The Love of Christ for All Time

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
— Song of Solomon 2:3 KJV

22 January 2019

Dear Pat:

This recent past year 2018, as in all years gone by, will soon be if not already a memory dissolved. The doors to the past are permanently shut.

Here we are already, nearing the finish line of the first month of this New Year 2019. As in every circling year, new joys and sadnesses abound. Paradoxically, the ever flowing tide of time obliterates our every footprint and every moment silently and swiftly. There is no starting over time and space allotted us.

We are God’s creation, and “the steps of a man are established by the LORD.” He ordained that “to everything there is season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” So then, we are to meditate, to “ponder in [our] own hearts on [our] beds and be silent,” and pray in “making the best use of time, because the days are evil.”

In 2017, we spent ten days touring Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Beautiful and verdant states. All steeped in artifacts and much history. We stayed two days in Knoxville. Shopping at Mast (the L.L. Bean of the south, as it were) was fun. But we missed seeing the Art Deco buildings due to the rain.

By the grace of our Lord, you, we, and others in His pasture have started another new year trekking “to unpath’d waters, undream’d shores.” Let's you and us continue to rely on God’s grace in our walks.

We can not depend on our unchangeableness, but we can depend on Christ. The Lord can never fail since He changes not. Because of the unchangeableness of our Savior, we are assured of our continuance state of grace of Him.

For every moment of every year, let us in humble thanks and prayers praising the Lord that He is our unchangeable portion. A precious, life giving, life sustaining portion is He, as we rest in His shadows and eat His fruits.

Take care. Write when you can.

We Can Not Hear the Tread of His Feet

The New Year
Marie Zetterberg
1906

The New Year comes in the midnight hour
When the beautiful world is still,
And the moonlight falls in a silver stream
Over meadow and wood and hill.

We can not hear the tread of his feet,
For so silently comes he;
But the ringing bells the good news tell
As they sound over land and sea.

Where'er he steps new joys upspring,
And hopes, that were lost or dim,
Grow sweet and strong in the golden hours,
That he everywhere bears with him.

He brings us snow from the fleecy clouds;
He sends us the springtime showers;
He gladdens our world with the light of love
And fills its lap with flowers.

Some day, as softly as he came,
He will pass through the open door,
And we who sing at his coming now
Will never see him more.

A Down Under 2018 Thanksgiving Cruise

- A Down Under Cruise
Thanksgiving Holiday 2018

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To One and All of Human Birth

Christmas Night
Thomas Hall Shastid
1881

Be peace on earth, good will to men;
And let this now our carol be:
If on the land, or on the sea,
We still will sing the glad refrain;
And in the closing light of day
Good words of peace and cheer will say.
The Babe that in the manger born
Has risen high above the star,
To judge in peace, or judge in war,
To judge at night or judge at morn.
The star that told us of his birth
Has given us joy and lasting mirth.
The Man that suffered on the tree
Is risen high above all men;
Then swell the glad refrain again—
He died for me, He died for thee:
Then peace be ever on the earth
To one and all of human birth.

The Sun, in All His Splendor, Wears Thy Beams

November Now Is Speaking to My Soul

THANKSGIVING
Clara Ophelia Bland
1906

The seasons in their changes rest the heart,
      November now is speaking to my soul,
Calling it from worldly ways apart
      To spend some holy moments, 'ere they roll
Backward to Time's ocean, oh! so vast!
      Leaves of woodland rustle o'er my head,
Outward is the golden grain amassed
      Which shall yield the winter's bread.
The quiet scene of beauty brings sweet peace,
      The horn of plenty has been opened wide.
A thought within my heart knows no surcease,
      Casting sensuous things of earth aside.
Since Christ died, the cause for
thankfulness has
          been,
      That His redeeming blood can wash away all
          sin.

2018 Autumn iPhone Xs Max Wallpapers

Four 2018 iPhone Xs Max Wallpapers
By using the Apple iPhone Xs Max logical resolution, these custom wallpapers fit the iPhone Xs Max screen size as intended.

Each wallpaper can be pinched in-or-out (i.e. height and width) and move to suit the user's device display preference. As always with prospective wallpapers, one should test the selected image to ensure it is acceptable prior to saving it. Otherwise, hit the cancel button during the wallpaper selection setup.

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all four wallpapers in one zipped file:
2018 Autumn iPhone Xs Max Wallpapers

MP3 iOS Ringtone - Silence

This is a spam or caller unknown filter ringtone. If the caller phone number is not saved in the iPhone's Contact app, then the call will be silenced. The mobile phone user will not hear a ringtone because the call has been silenced. To use this ringtone, the iPhone default ringtone sound must be set to "Silence."

On the page link below, access Table 3 for the 2018 rington-ready MP3 for creation using the GarageBand app.

Any MP3 can be downloaded and listened from the web-link drop-down menu labeled "iOS Ringtones."

If you like the any posted ringtone, upload or export the downloaded MP3 to the Apple iCloud Drive at icloud.com. Then use the GarageBand app 2.3.x on the iPhone to directly convert this MP3 from the iCloud Drive to a ringtone onto your device. There are mobile apps for the iPhone which can export files to the iCloud for sharing, including the GarageBand app.

The GarageBand app can also remove any ringtone it created on the iPhone.

iOS Device Ringtone Download:

A Spam or Unknown Phone Call Filter
Ringtone #35 - "Silence"
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2018 Labor Day Weekend iPhone X Wallpapers

Four 2018 Labor Day iPhone X Wallpapers
By using the Apple iPhone X logical resolution, these custom wallpapers fit the iPhone X screen size as intended.

Each wallpaper can be pinched in-or-out (i.e. height and width) and move to suit the user's display preference. As always with prospective wallpapers, one should test the selected image to ensure it is acceptable prior to saving it. Otherwise, hit the cancel button during the wallpaper selection setup.

Click here to download
all four wallpapers in one zipped file:
2018 Labor Day iPhone X Wallpapers

L'Amore sans trêve

"Unchained Melody"
- The Righteous Brothers (1965)

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