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(Click refresh or reload for current message) Monday, October 14, 2024 Corn
harvest in
Lancaster
County
The
little boy is
driving the
team while his
dad loads the
corn stalks on
the other side
of the wagon.
"Three Score Years And Ten" Message summary: Each of our lives are a part of the overall fulfillment of God’s purpose in His Kingdom. Listen to our message on your audio player. "The
years of our
life are
seventy, or
even by reason
of strength
eighty; yet
their span is
but toil and
trouble;
they
are soon gone,
and we fly
away" (Psalm
90:10). "I
cry out to God
Most High, to
God, who
fulfills His
purpose for
me” (Psalm
57:2). “When
David had
served God’s
purpose in his
own generation
he fell
asleep; he was
buried with
his fathers
and his body
decayed” (Acts
13:36). Allen C. Guelzo, the director of Civil War Era studies at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, suggested that Lincoln’s formulation “four score and seven” was an allusion to the King James Version of the Bible’s Psalm 90:10, in which man’s lifespan is given as “threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years". In case my age is not clear I am 25,569 days old. (Psalm 90:12) Each of our
lives are a
part of the
overall
fulfillment of
God’s purpose
in His
Kingdom. Psalm
57 was written
during a very
low period in
David’s life.
David cried
out to the
Lord and
expressed
confidence
that
ultimately
God's purpose
would be
fulfilled in
his life. But the
apostle Paul,
preaching in a
Jewish
synagogue in
Pisidian
Antioch, makes
a simple
statement
concerning
David’s life,
essentially a
summation, "When
David had
served God’s
purpose in his
own
generation". Like David,
all of us
(except the
final
generation)
will
eventually
fall asleep
(die) and our
physical
bodies will
decay.
Interestingly,
Psalm 90:10
ends with
these words
regarding our
life span, "they
are soon gone,
and we fly
away". Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, we’re
grateful for
those
throughout
history who
chose to be
men and women
of faith,
whose hearts
were fashioned
in Your image,
for those who
served Your
purpose in
their
generation. We
also want to
serve Your
purpose in our
generation.
Help us to
remain
steadfast and
strong all the
days of our
lives. Amen.
Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources "Welcome
Home"
Listen
on YouTube
CityAlight
What a
powerful
perspective in
life and
death! "I
Won't Go Back"
Listen
on YouTube
Brooklyn
Tabernacle We
had a busy
weekend:
Friday
evening we
attended a
banquet for Align
Life
Ministries,
our local
pregnancy
resource
center. There
were 750 in
attendance to
hear of the
ministry of
Align Life and
keynote
speaker, Eric
Mataxas, who
stressed the
vital
importance of
the Church as
a counter
force to the
evil of our
age.
One
of the very
first people I
met moving to
Lancaster
County in 2001
was Daryl
Leisey, who
was the MC at
the event.
Daryl has been
on the board
of Align Life
for many
years. He is a
business
consultant
with North
Group
Consultants
and at a point
of difficult
transition in
my life in
2005 he gave
me valuable
and lasting
counsel.
On
Saturday I met
my brother Pat
over at the
Old Windmill
Farm before we
went out to
lunch
together. In
this photo
Jesse is
hosting a farmhouse
experience
where guests
make butter,
cider and
enjoy freshly
baked homemade
bread. Anna
Ruth made sure
I got a loaf
to take home.
Just before I
wrote this
caption I
inserted a
slice of bread
in the
toaster. The
aroma of fresh
bread filled
the kitchen.
It tasted as
good as it
smelled!
Brooksyne's
note:
Saturday
evening Ester
and Brooksyne
planned a
surprise 70th
birthday party
with our ABF
class along
with some
friends we've
collected over
the years. Bob
and Robin,
members of our
class hosted
it at their
dairy farm in
Washington
Boro. We'll
post more
photos
tomorrow when
Ester
downloads them
from her
camera.
The
six windows on
the other side
of the event
room look down
on a carousel
where cows are
being milked.
This
is the view
from the large
windows. A
carousel
milking parlor
on a Lancaster
County farm.
It's very
entertaining
to watch!
Click on photo to enlarge Last
night we
attended a
Gospel Concert
to hear the
Mark Dubbeld
Family from
Virginia. Our
friends, Nick
and Drema,
invited us and
we thoroughly
enjoyed it.
Janeen (r)
wrote a book
about her
adoption "In a
Cardboard Box"
that Brooksyne
is currently
reading. How
wonderful that
Janeen found
her purpose
for living in
spite of the
difficult
circumstances
of her birth.
Here
are two of my
favorite songs
from last
night:
"Soldier On" Listen on YouTube The Mark Dubbeld Family "What’s it Like at Home" Listen on YouTube The Mark Dubbeld Family To
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