Welcome to "Along The Way"- Page 10 of 11....

About an hour's drive from Gloucester, lies the City of Oxford, with it's "Dreaming Spires".
From there, many of the World's great academics and leaders have come to influence our History....
Notably, the name of JOHN WESLEY, the Methodist Preacher stands out...

Nearby to Oxford is Woodstock, with the majestic Blenheim Palace, and it's beautiful parkland , designed by Capability Brown....
We have been to Blenheim a few times, and are always impressed by how tranquil and close to Nature we are there...

Of course, all around us lies the beauty, splendour, and wonder of The Lord God's Creation...

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As we walk and see the harmony,intricacies, and perfection in every creature and plant, we are reminded of Psalm 104, Praising God for His Sovereign Grace and Providence in all of His Created Order...
Much of The Lord Jesus Christ's Teachings revolve round His Creatures, and His observances of them...

At our Wedding last year, we chose "For The Beauty of The Earth" as our first Hymn....if you would like to hear the midi tune, please (click>) on the link at the bottom of this page.

4 years ago, we brought a book called "How we Work - Understanding the Human Body & Mind".. by Dr. Philip Whitfield and Dr. Susan Greenfield.(Published by : Marshall Editions, London).
This book simplifies somewhat into understandable text, pictures, and diagrams, the incredibly complex human body.

What an indescribably awesome Mind lies behind the smallest action, such as flexing a finger!
Who could have designed such a process??

In the reading of this book, I was "in the fear of God" - only then do the things of The Lord God really hit home, and affect one's Heart....it makes me feel "who am I"?...
This is not an overstatement, as the Psalmist , in Psalm 139 says--"he is fearfully and wonderfully made!"--The Lord knows all about us from the beginning..

The Book of Genesis in The Bible, is the Bulwark, the foundation, and basis of our Faith and Hope, and must not be undermined...
Do read it and see how God Created all things and People, and that they were good, very good...but SIN and Disobedience entered....

In Romans 3:23-26, we read.."for all have sinned and fall short of The Glory of God, and are justified freely by His Grace through The Redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
God presented Him (JESUS) as a sacrifice of Atonement, through faith in His Blood .
He did this to demonstrate His Justice, because in His Forbearance He had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished---He did it to demonstrate His Justice at the present time , so as to be Just and The One who Justifies those who have faith in Jesus."

John 1 tells us that "...In the Beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
In Him was Life, and The Life was The Light of men."

Let us learn to be in Awe and Reverence of The Lord God, and His Created World about us.

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