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Our Shade!
The Lord Is?
Hot weather brings the need of a shade and working in the sunshine we long for the shade of a tree to have a cold drink and a rest!
But for us who have faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus, we know that our Lord Jesus, Holy Father God will be our shade in the strife of our troubles and worried to?
He is a righteous and merciful God full of compassion meeting the needs on all who call on Him!
Psalm 121:5, Songs of Solomon 2:3, Isaiah 4:6, Mark 4:32.
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Show some Respect!
Failures in Society?
God has promised never to leave those who have to journey, wither from tradition or having to flee persecution and economic hardship!
He also cares for the widow and the orphans, the suffering and the persecuted, but it is we who have to examine our hearts to know if we are right with God?
In the current culture of anti-Immigration we need to stop and think about who, why and what are we protesting about and who is taking advantage politically of our anger!
Psalm 146:9, Exodus 22:21-22, Deuteronomy 10:18-19, Psalm 10:14-15, 147:6.
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In the bleak mid-Winter!
Snow had fallen, snow on Snow?
This Christmas carol’s words are correct for the traveler who has to bear the cold winter and it is no easy task to keep warm in you trailer or van!
People in their houses are worried about the bills for heating, but they are dry and get their respective deliveries, but for many of us it is a far different scenario of having to get fuels to keep warm!
Most of the last three years of Jesus ministry saw Him on the roads of Israel and it was a tough calling for all who followed Him from A to Z, just as much it is hard for us today, many do not have to be outside, but are equally hard on the inside?
Genesis 31:40, Job 27:7, Proverbs 25:13, Matthew 24:12, Acts 28:2, 2 Corinthians 11:27.
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‘On the Road!
Herod’s Madness?
We tend to forget so much of the Christmas story, since it is all condensed into one night, but the truth is it covers two years!
After the Magi, wise men of the east came and presented their gifts to Jesus, He was now a toddler and after they left Joseph was instructed to leave and go to Egypt because a terror was to begin?
Jesus would always be a traveler from a child to adulthood and even after His resurrection He walked with the men of Emmaus!
Luke 2:1-16, 24:13, John 1:1-18, Romans 3:21-31, Hebrews 9:26-27.
A happy and peaceful Christmas and a prosperous New Year to you All?
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The Shepherds!
Itinerant Workers?
Today the word itinerant is usually associated with the travelling community and are seen as the lowest in most societies, but this is perhaps more son in Europe than many other parts of the world!
The shepherds were out in the field looking after the sheep, near a tree for cover and sleep, when the Angel of the Lord appeared to them and they were startled?
In the Old Testament we are told they lived in tents, since if this was winter that where they would be, moving on daily to a new place!
Genesis 47:3, Psalm 23:1, Song of Songs 1:8, Luke 2:8, 20.
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Travelers from Afar!
The Magi or the three wise Men/Kings?
These three men set out from their origins at the same time and it took them two years to meet with not the baby Jesus, as the traditional Christmas story tells us, but to a one year old toddler!
And how do we know this, because when Herod ordered the death of the children, it was babies to two year old’s and the Angel later told Joseph to flee to Egypt with the mother and the child?
These three men brought Jesus gifts, more so for His death and resurrection, they may have been from pagan cultures of the time, but they had faith to believe and traveled far to meet up and follow the star!
Matthew 2:1-16.
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That inner Comfort!
Remembering the lost to Conflicts?
Many travelling peoples were caught up in the first and second world wars, but also in Ireland with the troubles and innocent people were shot dead by the security forces who did not care!
When people are pushed into helping without a choice, we tend to forget them, because they are insignificant to the glorious dead with words on a stone to a place that is hard to access or we find that we are not welcomed?
But through faith what God can give to us is more precious than the coldness of stone memorials, we have the warmth and the comfort of the Holy Spirit in our bodies, who gives us His peace!
Psalm 39:12, John 14:27, 2 Corinthians 1:3-7, 2 Timothy 1:2, Titus 1:4, Revelation 3:20.
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Shelter from the Storm!
From the Middle-East to Hurricane Melissa?
God promises to keep all safe from the storm and to shelter us, wither that is in a shack or a storm shelter, bunker etc!
The Lord is merciful and loving, but He is also a God of discipline and order and we have to be very wise not to fall out of line for the protection and His blessings?
Yesterday we saw via the Internet and the Media the worst storm to hit the Caribbean and Jamaica ever with speeds of 185 mph, gusting to 220 mph and a pressure reading of 892 mb!
Exodus 9:19, Job 24:8, Psalm 27:5, 55:8, Matthew 7:24-27, 8:23-27.
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A tough Ministry!
Witnessing to Travelers?
What worries many settled people is that of getting kidnapped and put into slavery by some of the communities, but this is not so for all and again it has become another stigma in society to isolate people not like themselves!
But those of the outside and of the community are continuing to have great success and many continue to come to faith, while not abandoning their traditions or culture?
Standing up to evil, reading the cards and spiritism will save us from getting lost, while from within we have the opportunity to witness to the outside to, as to the dangers of these matters, now that Halloween is upon us!
Ezekiel 34:5-6, 11-12, Matthew 9:36, 1 Timothy 1:6, 6:10, Hebrews 4:12-13.
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