The Earth orbits around the Sun at a speed of 18.5 miles per second, making one complete revolution in 365.25 days.  

The Earth spins on its axis and rotates completely once every 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds.

The Earth is the fifth largest planet in the solar system, with an equatorial circumference of 24, 902 miles and a total surface area of about 197,000,000 square miles.  Of this total surface area, 29 percent or 57,000,000 miles is covered by land. 

–       Statistics taken from Brittanica.com

You’re riding this thing and you can’t do anything to change it. However, you can do something to change you. Does the Bible address this fact? Glad you asked.

John 3:3 

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

1 Peter 1:23 

Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

Stop trying to change the universe and concentrate on yourself. Give it some thought.

Gary

Christianity is spelled with four letters —” D-O-N-E”.  Christianity is not based on what we do but upon what Jesus Christ has already done. If you want to go to heaven, you don’t have to do anything but trust in what Jesus Christ has already done for you.

Psalm 13:5 

But I have trusted in Your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

Psalm 9:10 

And those who know Your name put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

For those who trust, be thankful and for those who haven’t, it’s time. Give it some thought.

Gary

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. 

–       Lin Yutang

The man of Luke 12 didn’t adhere to this principle.  He didn’t realize that being ready for eternity and not barn-building was the priority.

Luke 12:16-20

Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. 

And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.”

But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’

Is barn-building your priority or is it the things of God? Be careful with this one.

Gary

We were two men standing on the summit of Mount Katahdin, looking at the glorious vista. I was in my forties, and he was in his seventies, strangers talking about a place we both loved.  With pain in his voice, he said, “This is my last climb.”

Now I’m in my seventies, and many times I’ve said to myself, “This is the last time.” How many “last times” will I say before the ultimate “last time?”

Does the Bible address this? Glad you asked.

Psalm 39:4

“Lord, make me to know my end and what is the extent of my days; let me know how transient I am.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.

After this last climb is over, I’m going to experience a breathtaking view of glory. How about you? Give it some consideration.

Gary

A businessman well known for his ruthlessness once announced to writer Mark Twain, “Before I die, I mean to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I will climb Mount Sinai and read the 10 Commandments aloud at the top.”

“I have a better idea,” replied Twain. “You could stay in Boston and keep them.”

Does the Bible address Mark’s statement? Glad you asked.

James 1:22 

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

James 1:25 

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

They claim to be part of the flock, but their big teeth give them away. Be careful Little Red Riding Hood. Mark Twain knew where the ten commandments should be put into practice. Give it some thought.

Gary

I don’t know who came up with the statement, but it goes like this, “He knows what I can’t say.” How many times do we come before God and the pain is just so great that words can’t express it?  It’s okay, because God’s Spirit puts it into the language of heaven.

Romans 8:26

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Come before Him; He’ll understand. Give it some quality time.

Gary

Eddie Dalton is a gray-haired, soulful blues singer with 1.4 million YouTube views, 230,000 Facebook followers, three songs simultaneously in the iTunes top 10, an album sitting at number three on the iTunes Top Albums chart, and a number-one single in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

He is also entirely fictional. Every element of him, his voice, his face, his persona, his music, was generated by artificial intelligence.

There is no real Eddie Dalton.

Old guys like his music because his music is about old age, and we’ve arrived there. How come we have developed an affection for someone who doesn’t exist? How many things in life have we reached out for that that don’t exist? Someone once told me we are just a part of the universe. Even after death, we just become a different part of the universe, so it doesn’t matter what you believe in.

Don’t you want someone that is real to follow into the future. Someone that is still with you when your ashes are placed in the ground. God exists and He has given us His Word as our guide.

Romans 1:20 

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.

Hebrews 11:6 

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.

Eddie Dalton is a fictional character. God is not. Give it some thought.

Gary