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Psalm 22:23.    Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
 
Oh Friends, it’s already the twelfth day of the New Year! Wow! And here are some quotes to set you straight for it. I got them from Rob Kelly’s Real Estate newsletter. The first one says: ‘An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.’ Hn, hn! That’s attributed to one Bill Vaughan, and it does contain a sense of weird, truthful humour. Like seeing the glass half full or half empty. The second quote, whose author is unknown, declares that: ‘People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year; but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.’ Now that’s an awesome truth! What we eat between Christmas and New Years doesn’t have as much bearing on our health and figure, since that’s only a few weeks time. But the twelve months between New Years and Christmas can certainly make or break us. I think the first part is still breaking me now though, because I can’t get out of the Christmas eating as yet. (smile) But it’ll soon be over though. The wonderful Christmas cake and other goodies will soon be finished, and without them I’ll leave the ice cream alone. In fact I should be doing some fasting for some blood work, but I just can’t get around to it yet. The duchess is cooking too much good food. Glory Hallelujah! And our last quote is attributed to Oprah Winfrey: ‘Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.’ Now that’s full of truth my people! We do have another chance to get it right in 2012. But regardless of what year it is, we’ll never get it right until we turn our fate and faith back to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And that’s an undeniable fact! And doing as our Bit advises, plays a great part in that: ‘Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed (descendants) of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him (hold Him in awesome reverence), all ye the seed of Israel.’ Yes Friends, our duties here on earth include fearing the Lord, not in a scared or frightened, timid manner, but rather having a healthy respect for His awesome power, knowing what He can do if He so pleases. We also need to praise, glorify and reverence Him. Why? Because that’s what He desires and expects of us. That’s His will, and as believers we’re supposed to do what He dictates. And by doing so we not only affirm our faith and trust in Him, but we’ll also be blessed by His good hand upon us. So it’s a kind of two way street: we acknowledge His majesty and do His will, and He blesses us in return. As Bruh David, in this cry of anguish and song of praise, continues after our Bit: ‘For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.’ (Ps.22:24)Yes Friends, our God has a soft spot in His heart for the poor, downtrodden and afflicted, and when we cry out to Him in times of trials and tribulations, He doesn’t hide His face, but hears our plea and helps us. Consequently, Bruh David declares: ‘My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live forever.’ (Ps.22:25-26) Oh my people, common sense sure is a hard thing to finds these days yes. Over the last couple of decades we’ve removed Jehovah God from a place of eminence in our individual lives and society as a whole. And what’s happened since then? Despite all our wonderful scientific and technological breakthroughs, our world is fast going to hell in a hand basket. Can’t we see, don’t we understand, that without the Creator of the universe and all therein, we don’t stand a snowball’s chance in Hades to make it on our own? And that’s simply because we weren’t designed to make it on our own, we were made to be attached to the Lord. Like all the technological devices we sport around nowadays, without batteries or electrical power they are useless. In the same way, without Almighty God, Jehovah Jireh, our Provider, we are of no use my people. So let’s wake up and make this year of 2012 a significant one in the annals of mankind nuh. Let’s get some common sense and hopefully some wisdom and turn back to the Lord with all sincerity and truth, in praise, worship, reverence and glorification, so that our lives will once again rise from the ashes like the phoenix and we’ll again become pure and wholesome in His sight. And we’ll end with these precious words from Psalm 135, the greatness of the Lord and the vanity of idols. ‘Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron: Bless the Lord, O house of Levi: ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord. Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.’ (Ps.135:19-21) That’s great advice my people, please, let’s take it. Much LOVE!…it’s definitely not common sense or wisdom…but arrogant stupidity…to bite the hand that feeds you…