Life

The teacher, wisdomite, author of ecclesiastes puts it this way:

"OH, the vanity, of life!"
"Meaningless, meaningless, it's all meaningless!"

And sometimes one has to wonder...why love something that in a split second can just end? You can go to sleep one day and never wake up. Doesn't it make much more sense to stand in awe of forever? The vanity, meaninglessness of life has to do with vanity/pride, for life is the opportunity to make a name for ourselves. The wild thing is, Christ refused to make a name for Himself, and is now sitting on the throne in heaven.

O Sovereign One! How wise are your ways! How impossible to not stand in awe of such wisdom!

The futility of life and the love of it. But it is not completely purposeless, since it is the agent by which we will be with forever. :)

Come Lord Jesus!

A prayer for the people of Japan...

Do not look at us for who we really are.
Lest you turn us into dust and ashes yet again.
In mercy, please overlook our trespasses
and instead of wrath shower us with your grace.

Your majesty is complete with all splendor,
lovingkindness is your middle name.
Do not give full vent to your anger O Most High,
who can stand in your way when you choose to display your power?

If we don't worship You o Living God,
it is because we are ignorant.
Are not Your ways way higher than ours?
Then how can we be expected to even know You?

You are in heaven and we on earth. We are at your mercy
and we are your footstool.
Do not crush us. Have mercy on us!
Give us one more chance to stand in awe of You and Your ways.

LET US TURN TO THE LIVING GOD!

more videos from japan....

Have mercy on us O Living God!

 LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
   or discipline me in your wrath.
 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint;
   heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.
 My soul is in deep anguish.
   How long, LORD, how long?
 Turn, LORD, and deliver me;
   save me because of your unfailing love.
 Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
   Who praises you from the grave?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theenvoy/20110311/ts_yblog_theenvoy/watch-raw-footage-of-the-japan-earthquake-and-tsunami

the sounds from...

...japanese television to warn of incoming aftershocks are scary. The sound itself is not unpleasant...what's scary is that the sound tries to keep people from panicking like a horn or siren would. What makes it scary is the fact people know what it warns of...

Very different kind of fear...

With websites such as justin.tv and ustream.tv

The world can see whats going on LIVE in Japan. It's as if the humanrace has adopted an attribute of God...
Omnipresence... 

:o

Come Lord Jesus!

Current events

http://www.usatoday.com/video/index.htm?bctid=821966249001

video from japan...

Current events

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Huge-Japan-quake-causes-tsunami-fires-landslide/ss/events/wl/031111japanquake#photoViewer=/110311/photos_wl_pc_afp/cebea863ada2925e4f3407eba247997f

pictures from japan...

Current events

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110311/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_earthquake

are the smurfs socialists?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qra0hlO6hZk&tracker=False&NR=1

Is the comeback kid the papa smurf of the world?  :) 

Current events

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110310/sc_space/willmarch19supermoontriggernaturaldisasters

¹⁸ Even on my servants, both men and women,
   I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
   and they will prophesy.
¹⁹ I will show wonders in the heavens above
   and signs on the earth below,
   blood and fire and billows of smoke.
²⁰ The sun will be turned to darkness
   and the moon to blood
   before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

Acts 4:18-20

Eclipses, meteor showers, comets, "supermoons"....may all have happened throughout time...only difference is today we know WHEN and WHERE since "Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”

Current events

http://g1.globo.com/revolta-arabe/noticia/2011/03/kadhafi-e-sua-panelinha-devem-ir-embora-dizem-sarkozy-e-cameron.html

Sarkozy and Cameron echo the comeback kid...

Current events

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/03/ap-saudi-police-open-fire-on-demonstrators/1

Will "day of rage" materialize? Watch out if it does...

Current events

http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/2011-03-10-stocks-thursday_N.htm

The market, like oil, wont just CRASH....it will slowly deteriorate.

God is...

the only one that is above everything, and thus master of everything by "default", which makes Him the only One NOT subject to laws.

In other words...God is always right for two reasons:

1. He ACTS right.
2. He is above all acts and thus not subject to being judged with anything in regards TO acts.

Indeed, God's sovereignty is beyond understanding, since we are bound by laws of nature/physics.

Current events

http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/20110308/ts_dailybeast/12806_howsaudiarabiaskingabdullahcouldholdoffarabuprising

The saudis scared?

and while at the grocery sto...

I found out that the price of cashews is...

not even a month ago it was $4.99 which was already high...

Have the squirrels changed their diet or something?

While playing with my nephew...

I found out that a "starwars" "toy" looks like this:

and contains:

1- plastic casing
2- replica of a chip
3- picture of a child
4- star wars message encrypted in the back.

new 9/11 footage

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110307/us_yblog_thelookout/nypd-helicopter-video-of-9-11-attack-surfaces#mwpphu-post-form

Is 9/11 prophecy fulfilled? (revelation 18)

¹And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

 ²And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 

ARE EVENTS IN REVELATION TO UNFOLD EXCLUSIVELY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY? IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOME OVERLAP OTHERS(SEALS,TRUMPETS,BOWLS)? With God, one day is like a thousand years....

 ³For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

Can anybody deny that the world revolves around the usa?

 
 ⁴And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 

Could this verse be used to advocate the thinking that revelation does not necessarily unfold chronologically? Would God want his people to "come out of her" the same day He chooses to destroy her? Or would he destroy babylon in parts? 


 ⁵For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
 ⁶Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
 ⁷How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 

Are verses 5,6,7 examples of american "exceptionalism" ( a word used among present day "tea partiers")?


 ⁸Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

On 9/11, death and fire came...
  
 ⁹And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, 

Was there one person who was unaware, unaffected or unfazed by 9/11?

 ¹⁰Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. 

Between 9:00am and 9:59 am...


 ¹¹And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 

why not?


 ¹²The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

 ¹³And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

 ¹⁴And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. 

Not that america exports much...but...

  
¹⁵The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
 ¹⁶And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
 ¹⁷For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 

One hour...
 ¹⁸And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
 ¹⁹And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. 

One hour...


 ²⁰Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

 ²¹And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. 

Could this be the final blow to NY/USA?

 ²²And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

 ²³And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

 ²⁴And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

or is 9/11 prophecy-PARTLY fulfilled? (revelation 18)

the only good thing about this world is...

...that it is the "pass" to the next one. You have to pass through it.