Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 123

"Psalm 123:

The author and situation are unknown.
I. Exalting God \

(123:1-2);
II. Enlisting God’s Mercy 

(123:3-4).

Psalm 123:1 Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes, O Thou that dwellest

in the heavens.
Psalm 123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God, until that He have mercy upon us.
Psalm 123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud."
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IN the NEWS - Episcopal Church Planning Event to Celebrate their Rebellion against their God

..when the Son of man cometh, 

shall He find faith on the earth? 

LUKE 18:8

"The Episcopal Church is planning a multi-day event this fall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a resolution to affirm homosexual members in the denomination.

Church leaders will gather in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for "Full & Equal: 50 Years in Pursuit of a Promise," a three-day conference starting Sept. 3 to commemorate the September 1976 passage of Resolution A069 to "recognize the equal claims of homosexuals," according to the Episcopal News Service.
The resolution passed four years after the United Church of Christ (UCC) became the first denomination to ordain an openly gay minister in 1972, and came at a time of intense debate among Episcopalians over women's ordination and the Book of Common Prayer, which was ultimately revised in 1979 with modernized English.
The event this September was planned by the denomination's Task Force on LGBTQ+ Inclusion, which is chaired by the Rev. Susan Russell, an openly lesbian priest who serves in the Diocese of Los Angeles.
When the resolution was debated by the church's House of Deputies on Sept. 13, 1976, some members tried unsuccessfully to change the language by proposing to add references to "forgiveness" or say that "all" people are children of God, rather than specifically naming gay individuals.
The resolution passed as written and was later approved by the House of Bishops on Sept. 22, 1976.
Also slated to participate in the event are the Rev. Michael Hopkins and the Rev. Miquel Escobar, both of whom are openly gay, and the Rev. Cameron Partridge, who identifies as transgender and has preached at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

Also preaching will be the Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson, who became the first openly gay bishop in the denomination.
Robinson declared from the altar of the National Cathedral in 2021 that the LGBT community had "won" in the denomination.
"We've won. We know how this is going to end," he said. "This is going to end with the full inclusion of gay and lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer people, nonbinary people, all kinds of people, in the church and into the society. We work every day to make that true, but we know how it ends." 

CP

Creation Moment 6/10/2026 - His Might Displayed

"When King David, thousands of years ago, expressed his gratitude toward God in Psalm 139:14, he exclaimed, “I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” 

As he penned those words, he had no concept of just how incredibly created he was. 

Perhaps that is one of the most beautiful attributes of God—His willingness to design intricate and breathtaking wonders that will continue to function regardless of whether humans can see them or even know about them. 

Whether it is galaxies in deep space, hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, or the microscopic wonders of life, it is clear that God has created a seemingly infinite universe surrounding us that demonstrates His might, even if we never have the opportunity to experience all of it." 

ICR

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 122

"Psalm 122:

The end of a pilgrimage to Jerusalem was probably the occasion of this psalm.

I. Joy Over Worship (122:1-5);
II. Prayer Over Jerusalem (122:6-9).

Psalm 122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into

the house of the LORD.
Psalm 122:7 Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces.
Psalm 122:8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace [be] within thee."
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Creation Moment 6/9/2026 - RNA

I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works......

Psalm 139:14 AMP

"Originally, RNA was only seen as a messenger in gene expression, a mere carrier of the information from the nucleus’ DNA to the ribosomes. 

However, as with so many aspects of the human body and molecular biology, that was too simple of a description of RNA’s function. In the decades after RNA’s discovery, we’ve found that not only does RNA carry information for protein formation, but some RNAs—known as noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs)—are involved in numerous other cellular processes, including the regulation of gene expression itself. 

Though these noncoding RNAs vary in size, they all function to help an organism adapt to the world around them. Rather than being simple carriers of information, they are instead incredibly designed to perform complex and essential functions.
These ncRNAs are an amazing testimony to God’s creativity and ingenuity, and by exploiting the natural functions of some of these RNA pathways, scientists are beginning to develop exciting new biotechnology products, including in the realms of medicine and pest control. 

Even in the smallest of RNAs, there are powerful opportunities that God has provided for us to harness to help make human life better. As we explore these different types of noncoding RNAs and see the cutting-edge developments that they provide, we will see how God has carefully designed both humans and animals to function in incredible ways!" 

AIG

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 121

"Psalm 121:

This psalm fits well against the backdrop of a pilgrimage for it is concerned with the uncertainties one faces on such a journey.
The author and circumstances are unknown.
This song strikes a strong note of assurance in 4 stages that God is help and protection to keep both Israel and individual believers safe from harm.

I. God – Helper (121:1-2);
II. God – Keeper (121:3-4);
III. God – Protector (121:5-6); 

IV. God – Preserver (121:7-8).

Psalm 121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence

cometh my help.
Psalm 121:2 My help [cometh] from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore."
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The lost coin

 --The lost coin, in the Savior's parable,--

-though lying in the dirt and rubbish, was a piece of silver still. 

-Its owner sought it because it was of value. 

-So every soul, however degraded by sin, 

-is in God's sight accounted precious. 

-As the coin bore the image 

and superscription of the reigning power, 

-so man at his creation bore the image 

and superscription of God. 

-Though now marred and dim through the influence of sin, 

-the traces of this inscription remain upon every soul.

*God desires to recover that soul 

and to retrace upon it His own image 

in righteousness and holiness. E.G.W.

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, 

if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, 

and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 

And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Luke 15:8-10

Among the MOST "damnable heresies" of the New Age & Alice Bailey

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, .... 2 Peter 2:1

The founder of the New Age movement, Alice Bailey, taught that Christ was just the head of wise masters. Of all the New Age teachings and heresies, from astrology to pantheism, the MOST "DAMNABLE" would be the teaching that Christ isn't "God" but rather an enlightened master. Their "god" she refers to is the cosmos and Christ leads the wise masters (which by this Bailey means those who stopped reincarnating among us due to achieving mystical wisdom and reside on a planet to communicate with us this wisdom to those seek it via meditation). Other wise masters nearly on par with Christ are the Buddha and Krishna.

"In the past the keynote of the Christian religion has been death symbolized for us in the death of Christ, and much distorted by Saint Paul in his effort to blend the new religion which Christ brought with the old blood religion of the Jews. 

DAMNABLE HERESY

In the cycle which Christ will inaugurate after his reappearance, the goal of all the religious teaching in the world will be the resurrection of the Spirit in mankind. The emphasis will be upon the livingness of the Christ nature in every human being and upon the
use of the will in bringing about this living transition of the lower nature, the proof of it will be the risen Christ.
This way of resurrection is the radiant way all faiths can say, with Sri Krishna speaking as God the creator, that having pervaded the whole universe with a fragment of myself, I remain this god transcendent has dominated the religious thinking of millions of simple and spiritually minded people down the ages which have elapsed since humanity began to press forward towards Divinity. Slowly there is dawning upon the awakening consciousness of humanity, the great paralleling

truth of God imminent, divinely pervading all forms, conditioning from within all kingdoms in nature, expressing innate divinity through human beings, and 2000 years ago portraying the nature of the Divine imminence in the Person of the Christ.

Christ is in us as He was in the Master Jesus, and this belief will alter world affairs and mankind's entire attitude to life.
The words he spoke were few and simple, and all men can understand them, but their significance has been largely lost in the intricate legalities and discussions of Saint Paul.
Around Him, in that high place on earth, where He is His abiding place, are gathered today all his great disciples. 

The Masters of the Wisdom and all those liberated sons of God who down the ages have passed from darkness to light, from the unreal to the real, and from death to immortality, they stand ready to carry out His bidding and to obey Him.

His guidance to reveal to all those who today struggle in the maelstrom of world affairs and who seek to solve the world.
The Buddha himself is standing behind the Christ in humble recognition of the divine task which He is on the verge of consummating."

Alice Bailey (founder of New Age)

Creation Moment 6/8/2026 - Ben Carson on Darwinism

All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made. John 1:3

"In conversation with John G. West, renowned surgeon Dr. Ben Carson shares his view that faith and science are not in conflict, and that believing in evolution requires more faith than believing in God as creator. 

Carson critiques Darwin’s theory by pointing to cellular complexity

and the impossibility of gradual evolution for interconnected systems like hearing and vision. 

Drawing on his neurosurgical experience, Carson emphasizes that all human brains are fundamentally of the same kind regardless of race. As the Declaration of Independence puts it, “all men are created equal.” 

He also encourages young people of faith entering science to arm themselves with facts and refuse to back down when challenged. Free speech and open disagreement are essential to scientific progress." 

Science&Culture

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 120

"Psalm 120:

With regard to Psalm 120, the author and circumstances are unknown, although it seems as if the worshiper lives at a distance among unbelieving people.

I. Petition (120:1-2);
II. Indictment (120-3-4);
III. Lament (120:5-7).

Almost all these psalms (15 or 17), are “Songs of Ascent” (Psalms 120-134), which the Jewish pilgrims sang on their way up to Jerusalem (about 2,700 feet in elevation), on 3 prescribed annual occasions.
These feasts included:
(1) Unleavened Bread;
(2) Weeks/Pentecost/Harvest; and
(3) Ingathering/Tabernacles/Booths.

Psalm 120:1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and He heard

me.
Psalm 120:6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

Psalm 120:7 I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.
Of a peaceable disposition, devoted to peace.
Love it, seek and pursue it, as every good man does, who is called to it, and in whose heart it does rule."
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A counterfeit "Cleansing of the Sanctuary " by the New Age on earth

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

Deuteronomy 11:16

The New Age set up a counterfeit Cleansing of the Sanctuary in heaven with a supposed "cleansing" by the so-called "Mother Earth". Instead of Christ purging the sins of men on earth in the heavenly Sanctuary the so-called "Mother Earth" does a cleansing down here of sins against her.....The Climate Change CULT is steeped in New Age Mysticism.
"In a 1994 article titled The time is now, K. Wheeler claims to have channeled entities that called themselves the souls of light.

According to her, they say that the mother is cleansing the earth of the pollution that exists within her body.She continues saying that you as light bearers can help your mother cleanse it so that she does not have to destroy all life on this planet. These disembodied souls of light tell us that mother says earth's population needs to be decreased to bring forth the necessary changes upon this planet.

As Wheeler explains it, it will be a time of great rejoicing for them. There will be no reason to feel sad about their leaving. She continues, "Since they are going home, they must move on, for their thought patterns are of the past, which keeps Earth held back." 
Using Orwellian news speak we are told that many will be leaving this planet because they have served their purpose.
As I have stated elsewhere, this sort of Alice Baileyesque cleansing action in which many will be forced to leave the planet sounds like the euphemistic release to elsewhere spoken of in Lois Lowry's 1993
novel, The Giver. 
Similarly, in her revelations of things to come 1982, Earlene Chaney says that she channels a being who says that mother earth demands that there be a cleansing of dark thought forces in her Bringers of the Dawn teaching from the Pleidians 1992.
Barbara Marciniak likewise says that if human beings do not change, there will be a cleansing. She tells us it will be the removal of a great number of souls.
According to her, these people do not fit in here any longer and they are stopping the harmony of Earth. Marciniak says there will be perhaps 20 million people that will leave the planet at one time." MMChurch

When Van Halen Touched The Unclean Thing

Wherefore come out from among them, 

and be ye separate, saith the Lord, 

and touch not the unclean thing... 

2 Corinthians 6:17

"Ruth Montgomery's Aliens Among Us 1986 gives us the excellent example of a theorical approach to angels by one under the influence of the writings of Alice Bailey (founder of the New Age movement). Interestingly, Montgomery's Aliens Among Us was cited by Sammy Hagar as the inspiration for the lyrics of his song Love Walks In, which he sang in the popular rock band Van Halen. 

In the song and its music video on MTV, Hagar depicts benevolent aliens in terms of feminine beauty, not unlike Jane Leed, Vladimir Soliov, and John Lamb Lash's encounters with the Lucifer like Sophia.
The lyrics say in part, "Contact is all it takes to change your life. Then you sense a change. Nothing feels the same.
Love comes walking in like some kind of alien." 

Haggar goes on to saying that he has allowed these angelic beings to
for the opening which he has provided.
Hagar claims that he has been contacted three or four different times and received information from angelic extraterrestrials.
He says that they have used him in an experimental fashion. 

This makes sense in that Montgomery's aliens among us speaks of benevolent aliens who will help humanity during the critical time of transition to the new age. It is a theme that can also be found in Alice Bailey influenced ufology teachings and those of the occult influenced Wesley A. Swift." 

MMChurch

Health Note - What Kind of Exercise for the Ageing?

Beloved,

I wish above all things that thou mayest...be in health,..

3 John 1:2

"For years, exercise advice has focused heavily on getting enough cardio. But a major new study suggests that what you do with your muscles may be just as important as what you do with your heart.
After tracking more than 147,000 adults for up to three decades, researchers found that a relatively modest amount of strength training, about 90 to 120 minutes per week, was associated with the

lowest risk of death. The benefits were even greater when resistance training was paired with regular aerobic exercise.
The findings, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, add to growing evidence that maintaining muscle strength as we age may play a key role in long-term health and survival.
Adults naturally lose muscle mass and strength over time, a process known as sarcopenia. Loss of muscle has been linked to frailty, falls, disability, and a higher risk of chronic disease.
When researchers accounted for factors such as age, lifestyle, and health status, they found that people who performed 90 to 119 minutes of strength training per week had a 13% lower risk of death from any cause compared with those who did none.
Interestingly, the benefits appeared to level off beyond that range. More strength training did not translate into progressively lower mortality risk.
The same weekly amount was also associated with a 19% lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease and a 27% lower risk of death from neurological diseases." 

SciTechDaily

Creation Moment 6/7/2026 - "Science" tangled into it's pretzel of "logic"

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools... 

Romans 1:20

"The universe evolves like a life form (Timothy Jackson, iai News, 11 May, 2026). The subtitle is as provocative as the title: “The laws of physics are not fixed, they are evolving.” This is not an isolated speculation.

Biologist Timothy Jackson makes the move explicit in this article, extending Darwinian logic beyond biology and into the structure of reality itself.

“Darwin’s central insight… was to show how such order might emerge, via natural selection—a principle which can explain, but never predict, the patterns that make up the world.”

This claim serves to mark a cataclysmic shift in the structure of scientific explanation that has been progressively unfolding for many years. Prediction is yielding to retrospective storytelling. Fixed laws

are giving way to emergent patterns. Stability is no longer assumed as the foundation of the universe; it is being treated as a ‘contingent achievement of an historical, evolutionary process.’
To understand how radical this shift is, we have to consider the ancient hierarchy that has governed Western thought for millennia:
For the past two centuries, science has been slowly but steadily sliding from the first row to the second. We are witnessing a transition where becoming takes precedence over being.

This scientific shift closely parallels the absolute idealism of GWF Hegel (1770-1831). In Hegel’s philosophy, reality is not a static arrangement of fixed substances governed by external laws; it is a self-developing process whose intelligibility emerges only through its own unfolding.

Today’s scientists do not invoke Hegel, but they are trapped in his logic. If intelligibility is no longer grounded in fixed, transcendent law, the burden of explanation shifts entirely. The issue is no longer how stable laws govern change, but how stability, law, and meaning can emerge out of a chaotic, mindless flux.
Under this view, what are traditionally considered “invariants” – the constants of nature, the structural rules – are reinterpreted as derivative.

Q: Once you grant that biological stability is just a temporary byproduct of process, the logic presses outward toward the cosmos. If the apparent invariants of biology are products of history, why should the invariants of physics be exempt?
The traditional Western picture of a law-governed universe is dissolving before our eyes. Order is no longer the unchanging framework within which change occurs; order is the temporary outcome of change.
*Science appears to be approaching a fork in the road:

Path A: Admit that the intelligibility encountered in nature reflects a source of intelligence beyond nature.
Path B: Insist that intelligibility is not grounded beyond the system, but is identical with the unfolding process itself, so that law, order, and meaning are understood as the self-articulation of a fundamentally immanent reality.

What began as an attempt to explain the laws of nature thus returns us to an ancient problem: whether reality is grounded in being or in becoming. By forcing the laws of physics to evolve, modern science has not escaped this question; it has only rediscovered it in a more acute form." 

CEH

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 119

"Psalm 119: Well known as the longest chapter in the Bible.

The 8 different terms referring to Scripture occurring throughout the psalm are:
(1)Law,
(2)Testimonies,
(3)Precepts,
(4)Statutes,
(5)Commandments,
(6)Judgments,
(7)Word, and
(8)Ordinances.

Psalm 119:1 Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
Psalm 119:2 Blessed [are] they that keep His testimonies, [and that] seek Him with the whole heart.

Psalm 119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to Thy word.
Psalm 119:15 I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways.
Psalm 119:19 I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not Thy commandments from me.
Psalm 119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek Thy precepts.
Psalm 119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake Thy law.
Psalm 119:54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Psalm 119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies.
Psalm 119:88 Quicken me after Thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of Thy mouth.
Psalm 119:97 O how love I Thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.
Psalm 119:105 Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform Thy statutes always, [even unto] the end.
Psalm 119:113 I hate [vain] thoughts: but Thy law do I love.
Psalm 119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Psalm 119:126 [It is] time for [Thee], LORD, to work: [for] they have made void Thy law."

Psalm 119:136 

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, 

because they keep not Thy law.

Psalm 119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when Thou hast taught me Thy statutes.
Psalm 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Thy servant; for I do not forget Thy commandments."
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Creation Moment 6/6/2026 - Where does the Creation Lead to?

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of

them. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made. Genesis 2:1-3

"Genesis 1 (really 1:1 to 2:4) is about origins, order, and outcome, the passage leading to ‘rest’" CMI

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 118

"Psalm 118:

It seems reasonable to propose that Moses possibly wrote this beautiful psalm to look back in worship at the historical Passover and look ahead in wonder to the spiritual Passover in Christ.

I. Call to Worship (118:1-4);
II. Personal Praise (118:5-21);
III. Corporate Praise (118:22-24);
IV. Commitment to Worship (118:25-29).

Psalm 118:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for [He is] good:

because His mercy [endureth] for ever.
Psalm 118:6 The LORD [is] on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
Psalm 118:8 [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Psalm 118:9 [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes."
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Health Note - Teens and Weed

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 1 Corinthians 6:19

"Adolescent cannabis use was linked to higher risks of later psychotic, bipolar, depressive, and anxiety disorders.
A large new study published in JAMA Health Forum on Feb. 20, 2026, reports that teens who use cannabis may have a substantially greater chance of developing serious psychiatric conditions by young adulthood.

The longitudinal study followed 463,396 adolescents ages 13 to 17 through age 26 and found that cannabis use in the past year during adolescence was associated with significantly higher risks of newly diagnosed psychotic disorders, which doubled; bipolar disorders, which doubled; depressive disorders; and anxiety disorders.
On average, cannabis use was recorded 1.7 to 2.3 years before a psychiatric diagnosis appeared. Because the study followed adolescents over time, its design adds stronger evidence that cannabis exposure during the teen years may be a risk factor for later mental illness.
“As cannabis becomes more potent and aggressively marketed, this study indicates that adolescent cannabis use is associated with double the risk of incident psychotic and bipolar disorders, two of the most serious mental health conditions,” said Lynn Silver, M.D.
Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug among adolescents in the United States. The Monitoring the Future study shows that use increases as students get older, rising from about 8% in 8th grade to 26% in 12th grade.
THC levels in California cannabis flower now exceed 20%, far above levels seen in earlier decades, while cannabis concentrates can contain more than 95% THC.
“Even after accounting for prior mental health conditions and other substance use, adolescents who reported cannabis use had a substantially higher risk of developing psychiatric disorders—particularly psychotic and bipolar disorders,” said Kelly Young-Wolff, Ph.D., lead author of the study." 

SciTechDaily

Creation Moment 6/5/2026 - "Awe" Results

"Researchers looking at the effect of a nature video which produced a sense of awe in non-theist students discovered that it had a noticeable effect on their perception of how evolution supposedly works. After watching the video they were asked if they preferred an

unpredictable, unstructured and random version of evolution or a structured and non-random version of evolution. 

Of course, orderliness contradicts evolution, with the study rightly acknowledging that, “Evolutionary theory emphasizes the importance of randomness in the process of natural selection, and as a result can be perceived as existentially threatening.”

As part of the study students were played two videos, one neutral, and one to elicit a sense of awe—a five-minute montage of nature clips from the BBC’s Planet Earth. They found that when the non-theist students were played the neutral video just over 10% answered that they preferred a structured and ordered version of evolution which was “not the result of randomness”. But when shown the BBC’s Planet Earth montage, that shot up to just under 40% of the non-theist students. They concluded that, “Awe increased preference for the orderly version of evolution for non-theists, but had no effect on theory preference for theists.”

Those who believe in the God of the Bible regularly point out His eternal power and divine nature (For his invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. Romans 1:20) as observed in the creation. It is understandable that many, beholding the wonder of creation, would find it hard to accept that it all happened from the randomness and meaninglessness that evolutionary theory espouses." CMI

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 117

"Psalm 117:

Well known as the shortest chapter in the Bible, this little psalm contains a great message.
This is one of four passages that Paul quotes from the Old Testament (in Romans 15), to prove that God is interested in saving Gentiles.

The psalm looks back to God’s intent for Adam and Eve in Eden (Genesis 1-2), and looks ahead to the ultimate fulfillment in the new heavens and earth (Revelation 21-22).

I. A Global Invitation 

(117:1).

II. A Grand Explanation

(117:2).

Psalm 117:1 O Praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise Him, all ye people.
Psalm 117:2 For His merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD [endureth] for ever. Praise ye the LORD."
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The Panorama of Earthly Ambitions

"Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes through the lens of poor choices. “Vanity” expresses the futility of seeking satisfaction from living life “under the sun” apart from God. 

The panorama of earthly ambitions, when pursued as ends in themselves, produces emptiness. 

Q: Did God originally create this world in a state of “vanity”? 

A: Absolutely not! “And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good” (Genesis 1:31). 

Q: So, what happened? 

A: Adam disobeyed God’s command, and in response God said, “Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life” (Genesis 3:17). 

--The apostle Paul underscored this consequence when he wrote, “For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope” (Romans 8:20).

Believers must live life balanced between two extremes.

*First, we acknowledge that God provides the gift of life for us to enjoy. “There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor” (Ecclesiastes 2:24). 

*On the other hand, we should firmly acknowledge life’s limitations. “For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away” (James 4:14). 

Solomon urges us to fear God, keep His commandments, and “remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh” (Ecclesiastes 12:1)." CMI

Creation Moment 6/4/2026 - Many Models of Planet Formation

Of the Many Models of Planet Formation I'll stick with this one--Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds; Hebrews 1:2

"The HR 8799 system sits about 133 light-years away in the

constellation Pegasus. Its planets are enormous, ranging from five to ten times Jupiter’s mass. They orbit very far from their host star at distances between 15 and 70 astronomical units. Even the innermost planet is 15 times farther from its star than Earth is from the Sun. The planet masses range from 5−10 MJup, meaning the smallest world in the system is still five times more massive than Jupiter.

Astronomers often describe HR 8799 as an oversized version of our solar system because it contains four outer giant planets similar in arrangement to Jupiter through Neptune. However, the planets’

extreme masses and wide orbits created a problem for older theories of planet formation. Traditional core accretion models suggested planets this massive would not have enough time to form before the young star cleared away the surrounding disk of gas and dust.
“There are many models of planet formation to consider. I think this shows that older core accretion models are outdated,” stated UC San Diego Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Quinn Konopacky, another of the paper’s co-authors. “And of the newer models, we are looking at ones where gas giants can form solid cores really far away from their star.”

According to Ruffio, HR 8799 remains unusual because it is currently the only directly imaged system known to contain four massive gas giants. However, astronomers have identified other systems with even larger companions whose origins are still uncertain." SciTechDaily

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 116

"Psalm 116:
This psalm is one of the most personal of all the thanksgiving psalms.
While this appears to deal with physical death, the same song could be sung by those who have been saved from spiritual death.

I. The LORD’s Response to the Psalmist’s Prayer for Deliverance from Death (116:1-11).
II. The Psalmist’s Reaction to God’s Deliverance of Him from Death (116:12-19).

Psalm 116:1 I love the LORD, because He hath heard my voice

[and] my supplications.
Psalm 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalm 116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, [and] my feet from falling.
Psalm 116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.

Psalm 116:15 

Precious in the sight of the LORD 

[is] the death of His saints."

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