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(Click refresh or reload for current message) "Proclaim
His Praise In The Islands"
Message
summary: Let's
rejoice that
God's praise
is indeed
being
proclaimed on
the islands!
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"Sing
to the LORD a
new song, His
praise from
the ends of
the earth, you
who go down to
the sea, and
all that is in
it, you
islands, and
all who live
in them. Let
the desert and
its towns
raise their
voices; let
the
settlements
where Kedar
lives rejoice.
Let the people
of Sela sing
for joy; let
them shout
from the
mountaintops.
Let them give
glory to the
LORD and
proclaim His
praise in the
islands"
(Isaiah
42:10-12).
This last weekend we took a boat tour of the Thousand Islands area on the Saint Lawrence River between Canada and New York. In fact we actually entered Canadian waters which was a special treat for Ester since she had never been to Canada. The
Thousand
Islands area
is stunningly
beautiful as
seen in the
photo above
(which I did not
take). Many
have summer
homes on them.
The river is a
playground
with many
boats, large
and small,
including huge
ocean going
freighters.
The Thousand
Islands
constitute a
North American
archipelago of
1,864
islands
that straddles
the Canada–US
border. To
constitute
being an
island it must
have a tree.
All of our island experiences have been to off shore islands accessible by a bridge or ferry on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. In New England we enjoyed our visits to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. The population living on the world's islands is over 730 million, which is approximately 10% of the world's total population. Several islands such as Great Britain, Java (Indonesia) Honshu (Japan) and Luzon (Philippines) have very large populations. Most islands are smaller in size and population. Many islands are unpopulated. The Philippines have a whopping 7,641 islands. However surprising (to me, anyway) the country with the most islands is Sweden which has 267,570 islands. Consider the daily verse: Isaiah is writing about 750 years before Christ. I see no evidence in his writings that he was a traveler and you can imagine the obstacles to travel in those days. Do you suppose he had ever been on an island? Yet under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit he writes a powerful call to "Sing to the LORD a new song, His praise from the ends of the earth". He includes those living in the desert and on the mountaintops. The passage ends with this phrase, "Let them give glory to the LORD and proclaim His praise in the islands". Although islands are beautiful and have special appeal to the vacationer, many island locations pose great challenges to ministry. Those that serve often feel isolated and lonely. The world's second largest island in land mass is New Guinea with 303,381 square miles, which is larger than Texas. This island has many remote, unreached peoples and some of the most sacrificial mission work in the world. Yet ministries like Wycliffe Bible Translators, Ethnos360 (formerly New Tribes Mission) and others have a powerful presence and entire tribes have come to faith in Christ. Brooksyne and I each have a relative working on this island (or preparing to). Let's rejoice that God's praise is indeed being proclaimed on the islands! Be
encouraged
today,
(Hebrews
3:13)
Stephen
&
Brooksyne
Weber
![]() * The largest island in the world is Greenland with 840,000 square miles but only 56,000 people. Australia seems like an island but is considered a continent!
Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources
"Let
the Islands
Praise Him"
Watch
video on
YouTube
Brother
and Sister
worship duo,
Jessica &
Austin Meshell
1000
Islands
(Aerial island
photo in
message from
this site)
1000
Islands
Gananoque: It
Will Take Your
Breath Away
Video
At
our family
reunion in
July we
visited with
newlyweds,
Hadley and
Katie Hageman,
who are
preparing for
ministry in
Papua, New
Guinea with
Ethnos
360.
Katie is the
granddaughter
of Stephen's
oldest cousin
Jeanine.
Dave and Amy
Julian along
with their two
sons, Dan and
Ben. Dave is
Brooksyne's
cousin who are
currently
serving as
missionary
associates in
Papua New
Guinea, as of
October 21,
2022.They are
full-time
missionaries
who set up
health aid
posts in
strategic
locations and
train local
people in
basic medicine
and
evangelism.
The hope is to
use these
facilities as
a tangible
example of the
gospel to
allow them to
go into
communities
where the
gospel has not
been welcome
up to this
point and to
then be able
to plant
churches in
these areas.
More photos from our trip last weekend to upstate New York. We took a boat tour of the Thousand Islands and Boldt Castle. Tom
Thumb island,
the smallest
of the
Thousand
Islands
Boldt
Castle has an
interesting
history. It
was started
over 100 years
ago and then
left
unfinished for
many years due
to the death
of the owner's
wife. After
many years the
bridge
authority
bought it and
is slowly
finishing it
to show what
it would have
looked like
should it have
been finished
at that time
period. Here's
the dining
room.
Boldt
Castle kitchen
Boldt
Castle
powerhouse
When
we returned
from our 3˝
hour boat trip
and castle
tour Ester
climbed up on
this giant
chair in
Clayton New
York and took
a nap (maybe).
Finally
today:
This
morning we
awoke to our
most drastic
seasonal view
change, the
harvest of the
corn across
from our
house!
Today
we attended
the monthly
prayer
luncheon with
community
folks in a
local Mount
Joy church.
Sylvia
Handwerk, a
retired school
teacher, was
the speaker
who
enthusiastically
spoke about
Bible 2
School, a time
release
ministry held
during the
elementary
school lunch
period, where
students are
released from
the campus for
an hour to
hear a Bible
lesson once a
week. She
challenged
those present
to volunteer
in some
capacity so
that more
grades can be
added.
Currently
lessons are
provided for
only two
grades and
there is a
great desire
and interest
to add two
more grades.
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