Unusual Friends

Friends are one of the greatest treasures we have. When friends betray and turn on us - when they talk to others about us before they talk to us, it is one of life's greatest tragedies, and the pain of this kind of loss can be intense. Even Jesus experienced betrayal like this (Ps. 46:9).

These beautiful animals show us how precious friendship can be. You would think that these animals would not be natural friends, and yet they have found a way to enjoy one another.

These scriptures are from the NLT...look at these photos and see how the Lord has placed secrets of kindness and friendship in His creation:

Num. 6: 24 The Lord bless you and keep you 

Ps. 31:20 You hide them in the shelter of your presence,

safe from those who conspire against them.

You shelter them in your presence,

far from accusing tongues.

Eph. 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle;

be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Is. 43:2 When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.

When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.

Ps. 15:1-3 Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord?

Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?

Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right,

speaking the truth from sincere hearts.

Those who refuse to gossip or harm their neighbors

or speak evil of their friends.

Eph. 1:8 He has showered his kindness on us,

along with all wisdom and understanding.

Ps. 5:12 For you bless the godly, O Lord;

you surround them with your shield of love.

Ps. 13:5 But I trust in your unfailing love.

I will rejoice because you have rescued me.

Ps. 118:24 This is the day the Lord has made.

We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Prov. 18:24 There are “friends” who destroy each other,

but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.

Ps. 148:7, 10 Praise the Lord from the earth,

you creatures of the ocean depths…

wild animals and all livestock,

small scurrying animals and birds,

Col. 3:12 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves,

you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy,

kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Ps. 36:5 Your unfailing love,
O Lord, is as vast as the heavens;

your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.

Is. 40:11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd.

He will carry the lambs in his arms,
holding them close to his heart.

He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.

Our God - The Creator 2

Check out this short video (4.25 mins)  on how complex DNA is, and how it shows the handiwork of God:

Psalm 104:24 (Message)

What a wildly wonderful world, God!

You made it all, with Wisdom at your side,

made earth overflow with your wonderful creations

Our God The Creator - Part 1: HERE

Our God - The Creator

The Number 7 speaks of God's Divine perfection and order.

In Genesis Chapter 1, we can see God's wonderful acts of creation. After each thing He made, He said, "It is good." This happened six times:

Verses 4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25

On the seventh occasion, He  topped it all off in verse 31 by saying, "It is very good."
I am not exactly a great scientific person, but I am always amazed at how scientists think that the world was formed out of nothing. God in His infinite wisdom and unimaginable order has spoken all things into existence with precision and power. Just one example of His mathematical and scientific wonders is found in Genesis 1:1. Here is an extraordinary look at all the 7's found in Genesis 1:1:
• The number of Hebrew words in this verse = 7• The Number of letters in all these 7 Hebrew words - 28 (7x4 = 28)• The first 3 Hebrew words translated, In the beginning God created have 14 Hebrew letters (7x2 =14)• The last four Hebrew words translated, the heavens and the earth have 14 letters (7x2 = 14)• The fourth and fifth Hebrew words have 7 letters• The sixth and seventh Hebrew words have 7 letters• The three key words: God, Heaven and earth,  have 14 letters• The number of letters in the four remaining words is also 14• The shortest word in the verse is in the middle with 7 letters•The Hebrew numeric value of the first, middle and last letters is 133 (7x19 - 133)• The Hebrew numeric value of the first and last letters of all seven words is 1393(7.199 - 1393)

When professors on the mathematics faculty at Harvard University were presented with this biblical phenomenon they attempted to disprove its significance as a proof of divine authorship. However, after valiant efforts these professors were unable to duplicate this incredible mathematical phenomenon. The Harvard scientists used the English language and artificially assigned numeric values to the English alphabet. They had a potential vocabulary of over 400,000 available English words to choose from to construct a sentence about any topic they chose. Compare this to the limitations of word choices in the biblical Hebrew language which has only forty-five hundred available word choices that the writers of the Old Testament could use. Despite their advanced mathematical abilities and access to computers the mathematicians were unable to come close to incorporating 30 mathematical multiples of 7 as found in the Hebrew words of Genesis 1:1.

Ivan Panin discovered literally thousands of such mathematical patterns underlying all of the books of the Old Testament before his death in 1942. He wrote a book, "The Inspiration of the Scriptures Scientifically Demonstrated", which discusses these phenomena extensively. Panin and others have examined other Hebrew literature and have attempted to find such mathematical patterns, but they are not found anywhere outside the Bible.

God is Omnipotent and Omniscient - everything He does is in Divine order. Praise Him!!

Psalm 145:3

Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised;
And His greatness is unsearchable

Our God The Artist: HERE
Our God The Creator - Part 2: HERE 

Amazing God 1

Chapters 39 to 41 of Job are fascinating to me. This is where God answers Job after all his questions, and after his friends have given their opinions on life and a multitude of other subjects. We might expect God to be gracious and compassionate to poor Job who has suffered some extreme and life-changing events in his family (he lost all his children), his health (he became very ill), his finances (he lost all of his livestock and ability to provide for himself, and his faith (satan came from the presence of God and was given permission to attack Job in all these areas - to test his faith).

God's response to Jobs questions has always amazed me. God gives detailed accounts of His creative powers. In fact, there are about 24 areas where God speaks of His power. I am going to list these in 4 parts:

Job 38:5, 18 He measured the earth

Job 38:8, 11 He birthed the sea and set its borders

Job 38:12 He commands the morning

Job 38:16  He knows the depths of the sea

Job 38:17  He knows the gates of death

Job 38:19 He knows where light & darkness come from                    

You are an amazing God!!

Amazing God 2: HERE

Amazing Dolphins

Just a short video - I never cease to be amazed by God's creation

...And then there is this:

Dolphins Save Surfer From A Shark Attack

How Beautiful!

My friend, Richard Oddie (A New Zealander living in Australia) sent me these beautiful pictures of birds - if birds are so beautiful, then how much more are we - the Bride of Christ. Then we must consider: how beautiful is our King who reigns in splendor. He is the one who designed each of these creatures.

Revelation 4:11 “ You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.”