Monday, June 29, 2009, 5:23 a.m. – I woke to this song:
Step by Step / Artist: Caedmon’s Call
O God, you are my God and I will ever praise You O God, you are my God and I will ever praise You
I will seek you in the morning and I will learn to walk in your ways And step by step you'll lead me And I will follow you all of my days
I also woke from A DREAM: My FIL and Step-MIL from Ohio (north) came for a surprise visit (south), then I learned they were spending the night. So, I went to the linen closet to find them sheets for their bed, which I thought was a full-size bed. I think I pulled out the red sheets and the dark red curtains to match. Then, I reminded them that the towels were in the linen closet.
The next morning I found my MIL in the room in a bed, only it was a single (twin) bed that was X-long, like it had an extension to it. The head of the bed was facing west/left and the foot of the bed was facing east/right, and the bed was situated toward the north or far wall in the room. I felt like she was ill. I thought, “I must have forgotten about the other bed.” I asked my FIL where he slept, and he said that he had slept on the sofa, a soft flowery print sofa that was in the den.
Then, we brought another single (twin) bed into the bedroom for him to sleep on, and we were trying to figure out just where to place it. There was a tall dresser in the room as well as there was more of a dressing table type of dresser with mirror over top that was in the upper left-hand corner (NW corner) of the room. I know I was considering rearranging the room and moving the dresser with mirror to the right/east wall of the room at the feet of the beds. END
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Isaiah 39:
Envoys From Babylon 1 At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of his illness and recovery. 2 Hezekiah received the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine oil, his entire armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them. 3 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, "What did those men say, and where did they come from?" "From a distant land," Hezekiah replied. "They came to me from Babylon."
4 The prophet asked, "What did they see in your palace?" "They saw everything in my palace," Hezekiah said. "There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them."
5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD Almighty: 6 The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. 7 And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."
8 "The word of the LORD you have spoken is good," Hezekiah replied. For he thought, "There will be peace and security in my lifetime."
My Understanding: Well, in my Bible I had recorded a year or so ago that this last verse sounded like Olmert who was willing to give up Israel’s land for peace.
I went back and read through Monday’s news headlines and the story of Russia’s war games stood out to me and the location is Caucasus which is in northern Georgia (the country) - Google Maps.
“HomeWorldAP - Europe .MOSCOW, Jun. 29, 2009 Russia Holds Major War Games In Caucasus Russia Holds Largest War Games Since War With Georgia _ In Signal To Georgia, And To US
“(AP) Thousands of troops, backed by hundreds of tanks, artillery and other heavy weaponry, began rumbling through the North Caucasus on Monday, as Russia began its largest military exercises since last year's war with Georgia.
“The Caucasus 2009 war games are being seen by many experts as a warning shot for nearby Georgia, where the government says it has rearmed armed forces and where NATO recently wrapped up its own exercises.
“Experts say the exercises may also be signal to the United States that Russia will give no ground on its efforts to maintain an exclusive sphere of influence in Georgia and other former Soviet republics. The games run through July 6 _ the day that President Barack Obama arrives in Moscow for a highly anticipated summit with Russia's Dmitry Medvedev…” Russia Holds Major War Games In Caucasus - CBS News
__________________ Sue
Acts 26:16-18: Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen of me and what I will show you. I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
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