The Crab Nebula - a supernova explosion 6,000 light years away. Photo Credit: Cassini telescope/ NASA
When I want to find out what's happening in space I usually turn to Space.comor NASA's official site for information. Images are often available in galleries that can be downloaded for your personal use. I am offering a few images here taken from the Space website. I'll offer descriptions below each image.
The Dumbbell Nebula - about 1200 light years away./Photo Credit: NASA
What is a Nebula?
Let's explore that question.
According to Wikipedia, a nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust. This dust is comprised of the gas hydrogen and plasma. Nebulae often are the source of star forming regions, such as the "Eagle Nebula", also called the "Pillars of Creation".
What impresses me most is the imagery of these dust clouds and stardust and planetary fragments or bodies occupying space. It is a wonder of creation in my mind. Look at these images of nebulae. Incredible, aren't they? I mean, they are like nothing you would see on earth. Yet, some of them resemble mountain formations found here on earth. I'm addressing the magical side of space, not the scientific.
The Eagle Nebula reminds me of three peaks jutting from a high mountain top. These formations also resemble three beings standing as guards out there in the great spanse of eternity. In three sizes, they remind me of a Father, a Mother, and a Child. Look for yourself!
I apologize for the lack of technical information here, but I thought you would appreciate the spiritual and mysterious side of the universe. I promise that we'll delve into some space detail in some upcoming posts. Enjoy the newest images from the Cassini telescope and watch for news on comets, asteroids, magnetic storms and planetary alignments.
Eagle Nebula /Photo credit: NASA
The Bulge - NGC 3627 , also known as Messier 66, is about 35 million light years away. Also known as the constellation Leo (the Lion). Photo and information credit: NASA
I found another informative website for your future browsing. Check out http://www.spacetoday.org.
The constellation Leo is one of my favorites. What do you know about the constellations?
It was my intention to blog about many things on here, but as life goes I got caught in the stream of it. Now I am attempting to catch my breath, if even for a moment and get back to sharing the topics and stories that I intended to share here. If you have any suggestions, I sure would like to hear them.
Recently, Photo Gent and I passed through New Mexico, Arizona and now we're heading into Utah. For us, New Mexico is the "Land of Enchantment" but due to storms we did not have the opportunity to visit some of the sites as we had hoped. So we're re-scheduling a journey later in the year back to the Four Corners and Tres Piedras and the Taos area. Eagles Nest is a beautiful place to visit because the mountains are beautiful.
Wind storms and a blizzard turned our course away from the Four Corners where we hoped to camp for three to four days in hopes of fasting and praying. Cephas (that's the Photo Gent) and I wanted to walk among some ancient ruins while there and take some photos. We are really feeling that we need some time in the wilderness or mountains to reflect on the purpose and events and people in our lives.
This world is heading for a collision course with destiny. Hold on tight because nothing can stop that which God, the Creator of the heavens and earth, declares. The best we can hope for is to be in tune with that spirit and to hear the message being given to us for that day.
Today, I'm am yielding to that spirit of the Lord as I'm prompted to dedicate this day to posting the spiritual messages shown and given to me. Many of these are being shared in companionship with music, which is the universal language of love. Music is a medium which the human heart and spirit understands. Upon that note, I give you this video today.
The Holy Spirit has prompted me with such a strong directive in my spirit that I could not ignore it. I was moved about time slipping into the future, which you will see if you read my post on The Midnight Writers Blogs. So I searched for the video to share and listened to the song several times. During this listening to the words and watching the imagery, the holy spirit of the Lord spoke to me again to seek out a song By the Rivers of Babylon, which you will see on today's post atOne Tin Soldier.
The spirit showed me that we are on the jericho road and that we need to seek the holy spirit and move and breathe every moment in this way. Especially during these times. Hard times are coming and it will not be well with our souls if we do not know the Lord our God and Savior and if we do not yield to God's will and spirit.
Further, the holy spirit prompted me to share the message fromEzekiel of the Dry Bones, which directly applies to today, right now. Please read this message that I was shown from a sermon on the internet and please read the particular passages in Ezekiel.
Call the Valley of Dry Bones to Come Alive Ezekiel 37:1-14 NKJ Vs. 1 “The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lords, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.” A nation’s true condition is discerned by the hand of the Lord…by the Spirit of the Lord. And what He shows us isn’t always what we want to see. Here God showed the prophet Ezekiel a valley of dry bones. Vss. 2-3 “Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry. 3 And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.” Today I want you to imagine Ezekiel’s feeling of helplessness, of hopelessness upon seeing all this deadness. And he says, “Can these bones live?” Can the USA experience revival once more and live? Can our individual conferences come alive in revival? The answer is: “Lord, You alone know.” We have an absolute dependence on God alone for revival. But our focus must be on God, not on desperate conditions. Vs. 4 “Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!” That’s what not only the Rocky Mountain Conference, but America needs: to “hear the word of the Lord!” We need to hear the written word preached, taught, and witnessed. We need to hear the prophetic word, which requires a moving of the Holy Spirit. We need the anointed word, no man’s ‘wisdom’ to be preached and heard in our churches. This will only be done through anointed, Spirit-filled vessels: “Prophesy to these bones.” You may be concerned about looking foolish but this must be done. Prophesy to the valley of dry bones around you. Vss. 5-6 “Thus says the Lord God to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.” America needs and must experience that breath of God! “Breath” in the Hebrew language also means “wind” or “spirit.” America needs to be born again by the Spirit and baptized with the Holy Spirit, changed into a different nation by the Spirit, as with Saul in 1 Samuel 10:6, “Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.” Ezekiel 37:7 “So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone.” Revival requires obedience. “I prophesied as I was commanded.” Ezekiel was speaking into a situation in which it appeared all hope was gone, everything was dead. As he prophesied, God brought order (bone to bone) out of destruction and deadness. Vs. 8 “Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.” We see here that the body was coming together, but there was no breath yet. To accomplish the work God has set before us requires a unity, a “together” body. In fact this unity is a precursor to the breath of God coming into that body. Vs. 9 “Also He said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.’” God expects His people to cry out to Him and call on Him and to prophecy over the dead areas of our lives and nation. We have a part in the renewing of the Holy Spirit. “(You) prophesy to the breath…’Come … O breath.” This requires the “effectual fervent prayer,” insistent prayer, for God’s breath to blow. Bringing new life to dry bones will require much calling on the Lord for His breath to blow upon our “valley of dry bones.” Vs 10 “So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.” God is calling willing, obedient intercessors and pastors to call upon Him in this time of dryness. Pray and prophesy and the breath of God will blow once again, bringing new life into what is parched, dry and dead. Prophesy to the valley of dry bones to become a living multitude. Call forth this vast army of God to stand on its feet and march in the direction God leads. Vs. 11 The He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’ Ezekiel identifies this army as the “whole house of Israel, the Church today. Galatians 6:16, “And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.” Our present state of dryness is not the end of the story. Things are not hopeless when God comes on the scene. Vs. 12 “Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.’” “Therefore,” in light of the despair you observe, you speak: God will open your graves. He will bring you out of your deadness. He will bring you back to the Land of Promise. You must speak a message of hope from God. Vs. 13 “Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves.” Even in the worst of times, even if you feel you are barely hanging on in a valley of dry bones, remember, God says, “You are still my people.” Vs. 14 “I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it,” says the Lord.”
God will pour out His Spirit once again bringing numerous conversions and He will baptize with the Holy Spirit and the rivers of living water will begin to flow.
What will be the final outcome? An entire nation will come to know that God is the Lord and that He is able and willing and will do great things for His people who cry out to Him and He will raise “an exceeding great army.” You must maintain a survival attitude. Determine that you will stay alive, even if you find yourself in a valley of dry bones. Eat the Word of God during times of spiritual famine in the land. Maintain your relationship with the Father and stay under the anointing. Continue to pray, “Come, O Breath of God.” Be quick to speak the things God prompts you to speak into the dryness. Leave the timing of any move of God up to Him.
James A Roberts Th. D. iWIN Director, Rocky Mountain Conference
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In my research, I found famous pirates, legendary pirates, successful pirates and a sundry list of pirates. One fact keeps surfacing in my quest to identify the most famous pirate of all time. Blackbeard is legendary and he holds the title as the most famous pirate of all time. If you have evidence to the contrary, please post it in the comment section below. I would love to hear from you and I want to get the facts straight.
I have highlighted a link above that leads to a very good story about Blackbeard. Please visit the site responsible for this article at www.thewayofpirates.com.
Who Was Blackbeard? What do you know about his life? Where did he live? How many years was he a pirate? How many wives did Blackbeard have? Did Blackbeard ever find any hidden treasure? How much booty did he plunder?
For answers to these questions, follow this blog as I post the answers in coming posts. I will unfold the history of the most famous pirate of all time until a full feature article on his life is finished. I invite you to contribute to this historical essay on Blackbeard.
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Our next quest for February is to identify the most successful pirate of all time. I have already found the answer and will be featuring the story sometime next month. Meanwhile, I want to hear from you. If any one finds the same name that I found, that person can be a guest writer on this blog in February. I invite the winner in this quest to write the feature about the most successful pirate of all time will full byline and links to your site.
First Blackbeard Hint: He had fourteen wives. What were their names and who was his last wife?
The greater technology that is developed, space exploration reaches new heights in its ability to search deeper into the nature of our universe. New discoveries are made almost daily now by NASA and by both government and private organizations. Scientists have tools at their fingertips that permit closer investigation into space that allows them to make new analyses of formerly perceived theories and prior discoveries.
Asteroid 2007 TU24 (information taken from website link above)
Asteroid 2007 TU24 is flying past the Earth by 1.4 lunar distance (538,000 km) on 30 January at 4:33pm UT+8 . The 250m-wide space rock is not going to collide with Earth. The magnitude of TU24 is 10th so a telescope with at least 76 cm can reveal the asteroid.
This will be the closest approach until the next century. It’s also the asteroid’s closest Earth approach for 2,000 years. Asteroid 2007 TU24 was discovered by the NASA-sponsored Catalina Sky Survey on Oct. 11, 2007.
2. Weird science news headline of the morning: Our world may be a giant hologram
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I'm working on some in depth articles for bloggers and freelance writers to help add some good resource material to this blog. Also, I 'll be writing feature articles on treasure hunting, antiquities, archaeological sites, mysteries of the universe, the secret diary and more. Please come back often and give me your feedback.
First Feature Articles for January- A Preview of Coming Attractions
1. Part two of The Locked Box. 2. The Unknown Soldier's Diary. 3. The Secret Diary Quest No. 1. First clues to be posted. 4. Latest Discoveries in Space. 5. The Mysteries of Stone Henge. 6. Entrecard- A Review- hoping to conduct personal interview with creator. 7. The Making of A Walking- Lakota Traditions and Historical Sites 8. One Ancient City Feature- to be announced 9. Blog Explosion- Traffic update and reports on personal experience. 10. Treasure Hunt- the first featured treasure hunt complete with map and tracking the actual quest for the treasure. 11. Geocaching for Treasure 12. Facebook- face to face interviews with those who experience the social networking business style. One person per month will be chosen for this feature. 13. Twitter- what is all the tweeting about? 14. Who Was the Most Famous Pirate of All Time? 15. Search for the Holy Grail.
A woman with an extended family and thirty-one grand-children,who is grateful to the Lord God for all blessings, both great and small. Blessed by God with a natural writing talent I offer it as a gift to uplift others or help in areas of law or community.
The Crab Nebula - a supernova explosion 6,000 light years away.
The Dumbbell Nebula - about 1200 light years away./Photo Credit: NASA
The Bulge - NGC 3627 , also known as Messier 66, is about 35 million light years away. Also known as the constellation Leo (the Lion). Photo and information credit: NASA
The Bulge - NGC 3627 , also known as Messier 66, is about 35 million light years away. Also known as the constellation Leo (the Lion). Photo and information credit: NASA
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