{"id":4980,"date":"2022-01-01T16:09:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T21:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=4980"},"modified":"2022-01-01T16:14:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T21:14:27","slug":"eternity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/01\/eternity\/","title":{"rendered":"Eternity"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/h6>\n
A trillion tiny sparkles are seen from here below<\/h6>\n
As day gives way to night, God\u2019s fireworks bestowed.<\/h6>\n
All across the atmosphere; filled with wonder at the sight<\/h6>\n
Supernatural display of glorious light!<\/h6>\n
Traveling through a time-warp at the speed of sounds unknown<\/h6>\n
We are born, live and then fully grown<\/h6>\n
Turned back to dust, as time rushes on\u2026<\/h6>\n
Generations upon generations, ancients come and go<\/h6>\n
Waiting and watching slowly behold\u2026<\/h6>\n
One face we seek above all others, babies held by their pondering mothers<\/h6>\n
Like vapors in the wind\u2026<\/h6>\n
Beginning and end, with Him!<\/h6>\n
Past, present and future souls, are born and then die\u2026<\/h6>\n
Live and let live, still the questions remain, why?<\/h6>\n
Eternity, written on the wind\u2026<\/h6>\n
Comes swiftly there is no end.<\/h6>\n
Stars shine brightest in the darkness<\/h6>\n
All will see\u2026as night gives way to daybreak<\/h6>\n
The light forever stays\u2026It is His to give and His to take\u2026<\/h6>\n
Keep shinning, keep believing<\/h6>\n
You are brighter than you think.<\/h6>\n
Do not wink and do not blink\u2026<\/h6>\n
Watch the stars and you will see\u2026<\/h6>\n
Eternity!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill January 1, 2022<\/h6>\n
Job 38<\/strong><\/h6>\n
New International Version<\/strong><\/h6>\n
The\u00a0Lord\u00a0Speaks<\/strong><\/h6>\n
38\u00a0<\/strong>Then the\u00a0Lord\u00a0spoke to Job\u00a0out of the storm.\u00a0He said:<\/h6>\n
2\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cWho is this that obscures my plans
\nwith words without knowledge?
\n3\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Brace yourself like a man;
\nI will question you,
\nand you shall answer me.<\/h6>\n
4\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cWhere were you when I laid the earth\u2019s foundation?
\nTell me, if you understand.
\n5\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Who marked off its dimensions?\u00a0Surely you know!
\nWho stretched a measuring line\u00a0across it?
\n6\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>On what were its footings set,
\nor who laid its cornerstone\u2014
\n7\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>while the morning stars\u00a0sang together
\nand all the angels[a<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0shouted for joy?<\/h6>\n
8\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cWho shut up the sea behind doors
\nwhen it burst forth from the womb,
\n9\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>when I made the clouds its garment
\nand wrapped it in thick darkness,
\n10\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>when I fixed limits for it
\nand set its doors and bars in place,
\n11\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>when I said, \u2018This far you may come and no farther;
\nhere is where your proud waves halt\u2019?<\/h6>\n
12\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cHave you ever given orders to the morning,
\nor shown the dawn its place,
\n13\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>that it might take the earth by the edges
\nand shake the wicked\u00a0out of it?
\n14\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;
\nits features stand out like those of a garment.
\n15\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>The wicked are denied their light,
\nand their upraised arm is broken.<\/h6>\n
16\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cHave you journeyed to the springs of the sea
\nor walked in the recesses of the deep?
\n17\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Have the gates of death\u00a0been shown to you?
\nHave you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
\n18\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?
\nTell me, if you know all this.<\/h6>\n
19\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cWhat is the way to the abode of light?
\nAnd where does darkness reside?
\n20\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Can you take them to their places?
\nDo you know the paths\u00a0to their dwellings?
\n21\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Surely you know, for you were already born!
\nYou have lived so many years!<\/h6>\n
22\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cHave you entered the storehouses of the snow
\nor seen the storehouses\u00a0of the hail,
\n23\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>which I reserve for times of trouble,
\nfor days of war and battle?
\n24\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,
\nor the place where the east winds\u00a0are scattered over the earth?
\n25\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
\nand a path for the thunderstorm,
\n26\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>to water\u00a0a land where no one lives,
\nan uninhabited desert,
\n27\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>to satisfy a desolate wasteland
\nand make it sprout with grass?
\n28\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Does the rain have a father?
\nWho fathers the drops of dew?
\n29\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>From whose womb comes the ice?
\nWho gives birth to the frost from the heavens
\n30\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>when the waters become hard as stone,
\nwhen the surface of the deep is frozen?<\/h6>\n
31\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cCan you bind the chains[b<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0of the Pleiades?
\nCan you loosen Orion\u2019s belt?
\n32\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Can you bring forth the constellations\u00a0in their seasons[c<\/a>]<\/sup>
\nor lead out the Bear[d<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0with its cubs?
\n33\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Do you know the laws\u00a0of the heavens?
\nCan you set up God\u2019s[e<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0dominion over the earth?<\/h6>\n
34\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cCan you raise your voice to the clouds
\nand cover yourself with a flood of water?
\n35\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?
\nDo they report to you, \u2018Here we are\u2019?
\n36\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Who gives the ibis wisdom[f<\/a>]<\/sup>
\nor gives the rooster understanding?[g<\/a>]<\/sup>
\n37\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
\nWho can tip over the water jars\u00a0of the heavens
\n38\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>when the dust becomes hard
\nand the clods of earth stick together?<\/h6>\n
39\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cDo you hunt the prey for the lioness
\nand satisfy the hunger of the lions
\n40\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>when they crouch in their dens
\nor lie in wait in a thicket?
\n41\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Who provides food\u00a0for the raven
\nwhen its young cry out to God
\nand wander about for lack of food?<\/h6>\n
<\/h6>\n
Footnotes<\/strong><\/h6>\n
    \n
  1. \n
    Job 38:7<\/a>\u00a0Hebrew\u00a0the sons of God<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    Job 38:31<\/a>\u00a0Septuagint; Hebrew\u00a0beauty<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
  3. \n
    Job 38:32<\/a>\u00a0Or\u00a0the morning star in its season<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
  4. \n
    Job 38:32<\/a>\u00a0Or\u00a0out Leo<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
  5. \n
    Job 38:33<\/a>\u00a0Or\u00a0their<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
  6. \n
    Job 38:36<\/a>\u00a0That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
  7. \n
    Job 38:36<\/a>\u00a0That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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