Beauty is what remains

When all is gone, beauty is what remains.
When suffering is all we have, beauty is what remains.
When only darkness can be seen, beauty is what remains.

Beauty make you happy.
A glimpse of happiness is what gives you hope.
Beauty is what gives you hope:

A colourful flower.
A stream of running water.
Falling snow.
A warming sun.
But sometimes all this is gone.
Then what is the most beautiful appears in all the smiles of men and women not wanting to give up.

That is true beauty.

Mørket er som lyset

Det er merkelig hvor omvendt alt i Guds rike er:

De første skal bli de siste.
Salige er de fattige i ånden.
Gi så skal du få.
Og så videre.

Dette er et mysterium jeg ønsker å se enda dypere inn i.

Salmisten sier i salme 139 noe om det bakvendte landet Guds rike er:

7
Hvor skulle jeg gå fra din pust,
Hvir kunne jeg flykte fra diitt ansikt?
8
Stiger jeg opp til Himmelen, er du der,
legger jeg meg ned i dødsriket, er du der.
9
Tar jeg soloppgangens vinger,
og slår meg ned der havet ender,
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da fører din hånd meg også der,
din høyre hånd holder meg fast.
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Jeg kan si: "La mørket skjule meg,
og lyset omkring meg bli natt."
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Men mørket er ikke mørkt for deg,
natten er lys som dagen, mørket er som lyset.

Det har vært en lang og kald og våt om mørk november.
Det har lært meg mye om meg selv. Takk for det.
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Salme 4

Til korlederen. Med strengespill. En salme av David.

2 Svar meg når jeg roper,
du min rettferds Gud!
Du viser meg en vei ut av nøden.
Vær meg nådig og hør min bønn!

3 Mennesker, hvor lenge
skal min ære krenkes?
Hvor lenge skal dere elske tomhet
og jage etter løgn?

4 Vit at Herren gjør under
for den som er trofast mot ham.
Herren hører når jeg roper til ham.

5 Skjelv for ham og synd ikke mer.
Si til dere selv når dere går til ro: «Vær stille!»

6 Bær fram rette offer
og sett deres lit til Herren!

7 Mange sier:
Hvem kan gi oss lykke?
La lyset fra ditt ansikt
skinne over oss, Herre!

8 Du gir meg større glede i hjertet
enn andre får av korn og vin i overflod.

9 I fred vil jeg legge meg ned og sove.
For du, Herre, du alene
lar meg hvile trygt.

Arms wide open

Have you ever doubted love?
How can love be when suffering is so great and pain is hurting so bad?
How can love be true?
How?

What does love look like? is the question Ive been pondering
What does love look like?
What does love look like? is the question Ive been asking of You
Once believed that love was romance, just a chance
I even thought that love was for the lucky and the beautiful
I once believed that love was a momentary bliss, but love is more than this
All You ever wanted was my attention
All You ever wanted was love from me
All You ever wanted was my affections to sit here at Your feet and tell me
What does love look like? is the question Ive been pondering
What does love look like? If all of life comes down to love then tell me
What does love look like? is the question Ive been pondering
What does love look like?

Then I sat down a little frustrated and confused
Your fire of life comes down to love. And love has to be more than sentiment,
More than selfishness and selfish gain

Then I saw Him there
Hanging on a tree, looking at me
I saw Him there
Hanging on a tree, looking at me
He was looking at me looking at Him, staring through me
I could not escape those beautiful eyes
And I began to weep and weep

He had arms wide open, heart exposed
Arms wide open, He was bleeding, bleeding.
Arms wide open, heart exposed
Arms wide open, He was bleeding, bleeding
Loves definition
Loves definition, was looking at me
Looking at Him. Hanging on a tree
I began to weep and weep and weep and weep
This is how I know what love is.

And as I sat there, weeping, crying, those beautiful eyes
Full of desire and love. And He said to me
You shall love Me..You shall love Me.
With arms wide open, heart exposed
With arms wide open, bleeding, sometimes bleeding
You shall love Me.. You shall love Me..


If anybodys looking for love in all the wrong places
If youve been searching for love, come to Me. Come to me.
Take up your cross. Deny yourself.
Forget your fathers house and run. Run with Me.
Cause you were made for abandon your heart and listen
Cause you were made for Someone greater, Someone bigger, so follow Me.
And youll come alive when you learn to die.
And He said to me

You shall love Me. You shall love Me

With arms wide open, heart exposed
With arms wide open, bleeding, sometimes bleeding

Hvalfangst

"Bibelens fellesnavn på alle store sjødyr - fra krokodille til sel og hval er LEVIATAN" - professor

Bibelen 2011; Salme 104,25-26:
" Her er havet, stort og vidt, med en talløs vrimmel av dyr, både små og store.
Der stevner skipene fram, der er Leviatan, som du har skapt til å leke med."

Hvis leviatan er navnet på hvalen, så har Gud skapt hvalen til å leke seg med.

Jeg liker den nye bibeloversettelsen.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan – touch down in flight from Augustin Pictures on Vimeo.

The last year my eyes have been fixed on the conflict in Afghanistan. About a year ago it was like I got this revelation that the peaceloving nation of Norway actually is particiapating in an awful war. How could I have not seen this before? Since then I have read a lot of books on the topic, novels as well as commentbooks or biographies. A lot of new words as pashtunwali or hazara has been added to my vocabulary, and a lot of clichès like Taliban or the Northern Alliance or Mujahedin has gotten new meanings. My heart has been broken many times of all the pain and suffering the Afghan people has had and still has to deal with.

This video gave my heart hope that this failed state one day may become a nation of peace.

Heimekontor

Skrivestova er rigga og klar til dyst dei neste to vekene. Vi snakkast til advent. KRLE111<3

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