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<\/a>Recently, little important looking pieces of equipment began showing up in our neighborhood. But then as I drove through the Tri-Towns area, I noticed them everywhere. And through Facebook, I heard they were in all the neighborhoods in the Tri-Towns area. There was something going on.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
My city posted this information through Facebook with more information on their website.<\/p>\n
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\u201cA 3-D seismic survey will be underway on Friday, January 25. The intent is to use state-of-the-art technology to produce detailed images of the geological layers deep beneath the earth\u2019s surface. On Friday, you may see specialized mobile trucks along streets. These trucks direct low force vibrations into the ground and small sensors called \u201cgeophones\u201d record the seismic data. This survey is expected to last for 1-day.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Those layers beneath the earth\u2019s surface that we cannot see were going to be surveyed in a way that no one had ever looked at them. These images would show what it looks like down there. Below the surface. An area that is invisible to the human eye.<\/p>\n
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I was away from the house on Friday when the trucks came through, but my husband was home. He said the whole house shook when they shot the vibrations into the ground. Fortunately, it didn\u2019t last long. I wondered how the prairie dogs and their homes weathered this series of vibrations.<\/p>\n
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This is very technical stuff and I won\u2019t even pretend to know what they are doing or looking for. And while I understand this might be a controversial topic, there are some good comparisons to our spiritual lives. I just couldn\u2019t ignore this one.<\/p>\n
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You see, there is a thing called integrity. My definition of this word is when you are the same in private as you are in public. Both physically and spiritually.<\/p>\n
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What I do in the privacy of my home must reflect Jesus, even if no one is looking or watching. The thoughts I have must be Jesus\u2019 thoughts, even though no one could ever know my thoughts. My heart must contain Jesus\u2019 love through and through, although no one may know my motives.<\/p>\n
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We must be people of integrity, because there is someone who does know our private actions, our thoughts and our motives. It is God.<\/p>\n
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Listen to the words written in 1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV). \u201cBut the Lord said to Samuel, \u2018Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n These were God\u2019s words as Samuel was choosing the second king of Israel. All of David\u2019s brothers were asked to pass by Samuel and God more or less tested each of them. Kind of like a seismic vibration. He knew none of them would be chosen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But when David was called to pass by Samuel, God said to Samuel, \u201cRise and anoint him; he is the one.\u201d <\/em>(1 Samuel 16:12b \u2013 NIV)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Through God\u2019s infinite wisdom and knowledge, He knows our hearts. He knows our thoughts. He knows our private actions. And if they are not in line with His words, we sin.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today, let\u2019s not allow our inner thoughts and actions to be unpleasing to God. Maybe we should use this passage to help us in this struggle. \u201cSearch me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.\u201d<\/em> (Psalm 139:23-24 \u2013 NIV)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I think this just about covers it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Grace and peace be yours in abundance,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Donna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I live in an area where a great deal of underground mining occurred in the past. Below our home are mine tunnels and shafts and because of that, our basement has a floating floor. This is also the reason I live in the Land of the Grasshoppers (I wrote about this in the past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15,3770,17,3874,3438,14],"tags":[1926,753,4893,1805,4892,4891,1707],"class_list":["post-5072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-following-god","category-knowing-god","category-listen","category-obeying-god","category-put-on","category-reflect-god","category-seeking-god","tag-1-samuel-1612","tag-1-samuel-167","tag-3-d-seismic-survey","tag-coal-mines","tag-geophones","tag-integrity-sabbatical-post","tag-psalm-1397-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5074,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072\/revisions\/5074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}