What is God’s command to man?
“Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.”
God has given the Swiss such beautiful land and more wealth than almost any nation, but fly over their land and it’s empty.
“Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not grasp the hand of the poor and needy” (Ezekiel 16:49).
Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
-Genesis 5:24
Walking with God, by William Cowper
Oh for a closer walk with God,
A calm and heavenly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb!
Where is the blessedness I knew
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus and his word?
What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d!
How sweet their mem’ry still!
But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.
Return, O holy Dove! return,
Sweet messenger of rest;
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.
The dearest idol I have known,
Whate’er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.
So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;
So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.
(From Olney Hymns, a new and free production of Standard Ebooks)
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/john-newton_william-cowper/olney-hymns
Thanks for posting that resource. Cowper also wrote the hymn “God Moves in A Mysterious Way”. I lead the hymn last Sunday set to the tune “Auld Lang Syne”
God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform.
He plants his footsteps in the sea
and rides upon the storm.
Deep in the dark and hidden mines,
With never-failing skill,
He fashions all his bright designs
And works his sov’reign will.
Refrain:
When tears are great and comforts few,
O God, we trust in you.
We hope in mercies ever new,
O Christ we trust in you.
Oh, fearful saints, new courage take:
The clouds that you now dread
Are big with mercy and will break
In blessings on your head.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust him for his grace.
Behind a frowning providence,
He hides a smiling face.
Refrain:
When tears are great and comforts few,
O God, we trust in you.
We hope in mercies ever new,
O Christ we trust in you.
God’s purposes will ripen fast,
unfolding every hour.
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower.
Blind unbelief is sure to err
and scan his work in vain.
God is his own interpreter,
and he will make it plain.
Refrain:
When tears are great and comforts few,
O God, we trust in you.
We hope in mercies ever new,
O Christ we trust in you.
Yes, I know. And yes, I’m sad. May God have mercy on our brother.
After years planting bare-root shrubs/trees including 50 of kind several times (red oak/redbud): you can lose third of them, but when bare-roots take, quickly outpace nursery transplants. After few years, much larger. My guess? Binding/messing with roots stunts growth.
Take heed, fathers and mothers. Don’t bind the roots of your sons and daughters doctrinally, ecclesiastically, or relationally. God intends them to stand on our shoulders, not snuggle into our laps, cosseted for life.
But back to bare-root. Here’s an example. Pic is of two maples, one planted by landscaper as 20+ foot specimen 12 or so years ago and other planted by us 8 years ago as bare-root 1 or 2 foot twig. Which is which?
My guess is that the right one was planted by you 8 years ago. It looks like it grew fast. The left one is more “settled” 
Christian? Live out loud. Name your sons & daughters after godly men & women of Scripture or church history. Naming confesses our faith. Also directs their character.
President Trump: “The only thing that matters when I’m talking about Iran, they can’t have a nuclear weapon. I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation, I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing — we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon, that’s all.”
My name is Timothy Bayly and I approve this message.
Entirely.
3 yrs ago, Sam and Russ discuss Sam’s former boss, Ravi Zacharias (Sam worked for Ravi as “staff apologist”): https://www.christianitytoday.com/podcasts/the-russell-moore-show/losing-our-religion-credibility-rzim-apologist-sam-allberry/
