My prayer closet…

 

Outside… the clear blue sky and the crisp autumn air beckons to me.

*(underlined in my Bible)…But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to the Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathens do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking,

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him.

Matthew 6:6-9

Okay…time for this ‘Little Miss Muffet’  to go now!

Inside… the warm glow of autumn welcomes me.

What a contrast from the brightness outside to the dimness of the cottage inside! Such is the life of a forest dweller. By the way, I got that little autumn candle for free at our local pharmacy just for switching one of our prescriptions over from another pharmacy!

Blessings & Love,

& remember we are…

~Never Forsaken~

A Date at the Office

I went to my husband’s office with him on Friday.
The Office
Actually it was his day off.
I woke up Thursday to a message on the dry erase board in the kitchen; it read:
 Date- Friday 7:am (if it’s sunny)
My husband works in some really beautiful places. He seen an amazing sunrise one morning, so he wanted to make a date with me so that we could see it together…


There was quite a bit of fog, so we had to wait until it lifted…so it was a bit later than sunrise, but still very pretty.
A lake by where he parks his officeA curious little fellow.

I hoped to see a bear, since this is bear country, & I did!The sign says that the weight of it was 7100 lbs.!

We got breakfast to go and ate by the lake close to home.
It was a wonderful date with my wonderful husband!
~I am so blessed~

 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun. Ecclesiastes 9:9

Mums the word!

Happy Autumn everyone!

It’s been a long summer.

It’s been a season of ups and downs.

A short summary of our summer…

A new campground opened about 2 miles north of our home. Although it was good to see their business thrive, it really made it difficult for us to go online because of the added traffic. So I was forced to take an extended blogging break through the summer…I actually found this to be beneficial as I was able to focus more on spending time with the family and focusing on Jeff and the dogs and our home. I will likely take a blogging/ internet break next summer as well…this time intentionally.

Early in the summer our oldest granddaughter was mauled by a dog. She is alright, but has had to undergo surgery to repair the damage to her lip. I am not as worried about the physical scarring as that will fade with time as I am about the psychological scars that may not heal as quickly, if ever. You see, she was attacked by a large black dog. The owners of the dog were not responsible enough to take proper care of the animal as far as shots, training, and general care are concerned…They abused and neglected him, and as a result he hurt a child and lost his life for it. This was not the first animal abused by these people.
As many of you know, we have two big black dogs…This whole ordeal may very well affect our granddaughter from now on whenever she visits us. We want her to be able to feel safe and have fun here. Although she knows our dogs are good, and would never hurt her, It may take some time for her to feel safe around any dog again.

Speaking of dogs, Sasha has really slowed down a lot lately. She is over ten years old, and although it is expected, it is hard to see. She cannot handle long walks/hikes any longer.  The last few times we were really concerned when we had to slow down in order for her to keep up with us and we are not that fast ourselves! And then we’ve had to lift her into the van afterwards.  Just last year she would run ahead and double back on the trail. We are not in the habit of feeding her from the table, yet she is really gaining weight probably due to her decreased activity. She sees the vet in a couple months.

Sasha after a walk.

 

Our township will be in the news soon.

There is a very controversial natural gas washing facility coming in. There is only one other such facility in our part of the state, and since it is a new thing there is much concern and fear regarding the chemicals used in the procedure.
There are already some letters to the editor  about this in the local newspaper, and ‘9and10 News’ (our local station) is calling.

I have gone to a couple meetings with my husband who is a planning commissioner for the township. I am very relieved that I am no longer the zoning administrator since this whole thing is quickly becoming a hot mess…and one which the local municipality has little to no say over since it’s regulation is superseded by the state government. Even our governor is involved in the proposal. But the residents have easy access to the local government body, therefore it is inevitable that all the anger and frustration will be unleashed upon them and not the  people whom have any actual authority over the thing.

This, coupled with some very disturbing news involving one of our neighbors, actually prompted us to consider selling and moving. We even went as far as setting an appointment with a realtor to list the house. This was a dark time for us.
We cancelled the appointment with the realtor, but not until after going through a season of discontent and fear over the unknown.
We have come to the conclusion that unless the Lord makes it very clear that we are to move our residence, we are placed where we are for a reason, and will remain here.

This happened to us over fifteen years ago when there was a fear over my husband’s employment at the time. We pulled stakes and ran. We moved and both got jobs. After six months when our house did not sell, and our home and family life was a total mess, we came back home where a better job was awaiting my husband (his current job) and began the long process of healing our family. Unfortunately some things that were lost were never recovered and our family really took a hit. We learned our lesson…Never ever make a big decision based on the what ifs in life! Trust God and have faith NOT FEAR!

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6

We did get some good news this summer too…
Our daughter Samantha is engaged, She and her fiancé Casey make a good couple. He treats her well, and she is very happy, and we are delighted!



So this new autumn season is bringing about all of the usual changes as the leaves have begun to brighten their hues and  most of the migrating birds have flown away. It is bringing about a change in me also. This time of year is a good reminder of just how beautiful life can be, as well as how fleeting life is.
I have unpacked and washed the throw blankets and warmer clothing. I have packed away the summer things. We are stocking up on canned goods, and the supper menu is full of more home-cooked meals now. We have filled the propane tank, and are anticipating a time of taking refuge under His wings while the storms of the next season pass over us. We are secure in the knowledge that He will shelter us from them all.


A gift from daughter Sarah

And I can say that I am truly content with all the blessings that the Lord has given.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.  1 Timothy 6:6

~Blessings & Love~
& always remember, we are...
Never Forsaken

The Tree of Life Awaits Us!

 ^{Sorry I have been away for so long.
I've been having a myriad of problems with the internet, and now my computer!
In fact, I am using my husbands laptop to post this final installment.
I apologize that it is so short, I have not edited it at all.   Don't know what the status will be for updating this blog, as technology seems to hate me lately, LOL!}

^{And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him - Revelation 12:9.}

¹² How you have fallen from heaven,
morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
¹³ You said in your heart,
“I will ascend to the heavens;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of *Mount Zaphon.
¹⁴ I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”
¹⁵ But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.  Isaiah 14

For a good study on Mount Zaphon click: Here

 ¹⁷ The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”
¹⁸ He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. ¹⁹ I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. ²⁰ However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
²¹ At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do." (Luke 10)



Genesis 2:9 - And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

This is a good resource for further study on how Satan tempted Adam and Eve:

http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/1998/01/21/snake-garden-eden

Genesis 3 ²² And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” ²³ So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. ²⁴ After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

 

Eden Restored

Revelation 22- Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb ² down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. ³ No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. ⁴ They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.

~Blessings & Love~
& always remember that we are...

~NEVER FORSAKEN~

And *they think we’re crazy!

Taking a short break from my creation study…Digging deeply into the world of science meted out some pretty interesting/ bazaar findings…Here’s the dirt I’ve recently dug up…I’m probably late to the party on all of this info…so please forgive me if what I am sharing here today is old news to all of you folks out there.
The following is an excerpt from a Computer World UK article….

By the year 2020, you won’t need a keyboard and mouse to control your computer, say Intel researchers. Instead, users will open documents and surf the web using nothing more than their brain waves.
Scientists at Intel’s research lab in Pittsburgh are working to find ways to read and harness human brain waves so they can be used to operate computers, television sets and cell phones. The brain waves would be harnessed with Intel-developed sensors implanted in people’s brains.
The scientists say the plan is not a scene from a sci-fi movie, Big Brother won’t be planting chips in your brain against your will. Researchers expect that consumers will want the freedom they will gain by using the implant.

If you didn't already know about all of this...Maybe it's time you did.
Please read Revelation chapter 13
and then
Please take the time to read this extensive article from Time magazine:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2048299-1,00.html
*The they I am referring to in the title of this post is the scientific community (in general). And of course, ‘we’ means those of us who are awaiting the rapture of Christ…and who are believers…AKA Christians and ‘Creationists’ as we are laughingly called by those who oppose God.
Please don’t get me wrong…I am not saying that their science is “crazy" in terms of credibility, or that this is all a ridiculous notion…To the contrary, I believe this is not only possible, but it fits into our Christian theology…And being an un-Godly pursuit, it will and can only end in God’s Judgment upon us (mankind)…perhaps before the science gets as far as they are planning for it to go though.
Though the ‘Time’ article is a couple years old, this stuff is still being funded by a young Russian billionaire scientist who is quoted as saying their intent is to create a new human species in which the human brain or consciousness will be downloaded into a virtual body achieving immortality.

Dmitry Itskov, seen here with the Dalai Lama, is inviting Forbes billionaires to invest in his "Avatar" project. Photo: 2045.com
See article on Dmitry Itskov  in Forbes Magazine Here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/katiedrummond/2012/07/19/dmitry-itskov-avatar/
And here in a recent MSN News article:http://news.msn.com/science-technology/could-humans-some-day-become-immortal
Time to get our eyes off  of our cell phones my friends…and LOOK UP!
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
REVELATION CHAPTER 13

Upon the completeion of this post, it occured to me that my next and final installment of the Creation Story featuring the Tree Of Life fits right into this post...as you hopefully shall see.
Isn't it neat how God takes us on these little side trips into places we would not venture on our own sometimes, in order to bring us into a fuller understanding of his Word and how it all fits together?

Breath of life…flesh and bones

We had a very nice weekend. On Friday we walked around our county fair. We visited the barns where the draft horses are kept, this is the last year for them at the fair and that saddens me, for I will miss looking into those big soulful eyes and finding a certain peacefulness there when we visit them each year, it is our favorite part of the fair.
We met a sweet Belgium mare named ‘Lady’. Like so many others, her owner needs to sell her because it is just too expensive to feed her with the shortage of hay both this year and last. Though Lady is well cared for and healthy.
Owning a horse is becoming quite the luxury where we live now. The news has been full of reports of horses left to starve. We sat down in the barn and talked with a friend who had rescued one such horse that had been rehabilitated because it had been left to starve. She told us an interesting story about finding a large snake in her barnyard recently…a ‘Puff Adder’.
Later that evening at home, we talked about the news reporting that wolves are increasing their presence in our area. Although farmers have always had the right to defend their livestock against predators, there are now very expensive hunting licenses available for wealthy ‘sportsmen’ to kill the wolves so they can take home a trophy…what other purpose would they have to kill a wolf? I do not believe this is good stewardship.
The next day while I picked some fresh blackberries and raspberries from our yard for homemade waffles…I thought about Eden. And as I picked yet another thorn from my hand, my mind began to drift back to the previous day’s conversation about the snake…and then I was startled when I heard movement near my foot, but, thank the Lord it was only a toad!
Once my nerves settled, my mind began to make comparisons of this current Earth and the Eden that God had made for us, his image bearers…And I imagined what it would be like to be back in Eden.
No thorns on the berry bushes, no biting mosquitos, no disease, and no killing. I imagined having many animal friends like that beautiful Belgium mare, and she would have plenty to eat, so would everyone in Eden; and I know it must have been possible for Adam and Eve to converse with the animals..otherwise, Eve’s response to the serpent striking up a conversation in the garden one day might have gone quite differently had she been startled by his words!…Yes, there is much to ponder when you daydream of Eden…And as I took a deep breath and held it for a moment I closed my eyes and imagined the breath of life that God breathed into the first man…and I thought about the ‘light that lighteth every man that comes into the world.’
And I realized that we each carry a part of our Creator within us, our breath is still His, our light (life energy) is still from Jesus…and we are destined for greater than Eden…Now it is time to jump ahead in this study of our Creator…It is not about this earth that we live in, for it is corrupted by sin, it’s dying, and destined to be no more…It is not our home.

BREATH OF LIFE…
This study is about our Creator and us…So come with me as we step (In the Spirit) upon a fresh new land where there are now stars in the heavens. The Seas are now kept within borders of dry land. There is day and night with  a sun and moon glowing brighter than you have ever seen before…. The smell of the soil is very pungent and the air is pure, it’s temperature just right, There’s lush vegetation everywhere, and everything is watered by a fine warm mist while the animals are walking and flying or swimming all around us…No fear!… and God is talking to His Son and He is saying:
1:26 Then God said,
“Let us make  humankind  in our image, after our likeness,  so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”
1:27 God created humankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them,
male and female he created them.
1:28 God blessed  them and said  to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”  1:29 Then God said, “I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 1:30 And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it – I give every green plant for food.” It was so.
For more scientific information about the air we breathe, I highly recommend this very easy to read study: http://www.chemistryland.com/CHM107/AirWeBreathe/Comp/AirComposition.html

 2:4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth  when they were created – when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

2:5 Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. 2:6 Springs  would well up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground. 2:7 The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground  and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,  and the man became a living being.

BONE OF MY BONE; FLESH OF MY FLESH... 




2:18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone.  I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.”  2:19 The Lord God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 2:20 So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found.
2:21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep,  he took part of the man’s side  and closed up the place with flesh.  2:22 Then the Lord God made  a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 2:23 Then the man said,
“This one at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one will be called  ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of  man.”

We all know what comes next: the man and woman are decieved by the devil and disobey their Creator...This is the beginning of the end for us.

I'll be jumping ahead in the story again.

The next installment will feature the 'Tree of Life'

KNOWING OUR CREATOR

The physical world we live in is governed by specific "laws of nature" that are
understood from experimentation and observation. Those laws and principles were
established by the Lord God Himself, and He said they were very good (Gen 1:31).
Understanding how these laws govern the order and workings of the physical
universe is the pursuit of good science.
Readers should keep firmly in mind, however, that the Lord God, who established
the observed physical laws of nature, is not Himself in subjection to those
laws. The Bible is replete with instances where the Lord God has supernaturally
intervened against the laws of physics and nature…
Source: © 1997 - 2013 Christian Geology Ministry




IN THE BEGINNING...Prologue

 WATER:
* is vital for all known forms of life on Earth…Jesus said that He will give us "Living Water" that we should no more thirst. And God says that He is the "Fountain of Living Waters".  (John 4:10 & Jer. 17:13)

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth….(Gen.1:1)

THE STATE OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH…

And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face (surface) of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.(Gen.1:2)

WATER…God used water to begin the process of creating our world…it was already here (Originated by God sometime beforehand.) Therefore, we should assume that water is a very important element to our Creator...and for us.

* Water is vital for all known forms of life On Earth.

The human body starts out with a composition of 77% water and steadily falls off by year one to around 66% until adult age male about 60% female 55% (more body fat = less water)
(Even our bones contain water)
There went up a mist from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. (Gen.2:6)
*Note…There was enough water contained within the earth to sustain a viable ecosystem until the time of Noah and the flood. (over 1500 years later) *For the time frame, study the generations from Adam-Noah.
For yet seven days, I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. (Gen.7:4)



LIGHT: (Part One)

DAY 1:
And God said *“Let there be light”: and there was light.
Genesis 1:1-3
*Note This passage is not referring to solar or lunar ‘light’ since the sun and moon are not yet created.
(From the gospel of John)…
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him….
In Him was the life; and the life was the LIGHT of men…And that light shone in darkness; and the darkness could not overtake it….9] That was the true Light, (capitalized) which lighteth every man that cometh into the world…( gives life to)
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. (John 1:1-5 & 9-10)
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and TRUTH. (John 1:14)
I am the way the truth and the life, no man may come to the Father except by me…(John 14:6)

Thus far we have established that God called forth light to bring life upon the formless, empty waters  in order to start the process of preparing our world to sustain life.
When I think of this I see it as if God stepped into his lab and switched the light on in order to begin a new project. But it goes much deeper than that, as we shall see in Part two (Coming soon).

For more scientific information about water continue reading here:

Something out of nothing?

The History of Creation

Warning: Got my geek on…so this is quite lengthy today!

This essay is in response to the newest scientific discovery revealed yesterday concerning the origin of the Universe….Let’s start with the TRUTH from the Word of God first…

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ² The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
³ Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. ⁴ And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. ⁵ God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
⁶ Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” ⁷ Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. ⁸ And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
⁹ Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. ¹⁰ And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:1-10

 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Hebrews 11:3

Mathew Henry's commentary on Hebrews 11:3

We have here one of the first acts and articles of faith, which has a great influence on all the rest, and which is common to all believers in every age and part of the world, namely, the creation of the worlds by the word of God, not out of pre-existent matter, but out of nothing, Heb. 11:3. The grace of faith has a retrospect as well as prospect; it looks not only forward to the end of the world, but back to the beginning of the world. By faith we understand much more of the formation of the world than ever could be understood by the naked eye of natural reason. Faith is not a force upon the understanding, but a friend and a help to it. Now what does faith give us to understand concerning the worlds, that is, the upper, middle, and lower regions of the universe? 1. That these worlds were not eternal, nor did they produce themselves, but they were made by another. 2. That the maker of the worlds is god; he is the maker of all things; and whoever is so must be God. 3. That he made the world with great exactness; it was a framed work, in every thing duly adapted and disposed to answer its end, and to express the perfections of the Creator. 4. That God made the world by his word, that is, by his essential wisdom and eternal Son, and by his active will, saying, Let it be done, and it was done, Ps. 33:9. 5. That the world was thus framed out of nothing, out of no pre-existent matter, contrary to the received maxim, that “out of nothing nothing can be made,” which, though true of created power, can have no place with God, who can call things that are not as if they were, and command them into being. These things we understand by faith. The Bible gives us the truest and most exact account of the origin of all things, and we are to believe it, and not to wrest or run down the scripture-account of the creation, because it does not suit with some fantastic hypotheses of our own, which has been in some learned but conceited men the first remarkable step towards infidelity, and has led them into many more.

Science… (from Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge")
There is considerable speculation as to why the observable universe is apparently composed almost entirely of ordinary matter, as opposed to a more symmetric combination of matter and antimatter. This asymmetry of matter and antimatter in the visible universe is one of the greatest unsolved problems in physics.^[2] The process by which this asymmetry between particles and antiparticles developed is called baryogenesis.

Sir Isaac Newton…
~Atheism is so senseless & odious to mankind that it never had many professors…. These & such like considerations always have & ever will prevail with man kind to believe that there is a being who made all things & has all things in his power & who is therefore to be feared.~ Sir Isaac Newton~ (excerpt from undated manuscript)

*More ‘Newton’ quotes…

• It is the perfection of God's works that they are all done with the greatest simplicity. He is the God of order and not of confusion. And therefore as they would understand the frame of the world must endeavor to reduce their knowledge to all possible simplicity, so must it be in seeking to understand these visions.

• Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

 
• God created everything by number, weight and measure.

      

Source: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton

 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge.
1 Timothy 6:20

Inside of the Super-Kamiokande Detector, receiving end of the T2K experiment in Japan. Physicists with T2K announced that they had caught neutrinos switching flavors, a finding that could help them pin down why the universe is made of matter. (T2K Experiment (http://t2k-experiment.org) / July 23, 2013)

Using an underground neutrino detector in Japan, physicists may have found the key to answering a fundamental question: Why does our universe, as we know it, exist at all?
Scientists have caught tiny, ghostlike particles called neutrinos in the act of turning from one type into another...

Hey....

This happens to my blog posts too, LOL!

 using the Tokai-to-Kamioka experiment. The ground-breaking findings may help physicists understand a strange asymmetry in the early cosmos that allowed matter to beat out antimatter shortly after the big bang
The T2K experiment, which shoots high-energy pulses of particles from an accelerator on Japan's east coast to a detector roughly 185 miles away on the west coast, reported at the European Physical Society meeting in Stockholm that it had caught neutrinos changing from one flavor to another mid-flight.
This shape-shifting ability is a weird quirk of neutrinos. There are three flavors, or types — electron neutrino, muon neutrino and tau neutrino — and somehow, they seem to switch from one flavor to another, even flipping their masses. Imagine if your ice cream spontaneously changed flavors, or added an extra scoop.
"So you have vanilla ice cream, you throw it into space — some time later, it turns into chocolate ice cream, or strawberry ice cream," Jung said. "This is a very, very weird phenomenon."
Source:http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-neutrino-oscillation-matter-antimatter-universe-symmetry-20130723,0,353393.story

I can almost hear God’s response to all of this….

⁴ “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
⁵ Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
⁶ On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,
⁷ when the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
⁸ “Or who shut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,
⁹ when I made clouds its garment
and thick darkness its swaddling band,
¹⁰ and prescribed limits for it
and set bars and doors,
¹¹ and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?
¹² “Have you commanded the morning since your days began,
and caused the dawn to know its place,
¹³ that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth,
and the wicked be shaken out of it?
¹⁴ It is changed like clay under the seal,
and its features stand out like a garment.
¹⁵ From the wicked their light is withheld,
and their uplifted arm is broken.
¹⁶ “Have you entered into the springs of the sea,
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
¹⁷ Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
¹⁸ Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
Declare, if you know all this.
Job 38:4-30

And last but not least, a scripture that I find myself (and others) quoting quite often lately…

For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
Romans 1:20


God's mercy surely does endureth forever...
Aren't you grateful that He is so patient with us?
We might wonder just how far He will allow mankind to go in its attempts to explain the unexplainable and unattainable knowledge of  the Creator of all things.

~Blessings & Love~

Trail Blogging!

*Just click on images to enlarge them

The trailhead

Beautiful meadow with soft grasses

Bud waiting for me

Blueberries everywhere!

Yummy!

Raspberries too!

Back on the trail

Bud finds some Birdsfoot Trefoil

Milkweed blooms

A delicate pink bloom along the road home

More pictures of the meadow

It was a great hike, but it was nice coming home to the air conditioning. Why is it that my neighbors always wanna stop me to chat when I am walking home from a hike...all sweaty and tired? Bud doesn't seem to mind though...He is much more sociable when he is all worn out, LOL!

Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Matthew 6:26

~Blessings & Love~ Never Forsaken

Ad-venture…

Recently the Lord blessed us with this Chevy Venture van.  I have a vehicle to use while Jeff works. He’s been saying I need to get out on my own more, and that I should take Buddy for a ride to get him used to the van.
So, today after I picked up some prescriptions I decided to take Bud for a little ride down some back roads and maybe take a few photos along the way like my blog friend Dee does.
Here is the beginning of our little adventure in the venture van:

A nice spot to take a picture…So I rolled down my window…

…And…

…So did Buddy!!!
I kept trying to roll the passenger window up, and he kept stepping on the button and rolling it back down, and then he tried to jump out the window…but I grabbed him (all 100 lbs. of him) by the tail!!!
Then I had to drive 5 miles /hr. all the way back home, because the bumpy dirt road was making him really anxious, and he kept trying to get into my lap, causing me to pull over six or seven times along the way (every time we hit a bump that made a sound under the floorboards of the van).
I considered parking the van and walking him the rest of the way home (the stretch of road we were on is where we used to hike, but had to stop because of poaching)…and wouldn’t you know it, they were back there shooting again…the shots were making him even more anxious, so I had to keep moving while holding him back away from me…as he really wanted to get into my lap!

Buddy running for the door…Thank the Lord we are back home!

He still seems shaken…We have been home for nearly an hour now, and I am still shaking too…We make quite a pair, the two of us.
For a little background story:
Buddy was in a bad car accident as a puppy, and has been afraid of car rides ever since (3yrs).  Since last summer Jeff and I have been taking him for rides trying to get him used to it…so far he has been doing pretty good, but this was the first time I took him by myself. Clearly it is too soon for that.



He is still in bed, the place he goes when he gets upset or nervous…He might as well stay there until the Fourth of July celebrations throughout the weekend are over with then.

Around the yard today…

The cherries will be abundant this year…Thanks to  the pruning done last year. They are usually too tart for us to enjoy, but the birds like them a lot. Cherries need a lot of sun in order to become sweet. We do not have a lot of sunshine in our yard,
 but we do have a lot of Son-light in our home...
 That’s why we are so sweet

Can you see him?

This little frog has been hanging out at our bedroom window for a couple days now. He is keeping the bugs away from the flowers and singing me to sleep every night…I do not like (most) bugs, so he is very welcome to stay as long as he likes!
Speaking of bugs, we saw the first lightning bugs out flying around in the yard last night. We didn’t see many June bugs this year, and now June is over already!
Wow, where did the time go?

From my Home to your heart…
~Blessings & Love~