This post tries to answer a question, then tells a children’s story I heard in Dutch translated by AI while listening, and then considers a Dutch proverb. The question first. Why is Saturday also a Christian Sabbath? Sabbath became part of a seven day week on the seventh day of creation, after using words toContinue reading “Our Christian, Saturday Sabbath”
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God and …
the wrinkles on a new courgette leaf, the apple blossoms among the branches above my head, the green and black fly on the pear tree, the paint on my brush… There is nothing like ” trying to know ” to show one how far above your head something is. There is nothing like me tryingContinue reading “God and …”
A plant
Here is an accusation: The Scribes said: ‘ Jesus casts out devils by Satan.’ Jesus said: ‘ How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a home is divided against itself that home cannot stand. And if Satan rises up against himself and isContinue reading “A plant”
Green
Green vase, deep green wood spurge, glaucose myrtle spurge, and grey-green cardoon. All greens.I wanted to see them together because they really don’t like the same planting areas. Let us look at each one.Myrsinites, myrtle spurge Euphorbiaceae. The leaves are spirally arranged and bluish-green. They have a white liquid when you cut the stem thatContinue reading “Green”
Camellia in an oil lamp base.
Camillia bloom towards the end of winter and what better container to put them in than the base of an old oil lamp. Bringing a little brightness to this grey day, as well as a combination to travel with. I love the Bible and have learnt a little more through this post about the CamelliaContinue reading “Camellia in an oil lamp base.”
The garlic and the rose
Here are some words about friendship. It is Solomon speaking: ‘ A person that has friends must be friendly.’ Proverbs 18:24 ‘ The wounds of a friend are faithful but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.’ Proverbs 27:6 ‘ Perfume makes you happy so does good counsel from a friend.’ Proverbs 27:9 Today IContinue reading “The garlic and the rose”
The earth, sea and sky
‘ There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.’ Victor Hugo ‘ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made byContinue reading “The earth, sea and sky”
Religion and a turquoise sea.
This post will be in two parts. First I will start with today, the Sabbath then yesterday Friday. I couldn’t follow the sermon in Portuguese but I did get the first verse which I then used to travel with ‘ Why’. First verse Jesus speaks: ‘Remember Lot’s wife.’ Luke 17: 32 Why? Genesis 19: 16…Continue reading “Religion and a turquoise sea.”
A Marbella sunset
Not to write is not to be right! To say what is happening again is repetitive. But it is happening again! My friend, the one who cycled with her husband and children on the C2C and then around the Isle of White phoned. She had had a mole removed and the treatment for stage 4Continue reading “A Marbella sunset”
A bunch of vegetation
Peter is speaking: ‘The Lord is not slack according to His promise… but is longsuffering to us as He is not willing that any of us should die the second death but that we all should say sorry because the day of the Lord will come.’ 2Peter 3: 9,10 It is my custom to startContinue reading “A bunch of vegetation”
…so the 2025 leaves change
‘If you have faith as big as a mustard seed, you will tell a mountain to move and it will.’ A man came to Jesus with a complaint about the disciples. He said: ‘ My son is a lunatic and they couldn’t heal him.’ Jesus said: Oh how faithless and how deliberately obstinate this generationContinue reading “…so the 2025 leaves change”
A rose and its background
Nathanael speaking: ‘ Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’ Philip speaking: ‘ Come and see.’ Jesus looks at Nathanael and says: ‘ Look at you, a person with no cunning intelligence/ craftiness/ schemes/stratagems/ duplicity no guile’. Nathanael speaking: ‘ How do you know me?’ Jesus: ‘ Before Philip called you and you were under the figContinue reading “A rose and its background”