hearts — matters of the heart

Isaiah 55:6-11

On 10/17/2021, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

⁶Seek the Lord while he may be found;
    call on him while he is near.
⁷Let the wicked forsake their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

⁸“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
⁹“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.
¹⁰As the rain and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
    so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
¹¹so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

Isaiah 9:1-7

On 10/08/2021, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, history, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Isaiah 9:1-7 NIV — from biblegateway.com

9 ^[a]Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—

²The people walking in darkness
    have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of deep darkness
    a light has dawned.
³You have enlarged the nation
    and increased their joy;
they rejoice before you
    as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
    when dividing the plunder.
⁴For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,
    you have shattered
the yoke that burdens them,
    the bar across their shoulders,
    the rod of their oppressor.
⁵Every warrior’s boot used in battle
    and every garment rolled in blood
will be destined for burning,
    will be fuel for the fire.
⁶For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given,
    and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
⁷Of the greatness of his government and peace
    there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne
    and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
    with justice and righteousness
    from that time on and forever.
The zeal of the Lord Almighty
    will accomplish this.

Boston startup fights seniors’ isolation with VR [Campbell]

On 09/28/2021, in entrepreneurship, experimentation, health, hearts -- matters of the heart, society, sociology, United States, user experience (UX), vendors, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

Boston startup fights seniors’ isolation with VR — from bizjournals.com by Emma Campbell

Excerpts:

Social isolation is a term that more Americans have become familiar with due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but it’s a concept that was already intimately familiar to one segment of the population: the elderly.

Isolation disproportionately affects the aging population in the U.S. and can lead to significant mental and physical health issues for seniors. But there’s a Boston-based startup, Rendever, using a unique tool to fight it.

“We’ve always thought that the foundation of all human connection is shared positive experience,” Rand said. “So what we’ve done is we’ve spent the past five years building a really strong experience platform that allows people to come together, put on their headsets, and go and check off a bucket list item.”

The call of wisdom — Proverbs 8:27-31

On 09/12/2021, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, by Daniel Christian

²⁷I [wisdom] was there when he set the heavens in place,
    when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
²⁸when he established the clouds above
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
²⁹when he gave the sea its boundary
    so the waters would not overstep his command,
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
³⁰    Then I was constantly^[a] at his side.
I was filled with delight day after day,
    rejoicing always in his presence,
³¹rejoicing in his whole world
    and delighting in mankind.

Psalm 143:8

On 09/07/2021, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

⁸Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I entrust my life.

Psalm 115:1 and Psalm 117:1-2

On 08/25/2021, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

Psalm 115:1 — from biblegateway.com

¹Not to us, Lord, not to us
but to your name be the glory,
because of your love and faithfulness.

Psalm 117:1-2 — from biblegateway.com

¹Praise the Lord, all you nations;
extol him, all you peoples.
²For great is his love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

Praise the Lord.^[a]

Jeremiah 9:23-24

On 08/17/2021, in Access to Justice (A2J), faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, law schools, Legal operations, legal reform, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, relationships, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

Jeremiah 9:23-24 New International Version — from biblegateway.com

23 This is what the Lord says:

“Let not the wise boast of their wisdom
or the strong boast of their strength
or the rich boast of their riches,
24 but let the one who boasts boast about this:
that they have the understanding to know me,
that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness,
justice and righteousness on earth,
for in these I delight,” declares the Lord.

Some scripture to start the week

On 08/08/2021, in Daniel S. Christian, faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, history, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

¹⁰Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
¹¹Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
¹²Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

²⁰Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, ²¹being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. ²²This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” ²³The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, ²⁴but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. ²⁵He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

Psalm 91:4 NIV — from biblegateway.com

⁴He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

Under a canopy of love — photo by Sunil out at 500px

Psalm 51:17

On 08/02/2021, in faith, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

¹⁷My sacrifice, O God, is^[a] a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.

Job 38:1-11

On 07/30/2021, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Job 38:1-11

The Lord Speaks

38 Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:

²“Who is this that obscures my plans
    with words without knowledge?
³Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.

⁴“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
    Tell me, if you understand.
⁵Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line across it?
⁶On what were its footings set,
    or who laid its cornerstone—
⁷while the morning stars sang together
    and all the angels^[a] shouted for joy?

⁸“Who shut up the sea behind doors
    when it burst forth from the womb,
⁹when I made the clouds its garment
    and wrapped it in thick darkness,
¹⁰when I fixed limits for it
    and set its doors and bars in place,
¹¹when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;
    here is where your proud waves halt’?

Two pieces of scripture to start the week

On 07/26/2021, in faith, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

²⁰We wait in hope for the Lord;
    he is our help and our shield.
²¹In him our hearts rejoice,
    for we trust in his holy name.
²²May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,
    even as we put our hope in you.

²²The Lord will rescue his servants;
no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.

Psalm 10:1-6

On 07/18/2021, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

Psalm 10:1-6

¹Why, Lord, do you stand far off?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

²In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,
    who are caught in the schemes he devises.
³He boasts about the cravings of his heart;
    he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.
⁴In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;
    in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
⁵His ways are always prosperous;
    your laws are rejected by^[b] him;
    he sneers at all his enemies.
⁶He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
    He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”

Psalm 18:30

On 07/07/2021, in faith, geography / geology, global / globalization, health, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Psalm 18:30 — form biblegateway.com

Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”

From the Book of Job

On 06/30/2021, in Daniel S. Christian, Emotion, faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

From before the birth of Jesus Christ:

³²“He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him,
    that we might confront each other in court.
³³If only there were someone to mediate between us,
    someone to bring us together,
³⁴someone to remove God’s rod from me,
    so that his terror would frighten me no more.
³⁵Then I would speak up without fear of him,
    but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

From DSC:
Jesus Christ IS that mediator. Thank you LORD!

For you pastors out there…

On 06/29/2021, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

A Mesmerizing Aerial Timelapse Captures the Undulating Patterns of Sheep Herding Near Haifa — from thisiscolossal.com by Grace Ebert

Aerial Sheep Herding in Yokneam from Colossal on Vimeo.

Learning Ecosystems