How can the God of peace be with you? Paul says that God will do the keeping of hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. This peace will be beyond understanding. Paul then lists what we should think about: honest, just, pure and lovely things, things that are of good report, if there is virtue, praise,Continue reading “Frankenberg”
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Fritzlar
As we entered a restaurant this was up on a sign: ‘ It’s nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice.’ It was very hot and all the tables and chairs were taken up outside. I went in to ask :’ We have our dog with us, may we sit inside?’Continue reading “Fritzlar”
A bridge, a town and a park.
The bridge is the Remagen Peace Museum Bridge, then across the Rhine to the town Linz, Germany and then the park and community garden is in Bad Honnef. Let us start with this … the eyes of the LORD, run to and fro through the whole earth… this is Zechariah speaking about 520 BC. ZechariahContinue reading “A bridge, a town and a park.”
Lüdinghausen and Die Burg Vischering…
…a town and a castle in Münsterland, Germany. But first a thought: ‘God forgives us because He is just.’ Paul speaking to the Corinthians: If any person is in Christ, they are a new creature: old things are gone, look all things become new. For God made Jesus who knew no sin, sin for us;Continue reading “Lüdinghausen and Die Burg Vischering…”
Woerden
This post tries to answer the question: How does Jesus see His relatioship with us? Then looks at Woerden as part of the Green Heart here in the Netherlands. Jesus asks us to address God as ” Our Father who lives in Heaven.” Matthew 6:9 His Father is then our Father. Jesus Himself asked theContinue reading “Woerden”
Ilfracombe
A dancer and a closely filled museum. First the fourteen-year-old dancer. She is a small sculpture 39″ / 98cm tall by Edgar Degas 1880 and she is the inspiration for Damien Hirst’s Verity. His sculpture of Verity is 20.25m (66.43 feet) tall and weighs 25 tonnes. Verity is her nameA noun, a true principle orContinue reading “Ilfracombe”
Yvoire
Number 6 of the decalogue. God speaking: ‘You mustn’t kill.’ Definition for kill: ‘ the ending of another’s life in any way.’ Yvoire is a small medieval town in southeastern France its nickname is ” gem of the lake.” The lake being lake Geneva or Lac Léman from latin, as in Roman times, it wasContinue reading “Yvoire”
Alvor
Zephaniah was a prophet between 640-609BC. He predicted the overthrow of Ninevah that occurred in 612 BC. He is speaking about God here: ‘ The LORD thy GOD in the midst of you is mighty, He will save, He will rejoice over you with joy; you will rest in His love, He will joy overContinue reading “Alvor”
Lagos
David speaking: ( this is interesting that the Psalms were probably written over a period of 1,000 years, beginning with Moses and ending with Jannaeus 78 BC) Psalm 24:1 ‘ The earth is the Lord’s , and the fulness of it, the world, and all of us who live in it.’ Psalm 24 :1 AndContinue reading “Lagos”