Monday, May 9, 2011

Layers of Blessings

Layered lemon dessert.

Layered pudding delight with cherry sauce.

Layered chocolate anything! (Is your mouth watering yet?)

The thing about layered desserts is that, as the cook, you just keep piling on the goodies. God's promises are a little like that too. All last week I have been exploring the promises of His presence recorded for us in the scriptures. As I think about my response to these promises, the verse that suggests an appropriate response to the promises adds a dollop of whipped cream and a cherry!

Look at Psalm 95:2, it says, "Let us come before Him with thanksgiving and extol Him with music and song". Did you catch it? Not only does scripture promise us God's presence, it also invites us to come--to come intentionally--into His presence. Think of that! You're invited!

Of course, God is present everywhere, all the time. But He invites us to come into His presence on purpose, responding to His goodness in our lives, especially His goodness to us in Jesus, our Savior. We can come, as the psalm says, "with thanksgiving...with music and son."

What's behind this invitation? Does the God of the universe need our worship? Absolutely not! He invites us because we need to do it!
  • As we worship, he reminds us of His forgiveness and His love for us.
  • As we worship, He works His Word more deeply int o our hearts so that it can strengthen and encourage us.
  • As we worship, He assures us that we're not alone. He's present with us--and we belong to His family.
God's promises are sure, no matter where we stand in history, no matter what our stage in life!

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The main commodities were bronze tools forged out of tin and copper, which through the development of techniques and enhanced quality were now much souglit-after. Retro Jordans,Most of the trading towns were concentrated in the north and northwest of the country, and its central plains, and as such the areas became wealthy. New towns were built and existing communities were rewarded with infrastructures of the like never before seen. In present-day Amman and Irbid, then two communities that became centres of trade, huge fortifications were built to protect the now wealthy communities from attack. In the nearby ancient town of Tabaqat Fahl, known as Pella, the bastions were said to be some of the most formidable ever seen in the region at the time. Cheap Jordans,While all this activity was going on in north and central Jordan however, the south remained largely untouched by the new wave of commercialism. Its people, the Shasu, continued to live a nomadic existence.

Remains from Chalcolithic and Bronze Age periods are still visible today. Two of the best are at Tulaylat al-Ghassul, near the Dead Sea, and at nearby Bab adh Dhra. At Tulaylat al-Ghassul you can visit the Chalcolithic archaeological site just outside town, and clearly see how homes made of mud bricks dried by the sun would have been positioned around courtyards. At Bab adh Dhra, thousands of tombs dated to the era and containing personal items like jewellery and, of course, new jordans,bones were unearthed during excavation works. The site is still being excavated today and more finds are expected. Amman, Irbid and Pella also all have remains from the era.

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