Coach Cal and Willie Cauley-Stein ... Thanks John Clay LHL!

By John Clay — Herald-Leader Sports Columnist

If this was indeed a save-your-season game, let the record show the 2012-13 Kentucky basketball season was saved with 11:15 left in the second half of the final regular-season game.
That was when Coach John Calipari looked at Willie Cauley-Stein, sitting on the Kentucky bench with four fouls, and told his freshman center to go back in the game.
"I said, 'I'm forgetting he has four,'" Calipari would say later.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Let the record show that 11 minutes and 15 seconds later — the last 7:36 of which the visiting Florida Gators failed to score a point — Cauley-Stein was still on the floor with four fouls (and celebrating) and the Kentucky Wildcats were still swimming, thank you, with a 61-57 victory over the 11th-ranked Florida Gators.
"Willie," said UK senior Julius Mays, "changed the game."
And with it, he may have changed the campaign.
Teetering on the brink of sliding right off the NCAA Tournament bubble, Kentucky got the big win it needed in the biggest game of the season, wiping away the memory of Thursday's dispiriting loss at Georgia by beating the team that had already clinched the conference title.
And to get the big win, the Cats needed the big man from Kansas on the floor for every one of his 25 minutes.
"He just brought unbelievable energy," teammate Archie Goodwin said.
Isn't that what they said about the player Cauley-Stein replaced, the shot-blocking sensation UK lost for the season with a torn ACL about a month ago?
It was against these very Gators that Nerlens Noel went down, landing awkwardly after hustling back to block a Florida shot after a Kentucky turnover. That came with 8:03 left in what turned out to be a 17-point Kentucky loss and began a bumpy path that included three home wins and three road losses for Calipari's Cats.
So here were the Cats, up 45-38 on the Gators, when Cauley-Stein picked up his fourth foul with 13:42 remaining and took a seat on the Kentucky bench.
Florida immediately picked up the pace. Mike Rosario was fouled on a drive and made two free throws. Scottie Wilbekin scored on a drive. Patric Young scored in the paint. Young scored in the paint again, giving Florida a 46-45 lead.
The hole in the middle of the Kentucky defense was as obvious as the hole in the Cats' tournament résumé.
Calipari called timeout. He put Cauley-Stein back in the game. He gave one instruction.
"A basket doesn't kill us," Calipari told his big man. "You fouling out can kill us."
Cauley-Stein didn't foul out. Instead, he rebounded. He hustled. He made steals. He blocked shots. He provided the anchor to a Kentucky defense that held the Gators scoreless on their final 14 possessions.
"He stepped up big to be able to play that many minutes without picking up his fifth foul, and he made big plays with those four fouls," Mays said.
"To play with four fouls like he did at the end was huge," said Goodwin.
If Cauley-Stein picks up his fifth foul, no way Florida goes scoreless for more than seven minutes. If Cauley-Stein picks up his fifth foul, no way Kentucky wins the game it had to win.
"They had times when they could have scored. Just Willie's presence, I think it scared them and it made them alter shots and just throw it at the rim," Mays said. "And we came up with big rebounds."
Funny how at the start of the season, the 7-foot former football player was the least heralded of UK's four signees. And yet, in the end, he was the one the Cats needed the most.
"Man, if you had seen Willie in the summer you would have expected him to be here for a long time," said Goodwin, "long" getting the emphasis and a laugh from the media. "That just goes to show how far along he's come and how quick he did it. He's an exceptional player now."
Kentucky is not an exceptional team, not this year, but it is one step closer to being an NCAA Tournament team.

John Clay: (859) 231-3226. Email: jclay@herald-leader.com. Twitter: @johnclayiv. Blog: johnclay.bloginky.com

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2013/03/09/2550104/john-clay-cauley-stein-delivers.html#emlnl=UK_sports_newsletter#storylink=cpy

Patriotism, Texas, and Chris Kyle ... thanks Ramey H!

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/03/16823532-american-sniper-author-chris-kyle-fatally-shot-at-texas-gun-range?lite

Patriotism, Texas and Chris Kyle:

I just wanted to share with you all that out of a horrible tragedy we were blessed by so many people. Chris was Derek's teammate through 10 years of training and battle. They both suffer/suffered from PTSD to some extent and took great care of each other because of it. 2006 in Ramadi was horrible for young men that never had any more aggressive physical contact with another human than on a Texas football field. They lost many friends. Chris became the armed services number #1 sniper of all time. Not something he was happy about, other than the fact that in so doing, he saved a lot of American lives. Three years ago, his wife Taya asked him to leave the SEAL teams as he had a huge bounty on his head by Al Qaeda. He did and wrote the book The American Sniper. 100% of the proceeds from the book went to two of the SEAL families who had lost their sons in Iraq. That was the guy Chris was. He formed a company in Dallas to train military, police and I think firemen as far as protecting themselves in difficult situations. He also formed a foundation to work with military people suffering from PTSD. Chris was a giver not a taker. He along with a friend and neighbor, Chad Littlefield, were murdered trying to help a young man that had served 6 months in Iraq and claiming to have PTSD.

Now I need to tell you about all of the blessings. Southwest Airlines flew in any SEAL and their family from any airport they flew into free of charge. The employees donated buddy passes and one lady worked for 4 days without much of a break to see that it happened. Volunteers were at both airports in Dallas to drive them to the hotel. The Marriott Hotel reduced their rates to $45 a night and cleared the hotel for only SEALs and family. The Midlothian, Tx. Police Department paid the $45 a night for each room. I would guess there were about 200 people staying at the hotel. 100 of them SEALs. Two large buses were chartered (unknown donor paid the bill) to transport people to the different events and they also had a few rent cars (donated). The police and secret service were on duty 24 hours during the stay at our hotel.

At the house the Texas DPS parked a large motor home in front to block the view from reporters. It remained there the entire 5 days for the SEALs to congregate in and all to use the restroom so as not to have to go in the house. Taya, their two small children and both sets of parents were staying in the home. Only a hand full of SEALs went into the home as they had different duties and meetings were held sometimes on a hourly basis. It was a huge coordination of many different events and security. Derek was assigned to be a pall bearer, to escort Chris' body when it was transferred from Midlothian Funeral Home to Arlington Funeral Home and to be with Taya. Tough job. Taya seldom came out of her bedroom. The home was full with people from the church and other family members that would come each day to help. I spent one morning in a bedroom with Chris' mom and the next morning with Chad Littlefield's parents (the other man murdered with Chris). Tough job.

Nolan Ryan sent his cooking team, a huge grill and lots of steaks, chicken and hamburgers. They set up in the front yard and fed people all day long. The 200 SEALs and their family. The next day a local BBQ restaurant set up a buffet in front of the house and fed all once again. Food was plentiful and all were taken care of. The family’s church kept those inside the house well fed.

Jerry Jones, the man everyone loves to hate, was a rock star. He donated use of Cowboy Stadium for the services as it was determined that so many wanted to attend. The charter buses transported us to the stadium on Monday at 10:30. Every car, bus, motorcycle was searched with bomb dogs and police. I am not sure if kooks were making threats trying to make a name for themselves or if so many SEALs in one place was a security risk...I don't know. We willing obliged. No purses ino the stadium! We were taken to The Legends room high up and a large buffet was available. That was about 300 people. We were growing. A Medal of Honor recipient was there, lots of secret service and police and Sarah Palin and her husband. She looked nice, this was a very formal military service. The service started at 1:00 and when we were escorted onto the field I was shocked. We heard that about 10,000 people had come to attend also. They were seated in the stadium seats behind us. It was a beautiful and emotional service. Bagpipe and drum corps were wonderful and the A&M men’s choir stood through the entire service and sang right at the end. We were all in tears.

The next day was the 200 mile procession from Midlothian, Tx. to Austin for burial. It was a cold, drizzly, windy day, but the people were out. We had dozens of police motorcycles riders, freedom riders 5 chartered buses and lots of cars. You had to have a pass to be in the procession and still it was huge. Two helicopters circled the procession with snipers sitting out the side door for protection. It was the longest funeral procession ever in the state of Texas. People were everywhere. The entire route was shut down ahead of us, the people were lined up on the side of the road the entire way. Firemen down on one knee, police officers holding their hats over their hearts, children waving flags, veterans saluting as we went by.. Every bridge had fire trucks with large flags displayed from their tall ladders....people all along the entire 200 miles standing in the cold weather. It was so heartwarming. Taya rode in the hearse with Chris' body so Derek rode the route with us. I was so grateful to have that time with him.

The services were at Texas National Cemetery. Very few are buried there and you have to apply to get in. It is like people from Civil War, Medal of Honor winners a few from the Alamo and all the historical people of Texas. It was a nice service and the Freedom Riders surrounded the outside of the entire cemetery to keep the crazy church people from Kansas that protests at military funerals away from us. Each SEAL put his Trident ( metal SEAL badge) on the top of Chris' casket one at a time. A lot hit it in with one blow, Derek was the only one to take 4 taps to put his in and it was almost like he was caressing it as he did it. Another tearful moment.

After the service the governor's wife, Anita Perry, invited us to the governor's mansion. She stood at the door and greeted each of us individually and gave each of the SEALs a coin of Texas (she was a sincere, compassionate, and gracious hostess). We were able to tour the ground floor and then went into the garden for beverages and BBQ. So many of the team guys said that after they get out they are moving to Texas. They remarked that they had never felt so much love and hospitality. The charter buses then took the guys to the airport to catch their returning flights. Derek just now called and after a 20 hours flight he is back in his spot, in a dangerous land on the other side of the world, protecting America.

I just wanted to share with the events of a quite an emotional, but blessed week.

This is what this country is truly about, not the current crap from Washington!!

 

Can Muslims be good US or Canadian citizens

 CAN MUSLIMS BE GOOD AMERICANS/CANADIANS

This is certainly 'food-for-thought'.

This is very interesting and we all need to read it from start to finish. And send it on to everyone.

Maybe this is why our American/Canadian Muslims are so quiet and not speaking out about any atrocities.
Can a good Muslim be a good American or Canadian?

This question was forwarded to a friend who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years.

The following is his reply:

Theologically - no. ... Because his allegiance is to Allah.

Religiously - no.. . .. Because no other religion is accepted by His Allah except Islam ... (Quran, 2:256) (Koran)

Scripturally - no. .. .. Because his allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam and the Quran.

Geographically - no .. Because his allegiance is to Mecca , to which he turns in prayer five times a day..

Socially - no. . . Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews ...

Politically - no... Because he must submit to the mullahs (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and destruction of America , the great Satan.

Domestically - no. .. . Because he is instructed to marry four Women and beat his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34 )

Intellectually - no... Because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.

Philosophically - no. . . Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran does not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.

Spiritually - no... Because when we declare 'one nation under God,' The Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as Heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in the Quran's 99 excellent names.

Therefore, after much study and deliberation....perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. They obviously cannot be both 'good' Muslims and good Americans/Canadians. Call it what you wish it's still the truth. You had better believe it. The more who understand this, the better it will be for our countries and our future.  The religious war is bigger than we know or understand.

Footnote: The Muslims have said they will destroy us from within. SO FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.

THE Armed Forces WANT THIS EMAIL TO ROLL ALL OVER THE U.S. & CANADA .

Please don't delete this until you send it on.

 

... And God created children ... Thanks John Robert!

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> From: "Pat Sullivan" <mamawpat@frontier.com>
> To: <mamawpat@frontier.com>
> Subject: FW: Fwd: AND GOD CREATED CHILDREN...
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> Thought you'd like to start your week off with a chuckle. This should do it.
> Enjoy.
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> GOD CREATED CHILDREN
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> (AND IN THE PROCESS GRANDCHILDREN)
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> To those of us who have children in our lives,
> whether they are our own,
> grandchildren,
> nieces,
> nephews,
> or students...
> here is something to make you chuckle.
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> Whenever your children are out of control,
> you can take comfort from the thought that
> even God's omnipotence did not extend
> to His own children.
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> After creating heaven and earth,
> God created Adam and Eve.
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> And the first thing he said was
> 'DON'T! '
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> 'Don't what ?'
> Adam replied.
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> 'Don't eat the forbidden fruit.'
> God said.
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> 'Forbidden fruit?
> We have forbidden fruit?
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> Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit! '
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> ' No Way! '
> 'Yes way! '
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> 'Do NOT eat the fruit! '
> said God.
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> 'Why? '
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> 'Because I am your Father and I said so ! '
> God replied,
> wondering why He hadn't stopped
> creation after making the elephants.
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> A few minutes later,
> God saw His children having an apple break
> and He was ticked !
> 'Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit? '
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> Adam replied.
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> said the Father.
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> 'I don't know,'
> said Eve.
> 'She started it! '
> Adam said.
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> 'Did not ! '
> 'Did too! '
> 'DID NOT! '
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> Having had it with the two of them,
> God's punishment was that Adam and Eve
> should have children of their own.
> Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.
> cid:629a261b5216493887be93da651a512e@windowsvy7rhcf
> If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they
> haven't taken it,
> don't be hard on yourself.
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> If God had trouble raising children,
> what makes you think it would be
> a piece of cake for you ?
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> THINGS TO THINK ABOUT !
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> 1. You spend the first two years of their life
> teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend
> the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.
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> 2. Grandchildren are God's reward
> for not killing your own children.
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> 3. Mothers of teens now know why
> some animals eat their young.
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> 4. Children seldom misquote you.
> In fact, they usually repeat word for word
> what you shouldn't have said.
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> 5. The main purpose of holding children's parties
> is to remind yourself that there are children
> more awful than your own.
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> 6. We childproofed our homes,
> but they are still getting in.
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> ADVICE FOR THE DAY:
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> Be nice to your kids.
> They will choose your nursing home one day!
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> AND FINALLY:
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> IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION
> AND YOU GET A HEADACHE,
> DO WHAT IT SAYS
> ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:
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> 'TAKE TWO ASPIRIN'
> AND 'KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN'!!!!!
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> Quick,
> send this on to ten people within the next five minutes.
> Nothing will happen if you don't,
> but if you do,
> Ten people will be laughing!!!
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German view on Islam ... Thanks Sarah H and Jack!

 

                                                           German View on Islam

         I wish everyone would read this through-

                before it's too late!

 

A German's View on Islam - worth reading.   This is by far the best explanation of the Muslim terrorist situation I have ever read.   His references to past history are accurate and clear.   Not long, easy to understand, and well worth the read.   The author of this email is Dr. Emanuel Tanya, a well-known and well-respected psychiatrist.
A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates.    When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism.

'Very few people were true Nazis,' he said, 'but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care.   I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools.    So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen.   Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come.   My family lost everything.   I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.'

We are told again and again by 'experts' and 'talking heads' that Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace.   Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant.    It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectre of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.

The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history.   It is the fanatics who march.    It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide.    It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave.   It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honour-kill.   It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque.   It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals.   It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.

The hard, quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the 'silent majority,' is cowed and extraneous.
Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people.    The peaceful majority were irrelevant.. China 's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.

The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist.    Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet.

And who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery.   Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were 'peace loving'?

History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason, we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence.
Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany , they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun..

Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late.
As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts--the fanatics who threaten our way of life.

Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on, is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand.   So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on!
Let us hope that thousands, world-wide, read this and think about it, and send it on - before it's too late.

Now Islamic prayers have been introduced into Toronto and other public schools in Ontario, and, yes, in Ottawa too while the Lord's Prayer was removed (due to being so offensive?).   The Islamic way may be peaceful for the time being in our country until the fanatics move in.

And we are silent.......

 

Laminen molecules hold us together

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Laminin Molecules Hold Us Together

They are the Glue of Biological Life

                                                                                                                       

The laminin protein molecule is the major component that makes up the extracellular matrix which is also called the basement membrane.  These are the sheets of protein that form the substrate of all internal organs.  Laminin assist in cell adhesion and binds other extracellular matrix components together.

The laminin molecule is shaped like a cross and has four arms that are designed to bind to four other molecules. The three shorter arms are particularly good at binding to other laminin molecules, which is what makes it so great at forming sheets. The long arm is capable of binding to cells, which helps anchor the actual organs to the membrane.

Laminin is made up of three separate parts, called the Alpha (A), Bata (B1), and Gamma (B2) chains. That gives it a total of six ends, which accounts for a lot of its flexibility in connecting up various kinds of molecules.

The various laminins are a family of glycoproteins that are an integral part of the structural scaffolding in humans and almost every animal tissue.  Laminin is vital to making sure overall body structures hold together.

Electron microscope pictures of laminin molecules.

Sequence diagram of the chemical structure of laminin molecule

(nm = Nanometer which is one billionth of a meter)

Hebrews 1:1-3

“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,  hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds;  who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the Word of his power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.”

Colossians 1:15-22

“In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins:  who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:  For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him:  And he is before all things, and by Him all things consist.  And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.  For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell;  and, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.  And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled  in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.”

SYMBOLS IN NATURE

SCRIPTURAL PICTUERS

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” (1 John 5:7)

 “For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.” (Romans 1:20)  

 “In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins:    who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:  For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him:  And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.” (Colossians 1:14-17) 

The Greek word here in Colossians 1:17 translated "consist" (Strong's #4921) is a compound word from two words: one meaning, "stand" or "establish" (Strong's #2476) and the other meaning, "with" or "beside" (Strong's #4862).  Thus by the power of Christ all things "stand together" or "consist"

The entry in Websters 1828 Dictionary for the word "consist" says:  "CONSIST, v.i. [L., to stand.]  To stand together; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection. Hence, to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. ..."

“And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.” (Colossians 1:20)

        

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” (Psalm 139:14)

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