"Stand in Awe" - Jeremy Riddle

Gracious and astounding
God's love so confounding appears to us
In a cleansing flow of blood
The Son left throne and glory
Bore the Father's wrath and fury
In our stead
For the sins of all He bled

Stand in awe and worship
Raise a voice in worship come adore
The King of Kings and Lord of Lords

Behold the Lamb in Heaven
He was dead but God raised Him from the grave
His arm is mighty to save
Now glorified and reigning
The keys to death and Hades in His hand
All hail the Lord of every man

Stand in awe and worship
Raise a voice in worship come adore
The King of Kings and Lord of Lords

October is National Book Month

And I am reading "Canterbury Tales" (amongst other things). And I am loving it. Way too much. Even my mother is calling me a geek. "Who just reads Chaucer for fun?!" But how can I not love it?

'It nere,' quod he, 'to thee no greet honour
For to be fals, ne for to be traitour
To me, that am thy cosyn and they brother
Ysworn ful depe, and ech of us til oother,
That nevere, for to dyen in the peyne,
Til that the deeth departe shal us tweyne,
Neither of us in love to hyndre oother,
Ne in noon oother cas, my leeve brother;
But that thou sholdest trewely forthren me
In every cas, as I shal forthren thee,
This was thyn ooth, and myn also, certeyn;
I woot right wel, thou darst it nat withseyn....'

This is a simple part, but it gives an idea. It's so fun!

HalleluJah, they're up!

God is so good. What else could possibly explain how and why the miners survived? To think that all 33 made it through that - it's crazy! I cannot imagine it. What a horrible, dreadful experience. And yet I love what Jimmy Sanchez, the youngest and most terrified of the group said while they were still inside the mine, "There are actually 34 of us, because God has never left us down here." Mario Gomez, the oldest and so-called spiritual leader of the group, upon coming out of the mine briefly hugged his wife, then gently pushed her away as he dropped to his knees in prayer. And Mario Sepulveda Espina, the spokesman stated, "I was with God and with the devil. They fought over me. And God won."
How can this be anything but a miracle? Sure, people can say it was people working together, it was technology, it was whatever else they want to claim it was. But there is absolutely no way it could have all worked without God orchestrating it all. It's amazing.
Praise the Lord!

Happy 60th Anniversary, Peanuts!

(http://comics.com/peanuts)

Oh, but I must add this to my last post

Bible (well really book) study was good. Hopefully my book will come very soon and I can start reading. The little bit that we read together sounded good. Also, it's exciting, because they were thinking small group, which then turned into 20-25 of us. While that might mean I'll be less likely to talk, it also means that there are that many of us wanting to grow together. I think this will be a good study.
So the day wasn't totally spoiled. :)