...the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain...Romans 8:22

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. (Romans 8:22)

I thought of this verse when I read this article this AM: http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=080627-earth-sounds
it's scary but the real deal...oh how sin troubles! how it not only troubles the soul, but the whole creation!
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. (Matthew 24:35)

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. (Mark 13:31)

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. (Luke 21:33)

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (2 Peter 3:10)

how I yearn for my Redeemer to come and reign this earth before its reformation...the end of the millennium will result in a new earth AND a new heaven.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. (Revelation 21:1)

Psalm 86:17...because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, comforted me.

Psalm 86:17
Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, comforted me.

token: mark, evidence
holpen me: to surround, that is, protect or aid: - help, succour
succour = succor: noun: 1. Assistance in time of distress; relief. 2. One that affords assistance or relief
comforted me: to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself): - comfort (self), ease

I sometimes plead for some tangible evidence of God's working, care and Providence in my life. That evidence often comes by his relief in times of distress and comfort/pity/ease.
John the Baptist: Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? (Luke 7:20)
Disciples: Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? (John 14:8-9)

Thank God for His comfort, pity, relief, help!
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, (Philippians 2:1)

Back online...

(Job 1:21) And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

After the laptop was stolen while in HI in May, I was delayed and somewhat delinquent in getting back to this routine online.
The picture to the right is moments after recognizing I was broke into through the driver's side window, through the use of lock-out tools.
You can see the dimple in the window molding just above the steering wheel, which dimple is where the tool went in just above the door lock, an easy open given the design of the door lock on this Chrysler Town and Country Van. The new laptop came in the first part of June and I have needed to get back to this blessed activity.

(Psa 113:2) Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.

I hope to be more consistent and thank you all for your patience.

May God grant me the grace, that energizing power and supernatural desire, to accomplish this task.

TAS