Yesterday I was at a funeral. It was the funeral of a child.
Victoria was 2 years old when she passed away, she suffered from a breathing condition which I am unable to remember. I recall this small child as always being cheerful, and giving away the cutest smiles. The last few weeks she was in and out of the hospital with pneumonia and infection on her lungs, as these children are easily apt to catch any of these illnesses. Last Thursday, April 22nd, Victoria was taken to Saskatoon with the Air Ambulance, a couple days later she died peacefully with her parents looking on tenderly.
I did not make it to both the wakes, but the day of the funeral, April 26th, I had to go to. As I entered the house where the little girl was, I saw it was filled with many people who were singing to honour the child in God’s name.
I immediately walked over to Victoria’s parents and gave them both a long hug and told them that the little girl was an angel now. I told them I had no way of knowing how they felt, but I did know that a part of them was in heaven now, and that they should feel blessed by God. Jesus was taking care of their little girl now, and she was not suffering anymore. They should feel happy that God chose them to be the parents of Victoria this little while. They will surely be rewarded in heaven for taking care of this tender being so deligently and patiently.
As I proceeded to look at Victoria I saw how perfect and beautiful she was. She was like a porceline doll, every part of her was soo angelic. It was the prettiest sight I has ever seen. I thought to myself, that if one doesn’t believe in angels one look at this picture will definitely change their minds.
I touched her hands and expected that kind of rubbery feeling that a dead person’s skin has. But they were soo soft and felt realistic. If a person did not know any better they would think Victoria was only sleeping. I felt tears tease my eyes as they were about to spill while I admired this undescribable view.
This, I thought is a perfect Angel!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Branding
Branding...
Its always such a big event at our place. Everyone is there to help out or just watch to see what's going on.
This morning when they said it was Branding day, I decided I wasn't gonna join this year. After dinner though, I could not hold myself back, I had to go down there. Jordan, my older brother came home to get me, and a few minutes later there I was!
All the kids were there, a few girls, a couple moms, and of course all the guys. Instantly three cameras were dropped into my hands and I was told to photograph every little detain (nothing new, since I do it every year).
After awhile of some closeups of this and that, I decided I was going to brand too. I went over to my Uncle David and said, "I wanna help!" He gave me a hot iron with 'P' on it, and I did a couple calves. I figured that part wasn't as cruel as taking away the prarie oysters :P
There are various jobs at branding. Injecting the cows and calves with whatever, tagging, taking away the horns....
Year after year the guys always wrestle, there are usually no ropes involved. Two guys would just sneak up behind a calf, grab it, and hold it down until it was time to let go again.
This year however they roped the calves, t was much easier and not as tiring as usual. A bunch of english neighbors came to help us out. They do it every year, it almost seems like tradition :)
After awhile of branding I realized I had burned a hole into my dress, it was a new one by the way. It was then I needed another job, well I didn`t need it I wanted it. So I grabbed a tagger and started tagging.
I couldn`t help but notice as my sister bypassed me a couple times with the royal delicasy that everyone was so crazy about. Yes, I`m talking about the prarie oysters. I`ve eaten a few too in my lifetime, and as much as I don`t want to admit it, they acually taste good :P
Branding is a very fun and tiring day, so after supper everyone gathers at the ranch for a feast of steaks, hamburgers, salads, the royal delicasy and stuff. I didn`t go however because I realized I had been away from my auntie too long whom I was supposed to be taking care of, since she just had a knee opertion :P
So despite the hole in my dress my very muddy keen shoes (from chasing calves and flooring the gator through mudding lakes) it was one of the best brandings ever!
Its always such a big event at our place. Everyone is there to help out or just watch to see what's going on.
This morning when they said it was Branding day, I decided I wasn't gonna join this year. After dinner though, I could not hold myself back, I had to go down there. Jordan, my older brother came home to get me, and a few minutes later there I was!
All the kids were there, a few girls, a couple moms, and of course all the guys. Instantly three cameras were dropped into my hands and I was told to photograph every little detain (nothing new, since I do it every year).
After awhile of some closeups of this and that, I decided I was going to brand too. I went over to my Uncle David and said, "I wanna help!" He gave me a hot iron with 'P' on it, and I did a couple calves. I figured that part wasn't as cruel as taking away the prarie oysters :P
There are various jobs at branding. Injecting the cows and calves with whatever, tagging, taking away the horns....
Year after year the guys always wrestle, there are usually no ropes involved. Two guys would just sneak up behind a calf, grab it, and hold it down until it was time to let go again.
This year however they roped the calves, t was much easier and not as tiring as usual. A bunch of english neighbors came to help us out. They do it every year, it almost seems like tradition :)
After awhile of branding I realized I had burned a hole into my dress, it was a new one by the way. It was then I needed another job, well I didn`t need it I wanted it. So I grabbed a tagger and started tagging.
I couldn`t help but notice as my sister bypassed me a couple times with the royal delicasy that everyone was so crazy about. Yes, I`m talking about the prarie oysters. I`ve eaten a few too in my lifetime, and as much as I don`t want to admit it, they acually taste good :P
Branding is a very fun and tiring day, so after supper everyone gathers at the ranch for a feast of steaks, hamburgers, salads, the royal delicasy and stuff. I didn`t go however because I realized I had been away from my auntie too long whom I was supposed to be taking care of, since she just had a knee opertion :P
So despite the hole in my dress my very muddy keen shoes (from chasing calves and flooring the gator through mudding lakes) it was one of the best brandings ever!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Why is the Ressurection of Jesus Christ Important?
The resurrection of Jesus is important for several reasons. First, it witnesses to the immense power of God Himself. To believe in the resurrection is to believe in God. If God exists, and if He created the universe and has power over it, He has power to raise the dead. If He does not have such power, He is not a God worthy of our faith and worship. Only He who created life can resurrect it after death, only He can reverse the hideousness that is death itself, and only He can remove the sting that is death and the victory that is the grave’s (1 Corinthians 15:54-55). In resurrecting Jesus from the grave, God reminds us of His absolute sovereignty over life and death.
Second, the resurrection of Jesus is a testimony to the resurrection of human beings, which is a basic tenet of the Christian faith. Unlike all other religions, Christianity alone possesses a founder who transcends death and who promises that His followers will do the same. All other religions were founded by men and prophets whose end was the grave. As Christians, we take comfort in the fact that our God became man, died for our sins, and was resurrected the third day. The grave could not hold Him. He lives, and He sits today at the right hand of God the Father in heaven.
In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul explains in detail the importance of the resurrection of Christ. Some in Corinth did not believe in the resurrection of the dead, and in this chapter Paul gives six disastrous consequences if there were no resurrection: 1) preaching Christ would be senseless (v. 14); 2) faith in Christ would be useless (v. 14); 3) all the witnesses and preachers of the resurrection would be liars (v. 15); 4) no one would be redeemed from sin (v. 17); 5) all former believers would have perished (v.18); and 6) Christians would be the most pitiable people on the earth (v. 19). But Christ indeed has risen from the dead and “has become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep” (v. 20), assuring that we will follow Him in resurrection.
The inspired Word of God guarantees the believer's resurrection at the coming of Jesus Christ for His Body (the Church) at the Rapture. Such hope and assurance results in a great song of triumph as Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15:55, “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
How do these concluding verses relate to the importance of the resurrection? Paul answers, “...you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain” (v. 58). He reminds us that because we know we will be resurrected to new life, we can suffer persecution and danger for Christ’s sake (vv. 29-31), just as He did. We can follow the example of the thousands of martyrs through history who gladly traded their earthly lives for everlasting life via the resurrection.
The resurrection is the triumphant and glorious victory for every believer. Jesus Christ died, was buried, and rose the third day according to the Scripture. And, He is coming again! The dead in Christ will be raised up, and those who remain and are alive at His coming will be changed and receive new, glorified bodies (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). Why is the resurrection of Jesus Christ important to salvation? It demonstrated that God accepted Jesus’ sacrifice on our behalf. It proves that God has the power to raise us from the dead. It guarantees that those who believe in Christ will not remain dead, but will be resurrected unto eternal life. That is our blessed hope!
Happy Easter! :)
Second, the resurrection of Jesus is a testimony to the resurrection of human beings, which is a basic tenet of the Christian faith. Unlike all other religions, Christianity alone possesses a founder who transcends death and who promises that His followers will do the same. All other religions were founded by men and prophets whose end was the grave. As Christians, we take comfort in the fact that our God became man, died for our sins, and was resurrected the third day. The grave could not hold Him. He lives, and He sits today at the right hand of God the Father in heaven.
In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul explains in detail the importance of the resurrection of Christ. Some in Corinth did not believe in the resurrection of the dead, and in this chapter Paul gives six disastrous consequences if there were no resurrection: 1) preaching Christ would be senseless (v. 14); 2) faith in Christ would be useless (v. 14); 3) all the witnesses and preachers of the resurrection would be liars (v. 15); 4) no one would be redeemed from sin (v. 17); 5) all former believers would have perished (v.18); and 6) Christians would be the most pitiable people on the earth (v. 19). But Christ indeed has risen from the dead and “has become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep” (v. 20), assuring that we will follow Him in resurrection.
The inspired Word of God guarantees the believer's resurrection at the coming of Jesus Christ for His Body (the Church) at the Rapture. Such hope and assurance results in a great song of triumph as Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15:55, “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
How do these concluding verses relate to the importance of the resurrection? Paul answers, “...you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain” (v. 58). He reminds us that because we know we will be resurrected to new life, we can suffer persecution and danger for Christ’s sake (vv. 29-31), just as He did. We can follow the example of the thousands of martyrs through history who gladly traded their earthly lives for everlasting life via the resurrection.
The resurrection is the triumphant and glorious victory for every believer. Jesus Christ died, was buried, and rose the third day according to the Scripture. And, He is coming again! The dead in Christ will be raised up, and those who remain and are alive at His coming will be changed and receive new, glorified bodies (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). Why is the resurrection of Jesus Christ important to salvation? It demonstrated that God accepted Jesus’ sacrifice on our behalf. It proves that God has the power to raise us from the dead. It guarantees that those who believe in Christ will not remain dead, but will be resurrected unto eternal life. That is our blessed hope!
Happy Easter! :)
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Christus der Herr in Garten Ging!
Christus der Herr in garten ging
Sein bitteres leiden dar amphing
Das Ihn Sen houpt von blut shweis nas
Da trouet laub und grienes gras
Da kamen dir falshen Juden gegangen
Sie thaten den Herren in garten fangen
Sie thaten ihn geiseln und auch kronen
Sein Heiliges Houpt auch sehr versonen
Sie fuhrten ihn ins richter house
Mit sharfen streichen wieder herous
Sie hingen ihn an einer kreuz
Maria beweinte dieses leid
Das macht der falshen Juden zorn
Sie shlugen Jesus mit sharfen dorn
Sie shlugen Ihn in einer stund
Mehr als den gar funf tiefe wund
Maria kam under das kreuz gegangen
Sie sach ihr liebes Kind dort hangen
An einer kreuz war ihr nicht lieb
Maria war ihr herz betriebt
Da kam ein blinder Jud gegangen
Der trug ein spies an seiner stangen
Kam mit der selber voller louf
Stach Jesus Seine seita auf
Ein Schwert durch Maria's Seele ging
Sie sprach O weh mein Liebes Kind
O weh mein's herzen's trost allda
Mein Kind mus ich verlassen gar
Johannes du liebster junger mein
Las dir meine mutter befohlen sein
Nin sie und fuhr sie weit davon
Das sie nicht shau meine marter an
Ach Herr das will ich gerne thun
Ich will sie fuhren weit davon
Ich will sie trosten also wohl
Wie ein kind seine mutter trosten soll
Nun buck dich boum und buck dich ast
Mein kind hat weder ruh noch rast
Nun buck dich laub und grunes gras
Last euch zu herzen gehen das
Die hohen boum die bogen sich
Die starken felsen zerrissen sich
Die sonn verlor auch ihren shein
Die vogel verliesen ihr rufen und shreien
Nun merket auf ihr frau und man
Wer dieses liedlein singen kan
Der sings des tages nur ein mal
Sein seel wird kommen ins Himmelsaal!
Sein bitteres leiden dar amphing
Das Ihn Sen houpt von blut shweis nas
Da trouet laub und grienes gras
Da kamen dir falshen Juden gegangen
Sie thaten den Herren in garten fangen
Sie thaten ihn geiseln und auch kronen
Sein Heiliges Houpt auch sehr versonen
Sie fuhrten ihn ins richter house
Mit sharfen streichen wieder herous
Sie hingen ihn an einer kreuz
Maria beweinte dieses leid
Das macht der falshen Juden zorn
Sie shlugen Jesus mit sharfen dorn
Sie shlugen Ihn in einer stund
Mehr als den gar funf tiefe wund
Maria kam under das kreuz gegangen
Sie sach ihr liebes Kind dort hangen
An einer kreuz war ihr nicht lieb
Maria war ihr herz betriebt
Da kam ein blinder Jud gegangen
Der trug ein spies an seiner stangen
Kam mit der selber voller louf
Stach Jesus Seine seita auf
Ein Schwert durch Maria's Seele ging
Sie sprach O weh mein Liebes Kind
O weh mein's herzen's trost allda
Mein Kind mus ich verlassen gar
Johannes du liebster junger mein
Las dir meine mutter befohlen sein
Nin sie und fuhr sie weit davon
Das sie nicht shau meine marter an
Ach Herr das will ich gerne thun
Ich will sie fuhren weit davon
Ich will sie trosten also wohl
Wie ein kind seine mutter trosten soll
Nun buck dich boum und buck dich ast
Mein kind hat weder ruh noch rast
Nun buck dich laub und grunes gras
Last euch zu herzen gehen das
Die hohen boum die bogen sich
Die starken felsen zerrissen sich
Die sonn verlor auch ihren shein
Die vogel verliesen ihr rufen und shreien
Nun merket auf ihr frau und man
Wer dieses liedlein singen kan
Der sings des tages nur ein mal
Sein seel wird kommen ins Himmelsaal!
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