Wednesday, June 30, 2010

June Thirty



~Good Morning~
Okay I am really hurt. I really would love to tell my mother in law this but I know I am in no place and it is NOT the time. I have also mentioned this to her before with a strange response of mothers and their daughters kids are closer than mothers of their son's kids. (I don't believe that though coz my Aunt is extremely close to my cousin Kevin's kids. Do I have any right to be angry and hurt about this: Last night my sil called me because they did not have any photo's of S and my fil.This breaks my heart in pieces. I said I will check and send them over. I stayed up super late and checked through thousands of photos from her 2006 – 2010. Not one of just them. I had a couple of all four of them with him last year's Easter. I get soooo jealous. She went to the beach house with them for one weekend last year. That is the only time they have really spent time with her. She is 4. They took R twice last year. They took my sil's girls almost every other weekend and they were living with them. I am jealous because I feel they don't care to get to know them.
I am an evil coveting person.
(p.s. please tell me if I should not be posting this on the internet)
Full day today, the library and kid's museum.



  • Why?
 18 The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows.
      They will have no mercy on helpless babies
      and will show no compassion for children."


  • To dance?
 21 Desert animals will move into the ruined city,
      and the houses will be haunted by howling creatures.
   Owls will live among the ruins,
      and wild goats will go there to dance


  • God did punish children for their parents sin?
 21 Kill this man's children!
      Let them die because of their father's sins!
   They must not rise and conquer the earth,
      filling the world with their cities."



Today's Scripture:
2 Kings 16:19-20
19 The rest of the events in Ahaz's reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. 20 When Ahaz died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Hezekiah became the next king.
2 Chronicles 28:26-27
26 The rest of the events of Ahaz's reign and everything he did, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 27 When Ahaz died, he was buried in Jerusalem but not in the royal cemetery of the kings of Judah. Then his son Hezekiah became the next king.
Isaiah 13-16:14
Isaiah 13
A Message about Babylon
Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:
2 "Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop.
      Call up an army against Babylon.
   Wave your hand to encourage them
      as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.
 3 I, the Lord, have dedicated these soldiers for this task.
      Yes, I have called mighty warriors to express my anger,
      and they will rejoice when I am exalted."
4 Hear the noise on the mountains!
      Listen, as the vast armies march!
   It is the noise and shouting of many nations.
      The Lord of Heaven's Armies has called this army together.
 5 They come from distant countries,
      from beyond the farthest horizons.
   They are the Lord's weapons to carry out his anger.
      With them he will destroy the whole land.
6 Scream in terror, for the day of the Lord has arrived—
      the time for the Almighty to destroy.
 7 Every arm is paralyzed with fear.
      Every heart melts,
    8 and people are terrified.
   Pangs of anguish grip them,
      like those of a woman in labor.
   They look helplessly at one another,
      their faces aflame with fear.
9 For see, the day of the Lord is coming—
      the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger.
   The land will be made desolate,
      and all the sinners destroyed with it.
 10 The heavens will be black above them;
      the stars will give no light.
   The sun will be dark when it rises,
      and the moon will provide no light.
11 "I, the Lord, will punish the world for its evil
      and the wicked for their sin.
   I will crush the arrogance of the proud
      and humble the pride of the mighty.
 12 I will make people scarcer than gold—
      more rare than the fine gold of Ophir.
 13 For I will shake the heavens.
      The earth will move from its place
   when the Lord of Heaven's Armies displays his wrath
      in the day of his fierce anger."
14 Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle,
      like sheep without a shepherd.
   They will try to find their own people
      and flee to their own land.
 15 Anyone who is captured will be cut down—
      run through with a sword.
 16 Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes.
      Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.
17 "Look, I will stir up the Medes against Babylon.
      They cannot be tempted by silver
      or bribed with gold.
 18 The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows.
      They will have no mercy on helpless babies
      and will show no compassion for children."

19 Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms,
      the flower of Chaldean pride,
   will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah
      when God destroyed them.
 20 Babylon will never be inhabited again.
      It will remain empty for generation after generation.
   Nomads will refuse to camp there,
      and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.
 21 Desert animals will move into the ruined city,
      and the houses will be haunted by howling creatures.
   Owls will live among the ruins,
      and wild goats will go there to dance.

 22 Hyenas will howl in its fortresses,
      and jackals will make dens in its luxurious palaces.
   Babylon's days are numbered;
      its time of destruction will soon arrive.
Isaiah 14
A Taunt for Babylon's King
1 But the Lord will have mercy on the descendants of Jacob. He will choose Israel as his special people once again. He will bring them back to settle once again in their own land. And people from many different nations will come and join them there and unite with the people of Israel. 2 The nations of the world will help the Lord's people to return, and those who come to live in their land will serve them. Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies.
3 In that wonderful day when the Lord gives his people rest from sorrow and fear, from slavery and chains, 4 you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say,
"The mighty man has been destroyed.
      Yes, your insolence is ended.
 5 For the Lord has crushed your wicked power
      and broken your evil rule.
 6 You struck the people with endless blows of rage
      and held the nations in your angry grip
      with unrelenting tyranny.
 7 But finally the earth is at rest and quiet.
      Now it can sing again!
 8 Even the trees of the forest—
      the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon—
      sing out this joyous song:
   'Since you have been cut down,
      no one will come now to cut us down!'
9 "In the place of the dead there is excitement
      over your arrival.
   The spirits of world leaders and mighty kings long dead
      stand up to see you.
 10 With one voice they all cry out,
      'Now you are as weak as we are!
 11 Your might and power were buried with you.
      The sound of the harp in your palace has ceased.
   Now maggots are your sheet,
      and worms your blanket.'
12 "How you are fallen from heaven,
      O shining star, son of the morning!
   You have been thrown down to the earth,
      you who destroyed the nations of the world.
 13 For you said to yourself,
      'I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God's stars.
   I will preside on the mountain of the gods
      far away in the north.
 14 I will climb to the highest heavens
      and be like the Most High.'
 15 Instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead,
      down to its lowest depths.
 16 Everyone there will stare at you and ask,
   'Can this be the one who shook the earth
      and made the kingdoms of the world tremble?
 17 Is this the one who destroyed the world
      and made it into a wasteland?
   Is this the king who demolished the world's greatest cities
      and had no mercy on his prisoners?'
18 "The kings of the nations lie in stately glory,
      each in his own tomb,
 19 but you will be thrown out of your grave
      like a worthless branch.
   Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
      you will be dumped into a mass grave
      with those killed in battle.
   You will descend to the pit.
    20 You will not be given a proper burial,
   for you have destroyed your nation
      and slaughtered your people.
   The descendants of such an evil person
      will never again receive honor.
 21 Kill this man's children!
      Let them die because of their father's sins!
   They must not rise and conquer the earth,
      filling the world with their cities."

22 This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says:
      "I, myself, have risen against Babylon!
   I will destroy its children and its children's children,"
      says the Lord.
 23 "I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls,
      filled with swamps and marshes.
   I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction.
      I, the Lord of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!"
A Message about Assyria
24 The Lord of Heaven's Armies has sworn this oath:
"It will all happen as I have planned.
      It will be as I have decided.
 25 I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel;
      I will trample them on my mountains.
   My people will no longer be their slaves
      nor bow down under their heavy loads.
 26 I have a plan for the whole earth,
      a hand of judgment upon all the nations.
 27 The Lord of Heaven's Armies has spoken—
      who can change his plans?
   When his hand is raised,
      who can stop him?"
A Message about Philistia
28 This message came to me the year King Ahaz died:
29 Do not rejoice, you Philistines,
      that the rod that struck you is broken—
      that the king who attacked you is dead.
   For from that snake a more poisonous snake will be born,
      a fiery serpent to destroy you!
 30 I will feed the poor in my pasture;
      the needy will lie down in peace.
   But as for you, I will wipe you out with famine
      and destroy the few who remain.
 31 Wail at the gates! Weep in the cities!
      Melt with fear, you Philistines!
   A powerful army comes like smoke from the north.
      Each soldier rushes forward eager to fight.
32 What should we tell the Philistine messengers? Tell them,
"The Lord has built Jerusalem;
      its walls will give refuge to his oppressed people."
Isaiah 15
A Message about Moab
1 This message came to me concerning Moab:
In one night the town of Ar will be leveled,
      and the city of Kir will be destroyed.
 2 Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn.
      They will go to their sacred shrines to weep.
   They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba,
      shaving their heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards.
 3 They will wear burlap as they wander the streets.
      From every home and public square will come the sound of wailing.
 4 The people of Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out;
      their voices will be heard as far away as Jahaz!
   The bravest warriors of Moab will cry out in utter terror.
      They will be helpless with fear.
5 My heart weeps for Moab.
      Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah.
   Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith.
      Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.
 6 Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up!
      The grassy banks are scorched.
   The tender plants are gone;
      nothing green remains.
 7 The people grab their possessions
      and carry them across the Ravine of Willows.
 8 A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab
      from one end to the other—
      from Eglaim to Beer-elim.
 9 The stream near Dibon runs red with blood,
      but I am still not finished with Dibon!
   Lions will hunt down the survivors—
      both those who try to escape
      and those who remain behind.
Isaiah 16
1 Send lambs from Sela as tribute
      to the ruler of the land.
   Send them through the desert
      to the mountain of beautiful Zion.
 2 The women of Moab are left like homeless birds
      at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.
 3 "Help us," they cry.
      "Defend us against our enemies.
   Protect us from their relentless attack.
      Do not betray us now that we have escaped.
 4 Let our refugees stay among you.
      Hide them from our enemies until the terror is past."
When oppression and destruction have ended
      and enemy raiders have disappeared,
 5 then God will establish one of David's descendants as king.
      He will rule with mercy and truth.
   He will always do what is just
      and be eager to do what is right.
6 We have heard about proud Moab—
      about its pride and arrogance and rage.
      But all that boasting has disappeared.
 7 The entire land of Moab weeps.
      Yes, everyone in Moab mourns
   for the cakes of raisins from Kir-hareseth.
      They are all gone now.
 8 The farms of Heshbon are abandoned;
      the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted.
   The rulers of the nations have broken down Moab—
      that beautiful grapevine.
   Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jazer
      and trailed eastward into the wilderness.
   Its shoots reached so far west
      that they crossed over the Dead Sea.
9 So now I weep for Jazer and the vineyards of Sibmah;
      my tears will flow for Heshbon and Elealeh.
   There are no more shouts of joy
      over your summer fruits and harvest.
 10 Gone now is the gladness,
      gone the joy of harvest.
   There will be no singing in the vineyards,
      no more happy shouts,
   no treading of grapes in the winepresses.
      I have ended all their harvest joys.
 11 My heart's cry for Moab is like a lament on a harp.
      I am filled with anguish for Kir-hareseth.
 12 The people of Moab will worship at their pagan shrines,
      but it will do them no good.
   They will cry to the gods in their temples,
      but no one will be able to save them.
13 The Lord has already said these things about Moab in the past. 14 But now the Lord says, "Within three years, counting each day, the glory of Moab will be ended. From its great population, only a few of its people will be left alive."





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