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Tuesday,
February
23,
2021
Stephen and Sadie Willow watching the setting of the sun from our picture window. As the saying goes, "A dog is a man's best friend."
"The Lord's
Name Is To Be Praised!"
Message summary: We
have many choices today. Some are relatively
inconsequential, others are very important. The
most important choice we make is to love and serve
God. And one way we can do that is by joining
millions of our redeemed brothers and sisters on
this earth in praising the name of the Lord!
Listen
to this message on your audio player.
“From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised" (Psalm 113:3).
The
changing seasons, including our current wintry
season with lots of snow, presents a variety to
our landscape views in our large front yard and
across the street; the vegetation, outdoor
activities, clothing attire, Amish traffic, all
vary throughout the year. At this point many of us
who’ve settled in for a few cold months are ready
for a thaw! This sign, “free snow” made us chuckle
when we saw it alongside the road in front of an
Amish farm years ago, although we doubt if there
were any takers.
But one constant view we rarely miss, regardless of the season, is the sunset, though at times the clouds obscure its bright view. Our lead photo was taken several days ago after Brooksyne saw me holding Sadie and watching the sunset through our picture window. As a family we often stop whatever we are doing and watch the sunset together. If the weather is warm enough we sit on the rocking chairs on our front porch. Ester especially has lots of sunset photos!
The daily Scripture is set
to music that we often sang during the 70's &
80's when much of our congregational music was
word for word Scripture. Perhaps you sing it even
now and know it by memory: "From the rising of
the sun to the going down of the same the Lord's
name is to be praised". What an interesting
way the Psalmist expresses the universal call to
praise the name of the Lord directed to all
people on this planet. We're reminded of
this as we received the following note, in
relation to our message yesterday about "The
Ultimate Essential Oil", from a faithful Nigerian
reader named Sunday: "AMEN. May God continually
give us oil in our lamps to keep burning and
shining His Light to a world filled with darkness.
Thank you for this message
Sir."
Listen
to this message on your audio player.“From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised" (Psalm 113:3).
The
changing seasons, including our current wintry
season with lots of snow, presents a variety to
our landscape views in our large front yard and
across the street; the vegetation, outdoor
activities, clothing attire, Amish traffic, all
vary throughout the year. At this point many of us
who’ve settled in for a few cold months are ready
for a thaw! This sign, “free snow” made us chuckle
when we saw it alongside the road in front of an
Amish farm years ago, although we doubt if there
were any takers.But one constant view we rarely miss, regardless of the season, is the sunset, though at times the clouds obscure its bright view. Our lead photo was taken several days ago after Brooksyne saw me holding Sadie and watching the sunset through our picture window. As a family we often stop whatever we are doing and watch the sunset together. If the weather is warm enough we sit on the rocking chairs on our front porch. Ester especially has lots of sunset photos!
The daily Scripture is set
to music that we often sang during the 70's &
80's when much of our congregational music was
word for word Scripture. Perhaps you sing it even
now and know it by memory: "From the rising of
the sun to the going down of the same the Lord's
name is to be praised". What an interesting
way the Psalmist expresses the universal call to
praise the name of the Lord directed to all
people on this planet. We're reminded of
this as we received the following note, in
relation to our message yesterday about "The
Ultimate Essential Oil", from a faithful Nigerian
reader named Sunday: "AMEN. May God continually
give us oil in our lamps to keep burning and
shining His Light to a world filled with darkness.
Thank you for this message
Sir."Elsewhere the Psalmist writes, "I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth" (Psalm 34:1), another great Psalm put to music.
This call is not limited geographically, for each region of planet earth experiences the rising and setting of the sun. (Now, some astute observer will probably point out that there are certain times of the year when the sun never sets at the Polar Regions!) This call is not limited to a specific time, for this event happens daily, and in fact is always happening somewhere. This call is not limited to a specific people, for all peoples on earth today live where the sun rises and sets.
We have many choices today. Some are relatively inconsequential, others are very important. The most important choice we make is to love and serve God. And one way we can do that is by joining millions of our redeemed brothers and sisters on this earth in praising the name of the Lord, at all times, in all circumstances, exalting His name above every name!
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer: Father, from the time we awaken to
the time we lie down we declare that You are
worthy to be praised! Your name is exalted far
above the earth, Your worth much greater than
jewels. Help us not to be people who use the same
tongue for cursing and for praising. Instead we
want to engage our mind, surrender our hearts and
employ our tongue to praise You, our Lord and
Father. Be glorified in our lives so that we bring
praise and glory to You this day not only in word
but also in deed. Amen.Today's
Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"Psalm 34" Video Brooklyn
Tabernacle Choir with Shane & Shane
"From The Rising Of The Sun"
Video
A local church singing the chorus very
similar to what I recall!
"From The Rising Of The Sun"
Video
Maranatha singers
Follow-up to our squirrel
saga. So far our slippery pole
strategy is still working. Jeff, a
longtime reader and mechanical engineer,
suggested this fascinating video prepared
by a mechanical engineer and his effort to
control the squirrels in his backyard. "Building
the Perfect Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder"
Video
(22 minutes) It's worth the watch!
Please note: Yesterday we
shared a link to a video of a baptism
testimony by a young lady with Down
Syndrome. After sending the email I saw
they revised the video and it didn't open
at the right spot in the service. If you
want to try again it's here. (This should
be cued to the start of the testimony.)
What happened yesterday? I had created the
link from the live stream video the church
initially posts, which includes about 15
minutes of announcements before the actual
service starts. After I made the cued link
they apparently revised this so that the
video started at the beginning of the
service which threw off the timing. If you
have a family member with a disability or
know someone else who does this video will
touch you in a special way!
We usually show our sunset photos
but we also have a sunrise view, it's just not
as prominent from our place and comes up
beyond our neighbor's back yard!
Finally today:
We had a blizzard about 25 years ago when we lived in New England. A young man helped me shovel excess snow from our church entry way and making a big pile. After the work we did some "Blizzard Jumping" that is, jumping off the roof into huge snow pile. Ester found this old photo of me jumping off the church roof.
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