Seeking

It's been a long few weeks.  Actually it's been a long few months.  But if I'm being totally honest it has been a very long 850 days since Jerry died and I was set out on this widowhood path.  This path of living as a single, old woman in the last part of my life on earth. 

I am a person of normal intelligence.  Not too high, not too low.  I am a person who believes in God and the power of this God who is our creator and the creator of all things that exist.  For 850 days I have been seeking the answers on how to live out the remainder of my life which could be anywhere from zero to thirty years.  I still do not have any firm answers but every single day I wake up, get out of bed and breathe for another day.  Seeking.  Searching. Watching.  Waiting.  Listening.  Praying.  Trying to hear just a whisper or see a tiny glimpse of what the divine plan is.  So far there is nothing.

Luke 9:23 - Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.

Matthew 10:38 - Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 

Matthew 16:24 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me."

Mark 8:34 - Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me."

Jesus repeatedly told his disciples and the people that denial is how we follow after him.  When we put others before our own personal needs that is the way to be Christ like.  When we say no to ourselves and say yes to others that is what Jesus is looking for in his people.  Taking up the cross means that we are willing to be there for others before ourselves. No matter how Jesus was feeling on any given day he was there for the people.  To heal them.  To teach them.  To guide them.  To show them there is a better way to live life than grabbing each day for ourselves and putting everyone else second in line.  

We are not all meant to be the Mother Teresa's of the world.  Or the Billy Graham's.  Or the Martin Luther's.  When the Apostle Paul was teaching in Ephesians 4 how to be effective for the Lord he explained that each one of us are a part of the body of Christ, the Church, His bride, His love.  Each one of us is different and here to play a different role in each day.  We are not all mouth's.  We are not all feet.  We are not all the brain.  We are all fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God but we are all entirely different.  Ephesians 4 tells us of the gifts from God that are given out to each of us on an individual basis.  It is up to each one of us to seek the Lord to find out what those gifts are and how we are supposed to be using them during our life on earth.  Once we accept Jesus as our Lord He begins to mold us into the person He needs for the mission.  Seeking, hearing, and knowing are all part of how we attain the wisdom and knowledge of God in our daily lives.

This is my third January without Jerry in my life.  I have tried to learn about fasting this month and what it is like to deny myself certain things.  One year I tried sugar and that didn't last.  One year I tried carbohydrates which also did not last.  This year I thought maybe I could give up food for the majority of the day but I only made it one day.  I'm a mess when it comes to denial of self.

I am in the word of God daily.  I seek Him daily.  I talk to Him daily.  I wonder what His plan is for me for the rest of my life.  I wonder why I can never seem to follow through on seeking Him more earnestly and devoting an entire day to only Him for answers from Him for me.  Am I afraid of what He might say?  Am I afraid of what He might want me to do?  Am I lazy and want to take the easy way?  What is really happening to me and to my life at this ripe old age of 70?

I know I am not the only person seeking answers.  I know I am not the only old believer who wants to know what these golden years hold for me. I know I am not the only mess who seeks Him.  I know for a fact that I will not stop seeking answers for my life and how I can be there for those that I love so much.  I will continue my daily search for answers because I know He has a plan for the rest of my life.

Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord , “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

The Lord's Leading

The Power of Twelve ladies have met for 5 months now since September.  All 13 of us were together for an hour on Sunday and it was a remarkable hour that seemed to be more like 2 or 3 hours.  For some reason I did not check for duplicate words (not a coincidence) and we now have the word praise for the second month in a row which is so perfect as we seek Him more and praise Him more for His love, faithfulness and mercy.  

As I was preparing the monthly list of extra scriptures I notice that there is a pattern of the words that we are using.  I know the Lord is always speaking into us and revealing His plans and purposes.  Here is the words and scriptures for 5 months now.

September 2024 – Patient

Romans 12:12 - Rejoice in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

October 2024 – Humility

Proverbs 11:26 (NIV) - When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

November 2024 – Delight

2 Corinthians 12:10 (NIV) - That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

December 2024 – Praise

Psalms 63:4 (NIV) - I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. 

January 2025 – Praise

Isaiah 25:1 (NIV) - Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.

In September the Holy Spirit was teaching us patience. In October He was teaching us humility.  In November He wanted us to delight in Him knowing He is always, always, always right beside us through "every single thing".  And now for two months we are learning to praise Him through the storm, through the obstacles, the weariness, the battles, the day.  

Psalm 22:3 (KJV) - “But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel” 

When we come to the Lord with praise and worship He lives in those.  He sets up camp and stays there.  He resides in our praises and relishes the time we are spending in His presence.  Think about holding a tiny newborn baby.  That baby bundle will cuddle up and sleep peacefully in your arms. Full trust.  The love of another breathing in and out with them.  As you hold that tender little child there is a peace that comes over you.  The cares of the world disappear and you feel the presence of love and peace.  The Lord feels this way with each of us as we come to Him with our praise and worship.  There is only love and peace as we cuddle into His arms and rest.

We have no idea what this new year, 2025, will bring for each of us.  What we do know for certain is that we have a Lord, a Father, a King, a Savior, that loves us, no matter if it is a good day or bad day, and that when we praise Him, there He will be with love and mercy.   

Psalms 147:1 (NIV) - Praise the Lord . How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

Come Rest With Me

Matthew 11:28 - Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Jesus had been teaching the people in Galilee about who he was.  He spoke about John the Baptist who was now in prison.  He spoke about those who chose not to believe that he was the Son of God or of the miracles they had witnessed with their own eyes.  The people still refused to believe these were miracles of God but called it evil.  He was the prophesised Messiah and they turned on him.  They would not believe even though all of the prophesies were repeated.  Their ears refused to hear the truth.

I imagine at this point Jesus is weary himself.  He has preformed many miracles and the people are still in the darkness.  They are scared of him because he can perform miracles.  They are scared of him because he offers them love and forgiveness and wants nothing in return expect for repentance from sin and their faith and belief that he is the promised Messiah who has come to save them.  The big problem is Jesus was not saving them the way they thought they should be saved.  They expected him to conquer the Roman army and set them free from the tranny placed upon them.  So many times Jesus had to go alone into the wilderness to speak with the Father and pray about the next steps.  At this point we need to remember that he was human and had spent over 30 years with humans and their selfish ways.  He had to have been weary.

Jesus knew that by seeking the Father in times of trouble there would be a reprieve from burdens of life on earth.  He tries so hard to tell us this same thing so we can have rest in troubled times.  It's up to us to seek him and ask for answers or wisdom in how to find these answers.  This is where we remember that he is God the Son and can do all things.  Not some things but all things.  This is where we come before him and lay at his feet asking for peace.  Sometimes we cry.  We grow so weary with life no matter if we are young or old.  Jesus was there and he knew the weariness of the people.  

Psalms 91:1 - Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High 

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Jesus knew the only way we would have peace would be if we remained in the presence of the Father.  While Jesus walked on earth and he needed rest from the weariness of life, he spent time his Father.  We find our rest at the feet of God, there in his shadow of love.  Yehovah Elohim is our Father.  He is our fortress, the place we go to in order to regain our strength for whatever is coming tomorrow.  

As Was Supposed

 Luke 3:23 

Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

Why would the doctor Luke include this small subsection into this statement?  Why does this statement differ from what Matthew tell us in Chapter 1 where he says Jacob was the father of Joseph?

Matthew 1:16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, 

of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.

We all know that Joseph was not the natural father of Jesus. God was his Father.  Mary was a virgin and the Holy Spirit came upon her to conceive Jesus.  The Seed of God was placed into her and the result was baby Jesus.

Skeptics want to tell you the Bible is incorrect because of these two different lines of genealogy but they are wrong.  The two lines are from the two people who raised Jesus as their son.  One, Mary, had her blood, her DNA in the Messiah and  Joseph, the supposed father, but only the adopted father, was the other. Two separate lines for two separate people who both were the worldly parents of Jesus.  One by blood and one by adoption.  

All of this to fulfill the prophesy from hundred of years prior to the birth of Jesus.  Joseph was from the lineage of King David and fulfilled the prophesy from 2 Samuel 7:12–16; Isaiah 11:1; and Jeremiah 23:5–6.  While there was no blood DNA of Joseph in Jesus he "as was supposed" the father of Jesus.  Remember that in those times women's rights were nothing. There were no women's rights.  A woman pregnant out of wedlock, which made her guilty of fornication or adultery were killed.  Very little things about women were noted in the Bible due to the times of the day.  

When Matthew gives his linage it goes all of the way to Adam, the original son of God.  Jesus was from the seed of Adam because of his blood DNA from Mary.  What a miraculous thing to contemplate!  The writer of the Bible included both linages of Jesus.  One to fulfill prophesy and the other to fulfill God's promise to mankind that He would save them.

A SEASON OF MIRACLES

I have never really thought about this verse much in the past 50 years.

Isaiah 11:1 - A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 

In the next verses it goes on to speak about the coming Messiah.  The people God had chosen from the time of Abraham had gone through a lot to trouble, turmoil, persecution and revolt.  They had honored and praised Him in some time periods and turned on Him and denied Him and followed other gods in other times.  They had almost been wiped off the face of the earth several times yet a small remnant remained and this remnant happened to be of the linage that would fulfill the words of the prophet Isaiah.  Throughout scripture God spoke to the prophets, the prophets spoke to the people and in time the prophesy came to pass.  What Isaiah spoke in this verse came true about 400 years later when the Jewish people had been almost annihilated by their enemies during that 400 years.

Jesus was a miracle from birth to death to resurrection! 

I AM was here on earth in the flesh!

This verse is also for us as followers of Jesus Christ. God can take an old dead stump and turn it into a living branch that will bear fruit.  Gardner's and landscaper's will tell you they have seen this happen. Life can dish out the very worst but God can make something good out of each tribulation if we are willing to work with Him and trust Him. Just like that dead old stump He can grow a new branch in each of us so that we can bear fruit for His kingdom.  

My own life took a huge turn when my husband died two years ago.  I have been feeling like an old dead stump since then but today this verse has hit my spirIt and I hear the Lord telling me to watch what He can do.  He can send up a new shoot, a new branch in me!  One that can bear fruit for Him! It does take time for a branch to grow into a fruit producing branch so I will need to be still and have patience as this newness takes hold of me.  

John 15:5 - I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15:4 - Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

I have great hope and trust God that something miraculous is happening in my life and I know this can be the same for so many others.  The seasons of life can be very hard but just knowing our Father can cause a new branch in an old dead stump to grow is a hope in miracles.  

HOLIDAY DELIGHT

Our Power of Twelve group word this month has been delight and this morning I feel anything but delight.  It was a restless sleepless night and now I am a grumpy grinch.  I came downstairs and turned on the Christmas tree.  That helped a little bit.  I chased off the deer eating all of my shrubs in the front yard and looked at the few strings of Christmas lights I put up and that helped a little bit.  

I know why I have no delight and that is because I am still living in widowland.  This is my third Christmas season without my husband who was there for 40 Christmases and now is not.  These past three Christmas holidays are how I will spend them from now on.  There will be no other husband.  There will no longer be another human being beside me on Christmas or any other day.  It will be me.  Only me.  It's hard to be happy and smiley on the outside when one is sad and crying on the inside.

So now how do I wrap my mind around this and find the delight in the day?  I love my friends but they have lives.  I love my family but they have lives.  I love my community but everyone has lives.  So I guess I have to find my life and that is where I am today. I do not want to finish my life as a complaining, old, bitter woman who has run everyone off.  I want to be a delight to others and be one who people do like to be around when they can. 

I know in my heart and spirit that the Lord is my Shepherd. I know He leads me beside the still waters and restores my soul.  I know He is the only one who is with me through the valley of the shadow of death.  I know there is a reason I am still here on this earth and that He wakes me for each day but right now the purpose is not revealed to me.

Today I will continue the search for me.  The new me.  The new normal.  The new everything.  Today I will find some delight in the day and enjoy breathing.  Today is the day the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it.  No matter how my brain is acting I am going to find some holiday delight this fifth day of December! 

For I Know The Plans

Jeremiah 29:11 has been one of my very favorite scripture verses for a very long time.  In fact, it hangs in print on the wall of my family room.

'For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ' - Jeremiah 29:11

At the time, it was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah to the people of Israel, but God said it for all to hear.  He has a plan for each one of us whom He calls His chosen, His people, His children.  It's a good plan!  He is not a Father who makes any plan that will hurt us is any way.  In fact, He says it is a plan that will prosper us, give us hope, give us a future of goodness and plenty.  

So how come not everyone is blessed with this wonderful plan the Lord has made for us?  How come there are illnesses?  How come there are financial woes?  How come there is death?  How come all the bad stuff happens when He said the plan will not harm us?

We got in the way of that plan seems to be what happened.  We stopped listening to God.  We stopped learning about Him.  We stopped putting Him first and instead went about our own merry way thinking that just because we loved Him and believed in Him that everything would be sunshine and roses.  We messed up the plan by not waiting for His answers or seeking Him when an important decision came up.  We told Him, "I've got this.  I will do it my way!"  And the plan God had for us was set aside by our own selfish will.

The good news is that He never gives up.  He never stops loving us and He never tells us to go away even though we told Him to go away.  He is a faithful Father who will never give up on His child much like we as parents never give up on our own child no matter how far they slide off the path.

God also told Jeremiah,

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. - Jeremiah 1:5

So, it is for each one of us.  Maybe not the "prophet to the nations" part but the rest of it, yes!  He knew us before we were even formed in our mother's womb!  He set us apart from others because He had a plan for each one of us. He called us His child before our parents had any idea we were even coming into this world.  Think how amazing that plan is, and it is still unfolding!  

I often wonder how much easier my life would have been if I had stopped, prayed, and listened to God before making some of the most important decisions in my life.  I tend to think the plans God had for my life would have unfolded very differently and there would have been far less turmoil and harmful episodes. 

My Children Are UnHappy

My two children are heavy on my heart this morning.  Both of them are suffering for different reasons but the bottom line is that both are unhappy.  Unhappy with their lives and the circumstances in their lives.  As a mother, I know these things.  I hear them and I watch them as they struggle with choices.  

One has a marriage that is falling apart. The other is out of control with substances that dull the pain of unhappiness.  Why is this happening to the two people I love and adore most in this world?  These are the two people I raised and tried to help for decades but with both of these situations there is nothing I can do.  I can't tell them how to resolve the issues except to seek the Lord and listen to Him tell them how and what they should do.  

It breaks my heart to watch them go through these times.  I hope the best for them but this is what it is right now for each of them.  One could choose to leave the marriage that has been on a destructive course for decades.  The other has made the choice to use substances for decades that have not helped in any way and could seek help to get rid of this behavior.  But these are choices they have to make for themselves and no one will be able to make it for them.

Today all I can do is beg the Lord to reveal himself to them with open arms of love and help them make the choices to follow his path for them.  They both have kind, loving hearts and know the Lord.  They both pray.  They both believe he came to save them.  They both are lost by the darkness of the evil one who hides the truth that God can and will make a way in the wilderness.  Life is a wilderness for both of them right now.

Psalms 7:52 - But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the wilderness. 

The mother in me wants to scoop them up, bring them home and nurse them back to happiness and joy.  I want to make everything good in their hearts and their spirits.  I want to cuddle them and comfort them back to health.  I want to lead them out of the wilderness of their lives.  But I am helpless and unable to do this for them.  I can only pray to God that He will intervene and help.  I can only pray He will guide them and show them how to move through the dark valley they have found themselves in.  I can only hope and have faith that God will move for my children.  

We read in scripture where Jesus brought the dead to life.  We know that He can do all things.  We know He is the God of the impossible.  This is where I am placing both of my children.  Safe in the Father's arms because He is the one who helps.  He is the one who saves. He is the only one both of them need in life.

Matthew 19:26 - Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Thank you Lord Jesus for hearing this mother's prayer and for doing the impossible for my children.  Lead them out of their dark valley's back into the light.

TODAY

There is so much going on today.  Actually, so much has been going on for many today's but I have not been writing very much and taking care of the today's as they each came and went.

Today I just got off the phone with a best friend who had a major fall on her face and is suffering the aftereffects of that fall.  We talked about our ages and what we should and shouldn't be doing at our age.  We talked about trusting in the Lord for all things including finances, jobs, retirement and family members that need us at home and not at a job for the majority of our time.  Especially now that we are senior citizens.  We talked about those younger people who should be picking up in the work sector for those of us who have put in our 50 or more years of working.

Today I am thinking about all of the different friends who are having troubles and health issues.  One friend has a husband who took a terrible fall, causing brain damage, and has been in the hospital for over a month and is just going into some kind of rehab center.  He is just starting to eat again but much of his brain function has been damaged.  She is driving back and forth the 150-mile round trip several times a week.

Another friend is taking care of her grandchildren while her son-in-law is battling a heart issue that came out of nowhere while on a hunting trip.  Another has her own heart issues after having open heart surgery earlier in the each.  She has stress from family members who are also having issues from health to substance abuse.  Another one has been diagnosed with Covid again.  Another has problems with a co-worker.  Another has been dealing with a semi-disabled husband for 2+ years now. And another has issues with aging parents who both are showing signs of dementia and a sibling that is useless in their care.

If I sit here and think more, I know that there are so many others who are dealing with struggles, troubles, and issues.  Even in my own family there are relationship issues that are boiling up and over. What do we do?

We pray!  We cry out to the Lord with all that we have for Him to move in ways that we cannot.  We trust in Him!  We know that He is the only One who can turn the bad into good.  Make the wrong things right.  Heal the wounds.  He is the God of the impossible.  He is the only One who can do anything!  We cannot hold on to any of this stuff and need to let it go into His capable hands.  When we hold on to all of this it does us no good and does not allow the Holy Spirit to move.  When we hold onto it all it tells God that we think we can handle it better than He can.  Why would we think this way?  We cannot handle any of the bad stuff.  We fall apart when bad things happen.  

Today I am taking each one of these prayers for my family and my friends and I am laying them each into God's hands.  I can pray that He will fix each and everything for these people because I love them and He said,

Matthew 21:22 (NIV) - If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.

John 11:22 (NIV) - But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.

John 14:13 (NIV) - And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 14:14 (NIV) - You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

I John 3:21-22 (NIV) - Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.

I could go on with more scriptures.  Do you think He is trying to get His point across that we need to ask Him and then let Him be God?  

Today and every day I want to learn more and more how to ask for His mercy, His grace, His healing touch, His wisdom to let go of things I can do nothing about and let Him carry all of the burdens for me and for my family and friends. In your holy name Jesus, I pray all of the above and more!  Praise you and thank you for loving us and helping us get through today so that tomorrow is a fresh start!

Old And New

Everyone has heard about the Old Testament and the New Testament.  The books in each of these covenants is us what make up the full Christian Bible of those who follow the teachings of Jesus Christ.  The religion of Judaism does not have the teaching of the New Testament but have many of the books of the Old Testament, though not all.  The Jewish religion teaches the Torah but has other Rabbinical teachings also.  The Islamic religion teaches from the Koran and also from the writings of their prophets.  The Mormon religion teaches from the Bible and from the writings of some of their prophets.  There are other religions that teach from other manmade writings.  There have been writings and teaching from man for thousands of years.  How do we know which are divine revelations from God the Father?  The One True God?  The only God?  I AM?

When Jesus was on earth and began teaching the Jewish people in Israel he told them,

Matthew 5:17 (NIV) - “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."

Jesus was Jewish and practiced Jewish laws.  There were no Christians until after his resurrection when the other Jews who had been his disciples/apostles began preaching to the Gentile peoples in the areas they traveled to.  Many of the religious Jews hated him for what he was teaching the Jewish people which is why the religious leaders had him killed. He could have stopped his death at any time but because he came to save the lost souls from all people groups he had to die and pay the sacrificial price for all who would come to him and believe in him as God. He was the sacrificial lamb who would be slain.  

Today we live in an age where man is still fighting against the teachings of Jesus.  Many are saying the Old Covenant is no longer valid and that it has been replaced by the New Covenant.  They base this lie on the verse by the Apostle Paul in Hebrews 8:13 that says;

'By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.'

Paul goes on to teach them about animal sacrifices no longer being necessary as the Lamb (Jesus) was the final sacrifice.  As usually man reads the parts they want to believe and toss out the parts they don’t want to follow.  

Yes, the new church is under the New Covenant but the Old Covenant has not been buried.  Parts if the old laws have been done away with but the history and lessons of the Israelites are still valid today under the New Testament.  By the power of the Holy Spirit these are reveled to us as faithful and true.  The new church has not replaced the place of honor God the Father bestowed on Abraham and his descendants.  Only numerous sacrificial laws of the Jewish religion have been made obsolete.  You are no longer allowed to stone another person for adultery.  You are no longer allowed to cut off the hands of the thief.  The Ten Commandments still stand right along with "Love your enemy."

The first covenant was made by God for the Jewish nation.  The second covenant was made for those who chose to believed Jesus Christ was the Messiah prophesied about in the Old Testament writings.  The Messiah who would come to establish a new kingdom.  A kingdom far different than this earth kingdom. The church is the Bride of Christ Jesus.  She is pure and holy and new.  She is born again and faithful and under the New Testament teachings of Jesus the Teacher.  She is not the Nation of Israel. She is not under the old laws.  Those who come to the knowledge of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit understand the Israelite's and the Gentiles are two different people groups who can come together as one under the name Jesus Christ the Messiah. The apostles that Jesus chose for his ministry were Jews who came to Jesus.  They were not called Christians at that time, they were called people of the Way or Christ Followers but they still practiced Jewish traditions as laid out under Old Testament law, though they no longer sacrificed animals or burnt offerings.  

Parts of the Old Testament are now obsolete under Jesus.  The lion and the lamb can be friends.  The Jew and the Gentile can be friends.  They can all eat at the same table with no unclean foods.  The poor and the rich can laugh together.  The sinner and the saint can be friends.  There is no condemnation in doing good for others.  There is new law in replacement of old laws that are obsolete with Jesus as the new sacrifice for sin. 

But as for the nation of Israel the covenant that God made with them as his chosen nation still stands. He will redeem them one day just as he has redeemed the new church, by the power of the Holy Spirit, that Christ has built since his resurrection.  

Man can try to change what God has planned but in the end it will be only God's word that will stand.  Man can try to say, "This is what God meant in that scripture writing" but only God's truth will be revealed to those who diligently seek truth.  No one will be deceived if they keep their eyes and ears open to the word of God.  All of those chosen by the Father to be in his kingdom will be with him one day. 

Isaiah 45:22 - 25 - "Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, And shall not return, That to Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall take an oath. He shall say, 'Surely in the Lord I have righteousness and strength. To Him men shall come, And all shall be ashamed Who are incensed against Him. In the Lord all the descendants of Israel Shall be justified, and shall glory.'"

A wise man once said,

Ecclesiastes 1:9 - What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

Psalms 33:4 - For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.