Posted on 12/11/2009 6:01:06 PM PST by AZamericonnie
All finished with the painting Conor?
In our Bible-study class, we were reading Ephesians 4:17-24 out loud when Alyssa began to cry. Most of us were wondering why, when she quietly said, “I’m crying because hearing this passage read out loud makes me see the condition that lost people are in. They’re separated from God and are blind to it! That breaks my heart.”
One person in the class admitted later that he was embarrassed he had never felt that sad about nonbelievers and had in the past even talked excitedly about the judgment they would receive one day from God.
The apostle Paul laid out the condition of the lost with these words: “[They have] their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God . . . because of the blindness of their heart” (Eph. 4:18). He testified that he had “great sorrow and continual grief in [his] heart” because his fellow countrymen had not yet come to know the love of Christ (Rom. 9:1-3).
As we think about the condition of nonbelievers, we can remember God’s heart toward them: “The Lord is . . . longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). When we share the Word of God and pray earnestly for others, eyes will be opened to His love.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
The first two pics are form Glenn Alderton down Oz way. Pic #1 is of an Australian Wirraway The Wirraway served the Aussies in WW-II as an Advance trainer and as a scout bomber! It was built in OX and was based on the North American Aviation NA-16 which was the first trainer NAA built and was the start of a long line of NAA Trainers.
Sticking with the Aussies for the moment we have a Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Boomerang. Early in 1942 the Australians figured out that they were on there own for a while and so the Boomerang fighter was born in only 3 months. Working with what they knew the Aussies rebuilt the Wirraway into the Boomerang fighter. While not a match for the Zero, the Boomerang had respectable performance given the few tools that the Australians had to work with and served until almost the end of WW-II mainly in a secondary role and as an advance trainer.
An appropriate picture fro many of us a Martin B-26 Marauder on a snowy tactical airfield in France during the winter of 44/45.
A lift of the alfa6 lid to Dave Stewart at xtreme-action-images.com (Dave Stewart)for this great shot of the B-17 Flying Fortress.
'ow about up close and personal with a Grumman F4F Wildcat. eh?
And we close out tonight's Friday Flyby with this great Glenn Alderton shot of a Vought F4U Corsair.
Have a great weekend y'all and take care. With a bit of luck we should be back tomorrow with the Saturday Sortie.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Rack ittt
HEY Tomkow I think you are in trouble in France
BTTT
Thanks Connie!
Sweet pics. As always.
Thanks.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Hi Connie - I’ve been busy out playing a lot of Fridays lately. I’ve put a few new things over at http://emmettgrayson.avenuehifi.com “Forever To Learn” is the most recent to be rejected by radio. And so it goes.
God bless and Merry Christmas
Emmett
It's Music Dedication Time!!
Hey Conor,
Is that “Old Ironsides” you’ve posted there? When we were kids in the 50s Mom and Dad took us there. My sister picked up a cannonball and promptly dropped it on her foot and split her big toe wide open for a big emergency mess and I’m told that the cannonballs have been welded together ever since.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
No problemo, hope y’all are doing as well as can be expected. It got up to a balmy 38 degrees here in KC this afternoon, yee haw:-)
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
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