Be Thou My Vision

 November Sunsets            A tree in our back garden. It always turns this beautiful red in the autumn. My sisters have been feeding this kitten that was abandoned by its mother. Every three hours it needs to be fed. I took these next pictures on a walk around the neighborhood. Redbud leaf             A plane in the sky above a beautiful Thanksgiving sunset. I wonder where they are going? A sliver of a moon

To order paper versions of this tract write to: Christian Missions Press P.O. Box 2222 Oklahoma City, OK 73101     or go to: http://www.lifehouse.org/cmp/index.htm "Joy of the Lord" by Tommy Steele Sr. It was my privilege recently to sit under the ministry of a man of God who was a missionary in a  foreign land for sixty-one years. During those three score years he swallowed the Bible by degrees. It was obvious from his speaking that he was familiar with all sixty-six books! His years of meditating in the Word of God has fastened the glory of the Lord upon his countenance. Despite the fact of his more than eighty years, all who are acquainted with him are inspired by his exuberance. He has experienced trials like all the rest of us but nothing is permitted to rob him of his joy in the Lord. This verse of Scripture has liberally been fulfilled in his life,.... with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image fr...

The West Lake in Hangzhou, China.  January 2011.  Photos taken by Elizabeth 

Note: I have a curious habit of starting blog posts and then not finishing them until later.... This post below has been waiting patiently as a draft since September 2012!   I read a very interesting book about China. The author recounts his experiences as he journeyed along the Silk Road, starting in Xian, China and traveling west all the way to Antioch, Turkey. Mr. Thubron is an excellent writer and I have enjoyed his attention to detail and his beautiful depictions of people and places. Here is an excerpt from the book: "Shadow of the Silk Road" by Colin Thubron. ' We are not like our parents. We have no time and security. You say we walk differently from the old, well that is why. It's something nervous.'    He seemed to wince across the restaurant table: a young man, barely twenty-three, with a pale, heart-shaped face. 'Our parents' world was safer: state pensions, assured jobs, and housing. And they want to go on as before, cautiously, prese...

I have been noticing a word in my Bible reading lately, the word is: strong. When the world talks about being strong it talks along the theme of, "depend on yourself" or being "self reliant." But when God tells us to be strong, we are to be strong through His strength. In 2 Chronicles 15:7 it says this: "But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded!" Later on in 2 Chronicles 16:9, "For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him." "My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength , and my refuge, is in God." Psalm 62:5-7 "Then you will prosper, if you take care to fulfill the statutes and judgements with which the Lord charged ...

Happy 2017! I have not completely abandoned this blog I promise. I have been working on an associates degree in English, so I wrote papers for class, but not necessarily for the blog.  Winter is not my favorite season of the year, but I am thankful for all the blessings the Lord has given me. I am glad I have a warm home when it is cold outside and do not live in a tent. (like refugees in Turkey and other places)  I am reading in Psalms, Song of Solomon, Matthew and Acts. I am continually reminded of how the Lord forgives and has compassion on us when we fail Him. The verses below stood out to me as I was reading.  Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth, And they lied to Him with their tongue;   For their heart was not steadfast with Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant.   But He,  being  full of compassion, forgave  their  iniquity, And did not destroy  them. Yes, many a time He turned His ...