The gracious host of At Home discusses fear and how to overcome it
with faith, plus shares recipes for three delicious Autumn pies!
Potentially becoming a Cat 4 hurricane, "Isaias" is strengthening in the
Gulf and will pose a major threat to the United States by this weekend.
Please pay attention to any special weather bulletins and information
from state and local officials and be prepared if you live in an area
which will be effected by this dangerous storm.
I pray the One who rules wind and water will weaken this storm
considerably and send it back out to sea where it will do no harm!
Thanks to Mark at Weatherman Plus for this latest weather update.
Pronounced "an-VAH" the Hebrew verb, "Anavah" denotes
"gentleness" "humility" "meekness".
You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me,
and Your gentleness exalts me."
(Psalm 18:35)
The warrior-King of Psalm 18 draws near with tenderness, shielding, and raising
the weak. Such paradox-majesty expressed through meekness- establishes the
biblical pattern: true greatness is revealed in lowliness. The LORD's readiness
to bend toward His covenant partner foreshadows the incarnation,
where ultimate regal power is clothed in servant garb.-Bible Hub
"Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my
yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find
rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
(Matthew 12:28-30)
"There is no harder lesson to learn than the lesson of humility.
It is not taught in the schools of men, only in the school of Christ. It is the rarest
of all the gifts. Very rarely do we find a man or a woman who is following closely
the steps of the Master in meekness and in humility. I believe that it is the hardest
lesson which Jesus Christ had to teach His disciples while He was here upon earth.
It almost looked at first as though He had failed to teach the twelve men who
had been with Him almost constantly for three years.
I believe that if we are humble enough we shall be sure to get a great blessing.
After all, I think that more depends upon us than upon the Lord, because He
is always ready to give a blessing and give it freely, but we are not always in
a position to receive it. He always blesses the humble, and if we can get down
in the dust before Him, no one will go away disappointed. It was Mary, at the
feet of Jesus, who had chosen the "better part".
Did you ever notice the reason Christ gave for learning of Him?
He might have said: "Learn of me, because I am the most advanced
thinker of the age. I have performed miracles that no man else has
performed. I have shown my supernatural power in a thousand ways."
But no: the reason He gave was that He was "meek, and lowly in heart."
A man can counterfeit love, he can counterfeit faith, he can counterfeit hope
and all the other graces, but it is very difficult to counterfeit humility.
You soon detect mock humility.
They have a saying in the East among the Arabs, that as the tares and
the wheat grow they show which God has blessed. The ears that God
has blessed bow their heads and acknowledge every grain, and the
more fruitful they are the lower their heads are bowed. The tares
which God has sent as a curse, lift up their heads erect, high
above the wheat, but they are only fruitful of evil.
I have a pear tree on my farm which is very beautiful;
it appears to be one of the most beautiful trees on my place.
Every branch seems to be reaching up to the light and stands
almost like a wax candle, but I never get any fruit from it.
I have another tree, which was so full of fruit last year
that the branches almost touched the ground.
If we only get down low enough, my friends,
God will use every one of us to His glory."
Excerpts from "The Overcoming Life"
Dwight L. Moody
(1837-1899)
American evangelist
It's Apple Week, Y'all!
The gracious host of MeMe's Recipes shares her recipe
for a classic and delicious fall treat-Apple Brown Betty!
(Ice cream topping not optional.)
And everybody remember, Shine for Jesus!
"But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain.
No, I worked harder than all of them-yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me."
(1 Corinthians 15:10)
Les continues his walk through the Bible, explaining how and why
the apostle Paul was constantly defending his apostleship against
those spreading false claims and heretical teachings.
The gracious host of Urban Agriculture 2 And 2 More shares an easy
and thrifty method for growing a massive harvest of sweet potatoes!
"It was a cold, rainy day, and everything had gone wrong with me during that morning.
I realized the fault was mine; but that did not help the matter. About noon the sky began
to clear; and a friend, standing near me said, "'There is only a beam of sunshine, but oh,
it is warm and bright'; and on the impulse of the moment I wrote this hymn."
-Fanny Crosby
Only a beam of sunshine,
But oh, it was warm and bright;
The heart of a weary traveler
Was cheered by its welcome sight.
Only a beam of sunshine;
That fell from the arch above:
And tenderly, softly whispered
A message of peace and love.
Only a word for Jesus
Only a whispered prayer,
Over some grief worn spirit
May rest like a sunbeam fair!
Only a beam of sunshine
That into a dwelling crept;
Where, over a fading rosebud,
A mother her vigil kept.
Only a beam of sunshine
That smiled through her falling tears,
And showed her the bow of promise,
Forgotten perhaps for years.
Only a word for Jesus,
Oh, speak it in His dear name,
To perishing souls around you
The message of love proclaim.
Go, like a faithful sunbeam,
Your mission of joy fulfill;
Remember the Savior's promise,
That He will be with you still.
Only a word for Jesus
Only a whispered prayer,
Over some grief worn spirit
May rest like a sunbeam fair!
"Only A Beam Of Sunshine"
(1884)
Frances Jane "Fanny" Crosby
(1820-1915)
Prolific American hymn writer
and evangelist
