tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255061167072169918.post4942220233035639029..comments2024-02-23T08:33:09.845-08:00Comments on MichaelQuicke.org: Blogging God's Promises (5)MichaelQuickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11268769366142928882noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255061167072169918.post-91412248119558284732008-01-13T16:08:00.000-08:002008-01-13T16:08:00.000-08:00Michael - I share your love for trees. Appreciat...Michael - I share your love for trees. Appreciated your references to them this morning. I'd love to show you my favorite Oak Park tree, just blocks from Calvary -- a copper beach (Fagus Purpurea). Your nature references made me think of the writings of George MacDonald who said, "The heavens and the earth are around us that it may be possible for us to speak of the unseen by the seen; for the outermost husk of creation has correspondence with the deepest things of the Creator." So true!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255061167072169918.post-7799418507983986162008-01-10T06:17:00.000-08:002008-01-10T06:17:00.000-08:00Any help I can give? Heck no! Any encouragement? Y...Any help I can give? Heck no! Any encouragement? You bet! I know that God wants us to be happy - and that His commandments ultimately ladder back to this.<BR/><BR/>Still, it's an exciting promise, that of happiness. I think many secular people view God as a stern father who wants to squash all the fun out of life. Which, of course, ain't the case.Michael Pughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16730657810428475950noreply@blogger.com