each of us as individuals. Although David writes the Psalm very personally, applying these truths to himself, they are equally pertinent to everyone of God's creation. We can read it as though we ourselves wrote it.
Today we want to encourage each reader with these truths. He knows where we are and is intimately acquainted with the very issues that bring on anxiety, pain, temptation, as well as those things that bring peace, assurance, and joy. In the midst of it all He encircles us with His loving care as He makes this firm commitment to every one of His children: "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
So, like the Psalmist, we properly respond to Him: "Search me O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (Psalm 139:23,24).
May we all experience the peace that "God knows".
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer: Father, I'm grateful
for Your promise to guide and keep me secure no matter
where I dwell, for Your hand will lead me, and Your
right hand will hold me. What blessed assurance it
brings to know that in Your omnipresence I can never
move beyond Your compassionate care, Your loving
favor, or Your watchful eye. Not only do You grant me
every breath on earth, but You will also help me
conquer death. Because of these glorious provisions, I
have blessed assurance now and blessed hope for my
eternal future! Amen.
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
Send a message to Stephen & Brooksyne
Message summary: May we all experience the peace that "God knows".
Listen
to this
message on your audio player."O LORD, You have searched me and You know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways" (Psalm 139:1-3). "Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, You are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me" (Psalm 139:7-10).
As many of you know, many late model cell phones have a feature that constantly knows its location. Mine knows where I am and can project where I am going apparently based upon my location history. For instance early on Tuesday morning I receive a notification with the distance and directions to a company we typically visit Tuesday morning in Lebanon County. At some point each day it must sense we are ready to head home and helpfully gives us directions, although I rarely rely on GPS.
The phone also records where a photo is taken using the GPS to very precisely pinpoint the location. That's a nifty feature and a reminder of the many helpful uses of GPS.
Recently a Japanese man was arrested for reportedly stalking a pop star and attacking her at her home, according to Japanese news. Allegedly, this man found the woman’s home by studying photos she posted on social media, observing a train station reflected in her eyes, finding that train station using Google Street View, waiting for her at the train station, and following her home. (link to article below)
In one way or another so many now have access to precisely where we are! While this can be very comforting when we're in trouble and need rescued it's also quite scary. That's a privacy concern that many have although I'm such a small fry I really don't worry much about some geek in the Silicon Valley being interested in where I am.
One thing is sure; God knows where I am at this and every moment. This is true for everyone! He knows me; He's familiar with all my ways. He knows when I sit and when I rise. We may all exclaim along with David, "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me!"
Psalm 139 speaks of God's intimate knowledge and His care for each of us as individuals. Although David writes the Psalm very personally, applying these truths to himself, they are equally pertinent to everyone of God's creation. We can read it as though we ourselves wrote it.
Today we want to encourage each reader with these truths. He knows where we are and is intimately acquainted with the very issues that bring on anxiety, pain, temptation, as well as those things that bring peace, assurance, and joy. In the midst of it all He encircles us with His loving care as He makes this firm commitment to every one of His children: "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
So, like the Psalmist, we properly respond to Him: "Search me O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (Psalm 139:23,24).
May we all experience the peace that "God knows".
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer: Father, I'm grateful
for Your promise to guide and keep me secure no matter
where I dwell, for Your hand will lead me, and Your
right hand will hold me. What blessed assurance it
brings to know that in Your omnipresence I can never
move beyond Your compassionate care, Your loving
favor, or Your watchful eye. Not only do You grant me
every breath on earth, but You will also help me
conquer death. Because of these glorious provisions, I
have blessed assurance now and blessed hope for my
eternal future! Amen.Yesterday
we made a short visit to the
Strasburg Railroad
We
had especially visited to see the
massive visiting Norfolk
and Western 611 steam engine, one
of the last and most powerful
steam engines ever made which is
temporarily on loan to the
Strasburg Railroad. It was not
being used yesterday for pulling
the train but I still got to see
it.
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The Story of Norfolk and
Western 611! Video
The much older Great Western 90 steam
engine was running and I caught this
photo bringing an excursion back
from Paradise (PA that is)
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For the next trip they
connected to the passenger cars with
the engine backwards (or so it seems
to me although for a train engine it
apparently doesn't matter).
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to enlarge
Side
view
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to enlarge
Heading
out with the next load of tourists
with the tender car out front.
The
Strasburg Steam Engine 90 was
formerly the Great Western 90
Video Article
Cab tour of the
Strasburg steam engine 90 Video
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Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"He
Knows My Name" Video Tommy
Walker
"Search
Me O God" Video The
Cathedrals
"God
Doesn't Care" Video
Greater Vision (You have to listen to
the song to make sense of the title!)
Finally
today:
There
seems to be an abundance of pumpkins in
our area and they are readily available
at many roadside stands. But we still
see many pumpkins lying in fields and
yesterday passed this team taking them
out of a field near Paradise, PA. If you
look carefully you'll see a conveyer in
the middle of the wagon and extended
from the pasture to the wagon as the
Amishmen were loading pumpkins on it.
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