Death

I am writing this post on Sunday the 30th of April. Once again a death of a friend has entered my life. This time it is my neighbor of two years. He was only in his thirties but we became close friends in those two years. He was a man searching for the Lord and a church to attend where he could help others and volunteer his services. He found that Church about a month ago. We often sat and talked about God, Jesus and what it meant to be Christian. He and his wife wanted to to have children with his wife but were unable to. He was eager to make a place for himself and his love for his wife was obvious. He had one problem. He was a recovering drug addict. It caused many roadblocks that he worked hard to overcome. I admired him and came to love him in his enthusiasm and sincerity. Three days ago he overdosed in a motel room. His wife says he had been depressed for several weeks for reasons unknown. His wife and sister came over to tell us the sad news. No-one knows why he overdosed but he left a wife who loves him and knew him from childhood and two dogs. There is a hole in our lives now with no answers as to why it happened. I talked to him the day before and he was looking forward to going to the replica of noah's ark and a Christian theater production we had told him about. There were no indications of what was coming. This is life in the Christian world at times. It is hard to even concentrate right now. I just wanted to let the faithful people who view this blog know why there is no image this week. I will post an image next week. 

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe until then. Remember to "Always Love The Details."

Death

 

When is death not death? When is life not life? Contradictions? Not really. 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 clears up what death is and what life is. Life and death as taught in this world is different from the life and death taught by our lord Jesus. He was of this world and not of this world. He was born into this world to experience what this world had: which was pain, suffering, death and decay but was not suseptable to death and decay. He is immortal and incorruptable. We started out that way as well but we sinned thus giving in to this worlds death and decay. What does this mean for us? It depends on what you accept of the truth of this existance. True, our bodies suffer pain (as well as every other emotion and experience), decay and death. If that is all you see then you are missing the whole truth. Our bodies are but vessels for our spiritual souls much like the fetus of an unborn baby. We fear the death of that vessel but in trueth the spirit lives on despite the death and decay of the body. Death is not death. It is birth. The true life is not of the body but of the spirual birth. Just as the body must be born and nourished through our mother's body, we as Children of Christ must be born and nourished through this life from the body of Christ.

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This week and next week I will be posting some images from my large astonomical collection.

1. Galaxy M96 (Hubble)

2. Galaxy NGC1300

3. Galaxy System NGC 5216 (inter acting galaxies)

4. Galaxy NGC 7479

5. Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 4650

According to some God does not exist. Really???? 

 6. Galaxt NGC 1280 (Sombrero Galaxy)

7. The (NASA-ESA) Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073 which is found in the constellation Cetus the Sea Monster-NGC-1073.ashx

The splenors of our universe are an awesome reminder of our God's creation. Next week I will show some of these wonders that are closer to home. Until then remember to always "Love The Details." God Bless and Keep you always in His graces.