According to hurricane hunters flying into this storm,
Erin has now become a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane.
Thanks to Mark at Weatherman Plus for this latest update on Erin and more!
She is small but she is fierce! Packing winds of 145 mph,
Hurricane Erin continues to pose a significant threat to the
beaches on the East Coast of the United States.
Thanks again to Bryan Norcross at FOX Weather for this latest update.
Believe not those who say
The upward path is smooth,
Lest thou shouldst stumble in the way,
And faint before the truth.
It is the only road
Unto the realms of joy;
But he who seeks that blest abode
Must all his powers employ.
Bright hopes and pure delights
Upon his course may beam,
And there, amid the sternest heights
The sweetest flowerets gleam.
On all her breezes borne,
Earth yields no scents like those;
But he that dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.
Arm-arm thee for the fight!
Cast useless loads away;
Watch through the darkest hours of night,
Toil through the hottest day.
Crush pride into the dust,
Or thou must needs be slack;
And trample down rebellious lust,
Or it will hold thee back.
Seek not thy honor here;
Waive pleasure and renown;
The world's dread scoff undaunted bear,
And face its deadliest frown.
To labor and to love,
To pardon and endure,
To lift thy heart to God above,
And keep thy conscience pure;
Be this thy constant aim,
Thy hope, thy chief delight;
What matter who should whisper blame,
Or who should scorn or slight?
What matter, if thy God approve,
And if, within thy breast,
Thou feel the comfort of His love,
The earnest of His rest?
"The Narrow Way"
(1848)
Anne Bronte
(1820-1849)
English novelist and poetess
🙏Shabbat Shalom, Eretz Israel.🙏
💓Sabbath Blessings and God's Peace to All! 💓
PSALM 29
A Psalm of David
Ascribe to the LORD O heavenly beings,
Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name;
Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness.
The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders;
the LORD is heard over many waters.
The voice of the LORD is powerful;
the voice of the LORD is majestic.
The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;
the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
and Sirion like a young wild ox.
The voice of the LORD
strikes with flames of fire.
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness;
the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
The voice of the LORD twists the oaks
and strips the forests bare.
And in His temple all cry, "Glory!"
The LORD sits enthroned over the flood;
the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
The LORD gives His people strength;
the LORD blesses His people with peace.
"All seasons of the year are nice...for eating chicken soup with rice..."
From the 1975 musical album, "Really Rosie" the legendary Carole King sings
the song of the classic calendar book, "Chicken Soup With Rice" by author-
illustrator Maurice Sendak, a charming tale of a little boy's love for chicken soup,
not only while sliding on ice in January, or on a snowman's anniversary
in February, but all year round!
Originally published in 1962, the appetizing story of "Chicken Soup With Rice" will
always hold a special place in my heart as one of the first books I learned to read!
Fox Weather's Bryan Norcross provides the latest update on Erin,
slated to become a Category 4 hurricane at 11:00 AM EST today.
Impacts will be felt across the Caribbean and along
the beaches on the U.S. East Coast.
Stay alert and be prepared for any possible changes
in the track of this dangerous storm.
Before the first sunrise...before Adam drew his first breath,
a war broke out in heaven...
Pastor Jack Hibbs calls the impending California Assembly Bill 495 which was
drafted to prevent President Trump from enforcing federal immigration laws
"the most dangerous bill we've ever seen" -in regards to the safety and welfare
of school aged children in that state.
If you live in California and can attend the rally on August 19th
be there to make your voice heard!
If you cannot attend, please stand in prayer for the people of California!
Thank you Pastor Jack for sounding the alarm against this evil!
"Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith
to follow after deceitful spirits and teaching of demons, influenced by the
hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron."
(1 Timothy 4:1-2)
According to the latest information from the National Hurricane Center,
Tropical Storm Erin is expected to become a hurricane on Friday.
Mike Boylan, the founder of Mike's Weather Page joins
FOX Weather with the latest details on the storm.
America's favorite cowboy cook Kent Rollins takes a journey back in time to visit
some of the most lively and exciting "social clubs" in the Old West-the local saloon!
He also shares his recipe for delicious Skillet Brisket Nachos!
" Our graces are either growing or shrinking. It seems to be the law of nature
that everything and every person must move along. There is no standing still.
The moment the growth stops, decay sets in."
-Laura Ingalls Wilder
"I cannot stand still in my work. If I do not keep studying and going
ahead I slip back," said a friend to me the other day.
"Well, neither can I in my work," I thought. My mind kept dwelling on the idea.
Was there a work that one could learn to do with a certain degree of excellence,
and then keep that perfection without a ceaseless effort to advance?
How easy and delightful life might be if we could do this, if when we had attained the
position we wished we might rest on our oars and watch the ripples on the stream of life.
Turning my mind resolutely from the picture of what would happen to the person
who rested on his oars, expecting to hold his position where the tide was rippling,
I began looking around for a place in life where one could stand still, without
troubling to advance and without losing what already has been gained.
My friend who plays the piano so beautifully was a fair performer years ago,
but has improved greatly as time went by. She spends several hours every day
at the instrument practicing. "I have to practice," she says, "or I shall lose
my power of execution," and because she does practice to keep what she
already has, she goes on improving from day to day and from year to year.
In contrast to this, is the other friend who used to sing so much and who had
such a lovely voice. She hardly ever sings now and told me the other day
that she thought she was losing her voice. She also said that she was so
busy she had no time to practice.
There is also a woman who "completed her education" some years ago.
She thought there was no need for further effort along that line and that she
had her education for all time, so she settled down to the house work and
poultry. She has read very little of anything that would help her to keep
abreast of the times and does not now give the impression of being an
educated, cultured person but quite the reverse.
No doubt she has forgotten more than I ever knew, but the point is
that she has lost it. Refusing to go ahead, she has dropped back.
Even a housekeeper who is a good housekeeper and stays such becomes
a better and more capable one from the practice and exercise of her art and
profession. If she does not, you may be sure she is slipping back and instead
of being proficient will soon be a careless woman who will say,
"I used to be a good housekeeper, but,-"
The same rule applies to character. Our friends and neighbors are either
better friends and neighbors today than they were several years ago or they
are not so good. We are either broader minded, more tolerant and sympathetic
now than we used to be or the reverse is true. The person who is selfish, or
mean or miserly-does he not grow more so as the years pass, unless he
makes a special effort to go in the other direction?
Our graces are either growing or shrinking. It seems to be the law of nature
that everything and every person must move along. There is no standing still.
The moment the growth stops, decay sets in.
One of the greatest safeguards against becoming old is to keep growing
mentally, you know. If we do not strive to gain we lose what we already have,
for just so surely as "practice makes perfect" the want of practice or lack of
exercise of talents and knowledge makes for the opposite condition.
We must advance or we slip back and few of us are bright enough to turn
a slip to good account as did the school boy of long ago. This particular boy
was late at school one icy winter morning and the teacher reproved him
and asked him the reason for his tardiness.
"I started early enough," answered Tom, "but it was so slippery that every
time I took one step ahead I slipped back two steps."
There was a hush of astonishment and then the teacher asked,
"But if that is true, how did you ever get here?"
"Oh, that's easy," Tom replied. "I was afraid I was going to be late
and so I just turned around and came backwards."
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"Are You Going Ahead?"
An article written for the farm newspaper,
the Missouri Ruralist
By Laura Ingalls Wilder
(1867-1957)
Prolific American writer and original pioneer girl.
Author of the "Little House" book series.
Tropical Storm Erin may soon become the first named
major storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season.
Thanks again to hurricane specialist Bryan Norcross
at FOX Weather for this latest update.
In this report from CBN News, Arab Christian Pastor Saleem Shalash
reveals the little known reality of life for the believer in Jesus in Israel.
"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they
set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same
way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds
and glorify your Father in heaven."
(Matthew 5:14-16)
And everybody remember, "Shine for Jesus!"
As she gets more organized out in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Erin
could become a major hurricane by the end of this week.
Head's up for everyone heading down the shore in the next few days.
This storm could produce dangerous rip currents and high
waves as she passes by the New Jersey coast.
Thanks to hurricane specialist Bryan Norcross for this latest update.
"The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone."
(Psalm 118:22)
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables.
"A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built
a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of
the vineyard. But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
Then, he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and
treated him shamefully. He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent
many others; some they beat and others they killed.
Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them.
"They will respect my son," he said.
But the tenants said to one another, "This is the heir. Come, let us kill him,
and the inheritance will be ours." So they seized the son, killed him,
and threw him out of the vineyard.
What then will the owner of the vineyard do?
He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
Have you never read this Scripture:
"The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
This is from the Lord and it is marvelous in our eyes."
At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken
this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.
(Mark 12:1-12)
THE SONG OF THE VINEYARD
(Isaiah 5:1-8)
I will sing for my Beloved a song of His vineyard:
My Beloved has a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
He dug it up and cleared the stones
and planted the finest vines.
He built a watchtower in the middle
and dug out a winepress as a well.
He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes,
but the fruit it produced was sour!
And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
I exhort you to judge
between Me and My vineyard.
What more could I have done for My vineyard
than I already did for it?
Why, when I expected sweet grapes,
did it bring forth sour fruit?
Now will I tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
and it will be consumed;
I will tear down its wall,
and it will be trampled.
I will make it a wasteland,
neither pruned nor cultivated,
and thorns and briers will grow up.
I will command the clouds
that rain shall not fall on it."
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are the plant of His delight.
He looked for justice,
and saw bloodshed;
for righteousness
and heard a cry of distress.
Woe to you who add house to house
and join field to field
until no place is left
and you live alone in the land.
"WOE TO THOSE WHO CALL EVIL GOOD AND GOOD EVIL,
WHO PUT DARKNESS FOR LIGHT AND LIGHT FOR DARKNESS,
WHO PUT BITTER FOR SWEET AND SWEET FOR BITTER. WOE
TO THOSE WHO ARE WISE IN THEIR OWN EYES AND PRUDENT
AND SHREWD IN THEIR OWN SIGHT!
(Isaiah 5:20-21)
" I WILL GATHER ALL THE NATIONS AND BRING THEM DOWN INTO
THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT. THERE I WILL ENTER INTO JUDGMENT
AGAINST THEM CONCERNING MY PEOPLE, MY INHERITANCE ISRAEL,
WHOM THEY HAVE SCATTERED AMONG THE NATIONS AS THEY
DIVIDED UP MY LAND."
(Joel 3:2)
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM AND THE
SALVATION OF ISRAEL. MARANATHA!
The latest behind-the-scenes news from Israel, or what you will not
hear reported in the western new media, from Israeli-American
author/speaker and former Knesset member Avi Lipkin.
"He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy,
through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit."
(Titus 3:5)
"Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God."
-Reverend Jonathan Edwards
What happens when one man fully surrenders to God?
This is the remarkable story of Jonathan Edwards,
a humble preacher, whose life of fasting, earnest prayer,
and commitment to worship God in spirit and in truth,
ignited a spiritual revival, which spread like wildfire
across 18th century America, and is known today
as the First Great Awakening.
"Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law."
(Psalm 119:18)
Gracious hostess Diane Leary shares a delicious, classic southern
recipe that your family and friends will be sure to love!
And everybody remember... Shine for Jesus!
Why did the Son of God live on earth for only 33 years?
Was His life cut short, or was each moment divinely appointed?
"The Lord will fight for you and you shall hold your peace."
(Exodus 14:14)
An inspiring message to begin the week from Pastor Jack Hibbs.
The heart-warming story of a German Shepherd named Kelly,
trained to become a Seeing Eye dog for the blind.
It was uplifting and educational programs like this one
that made The Wonderful World of Disney the best show
to watch on Sunday nights when I was a kid!
