God is not limited

God is not limited by

 

          your perception of Him –

         

                    But you are!  

                         – 9/15/09

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HE IS ALL

Creator He was at man’s beginning,

Creating the earth, the sea, the sky.

Sustainer He was at the earth’s flooding,

Protecting species: elephant and fly.

Redeemer He was at the “thorn-crowning,”

Though “It is finished” was His final cry.

Ruler He’ll be at His great next coming,

Forever ending the rule of the sly.

               – eab, 9/14/06

 

Written on the bank of the Middle Fork of the Chandalar River, AK, on a mooseless moose hunt with EAB II, III & Max Shelton.

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Girolamo Savonarola – birth, Sep. 21, 1452

“My Lord was pleased to die for my sins.”  – reported to be his final words.

 

Girolamo Savonarola was born this date, 9/21/1452 at Ferrara, Italy.  He became a studied the OT prophets and the Book of Revelation and from this background began to preach zealous, powerful, and somewhat prophetic messages to the corrupt society of his day calling for repentance before God sent judgment.  He also became involved in helping create a cleaner more free government.  His actions and his opposition to the worldliness and corruption of the clergy came to the attention of the then bishop of Rome, one called Alexander VI.  Alexander offered him a “padded” position in Rome.  When Savonarola did not allow this to side-track him, he was arrested, tortured, and in 1498 hung and his body burned.

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