YESHUA (JESUS)

 

Yeshua, you are

Our hope of salvation

Dying for us

Our hope of glory

Living in us

 

Yeshua, you are

Our hope for the future

Living for you

Our hope for redemption

Alive in you

COULD JESUS HAVE BEEN NATIVE AMERICAN?

Could Jesus have been Native American?

Possibly, he was at peace with nature

He ate fish, and had an affinity with birds

And He talked of the Great Spirit in his future

OH GOD IN HEAVEN LORD ABOVE ALL

 

To the tune of “The gypsy girls dream” (I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls)

From an opera The Bohemian Girl composed by Michael William Balfe.

Oh God in heaven Lord above all

Looks upon us with grace

He is with us when we triumph

He is with us when we fail

And when the time comes and I join him on high

I will touch his loving face

Oh God in heaven Lord above all

Watch and protect us until that day

 

Please watch us, protect us, until that day

God save us, Lord save us until that day

 

Oh god in heaven always loves us

Even when we may stray

He will support us and guide us
as through life we navigate

And when the time comes and I join him on high

I will take His loving hand

Oh God in heaven Lord above all

Watch and protect us until that day

 

Please watch us, protect us, until that day

God save us, Lord save us until that day

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965)

The Greatest Story Ever Told, directed by George Stevens and David Lean, although for some reason the latter was uncredited.

It is an often under-rated movie with an all-star cast, and is a large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ (Max von Sydow).

There are so many stars in this biblical epic that it is impossible to mention them all but among the notable performers were Dorothy McGuire (The Virgin Mary) Charlton Heston (John the Baptist) Martin Landau (Caiaphas) Sal Mineo (Uriah) Sidney Poitier (Simon of Cyrene) David McCallum (Judas Iscariot) Donald Pleasence (The Dark Hermit – Satan) Claude Rains (King Herod) and John Wayne (Centurion at Crucifixion).

I can highly recommend the modestly titled epic, which was long, beautifully photographed and was notable as it was the first english-language film for Max von Sydow.

A great, if not the greatest, movie, watch and enjoy.

COULD JESUS HAVE BEEN IRISH?

 

Could Jesus have been Irish?

Well the bible says He never marries

He loved green pastures and water

And He was always telling stories

WHERE WAS GOD?

 

When Haiti shook

And the old colonial

Structures fell

Who was to blame?

 

When the rains fell on Madeira

Making rivers of mud

Where once were roads

Who was to blame?

 

When earthquake and tsunami

Wreaked their havoc

On Chile’s coast

Who was to blame?

 

The zealots speak of God’s wrath,

Divine retribution

Against the wicked of the world

Smiting the transgressors

But it’s not the wicked who suffer

It’s the most humble and devout

The poor and the needy

Who suffer the most

Why would God do such a thing?

What would be gained?

It’s not a Godly act

But rather that of a tyrant

That’s not what my God would do

My God is a loving God

Not a wrathful being

 

The secular blame God

For not stopping natural disasters

They don’t believe in him

But blame him anyway

Where was God?

What was God doing when he was needed?

When something wonderful happens

They praise nature’s ingenuity

Yet when tragedy strikes

It’s “where was God?”

God is not to blame

It is not within his power to prevent disasters

So he does what he can

He comforts and supports

Eases suffering and ends pain

But my God is not to blame

 

Mother Nature is the culprit

The planet is angry with mankind

And unleashes these acts of spite

To punish us for our indifference

Mother Nature roars

And defines our insignificance

When the earth moves

And mountains split

When winds tear up all before them

And the seas rise up

We are powerless

But we are not alone

When we are at our most vulnerable

Who do we call upon? God

Whoever that God might be

Mine is an understanding God

A compassionate God

 

GODS GRACE

 

Little Grace sat hugging her granddad

“Did God make you granddad”? She said

As she stroked his old wrinkled face

Then ran her fingers across his balding head

“Yes sweetheart God did make me”

Then she touched her own face 

“And did God make me too”?

“Yes God made you too my little Grace”

She thought for a moment then said

“Well in that case then I guess

God must have fixed the problems

In the manufacturing process”