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“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭35‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/114/mat.24.35.NKJV

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The word is the rock on which we can plant our feet forever!

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-well, everybody's heard about the bird

B-b-b-bird, bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-bird, bird, bird — bird is the word

A-well, a-bird, bird, bird, — well, a-bird is the word

A-well, a-bird, bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-bird, bird, bird — well, a-bird is the word

A-well, a-bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-bird, bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-bird, bird, bird — well, a-bird is the word

A-well, a-bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-don't you know about the bird?

Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word!

A-well, a-bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-

A-well, everybody's heard about the bird!

Bird, bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-bird, bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-bird, bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-bird, bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-bird, bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-bird, bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-bird, bird, bird — b-bird's the word

A-well, a-don't you know about the bird?

Well, everybody's talking about the bird

A-well, a-bird, bird — b-bird's the word!

A-well, a-bird!

Surfin' bird!

Well, a-don't you know about the bird?

Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word!

A-well, a-bird, bird — b-bird's the word

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are you in distress? Do you need prayer?

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No, on the contrary, my situation is most excellent.

You could write a letter to Santa Claus for me,

but really I am not in need of anything.

You can pray for World Peace if you wish to pray for something.

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Do you need a cleaning crew to clean up all the bird feces?

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No, these are Surfin' birds over the ocean.

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Bryan, are you a democrat?

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No, I am a Free Thinking Independant.

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are you new around here???

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I believe Bryan is what is termed "a devout contrarian"!!

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That would be an apt description.

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How does YOUR garden grow, Bryan?

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“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 55:9

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This is what I hold onto. Just lost my newborn grandson. And I am having some intense conversations with God.

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Renea, I am so sorry for your loss, a grief I cannot even imagine. Asking the Lord to comfort as only He can and to fill all the empty places with His peace. Hugs to you.

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❤️

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So sorry for your family's loss, Renea. Your precious grandson is alive in the presence of God Almighty.

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Amen!!!!!

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I am so sorry. Prayers for comfort for you and your family…

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I am so sorry for you and your families loss of your Grandson. Lean in to HIM during this time. Sending prayers

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😭so very sorry💔I always pray for someone who needs “extra”today, and today, it must be you💞

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Thank you. I prayed for all that I was worth as we waited for good or bad news. And those prayers were answered with a giant no. I know God is good but it does not take away the pain or unanswered questions. I will never get to sing to this new one, or hold him and snuggle him, kiss his eewwahhhs. I know I will get to see him again. We will bury him on family property tomorrow after paper work is dealt with. My large flower garden has now been renamed Finn's Garden.

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What a beautiful tribute. So sorry for your loss. Lord, hold Renea and her family extra close today. May HE continue to give you strength and comfort as you go through this impossibly hard time.

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YES YES YES!

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I am so sorry for your loss. We did this after my sister was killed in a car accident. I would sit on the bench and listen to the creek and birds. It brought me great solace. I hope it does the same for you.

The name also reminds me of my mother’s favorite hymn “In the Garden.”

I come to the garden alone

while the dew is still on the roses

And the voice I hear

Falling on my ear

The son of God discloses…

Light, love, and strength to you and your family. 💞💔

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“He speaks and the sound of His voice

Is so sweet, the birds hush their singing…

And the melody that He brings to me,

within my heart keeps ringing……

And He walks with me and He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own…

And the joy we share as we tarry there…

None other has ever known.

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❤️

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Garden Lover: So beautiful and meaningful. My favorite song, too.

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That is a a hymn we use at so many of our family funerals since I was a kid. Cemented in my memory

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And remember that old adage, "We're closest to God in a garden"....and Finn is frolicking in GOD'S GARDEN right now!

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We know that in God’s economy, Finn is not gone.

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I love that you named your garden Finn’s Garden 😢 And what a beautiful name they chose.

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You are in very good company with GIANT hole in your heart and lots of unanswered questions.

Not to take away from your pain - so many here have lost children or grandchildren - but in sympathy thinking on the family I posted about who in June lost their 6 year old in.a freak accident when her siblings were playing. She died almost instantly.

This life really is filled with SO much pain. Thankful for the Psalms when David cried out! 💕🫂

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Dang,! Deep heavy pain for anyone losing a child.

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I weep for you. This life is so hard. We must learn to help carry each others burdens. I'm speechless but my heart is with you. I'm so sorry.

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❤️

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🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻🙆‍♀️

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As a parent who has lost unborn babies and our adult only daughter, I have learned that God's plan is not always our plan but He has comforted us and used these losses to grow us and to comfort others. Don't lose faith and seek His will through your pain. Praying He will give you a special revelation of His love and comfort. 🙏🏻📖🕊️

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Jesus holds him now. It's what we all want for ourselves and others just in our own 'time'. You will hold him for certain. God has a great interest in bringing all He has chosen to come to pass and His Word says that He believes with us in our grief. He is intimately experienced your pain. "He has born our griefs"... Not only carries them with us but He suffers under it also with us. He sees what we cannot. It is our test to trust His eye. He will also hold you fast in these times of your complete anguish. 🙏🏼❤️🌹

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What a wonderful prayer practice, Carol. I’m going to adopt it.

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Prayers for those who need “extra” today 🙏🏻

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I second this is a beautiful prayer practice.

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❤️

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Condolences to you & your family; may you all find peace & comfort that the world can never give but God can.

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I am truly so sorry for your loss of your precious grandson…I can’t imagine…may the peace of God cover you and help you as you journey through this time of intense grief and lost.

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We lost our granddaughter during childbirth and still can’t wrap my head around how He let this happen. His will.

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💔my heart breaks with you.

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"The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;

blessed be the name of the LORD!” 😔🙏🏻❤️

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What grief! Oh, my soul cries out for your loss. May His presence fill you with peace and comfort that extends beyond what each of you can comprehend.

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I am so so sorry. Death and tragedy in childbirth is rarely talked about but it is real. I used to do statistics for mother baby in hospital.

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I’m so sorry Barbara 😢💔😞

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And @ 70....I just acquired my first grandchild last April. Harvey!

The future does not look as .GOV certain as they continue to advertise does it?

Sorry for your loss. And all the heartache that has entered the family.

We must be much more demanding about every thing going wrong for sure.

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Congratulations!! Grandchildren are everything they are cracked up to be. Oddly my husband gets the most emotional over his grandchildren. He loves his two kids, but the grands do something even more to his heart.

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maybe that's why they are called "grands" ?!?

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💕💕💕🌸🌸🌸

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I am so sorry for your loss. May the Lord give you peace and the knowledge that Finn is joyful in heaven. You are in my prayers.

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I am happy for you. My mom got her first at 70 also. 💕

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Bingo...

Along with a new dog named Monty.

He's the other new peach in my life .

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💕💕😁 Puppies bring me such joy

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Congratulations Randall!!

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Renea , words can’t express how sorry I am for your loss . My heart goes out to you and your precious family. Sending prayers of comfort . God bless .

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Amen!

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Amen!

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And you chose right. Stay in His ways, He will comfort your spirit.

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That’s so unbelievably sad. I am very sorry. I pray you find peace and comfort in your conversations with God.

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Yes. I am moved to tears for her and her familys pain

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My heart is moved by your unspeakable loss--HOWEVER...that grandson is waiting for his family to join him in the "sweet bye and bye". And...I would like to share a wonderful story about a friend of mine who lives in FL--her only child--a daughter--finally married a 'good guy' and they had 1 son....tried for another child--lost THREE - 1 of them was still born (a little girl). Many prayers were prayed by everyone who knew this family and MIRACLE OF MIRACLES...this daughter had a SECOND SON who is very sprightly and healthy. THEN...TOTALLY 'UNPLANNED' our Wondrous God gave that family a THIRD HEALTHY CHILD--A LITTLE GIRL....which my friend's daughter wanted a daughter SO MUCH. Now...my friend who bemoaned to me in 2013, "I don't think I'll ever have a grandchild" has THREE HEALTHY GRANDCHILDREN.

PRAYER IS DIRECT CONTACT WITH A MAGNIFICNETLY POWERFUL GIVER OF LIFE AND LOVE!!!

Shalom!!

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God is why we never say never!

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My heart breaks for you and your family 💔🙏🏻

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Praying for you and all your family. Like you said, we won’t know why until we meet again.

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So very sorry for your loss 💔

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I repeat this verse to myself almost daily, W.S. - especially when considering in MY mind the awful turbulent nature of humanity and WHY does our Creator God love US--despicable despots that we are--SO MUCH! Then...this verse pops into my "cerebrum" --MGNIFICO--is our wondrous Savior...JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH AND ALL THAT WAS, IS AND EVER SHALL BE!!

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That’s a great finish!

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Even higher than Bryan Dair! 🤣 Speaking of doggie chocolate chip cookies, that little AI setback is minor for computer programmers, but it reminds me, “The wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight” (1 Corinthians 3:19). Good authority tells us God finds man-made visions of superiority amusing, pitiful even: “The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them” (Psalm 2:4). What do you bet the 21st century keeps God laughing and scoffing?

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Amen

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The Word is Eternal. The Word is Jesus Christ. The Word is the sWord of the Spirit. Get The Word into you. Get into The Word. You cannot get into heaven by imitating or regurgitate The Word. You must repent and be changed. Jesus Christ isn't just a great idea.

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He is the LIVING WORD!

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Thank you!

Amen and Amen!!

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Note in the photo of the blackout including by Jeff, there is a luminescent building to the left, radiating white light (albeit reflected light). Somehow the Basilque de Sacre Coeur, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, had electrical power while the rest of the City of Light went dark.

That church sits on the highest elevation in Paris. It has had perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament — the blessed host which the Catholic Church holds to be the very Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ — where the faithful maintain vigilant adoration before the Eucharistic Lord 24/7/365 for over 150 years.

And this past Sunday was the first of six successive Sundays wherein every Catholic Church in the world will be reading and preaching the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel, the Bread of Life discourse, wherein Jesus proclaims very clearly no less than three times that His Body is true food and His Blood is true drink.

Quite the set of coincidences, eh?

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Thank you for educating us, Gordo - I was wondering why that "single beam of light" was evanescing from that building that I could not identify. THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD IS 'YESHUA' - THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF JEHOVAH JIREH!

Shalom!

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The Sacre Coeur is beautiful! Was there on the steps on a sunny day in 1983. 🌅 😊

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So, basically practicing ritual cannibalism then.

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Uh, no. Consuming divinity.

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How is consuming flesh and blood not cannibalism?

Sounds like some sort of macabre death cult.

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Most organizations, if not all, religious or not, have symbolic gestures and practices to represent something honorable their group is about or to remind the members of something. Mocking or ridiculing any of them is absolutely heartless and disrespectful beyond words. I don’t care if it’s the VFW, the Boy Scouts, a local knitting club, a union, a sports team, a fishing club, whatever. They ALL have symbolism or superstitions, some big some small, that mean something to them as a group. If you wanted to be nasty you could find a way to spin any of them into something they aren’t and ridicule it. But decent people just don’t do that.

Communion is not ritual cannibalism. The flesh and blood does not represent actually eating human flesh and drinking human blood.

The ritual is representative of something else entirely, not literal. “In remembrance of me”.

The bread is so that we remember his body, which was solid, and that he was real and lived as a man on this earth among us, and his body was beaten and broken while he was still an innocent man not having broken any laws and free of all sin. He was hated and beaten for that. And he endured that for us, so that we wouldn’t have to take such a punishment. We eat bread in remembrance of his suffering.

The wine is the liquid that reminds us of his blood that was spilt for all of us when he died on the cross to wash our sins away, to cleanse us. In biblical days the blood of the choicest most prized lamb of a flock was the purest sacrifice you could ever make. Well in God’s flock, Jesus was the purest of us all - without any sin, perfect. So he was the perfect sacrifice for our shitty sins. Yeah, he even did that for you. He did that for all of us, to save us, because with his perfect sacrifice he had the power to die once for all of us so that anyone that accepted his sacrifice would never have to pay the price for their sins. (“The wages of sin is death”) God made that law, and as the judge who rightfully had to find us all guilty, according to the law he made, he was then able to come down from the bench and take off his robe and accept the punishment on our behalf. Like ANY loving father would do for his own child if he could. We drink the wine to remember he spilt his perfect blood for us even while we didn’t deserve it, while we were still sinners.

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The belief is that the bread and wine become the actual flesh and blood

after the priest says some magic words over them.

'The Roman Catholic Church holds to the view of the Lord’s Supper called transubstantiation. It is the view that the bread and the wine become the actual body and blood of Christ, yet still retain the appearance of bread and wine.'

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Heaven is supposed to be eternal. Why would it pass away? Need context here.

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A new heaven and earth will be created, in the future, after Jesus returns and finishes the plan of the father, according to the Bible Isaiah 65:17-18

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Amen! And Revelation

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These are the Words of Jesus Himself, not a prophet nor an interpretation. Take them literally.

Here are some other connections to this fact:

“But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”

‭‭II Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/114/2pe.3.7.NKJV

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“Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭6‬:‭14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/114/rev.6.14.NKJV

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There's the heavens we see and there's a heaven beyond we cannot see. So much beyond our comprehension but He still includes us.

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Maybe pass away from our sight? Maybe pass away if we turn away and cut off our connection to heaven?

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Aug 1Edited

In context, "heaven and earth" is a turn of phrase to describe "the whole universe"; "heaven" is the skies above and "earth" is the earth beneath. "Heaven and earth" (being the current physical universe) will pass away, and be replaced by "a new heavens and a new earth". The author isn't referring here to "heaven" in the sense of God's dwelling place (because, I would argue, that was only ever a symbolic description to begin with - "God is in the heavens, he does whatever he pleases" describes God as metaphorically high above humans, not as literally living somewhere out in space).

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Read or listen to the book called Heaven by Randy Alcorn for the long answer

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✝️✝️✝️

“Therefore, be cheerful, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told.”

— Paul, Acts 27:25 LSB

✝️✝️✝️

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Isaiah 43:6

“I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;”

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I highlighted that in my Bible :)

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I know it is specific to the impending shipwreck, but it speaks a larger truth. It gets me right in the heart.

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It conveys that whatever the circumstances, whatever and to whomever, whether death or life, happy or sad, terrible or magnificent, the Sovereign King of Heaven and earth, sitting on His Throne is still in control of it all...

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Amen! And if He says something will happen, it WILL happen. That brings great comfort to me.

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Honest question: Has even ONE of the Olympic athletes condemned this stupid stunt?...Recognizing their years and years of hard work and dedication by offering up a debauched freakshow?... One?....I don't pay much attention to these distractions. I do recall the deafening silence of a great many "experts" and "professionals" concerning a different matter. That didn't work out too well. (Aaron Rodgers, Kyrie Irving and Novak Djokovic collectively shake their heads).

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Novak Djokovic is prominently displaying his crucifix.

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How is he getting by without 8 covaids shots? Must be in the hospital a lot.

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Citizen Free Press had this link with the headline "There is absolutely zero chance that Djokovic didn't remember this clip when he beat the shit out of Rafa Nadal today in Paris." : https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1817953738142670963

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Great tennis player, but woefully tunnel visioned and research impaired. Myopic thought process on full display.

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SO SHORT SIGHTED!!! "if you are vaxxxinated, you can play in the Australian Open"

SURE! but at what COST and for HOW LONG???!!!

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All you have to do to be free is just "follow the rules". Sheesh...

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I love Rafa (but I love and respect

“No-Vax” MORE!) but he mentions consequences here. Rafa is no doubt seeing and feeling consequences of his clot shots every match. He has retired, has he not?

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🔥

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I know right

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I so love and respect “No-Vax” Djokovic!!!

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“The Destroy the Olympics Committee” is off to good start. 1) Perfectly timed Atmospheric River 2) Satanic Opening Ceremony 3) Train System Down 4) Power Outage 5) Dysfunctional Olympic Village. What’s next?

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God is working on it. Should be interesting to see how Biblically disastrous this literal Sh—show will be.

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I appreciate God's gentle touch in correcting. He could've wiped Paris off the face of this earth.

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Very true! As seen by Sodom and Gomorrah.

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🎯

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