{"id":19277,"date":"2018-06-27T10:39:36","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T14:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=19277"},"modified":"2018-06-27T20:40:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T00:40:26","slug":"worship-wednesday-this-is-my-fathers-world-fernando-ortega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=19277","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – This Is My Father’s World – Fernando Ortega"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All things were created through him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. <\/span><\/em>– John 1:3<\/a><\/p>\n

Ask the animals, and they will instruct you; [ask] the birds of the sky, and they will tell you. <\/span>Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you; let the fish of the sea inform you. <\/span> Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? <\/span> <\/em> The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.<\/em> – Job 12:7-10<\/a>
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On our walk through the neighborhood this morning, we talked of things heavy on our hearts…of beginning hospice for a beloved spouse, of the dwindling health of another neighbor, of friends moving away from a house of over 30 years.<\/div>\n
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As we talked and walked, we were surrounded by the beautiful.<\/div>\n
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Admiring a friend’s crepe myrtle tree, it was as if God himself planted a Stop sign to help us clear our thoughts.<\/div>\n

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Consider how the wildflowers grow: They don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these. If that’s how God clothes the grass, which is in the field today and is thrown into the furnace tomorrow, how much more will he do for you?<\/em>\u00a0<\/span> – Luke 12:27-28<\/a><\/p>\n

Whatever is happening in our lives, glorious in its beauty or fearful in the hard…God is present at every turn of life.<\/p>\n

Walking through our backyard gate, His creative wonder captured my attention. Flowers everywhere shouting God’s glory. Reminded all over again, that whatever is happening in our lives…God’s got this.<\/p>\n

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“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!<\/em>“<\/em> <\/span>– Jeremiah 32:17<\/a><\/p>\n

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”<\/em> –\u00a0 <\/span>Matthew 19:26<\/a><\/p>\n

Worship<\/a> with me to this great hymn as performed by Fernando Ortega<\/a>. Keep your eyes open to God and what He wants to do in us and all around us.<\/p>\n

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  1. This is my Father\u2019s world,
    \nAnd to my list\u2019ning ears
    \nAll nature sings, and round me rings
    \nThe music of the spheres.
    \nThis is my Father\u2019s world:
    \nI rest me in the thought
    \nOf rocks and trees, of skies and seas\u2014
    \nHis hand the wonders wrought.<\/li>\n
  2. This is my Father\u2019s world:
    \nThe birds their carols raise,
    \nThe morning light, the lily white,
    \nDeclare their Maker\u2019s praise.
    \nThis is my Father\u2019s world:
    \nHe shines in all that\u2019s fair;
    \nIn the rustling grass I hear Him pass,
    \nHe speaks to me everywhere.<\/li>\n
  3. This is my Father\u2019s world:<\/strong>
    \nOh, let me ne\u2019er forget<\/strong>
    \nThat though the wrong seems oft so strong,<\/strong>
    \nGod is the ruler yet.<\/strong>
    \nThis is my Father\u2019s world,<\/strong>
    \nThe battle is not done:<\/strong>
    \nJesus who died shall be satisfied,<\/strong>
    \nAnd earth and Heav\u2019n be one.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n