Be Thou My Vision

Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O  Lord , my strength and my Redeemer.     We have such an awe-inspiring, creative God! Who else would think of sunrises and sunsets? Beautiful warm colors, sparkling water,  darkness turned to light...."sorrow shall be for a night but joy comes in the morning" Luke 15:8-10  “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds  it?  And when she has found  it,  she calls  her  friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!’   Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

W A S T E ....... There is tragedy about death. It seems such waste.       In 1912 Jim Thorpe was called "the greatest athlete in the world" by King Gustav V of Sweden. That year he became the first person ever to win both the decathlon and pentathlon in the Olympics. In 1953 Jim Thorpe died. That body which was once such an amazing combination of strength and coordination is now a pile of dust. What a waste!     The questing scientist probes the outer reaches of space. His highly trained mind works with concepts and formulas that were unknown a few years ago. Yet that brain will one day die and begin to decay.      The surgeon's skilled and sensitive fingers guided by years of training and experience perform miracles in modern medicine. Live are saved that were once thought lost. But even the surgeon must die and those hands that once saved others will become cold and lifeless.      Every...

                   为中国祷告！                       Pray for CHINA!                    Shanghai at the World EXPO The UK Pavilion  Each one of those plastic spikes has a rare (or almost extinct)  seed at the end of it.  From the inside of the building you can see each individual seed up close.   Mom and little daughter in Shanghai. 8:30 am after Tai Chi.  Tai Chi in the park  Early morning chores in Shanghai.    Park by night in Shanghai  Everyone wanted their picture taken with us! My littlest sister really missed me the whole trip, she was so glad to see me when I got back! She would follow me around all day, as if I would disappear or something.   Sisters are the best :-)...

I am back from an amazing 3 weeks in China. I enjoyed Shanghai, Hong Kong, Chong Qing, the Yangtze River Cruise, (Saw the 3 Gorges Dam and went through my first lock) and then Beijing. Here are a few of my impressions of China, the Middle Kingdom. In Chinese, the two characters for "China" are;  中 which means "middle" by itself, and  国 "Country". America is: 美国 Canada is: 加拿大 South America is: 南美洲 Africa is: 非洲 It is so different from my "quiet" hometown. The people everywhere, the buses, subways, taxis, bikes, motorcycles, the noise. The airports with hallways stretching into seemingly endless space. Quiet Hutongs (side streets off the main road) and local markets. Traditional Chinese Herbal medicine markets. Street shops selling trinkets, jewelry, and almost anything you can think of. Meeting friendly people who want their picture taken with you. :-) Learning Chinese characters, and singing hymns in pinyin. (the pronunciation of ch...

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