Anabaptist bridge crossing the Combe du Bez above Corgémont; Berne, Switzerland. by Хрюша
Good morning, beloved,
A new day, a new start, a brand new beginning…:) unfolding before you and I today…what will today hold? What will God have in store for you and I today?
Yesterday was a beautiful day of sunshine. Mother’s day have not always gone well in the Bruinius household…and so to behold a day that held blessing and quiet and calm…thankful. Of course, add in four dogs (we are watching the neighbor’s dog and my parents brought their dogs), and there is a certain amount of…disorder.
I’m back on these pictures of the Anabaptists…I am transfixed by their courage and their sacrifice for their faith. Darkness covered their land. Their faith required a stand. They were a light blazing in a world blanketed by lies and a church overcome by greed and power.
I wonder if these verses ever were a comfort to them…
Anabaptist bridge crossing the Combe du Bez above Corgémont; Berne, Switzerland. Хрюша
12 Even the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.
13 For You did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well.
Let’s look a little more in-depth..
Anabaptist bridge crossing the Combe du Bez above Corgémont; Berne, Switzerland.
Even the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.
20 Coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. It was a cloud and darkness to the Egyptians, but it gave light by night to the Israelites; and the one host did not come near the other all night.
21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night and made the sea dry land; and the waters were divided.
22 He reveals the deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him!
13 And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open andexposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do.
Anabaptist bridge crossing the Combe du Bez above Corgémont; Berne, Switzerland. Хрюша
For You did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother’s womb.
9 Remember [earnestly], I beseech You, that You have fashioned me as clay [out of the same earth material, exquisitely and elaborately]. And will You bring me into dust again?
10 Have You not poured me out like milk and curdled me like cheese?
11 You have clothed me with skin and flesh and have knit me together with bones and sinews.
12 You have granted me life and favor, and Your providence has preserved my spirit.
I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well.
26 God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.
27 So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.
4 For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your works; at the deeds of Your hands I joyfully sing.
5 How great are Your doings, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep.
Oh friends, these saints that have walked before us, staked their claim on the God who they knew to be fearful and wonderful! They knew Him to be wonderful in His works in their lives and their inner selves knows that right well. Out of that understanding, they refused turn their backs on the Bible. The Bible was their book.
Is it mine? Is it yours? Does the knowledge of the Most High God compel you to make decisions that could cost you? To the Anabaptists, it was worth everything. Is your faith worth everything? Truly?
Pray on, friends. Pray on.
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