The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after;
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the
secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

Psalm 27: 1,4,5

It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.


They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Lamentations 3:22-24




Wow, aren't we blessed!! God's mercies are new every morning what a great thought to wake up to every morning!

My Favorite Bible Passage

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 3:5&6

Are we made from dust?

Here is a headline from our evening paper today "All we are is space dust in the wind". Here is the beginning of the article:
Quote 1:
"Astronomers know that planets and much on them, including humans, come from dust - mostly from dying stars. But where did the dust that helped form those early stars come from"?

Quote 2:
"A NASA telescope may have spotted one of the answers. It's in the wind bursting out of super massive black holes".

And further down in the article:
Quote 3:
"That still leaves a question about where the earliest dust in the universe came from". "It's formed in the wind" of the black holes, Markwick-Kemper said. The associated Press

I found this article to be almost amusing as a Christian I can go to the word of God and clearly answer all these questions. Now I'm not a rocket scientist or anything but God's word tells us we're made of dust and came from dust. Why is NASA wasting so much money trying to answer this question when they already have the answer to it in the Bible. I'm going to take the quotes and answer them according to the word of God.

The scientist ask where did the dust come from that formed those early stars. Also, where did the dust come from that humans are made from. Our answer is in Genesis 1:16 "And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also". Quite clearly God made the stars therefore the "first" dust these scientist are referring to that they can't find where it came from God made.

In answering there question of how did we come from dust and where did that come from I found the answer in Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life: and man became a living soul". Again, the dust they can't find where it came from originally God made.

I'll end with a quote from Genesis 1: 1-5 which teaches how the world was made and by whom.

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth". " And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light". " And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness". "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day".

Running..

"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" Phil. 4:13

This is one of the verses that I recite to myself as I'm running. A few weeks ago my friend Amy and I were running and doing a tough hill route. Seven miles into our run we hit a huge hill at the same time we started saying this verse to ourselves. We chuckled because we were quoting the same Bible verse. Then we Prayed:) until we made it to the top! I am training right now for a 10 mile race by our house so during the week I often run a 10 or 11 mile run. I am constantly amazed at the things the human body can do and I thank God every time I run that I can run that far and am able to run at all. I praise the Lord that I'm healthy and able with him who "strengtheneth" me to run!

God's promise...

"And God said unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying." " And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth." " I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth." " And the bow shall be in the cloud; and i will look upon it, that i may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth." Genesis 9:8, 11, 13, 16

I took this picture when we were camping a few weeks ago. A gorgeous rainbow appeared one day and made me think of God's promise to Noah and us. It's such a shame what a beautiful symbol from God has been turned into in our world today. Let us all remember the true meaning of the rainbow.

Psalm 143:8

Here is a verse I came across yesterday in my Bible reading I thought it was just a beautiful verse to pray each morning to start the day:

"Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning: for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto Thee".