Written and published by Jean Louis Mondon
Happy birthday, Church of the Living God.
The Jewish feast of Pentecost (Shavuot) was primarily a thanksgiving for the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, but it was later associated with a remembrance of the Law given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai. ... In the early church, Christians often referred to the entire 50-day period beginning with Easter as Pentecost.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2And suddenly there came a SOUND from heaven as of a rushing MIGHTY WIND, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. Acts 2:1-2
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"There are schools that are cages and others that are wings.
Schools that are cages exist to cause birds to forget the art of flying.
Caged birds are birds under control. Put in a cage, their owner can take them wherever he pleases. Caged birds always have an owner. They stopped being birds because the essence of a bird is flying.
Schools that are cages exist to cause birds to forget the art of flying.
Caged birds are birds under control. Put in a cage, their owner can take them wherever he pleases. Caged birds always have an owner. They stopped being birds because the essence of a bird is flying.
Schools that are wings don´t like caged birds. They love to see birds fly. Their reason for being is to give the birds the courage to fly. They cannot teach the bird to fly because flying is already inborn in the bird. Flying cannot be taught, it can only be encouraged. "
Rubem Alves.
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A school could also be understood as a school of thought. Bloggers´ Note.
School of thought. Definition from dictionary.com noun
A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school [syn: doctrine].
Flying free on the wings of the wind
The WIND blows wherever it pleases. You hear its SOUND, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with EVERYONE born of the Spirit.”
John 3: 8.
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed". John 8:31,36.
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a]; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:1, 13, 24. 22.
School of thought. Definition from dictionary.com noun
A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school [syn: doctrine].
Flying free on the wings of the wind
The WIND blows wherever it pleases. You hear its SOUND, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with EVERYONE born of the Spirit.”
John 3: 8.
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed". John 8:31,36.
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a]; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:1, 13, 24. 22.
When catching the larger parrots, a small parrot cage is taken into the aviary and the bird is transferred from the net. The temptation to transport birds in the net must be resisted as accidents can very easily happen and one can easily let go of the top of the net, allowing the bird to escape.
ReplyDeleteHi Hamlin, interesting piece of information. I know a parrot who is not in a cage, but has such a special relationship with its owner whom I know personnaly that he remnains with her although he could choose to fly away. They talk to each other as good friends, she feeds him and he keeps her company. Conversely, I have been in San José, Costa Rica zoo,where there is a section dedicated to the propagation and care of Parrots so they can be later released in the wild. Whereas in the 60s the birds were found in great numbers all throughout CR, in 2005 the only place where they were found is in a very small southern coastal area of the country. This great loss is due to poachers whose only incentive is greed. The same thing is happening in Brazil. Sad state of affair. Thanks for your visit.
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