Butterfly World

David Bellamy, Clive Farrell, Sir David Attenborough. www.miraclesofnature.org.

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The Bridge

Lively Stones

“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a

holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable
to God by Jesus Christ.”

1 Peter 2:5

“A lively stone is one that holds to principle and doctrine and yet is moveable,” said Pastor Seals. The paradox really struck me— a lively stone. A few days later I was listening to Stephen respond to the Sanhedrin in Acts 8.

“36 He brought them out, after that he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years. 37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A PROPHET SHALL THE LORD YOUR GOD RAISE UP UNTO YOU OF YOUR BRETHEREN, LIKE UNTO ME; HIM SHALL YE HEAR. 38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the lively oracles to give unto us. ”
Acts 8:36-38

Lively oracles! The lively oracles or ten commandments given to Moses were written on stone. What made the stone lively/living was the Word of God written on the stone.

We are like stones. Isaiah 51:1 states, “…look unto the rock whence ye are hewn…” When God first made man, we were soft and pliable like clay. We were easily molded into the image of God (Genesis 2). After the fall and generations of evildoers, man became hardened with sin. Jeremiah 17:1 states, “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond; it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of you altars;.” Notice phrase table of the heart, which is like the Ten Commandments that had two tables of stone. For six thousand years, Satan has been turning clay into rock with an iron pen. He has been corrupting the image of God in man, into the image of Satan. We are now rocks. Isaiah put it this way, “thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass” (Isaiah 48:4).



Rocks can live! Again, the rocks given to Moses were lively. What enlivened the Ten Commandment rock was the word of God. Jeremiah states, “But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts,” (Jeremiah 31:33). And Ezekiel states, “And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;” (Ezekiel 11:19). With God’s word written on our hearts, we thus are fitted to “walk in my statues, and keep mine ordinances, and do them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God” (Ezekiel 11:20).



Humanly speaking our condition was hopeless. Satan thought to permanently seal his image in man by turning our hearts to stone. Through Christ our greatest weakness becomes our greatest strength (2 Corinthians 12:9). Christ's greatest miracle is transforming stony hearts. Through Christ we stones give praise to Him (Luke 19:40), become bread (Matthew 4:3, 1 Cor 10:17 (read this)), and live! In Christ, we become lively stones, holy stones, and priestly stones. As living stones we are connected to God. Our lives are not our own, but Christ's (Rom 12:1, I Peter 2:5). Apart from Christ, we stones are dead. In Christ, we stones have life. "He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." (1 John 5:12)

The Preacher and the Zipper (PG)

Smoothie King

Genesis 5 names:

Adam =son of man or red,,seth = compensation,enos= man or mankind,cainen= possession,maheleel= praise of God,jared=descend,enoch=dedicated,methusaleh = man of the dart(weapon),lamech=powerful,noah = rest

The Son of man was compensation for mankind His purchased possession the praise of God, because He descended and dedicated Himself to be man of dart(spear in His side) resulting in His Poweful rest (death).

Fresh Fruit part:
a bowl of raspberries
Frozen Fruit part:
Mango, Strawberries, Raspberries, Bananas
Juice part:
Mango Pineapple Juice
White Grape Raspberry Juice
Very Very Vanilla Silk Soy Milk

Sweet Dreams come true=)

The Walrus and The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll

The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright--
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.

The moon was shining sulkily,
Because she thought the sun
Had got no business to be there
After the day was done--
"It's very rude of him," she said,
"To come and spoil the fun!"

The sea was wet as wet could be,
The sands were dry as dry.
You could not see a cloud, because
No cloud was in the sky:
No birds were flying overhead--
There were no birds to fly.

The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand;
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
"If this were only cleared away,"
They said, "it would be grand!"

"If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year.
Do you suppose," the Walrus said,
"That they could get it clear?"
"I doubt it," said the Carpenter,
And shed a bitter tear.

"O Oysters, come and walk with us!"
The Walrus did beseech.
"A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,
Along the briny beach:
We cannot do with more than four,
To give a hand to each."

The eldest Oyster looked at him,
But never a word he said:
The eldest Oyster winked his eye,
And shook his heavy head--
Meaning to say he did not choose
To leave the oyster-bed.

But four young Oysters hurried up,
All eager for the treat:
Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,
Their shoes were clean and neat--
And this was odd, because, you know,
They hadn't any feet.

Four other Oysters followed them,
And yet another four;
And thick and fast they came at last,
And more, and more, and more--
All hopping through the frothy waves,
And scrambling to the shore.

The Walrus and the Carpenter
Walked on a mile or so,
And then they rested on a rock
Conveniently low:
And all the little Oysters stood
And waited in a row.

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."

"But wait a bit," the Oysters cried,
"Before we have our chat;
For some of us are out of breath,
And all of us are fat!"
"No hurry!" said the Carpenter.
They thanked him much for that.

"A loaf of bread," the Walrus said,
"Is what we chiefly need:
Pepper and vinegar besides
Are very good indeed--
Now if you're ready, Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed."

"But not on us!" the Oysters cried,
Turning a little blue.
"After such kindness, that would be
A dismal thing to do!"
"The night is fine," the Walrus said.
"Do you admire the view?

"It was so kind of you to come!
And you are very nice!"
The Carpenter said nothing but
"Cut us another slice:
I wish you were not quite so deaf--
I've had to ask you twice!"

"It seems a shame," the Walrus said,
"To play them such a trick,
After we've brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!"
The Carpenter said nothing but
"The butter's spread too thick!"

"I weep for you," the Walrus said:
"I deeply sympathize."
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his pocket-handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.

"O Oysters," said the Carpenter,
"You've had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?'
But answer came there none--
And this was scarcely odd, because
They'd eaten every one.

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