Autumn

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Let's explore the topic of Autumn.

Autumn is a very unique season with its beautiful colorfulness and its pleasing aromas , as well as being a season of rains and harvests. Autumn is also a time for the seasonal changes of the fashion industry and for educational pursuits , amongst other things. In the Fall , some of God's creatures begin to prepare for the upcoming winter by either migrating ; or by doing extra labor to produce food stockpiles or to gain weight for their winter's hibernation. This season can also bring people outdoors more often as they enjoy the cooling down from the summer's heat. Which ever season you enjoy the most , or like the least , be sure and take advantage of finding several things that you like that are specific to each season . This will help you to welcome each day and season more readily. If you've struggled with enjoying a particular season , for whatever reason , then please ask God for His grace to help you to enjoy that specific season with you . He will respond to your faith with His loving care.

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~ The following Autumn colored photo of Hamburg Park is from pixabay user " PaulSchneider".~ Please always use the Safe Search setting whenever you explore pixabay.

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With the Fall harvests coming in , some farmers install scarecrows in their fields to ward
off any unwanted creatures who would invade them. Although the effectiveness of scarecrows can be debated , the topic did find its way into the Bible . In Jeremiah 10 : 5 , the uselessness of idols was compared to a scarecrow. 

                                                                       Jeremiah 10 : 5

 Amplified Bible
“They are like scarecrows in a cucumber field ; They cannot speak ; They have to be carried , Because they cannot walk ! Do not be afraid of them, For they can do no harm or evil , Nor can they do any good.”

{ Please note that there is quite a division between translations on whether the term cucumber , melon or palm tree should be used for the above verse }. 

 Although many people do not have a field to harvest , most people enjoy the crops that come from these fields - as God had designed for us to do - , but some have found a way to bring the feel of a harvest field to their place through adorable scarecrow dolls , such as this one pictured below from pixabay user " ErikaWittlieb " . 

                            The apple , pumpkins and other produce are part of the Fall harvest. 

Do you have any favorite fall foods that you've enjoyed lately ?

 The below photo of fallen apples is from pixabay user " Catkin ".

The above photo is a perfect example of an apple tree doing what is called an abscission.

ABSCISSION : ab·scis·sion

/abˈsiZHən/

Botany

noun: abscission;  plural noun: abscissions

The natural detachment of parts of a plant, typically dead leaves and ripe fruit.

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GENESIS  1  : 11 - 13

https://biblehub.com/amp/genesis/1.htm

 
11" So God said, “Let the earth sprout [tender] vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit according to (limited to, consistent with) their kind, whose seed is in them upon the earth”; and it was so.  

12 The earth sprouted and abundantly produced vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, according to their kind; and God saw that it was good and He affirmed and sustained it.  

13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. "

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Jerusalem - Israel - December 13

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Today's post will direct your paths to history and prophecy, as well as be

another nice addition to our series about the number 13. 

Enjoy !

Please enjoy the Norton cleared links that are included on this site , and

please note that some of the pictures can be enlarged by placing your cursor on

the photo and clicking on it. 

Have a blessed time !

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The above photo's credit goes to pixabay user " reijotelaranta ".

Always use SAFE SEARCH every time you go to pixabay.

This bronze Menorah sculpture was a gift from the United Kingdom to Israel , and it is now displayed in a rose garden , just opposite from Israel's Knesset .

You can go to the link below to learn much more about this sculpted gift :

 Knesset Menorah - Wikipedia

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Israel  and the Jewish people are precious in God's sight , and so is Jerusalem.  

Jerusalem is the only capital that Israel has ever had over her long and recorded history.  In acknowledgement of the importance of Jerusalem to the Jewish people , to God and to the existence of the Jewish State of Israel , the governing body of Israel , called the Knesset , named Jerusalem as their capital on December 13 , 1949.

For those who are unaware of just how important the Jewish people ,

Jerusalem and the nation of Israel are to God , and to the whole Earth -

I implore you to study the Bible from the book of Genesis to the book of Revelation.

Upon reading and studying the Bible , you will discover that

Israel's  Jerusalem was , is and will always be , an integral

part of the fulfilling of God's plans in the Earth .

Jerusalem means the City of Peace.

When God comes to reign on the Earth , forever , it will be 

done from His Eternal City that He built , and that city is called the New Jerusalem.

He has made it for His glory and for those who love Him , eternally.

His peace will reign for all time from that place , and to that we all need to proclaim ,

" Amen ! ".

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                                                                   2 Chronicles 6:6

 " But I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel."

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Matthew 5

34 " But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;   

35 or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. "

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Revelation 3 : 12 mentions the New Jerusalem , but please feel free to read the

whole chapter !

 https://biblehub.com/kjv/revelation/3.htm

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For a blessed preview of the New Jerusalem , please read the book of Revelation's

last two chapters :

https://biblehub.com/nasb_/revelation/21.htm

https://biblehub.com/nasb_/revelation/22.htm

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Please note that the book of Revelation NEVER ends with the letter " s". 

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Elephants & strong faith ! :)

 Blessings to you , reader !

Let's enjoy God's Word and His creation - the Elephant .

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The above photo was submitted to pixabay via user " markjordahl"

{ Please , always use the Safe Search when you explore pixabay. }

 

God's majestic Elephants ! 

Even though they are listed as an endangered species ,

they will always represent courage , endurance and strength.

Just as elephants are not indestructible , neither are human beings.

This world brings a great many challenges to the living , whether they are

human or one of God's other creations. And along with those worldly challenges 

can come some very overwhelming odds that can defeat even the best of us .

 

Telling someone , in their most difficult hour , to be strong and of good courage

can sometimes be met with a measure of resentment , or a feeling of being

completely inadequate to meet the level of those well intended words. 

The one thing that you need to keep in your heart is that no sorrow or frustration

can take you out of God's reach.  Ask for His grace , and He will meet you whenever

and wherever you need Him to , so that He can enable you to be so much more than 

you can handle.

 

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God bless you  as you read His Word , seek His face and heed the good

words that He put within the postcard below. 

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https://biblehub.com/bsb/1_corinthians/16.htm 

 

 https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/16-13.htm

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Peace be with you from the One / 20 and 21

🌞 You are welcomed here , reader !

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Let's get started with the Holy Bible , God's written Word !

The following words are from our Savior , Jesus the Christ: 

John 3 :16 " For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. 18 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God .' "

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