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lol... reminds me of my first job as a receptionist in the early 1970s at the largest plant nursery in the Pacific Northwest. I was on the phone and the CEO gave me a note that said "Page Jesus Garcia for me"... So, of course, when I got off the phone, I turned on the paging system that could be heard over the entire acreage of the nursery, as well as the surrounding neighborhoods, and said (in the English version): "Jesus! Jesus Garcia! Please call the office at once!" Immediately, I heard laughing coming from the offices behind me.

At the second coming as we see Jesus in all his glory and beauty and contrast our filthy rags to him we all ask "Who Shall be able to stand?" Mrs. White describes what happens next. There is a moment of awful silence then Jesus says (sings?) "My grace is sufficient for you!" Notice he does NOT say "My grace is sufficient to some of you." He does not point to us and say "My grace is sufficient for you, and you, not you, but it is for you and you and you and wait, not you but the person behind you over there" but too often that is how we picture it in our discussions. The problem is not on God's side. His crucifixion is all encompassing. People are filled with joy, but sadly others do not believe him. They think that his grace is not sufficient for them, they think he is lying, so they run to the rocks and caves and say "Fall on us and hide us from the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the lamb." Wrath of the lamb... do you expect to hear on TV a news bulletin to go inside and lock your doors and windows because a lamb escaped from the children's zoo? John and Mrs. White say that they have no more need to be afraid of Jesus than they need of a little lamb. His grace is sufficient for them. But they refuse to believe him.

DO YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW, LIVE IN DRIVING DISTANCE FROM DAYTON, OHIO? ARE YOU FANS OF THE HERITAGE SINGERS? ARE YOU FANS OF THE COLLINGSWORTH FAMILY? We would like to invite you to come to a free concert of both groups, that will be sponsored by Kettering Adventist Hospital. The Heritage Singers & The Collingsworth Family Sabbath, September 3 7:30 PM Schuster Center Concert Hall 1 West Second St Dayton, Ohio. Tickets are free, but in a limited supply. Tickets will be available until August. First Come, first served.basis. For tickets - call Lauren Day at: 937 762-1063, or e-mail her at: lauren.day@ketteringheallth.org. Come and join our FB group – Heritage Singers & The Collingsworth Family Concert. This is definitely a concert you are not going to want to miss.

…8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. 10That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.…2 Corinthians 12 Sounds beyond reason, however Jesus has proven Himself over and over. And often the prayers that suffice are those prayers of others, especially as I recognize personally the severe trauma of divorce. Welcome to to the Club Adventist part of the body of Christ. God is Love!~Jesus saves!

We use the term bounce back, but I don't think we ever really do bounce back to where we were. I think we bounce off and we hope to land on our feet. I think I am resilient, but it's not something I recognize day to day. I have lived so much of life in my 38 years that I am finally starting to let what others think roll off my back, after I get angry, or hurt, and look to see if they are right or wrong about it. Through my years I have lost loved ones due to illness, divorce, rumors, and choice. I don't know what works best for me, as each time I have had a problem I have found that the methods I used before don't work or don't apply. Each time the only key element is G-d, and prayer. I have found that while children are resilient, it isn't something that we should take for granted. My own kids are trying to find a way to "bounce off" first from domestic violence, and now being kids in a divorced home. Some have landed on their feet better than others. I thought the younger two had landed better, but it seems as though perhaps one of them is still struggling to be on her feet, and often times is landing on her head. Its giving me a whole new battle to fight and a whole reality to face. How do I help her learn to get to her new place safely and securely? Right now I don't know, but we are doing what we can. And just while I think we have a handle on one of the kids landing strips, another one skids out of wack. Its a barrel of monkeys sometimes here.

I find that in some contexts and with some uses, the Hebrew rendition of His name flows better, but the greek rendition sounds better in others, which is one reason why you may see both renditions in the same article.

Too many people look for righteousness through vocabulary. Jesus wants us to pray the same types of prayers that Yeshua would pray, even if we never heard either name.

or maybe not. Me and my wife laugh alot about the reality of that. . Depends alot upon one's health. God is Love!~Jesus saves!

I think it depends of what a person is being resilient to. For example, children recover from injuries and sickness much better than adults. I also think that - in general - they recover from a change in environments (like moving to a new house or new city) easier than an older person. On the other hand, once children understand what death is, they tend to grieve harder and longer than most grown-ups. The same can be said for divorce - from my personal experience, it sometimes takes a lifetime for a child to recover. I think sometimes children appear more resilient because they don't know how to (or aren't given a chance to) express their raw emotions over adverse circumstances; so they withdraw and hold in their hurt as a form of self-protection. We as grown-ups interpret that behavior as "dealing with it" rather than "internalizing" it.