The First Post

SMHG John

First posted in November 2011… still true today

No one will know what I write here today. There is little likelihood that anyone will even be aware that this event has occurred. This is simply one more modest pontification in a world filled with more books and more writing and more opinions than it knows what to do with. Far more important men and women and happenings are, at this very moment, doing and being and taking place. Most things are known or remembered by their impact. They impact because they cause us to turn our attention to, or give some value to, the occurrence. A rock thrown into the water makes an impact of sound and displacement and rippling and aftereffect which invites inquiry. The ripple then makes new impact as it touches all in its path. The rock is thrown and the thrower awaits the resulting impact. Before the impact was the toss. Before the toss the rock was picked up. Before the pickup was the view of the water, the sight of the rock and the inquisitive thought, “what will happen, if…” Continue reading

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Somebody Did It

Somebody did it. There was an event, an occurrence, a resulting outcome and someone was the cause. For everything which happens in our universe, every event whether unbelievably huge or infinitesimally small, there is a cause; except one. The Bible declares that “in the beginning God”. Without apology, excuse, explanation or contemplation, the first verse in the oldest and truest book announces “in the beginning God”. He is the uncaused cause. He is ultimately the cause of all that is. In His creation, He has caused certain boundaries to be in place. We call them laws and even laws of nature. They are the delimiters for all that is in existence. They define what is observed of cause and effect. We know them because we have observed them. We discover them by examining what is, as it has been caused by the creator. When we surmise correct conclusions from what we observe, it aligns nicely and rightly with all else which is observed. We find a peaceful harmony in the proper alignment of what we believe with what we observe and can prove by repetitive experimentation. When our observations conflict with what has been revealed previously then we understand that either our current or previous conclusions are in error; and sometimes both. Continue reading

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You Are God’s Treasure

You are God’s treasure Where His Spirit soars
You’re not just driftwood Washed up on some shore
 
His plans are perfect So all the world knows
You are choicest treasure  Where His love shows
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Radio Interview

What a wonderful time on the Radio program In the Word with Elder Charles Byrd on Internet Radio Station http://talktainmentradio.com

Thanks to Elizabeth Fisher for sharing the Book I wrote with Charles. http://www.ripples-book.tk/ Be sure to check out the blog and the book order page.
 The question of the day was: “Why Is Life Hard?”
 
The interview will air at 7pm est on Friday evening July 19th, 2013.
http://talktainmentradio.com/shows/intheword.html
Give a listen and let me know what you Think.

 It may be re-aired on Sunday. Check the website listings.

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