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Psalm 121:2 “I will lift up my eyes to the hills – From whence shall my help come? My help comes from the Lord…“. Our Surrender to His Sovereignty, our Trust, our obedience…His power…His promise of blessing… all wrapped up, nicely, in these 2 verses. This, a song of Ascents, was a song to be sung by the children of God as they traveled to Jerusalem for the feasts. Songs preparing their hearts and minds… and souls for the celebration they would bring to the Lord. It goes on, acknowledging God as their Keeper, reminding them He doesn’t sleep. Reminding them, it’s God Who keeps them from evil, that He’s the One Who keeps their life and their comings and goings from now to forever. This is the God who doesn’t change, the God who keeps His promises. His name is True, Trustworthy, Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent. The God Who planned from the beginning to choose a people for Himself. He is the God who broke covenant with Abraham, revealing the people of the Earth would be blessed through him, not just his descendants, but all nations. First to the Jew and then to the Gentile, and now we all know, trust, believe in, rely on… press in to the One who helps us. How does He help? He leads us on paths of righteousness, He restores our soul, He prepares Goodness and Mercy…laying them out new and fresh for us every day. Our spirit dances, rejoices in doing right, it’s our desire to be in right standing with the Lord. We know He holds our lives in His hands. He has a place prepared for us, to be where He is. We lift our hands up to You, Lord, You’re ready to help in our time of need, You’re with us every step of the way…we desperately need You every hour. To You be the glory and the honor forever and ever.

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Ernest Hemingway rarely admitted another writer was better than him. But in a private letter to his editor, he confessed something close to it. He said reading her book made him ashamed of himself as a writer, that he felt like nothing more than a carpenter with words next to her. Then, in the very same letter, he called her a high-grade bitch. Both things were true to him at once. Her book went out of print anyway, and the world forgot about her for forty years. Her name was Beryl Markham. She was born in Leicestershire, England, in 1902, and moved to British East Africa, modern-day Kenya, at the age of four. Her mother hated the isolation and went home to England. Beryl stayed. She did not grow up like a colonial child was supposed to. She ran with the Nandi people. She learned to hunt with a spear. She spoke Swahili, Nandi, and Maasai before she was a teenager. At eighteen, she became the first licensed female racehorse trainer in Kenya. It was not seen as impressive. It was seen as scandalous. In her late twenties, she learned to fly. She became a bush pilot in an era when a single engine failure over the African interior usually meant you did not come home. There was no GPS, no radar, no rescue infrastructure for hundreds of miles in any direction. She flew mail to remote outposts. She tracked elephants from the air for safari hunters. She searched wreckage-strewn terrain for downed pilots that others had already given up on. By the time she decided to attempt what came next, she had logged more than two thousand flying hours. In 1936, at thirty-three years old, she decided to fly across the Atlantic. Not the easy direction. The hard one. Charles Lindbergh had flown with the wind, from New York to Paris. Amelia Earhart had flown with the wind too, from Newfoundland to Ireland. No one, man or woman, had ever flown non-stop

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When Elisabeth Taylor saw Maria, she was just nine months old. She was suffering from severe malnutrition, covered with painful abscesses, and born with a deformed hip that threatened to leave her unable to walk for the rest of her life. It was during the filming of Cleopatra in Germany that Elizabeth found this delicate child with the help of actress Maria Schell. The baby was lying quietly inside a simple laundry basket supported by two old pillows. She did not cry, nor did she laugh. She simply stared at the room with dark, watchful eyes. Elizabeth immediately took the child into her arms, bathing her, holding her, and caring for her continuously over the next three days. Slowly, the quiet infant began to open up, giggling and making sounds whenever she wanted her bottle. German adoption officials wanted Elizabeth to choose a baby without health issues, but Elizabeth refused to give up on her. "The German officials wanted me to have a perfect baby, so I had to fight like a tiger to get her. To me she was perfect." When Elizabeth married Richard Burton, Burton officially adopted Maria as well and gave her his name. The process of healing was long and painful. Elizabeth took young Maria to doctors across Germany, Italy, and France. For nearly two years, the young girl was spread-eagled in a full-body cast while doctors tried to determine if she would ever walk. Eventually, a skilled doctor in Oxford, England, advised an operation to insert a metal plate into her hip. The surgery was a complete success, allowing Maria to walk, run, and thrive alongside her family. Elizabeth fondly remembered the moment Maria spoke her first word, saying, "Her first word was 'Mama.' I guess that's universal, but when it happens, you just die." Richard Burton also shared a remarkably close bond with Maria.

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For those who put the others down for being in poverty, having EBT or some kind of benefits that they need because of their circumstance Karma has a way of opening eyes . And for those who are so happy about people losing benefits that need Ebt or whatever and say they are Christain, maybe you need to really examine what being the Christain is and does, and know that people look at you and your example and decide if they want to be like you .Your children will look at you and decide if they want to be like you. If you really want to be like Jesus, be the one that stays when everyone else walks away. Be the one who forgives, even when it's undeserved. Be the one to show grace when everyone else is casting stones. Be the one to show love, even when they betray you, because that's who Jesus was To be like Jesus and feed the hungry, consider the following biblical principles: Care for the Poor: The Bible emphasizes the importance of caring for the poor and hungry, as seen in verses like Isaiah 58:10, which encourages selfless service to those in need. Acts of Kindness: Jesus demonstrated compassion by feeding the hungry and caring for the sick, as highlighted in Matthew 14:14 and Matthew 15:32. Sharing Resources: Matthew 25:35-46 teaches that our actions of kindness, including feeding the hungry, reflect our love for God and our commitment to serving others. Generosity: Proverbs 19:17 reminds us that lending to the poor is akin to lending to the Lord, highlighting the spiritual significance of our actions.

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