July 01, 2020, Psalms 111, Revelation 12

Happy Wednesday July, 01, 2020

Laughter is good for the soul.

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

Steve Martin

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

Aldous Huxley

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

Dalai Lama

Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?... He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!

Billy Connolly

Psalms 111

Praise the Lord. 

I will extol the Lord with all my heart

in the council of the upright and in the assembly. 

Great are the works of the Lord; 

they are pondered by all who delight in them. 

Glorious and majestic are his deeds, 

and his righteousness endures forever. 

He has caused his wonders to be remembered; 

the Lord is gracious and compassionate. 
He provides food for those who fear him. 

He remembers his covenant forever. 
He has shown his people the power of his works, 

giving them the lands of other nations. 

The works of his hands are faithful and just:

all his precepts are trustworthy. 
They are established for ever and ever, 

enacted in faithfulness and uprightness. 

He provided his covenant forever--

holy and awesome is his name. 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; 

all who follow his precepts have good understanding. 
To him belongs eternal praise. 

Revelation 12

The Woman and the Dragon

A great sign appeared in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God; and to his throne. The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of 1, 260 days. 

Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down-that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:

 "now have come the salvation and

the power

and the kingdom of our God, 

and the authority of his Messiah. 
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, 

who accuses them before our God

day and night, 

has been hurled down. 

They triumphed over him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony; 

they did not love their lives so much 

as to shrink from death. 

Therefore rejoice, you heavens

and you who dwell in them!

But woe to the earth and the sea, 

because the devil has gone down to you!

He is filled with fury, 

because he knows that his time is short." 

to accuse is to charge someone with a fault, offense, or crime 

He accused him of murder.

to find fault with; blame.

to make an accusation.

He accuses the saints daily to God.

When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. The woman was given the two wings of an eagle so that she  might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpents reach. Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her off spring-those who keep God's commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus. 

Have a great day!