Illustrates- "Blessed to give than receive"

"This is my last gift to you,

this example of a way of life:

a life of hard work,

a life of helping the weak,

a life that echoes every day those words

of Jesus our King, who said, 

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” 

Acts 20:35 (VOICE)

"..family and friends...spectacular .."

Family and friends "come alongside us

 in our life's journey." (Wilberforce)

They demonstrate love in simple, common,

 yet the most spectacular of ways!

"We are undone the moment 

the link of love is snapped" (CHS).

Preserve these friendships💛

- the most valuable of all possessions❤️

"Jesus looks at us with Asher eyes"

"And they were greatly astonished, saying among themselves, “Who then can be saved?”
But Jesus looked at them and said,
 “With men it is impossible, but not with God;
 for with God all things are possible.”
Mark 10:26-27 (NKJV)

"And the Lord, seeing her,

 was moved with compassion for her,

 and said to her, Weep not;

 and coming up he touched the bier,

 and the bearers stopped. And he said,

 Youth, I say to thee, Wake up.

 And the dead sat up and began to speak;

 and he gave him to his mother."

Luke 7:13-15 (DARBY)

"And they follow me."

Mt. Washington, Sons -Matt and Jon

"We shall find it sweet to go up

 the bleak side of the hill with Christ;

 and when rain and snow blow into our faces,

 his dear love will make us far more blest 

than those who sit at home 

and warm their hands at the world's fire." 

(Evening 9/18 CHS)

"And they follow me." — John 10:27

Evening 9/18 "And They follow Me"

"...animate the hopeless..."

Stand out today in encouraging the hopeless!

 "Mercy triumphs over judgment!"

Saw this maple tree in the center of all

 these pines- glimpse .

"Aim to comfort the sorrowful

 and to animate the hopeless.

 Speak a word in season to him who is weary,

 and encourage those who are fearful

 to go on their way with gladness."💛 

(CHS Evening 9/17)

Encourage Him

Deuteronomy 1:38

Mercy
My past embraced
My sin forgiven
I’m blameless in Your sight
My history rewritten

Cause You delight in showing mercy
And mercy triumphs over judgement

Oh Love, great Love
Fear cannot be found in You
And there will never be a day
You’re uncertain of the ones you choose

So I will awake
And spend my days
Loving the One who has raised me up
From death to life
From wrong to right

You’re making all things beautiful
(by Amanda Cook)

"sunsrise spreads radiance

"Commit your path to the Eternal;
 let Him direct you. Put your confidence in Him,

 and He will follow through with you.

 He will spread out righteousness for you

 as a sunrise spreads radiance over the land;

He will deliver justice for you

 into the light of the high sun." 

Psalm 37:5-6 (VOICE)

"...Because of the tender mercy..."

  "All this will flow

 from the kind and compassionate mercy

 of our God.

        A new day is dawning:

        the Sunrise from the heavens

 will break through in our darkness,"

Luke 1:78 (VOICE)

"...looking for a better country..."

"Cause me to live in a more practical sense

 of the shortness and uncertainty of all human things. May I be enabled to live by faith

 above the world 

looking for a better country

 with my heart supremely set on it."(Wilberforce)

"But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city."

Hebrews 11:16 (ESV)