Be Thou My Vision

   Our Reason For Being         -by William MacDonald In planning your career, you should remember this: the real goal of your life is to glorify God and to represent His interests on earth. Everything else is incidental. Christians have bigger business than to give their best to the unworthy world. We are born to soar with eagle's wings, not to crawl in muck.  The believer has one great occupation - to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. The only possible justification for a 'job' or a 'profession' is to meet daily needs and to be able to give everything above that to the work of the Lord. The big problem today is how to keep 'apostleship' and 'tent-making' in proper balance. The 'tent-making industry' wants an ever increasing share of your time and your strength and your skill. The big moguls don't have any vision when it comes to 'apostleship.' All they're interested in is more and bigger and finer tents...

    Abbotskerswell, Devon, England.   Leisure What is this life, if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like stars at night. No time to turn at Beauty; glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance. No time to wait till her mouth can Enrich that smile her eyes began. A poor life this if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.                                                 -W.H Davies  I read this poem in a wonderful book called "For the Family's Sake" by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay. It is about the value of home in everyone's life. I will share a few excerpts from the book below.      My little sister Lydia and I   ...

(Hebrews vii. 24, 25.) Sweet to trace His toiling footsteps      Here amidst the desert sands; Bear in memory all His sorrow,     Thorn-clad head and pierced hands! Learn His love beside the manger,     Learn it on the stormy wave, By the well, and in the garden-     Learn it by the Cross and grave. Yet not only in remembrance     Do we watch that stream of love- Still a mighty torrent flowing     From the throne of God above. Still a treasure all uncounted-     Still a story half untold- Unexhausted and unfathomed,     Fresh as in the days of old. Christ at God's right hand unwearied     By our tale of shame and sin, Day by day, and hour by hour,     Welcoming each wanderer in; On His heart amidst the glory,     Bearing all our grief and care. Every burden, ere we feel it,     Weighed and measured in His pr...

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."                                                                                         Psalm 119:105 The old fashioned lamp referred to here is hand-held, for personal use in the night. What a lovely picture of the Scriptures. It is absolutely essential to grasp the tenets and principles of the Word of God for oneself. To trim the wick and replenish the oil is a daily necessity- and daily reading and study and meditation is essential to survive in this dark world. Are you reading the Bible, daily looking for that light and guidance?  -Brian Russell Oh, Word divine! Oh, Book sublime! Oh, Wisdom so transcending! We look to Thee, we cling to Thee For guiding light unending. S. F...

                                                   Joys are flowing like a river,                                                   Since the Comforter has come;                                                   He abides with us forever,                                                   Makes the trusting heart His home.                                            ...

Stonehenge My dad and I went along with a tour group from the US to learn more about the history of Operation Tiger. We got to meet two American veterans who also came to England. I learned the history of Operation Tiger which I had not been aware of before. This year is the 70th Anniversary of Operation Tiger. They had a big ceremony at Slapton Sands near a tank that was recovered after the war. Exercise Tiger , or  Operation Tiger , was the code name for one in a series of large-scale rehearsals for the  D-Day  invasion of  Normandy , which took place on  Slapton Sands  or Slapton Beach in  Devon . (In late 1943) Coordination and communication problems resulted in  friendly fire  deaths during the exercise, and an Allied convoy positioning itself for the landing was attacked by  E-boats  of the German  Kriegsmarine , resulting in the deaths of 946  American   servicemen. [1] [2] [3]  The incident w...