Good Words.

~Psalm 8~
O Lord, our Lord, the majesty of your name fills the earth!
Your glory is higher than the heavens.
You have taught children and nursing infants to give you praise.
They silence your enemies who were seeking revenge.
When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the
moon and the stars you have set in place - what are mortals that
you should care for us? For you made us only a little lower than God,
and you crowned us with glory and honor. You put us in charge of
everything you made, giving us authority over all things - the sheep
and the cattle and all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, the fish
in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.
O Lord, our Lord, the majesty of your name fills the earth!

Happy Easter!

Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning,
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to see the tomb.
Suddenly there was a great earthquake, because an angel of the
Lord came down from heaven and rolled aside the stone and sat
on it. His face shone like lightning, and his clothing was white as
snow. The guards shook with fear when they saw him, and they
fell into a dead faint.
Then the angel spoke to the women. "Don't be afraid!" he said.
"I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He isn't here!
He has been raised from the dead, just as he said would happen.
Come, see where his body was lying. And now, go quickly and tell
his disciples he has been raised from the dead, and he is going
ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there. Remember, I have
told you." The women ran quickly from the tomb. The were very
frightened but also filled with great joy, and they rushed to find
the disciples to give them the angel's message.
And as they went, Jesus met them.
"Greetings!" he said.
And they ran to him, held his feet, and worshiped him.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!
Let's celebrate the wondrous resurrection of our Lord Jesus today!

Hope.

Hope is not a feeling, it is a choice; and even in the midst
of despair we can still choose to carry on. There is no greater
hope than that. ~Mark Eddy Smith~

My Answer.

And when those around me ask me why I dare to dream,
or why I love, or why I sing...

My answer is You. You're the hope that my heart is holding
onto. Skeptics won't understand, it's strange from the world's
point of view.
But my answer is plain and its simple. Lord, my answer is You.

Truth.

The truth is incontrovertible.
Malice may attack it.
Ignorance may deride it.
But in the end, there it is.
~Winston Churchill~

What is Faith?

What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see. God gave his approval to people in days of old because of their faith. By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God's command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.
~Hebrews 11:1-3~

Nice Christmas Blessing

The Sunday before Christmas the Refuge got a nice blessing.

A group from the Dixon area, Audience of One, came and played

and sang a music service for us.

It was really neat because the lyrics of the different songs

were scriptural and worked their way from Genesis to Jesus.

We really enjoyed it!

So, THANK YOU Audience of One!!!