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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.


Genesis 1:1 (NIV)


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“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

(NIV)

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Bear with me a little on this post, I’ll get around to the verse.

Above is the front door to Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Tulsa. A better photograph is posted on the Tulsa Gentleman Blog. I made a comment on his post about what I called a dollar sign to the left of the door above the bench. He responded:

“There are 2 ancient symbols for Jesus Christ, one on each side of the door. The one on the left (that might be mistaken for a dollar sign) consists of the overlaid letters I H S. IHS is the Christogram for the Greek spelling of Jesus (ΙΗΣ- iota-eta-sigma; short for ΙΗΣΟΥΣ) 

On the right side of the doors is another ancient symbol for Jesus Christ, consisting of the superimposed Greek letters chi (Χ) and rho (Ρ), often embroidered on altar cloths and clerical vestments. Also called a Christogram.”

Here is a closeup of the superimposed IHS symbol.

Doesn’t look much like a cash symbol when you look at it closely does it. I first saw the symbol years ago and thought it meant that it takes money to run a church. Hey, don’t laugh. It does!

According to religionfacts.com the symbol is simply called the “Chi-Ro” pronounced “ke-roe.” These are the first two letters for Christ in Greek. It is an ancient symbol that goes back before the Emperor Constantine. He started using it widely when he saw the symbol in the sky before an important battle in the year 312. The symbol is also called the Labarum.

Yet another symbol that has intrigued me for a long time was the following ship.

I could not for the life of me figure out what that meant. Well apparently ships are another ancient Christian symbol. It is called the “Bark (or Barque) of Saint Peter. It symbolizes that the Church is the vessel that transports Disciples safely from the stormy earthly realm to the heavenly realm.

So now we get to the verse for today.

 ²³And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

 ²⁴And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

 ²⁵And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

 ²⁶And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. (Matthew 8:23-26, King James Version)

(from BibleGateway.com)

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That is how the “The Message” Bible translation reads for Matthew 6:11 which is part of the Lord’s Prayer.

It is a reminder that despite all our agricultural expertise and industry our food, both physical and spiritual, comes from God.

This past New Year we certainly had three square meals.

Sweetie baked some scones for us. I know it’s kind of messy but I had to have a couple before I remembered to take a photograph.

Here is an action shot of SuperPizzaBoy and the scones. This is a very historic photograph of SPB.

It’s historic because it is the first time that SPB has ever used a napkin instead of a shirt sleeve to wipe his face.

Sweetie also baked us an apple pie. Before,

I’m always after her to not be so stingy with the apples.

After,

I fried the chicken! Of course I ate most of it also.

The Yogi family wishes you a happy, prosperous, and blessed 2010.

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Well, we finally had our real Christmas on the day after Christmas. Because of the bad weather here in Tulsa we did not have Christmas with my Mother-in-Law Nana even though we were just a few miles apart. So we had our own Yogi family Christmas and it was fun but our hearts were heavy because Nana was by herself.

So this morning I loaded up my snow shovel and ventured over to her house and shoveled her driveway and front porch. Loaded her up and brought her home. Things were immediately better. SuperPizzaBoy especially was missing his Nana.

We exchanged gifts

Sweetie who had been cooking and setting the table put it all on the table.

And we sat down to finally have our Christmas Dinner.

You know exchanging gifts and all that good stuff is nice but sharing meals and visiting on Christmas the best part. Nana got me a set of disks that have all the National Geographics since 1888 on it. Below is a picture from their June 1959 issue showing a German family hosting some American Servicemen. Hopefully NG won’t mind me sharing the photograph with you.

Oh, I love the tree, the candles on the tree, the little candle windmill doodad, the cradle and the guy playing the violin. You know, when I was a kid it was ok to have trees that were not so darn bushy!

I’m digressing, its Sunday and its time for a Bible verse. Since it’s after Christmas I’m going to use one concerning the birth of Jesus, after he was born, when his parents took him to the temple to be circumcised in accordance with their beliefs.

^“25Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. ²⁶It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. ²⁷Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, ²⁸Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:
 ²⁹“Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,
      you now dismiss your servant in peace.
 ³⁰For my eyes have seen your salvation,
    ³¹which you have prepared in the sight of all people,
 ³²a light for revelation to the Gentiles
      and for glory to your people Israel.””

Luke 2:25-32
NIV

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Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Bible in Basic English

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SuperPizzaBoy and Gramps

“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”

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Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

Psalm 98:4 (KJV)

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“But, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!
Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!”

From “It Is Well With My Soul” by Horatio Gates Spafford

Complete Lyrics.

Story behind the hymn.

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