#Revere

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I forgot, yes, I forgot The day today, the day today

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Each summer, #RevereBeach comes alive with the Revere Beach International #SandSculpting Festival, a spectacular event that turns this scenic shoreline into a vibrant boardwalk and open-air art gallery. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024, the festival attracts top sand sculptors from around the globe

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1956 Revere Patio Ware pots and pans

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Least Amount Of Stupid

“Whoever is simple (easily led astray and wavering), let him turn in here! As for him who lacks understanding, [God’s] Wisdom says to him, Come, eat of My bread and drink of the [spiritual] wine which I have mixed. Leave off, simple ones [forsake the foolish and simpleminded] and live! And walk in the way of insight and understanding.” Proverb 9:4-6AMPC

Have you ever done something stupid? After we’ve seen the end result of what we did, we hold our heads in our hands, moaning, ‘what have I done.’ Growing up, Dad often quoted, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” Proverbs 14:12ESV. The way of the lie is so easy to follow. Where we are in history, the popular way, leads to death and destruction.

I had a crazy notion, when I became born again in Christ— automatically I was wise. Yet I can look back over the years and see stupid mistakes. Time and again, Jesus has had to bail us out financially. Decisions made concerning our children didn’t bear good fruit. Where did the frequent wrong ideas come from? Years of not consulting Christ, instead doing things the way that ‘felt right.’ 

Changes had to take place in me. “The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning (the chief and choice part) of Wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight and understanding” Proverbs 9:10AMPCAlthough I loved God, I hadn’t revered Him enough to begin seeking consistently His ways. Too much was done on the move without prayers for instructions.

Instructions are given in James 1:5-8AMPC “ If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him. Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the billowing surge out at sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind. For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything [he asks for] from the Lord, [For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides]” James 1:5-8AMPC. My prayers became, ‘Lord I don’t know how, give me wisdom.’ Changes began to form in the results of decisions made. 

When we waffle back and forth between two ideas we’re “simple.” The GNT of our text reads, “ignorant people.” Kenneth Copeland translates this scripture as ‘stupid.’ Bishop’s Bible 1568 writes “Who so is without knowledge,” sounds like Copeland might be right. Wavering back and forth is stupid and I’ve been there. 

Most of the devotionals, the Lord leads me to write, are about— ‘I’ve tried the wrong way. God’s way is better.’ At my age, I want the least amount of ‘stupid’ as I can possibly have. In our society today, Believers can afford ‘stupid’ even less than in years past. We’re to be as little Jesus Christs walking around doing what Jesus did. There’s not one verse indicating Jesus did things ignorantly. He was always on top of every situation. Make a pledge to yourself today to seek God’s wisdom before finishing your next sentence; completing your next chore, or doing anything. Or not. It’s your choice. You choose.

LET’S PRAY: Almighty God, God of wisdom thank You for making wisdom available to us. We don’t have to live in a world of constant mistakes. All we need to do is ask You for wisdom. Lord, please give us the wisdom we need, in the name of Jesus Christ.

by Debbie Veilleux

Copyright 2024 You have my permission to reblog this devotional for others. Please keep my name with this devotional, as author. Thank you. 

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Exoskeleton

A crab skeleton on the beach, Revere MA

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“The balls on these fucking guys.”

-King George III, probably

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Remus’ grief at James’ death was tinged with relief; relief he no longer had to watch James touch him as if he was something to revere, treat him like he was worthy of overwhelming love; relief that he could live his ordinary life, no one to watch his everyday suffering.

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Hell Gate Postcard | 1906 | Revere, MA

[skybrightpixie]

the many faces of Enmity, Adrian, and Revere :] (feat. i dont want to figure out how to style my oc's hair when they're facing left so i just flip it)

i was gonna do more for Revere but i got really invested in something one of my friends was telling me so i wasn't drawing that whole time DHFJGKHFD

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What’s cooking?

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1966 cbs records UK by Al Q

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Thought For the Day: It is Difficult To Free Fools From the Chains They Revere

“It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” – Voltaire

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