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Z5 Word of the 182!

I just read this on an ad for a robot bunny: “Excessive screen time leads to loss of interest in the real world, decreased attention span, emotional instability, and social difficulties.”

My mom’s love for animals included many real bunnies and they were not always clean or gentle. And now that an innumerable amount of robots are on the horizon, I wonder if robot bunnies are really going to be that link that keeps us connected with reality.

The 182 has helped to fill my family with a much better topic of conversation. We still use ‘screen time’ to look up words and verses, but it hasn’t lead to any loss of interest in reality, attention issues, or emotional and social difficulties. Well, at least no more than focusing on God will do to anyone in this world.

Join us as we look to Him and are wrapping up the 5th Edition of the 182.

Zwischengoldglas
Your Spirit fills me with priceless value.
On my own, I can’t offer much, but in Your hands I am mighty.
If someone were to look at me, I’d want them to see You.
I am fragile as glass, my failures are not that interesting.
I am frighteningly normal, yet You set my mind a brimming.
The only unique thing about me is Who You fill me with.
You are my inward layer of Gold.
 
Colosians 1:9-14

Y5 word of the 182!

This one was nuts!  I’m showing it to reveal that there are no boundaries here.  Definitions no matter the complexity are altogether defunct.  Not meaningless, but they don’t seem to work like we once thought.  So they do serve a purpose, just like a signpost that says, “This used to be the way.”  For this ‘Y’ word – Yakutoglaphyrites had a definition that “spun me right round” and lead me down a path of quantum significance…

Yakutoglaphyrites
Talk about a rabbit trail.
I dug passed squid and found SQUID which was an acronym for: Semiconducting Quantum Interference Device.
This lead me back to before I was born, to see the Josephson effect, and that’s when I saw You there.
You happened here before I was born, even way before the 1960’s, and Your effect as Joseph’s Son makes a new paradigm for time and space.
The path electrons take holds no mysteries for You, and Quantam entanglement binds nothing more than does Your Love.
There is no weak link with You as the current from Your throne flows mightily within me.
You make me into Your superconductor, manifesting Your wonders that others may see You and believe.
 
Matthew 1:23

Words That Describe God – X5 – Family Edition

162 March 11, 2025
 
X-File, Romans 11:33-34 – Gwen
Xerancharoo, Psalm 147:5 – Jack
Xenagogue, Psalm 23:1 – Caleb
X-Wing, 2 Chronicles 20:15 – Betsy
Xenopterygii, John14:2-4 – Brian
 
163 March 12, 2025
 
Xenial, John 6:37 – Gwen
Xenodochy, Galatians 3:23 – Jack
X (as in a formula), Isaiah 55:8 – Caleb
Xenops, Matthew 6:26 – Betsy
Xylophone, Psalm 119 – Brian
 
164 March 13, 2025
 
X-out, 2 Timothy 4:18 – Gwen
X-mas, Luke 2:7 – Jack
Xanadu, Psalm 115:3 – Caleb
Xenagogue, Isaiah 58:11 – Betsy
Xenogamy, Mark 4:26-29 – Brian
 
165 March 14, 2025
 
Xyphoid, Hebrews 4:12 – Gwen
Xenial, John 14:2-3 – Jack
X-ray, Jeremiah 17:10 – Caleb
Xylem, John 15:5 – Betsy
X (as in Twitter), Philippians 4:8-9 – Brian
 
166 March 15, 2025
 
X-ray, Psalm 139:1-5 – Gwen
Xyresic, Romans 11:33-34 – Jack
Xenial, Romans 15:7 – Caleb
X-Facctor,Genesis 17:1-7 – Betsy
Xynth, 2 Corinthians 4:16 – Brian
 
167 March 16, 2025
 
Xylograph, 2 Corinthians 9:8 – Gwen
X-factor, 1 John 1:5 – Jack
XXerancharoo, Deuteronomy 10:17 – Caleb
Xerox, Hebrews 1:3 – Betsy
Xuanhanosaurus, Mathew 5:10-12 – Brian
 
168 March 17, 2025
 
Xenagogue, Isaiah 58:11 – Gwen
Xie xie, Colossians 3:17, John 3:16 – Jack
X of sin, Psalm 145:20 – Caleb
Xaroncharoo, Psalm 89:7 – Betsy
Xochicalco, Luke 21:34-36 – Brian

Words That Describe God – W5 – Family Edition

155 March 4, 2025
 
Wealth, Proverbs 11:4 – Gwen
Welcoming, John 3:16 – Jack
Writer, Genesis 1:1 – Caleb
Way, Isaiah 43:19 – Betsy
Weber-less, Isaiah 61:1 – Brian
 
156 March 5, 2025
 
Whole, Psalm 41:3 – Gwen
Wisest, Romans 11:33 – Jack
Wrathful, Romans 12:19 – Caleb
Wunderkind, Luke 2:40 – Betsy
Wild, Psalm 51 – Brian
 
157 March 6, 2025
 
Wise, James 1:5 – Gwen
Word, John 1:1, 14 – Jack
Wow, Isaiah 40:28 – Caleb
Whimsical, Proverbs 8:30-31 – Betsy
Wheelchair, Isaiah 41:10, 13 – Brian
 
158 March 7, 2025
 
Wonder, Psalm 94:11, Revelation 4:11 – Gwen
Way, John 14:6 – Jack
Winner, Numbers 23:19 – Caleb
Whatever, Colossians 3:23 – Betsy
Wizard, Exodus 7:8-13 – Brian
 
159 March 8, 2025
 
Will, 1 Samuel 12:16 – Gwen
World-Maker, Genesis 1:1 – Jack
Wise, Proverbs 1:7 – Caleb
Way, Romans 11:36 – Betsy
Windjammer, John 3:8 – Brian
 
160 March 9, 2025
 
Wash, 1 John 1:9 – Gwen
Wondrous, Deuteronomy 7:21 – Jack
Whale-sized, Isaiah 40:28 – Caleb
Wherefore, Philippians 2:9-11 – Betsy
Worthwhile, 1 Chronicles 16:8-14 – Brian
 
161 March 10, 2025
 
Waveless, Malachi 3:6 – Gwen
Watching, Proverbs 15:3 – Jack
Wrongless, Titus 1:2 – Caleb
Whole, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 – Betsy
Whaling, Jonah – Brian

Words That Describe God – V5 – Family Edition

148 February 25, 2025
 
Vast, Psalm 147:5 – Gwen
Victor, Jeremiah 32:17 – Jack
Victor, John 3:16 – Caleb
Voltage, Ephesians 3:20 – Betsy
Vergence, Psalm 86:5-7 – Brian
 
149 February 26, 2025
 
Victory, Matthew 6:33 – Gwen
Vengence, Romans 12:19 – Jack
Vast, Genesis 1:1 – Caleb
Verily, John 14:12 – Betsy
Ventilate, Job 33:4, John 20:22 – Brian
 
150 February 27, 2025
 
View, Psalm 139:7-10 – Gwen
Voluntary, Romans 5:8 – Jack
Valiant, Proverbs 1:7 – Caleb
Valiant, Isaiah 42:13 – Betsy
Venalityless, Matthew 19:21, Romans 11:35 – Brian
 
151 February 28, 2025
 
Voluntary, Jeremiah 33:3 – Gwen
Veracious, Psalm 119:160 – Jack
Vital, Philippians 4:19 – Caleb
Vested, 2 Corinthians 6:16 – Betsy
Vaticinate, Titus 2:11-14 – Brian
 
152 March 1, 2025
 
Valuer, John 3:16 – Gwen
Vulnerary, Exodus 15:26 – Jack
Valor, Joshua 1:9 – Caleb
Vestibulocochlear, Isaiah 30:21 – Betsy
Vaitheeswaran Koil, John 5 – Brian
 
153 March 2, 2025
 
Vegetable, Job 42:10 – Gwen
Vast, 1 John 4:9-10 – Jack
Vengence, Romans 12:19 – Caleb
Vivifying, Psalm 23:1-4 – Betsy
Voyager, Proverbs 3:5-6 – Brian
 
154 March 3, 2025
 
Velocity, Isaiah 41:10 – Gwen
Vital, Genesis 1:1 – Jack
Vigilance, Ephesians 1:17 – Caleb
Vision, Joel 2:28 – Betsy
Vigorous, Isaiah 40:21-31 – Brian

10th Anniversary of briancarter.link

This year marks the 10th since starting this website back in 2015.  Wow a lot has happened in a decade!  God has been very faithful to my family and I and has marked our days with His blessings.  I hope this website is proof of that.  The biggest “Wow!” or SMOT – Special Moment of Today (or rather Decade), has been how the 182 was used throughout my and my family’s life.  From being the reason for songs I’ve written, discovering a gift idea, uncovering how an international community can interact with the Divine, to growth in personal faith and vocabulary, the 182 is more than Coconut Cove’s backstory or a connecting theme for random stuff I just made up (like “Sign Spotting Day”.)  

 
I’m excited to see what God has in store for my family and I as we are daily carving out our path with Him.
 
Another big “WOW!” or SMOD – Special Moment of the Decade, has been Spiritfire.  Uncovering the ‘why’ behind the teachings of Jesus has been so unbelievably powerful.  Every time my family gathered around God’s Word, we witnessed literally ‘how’ through Jesus’ work fulfilling the book of Proverbs (The wisdom of God through which He created the heavens and the earth), we are made into new creations, 2 Corinthians 5:17.  Another Way apart from the Law has been found to communicate the power of the Gospel, (I think Paul would’ve approved had he seen.)  Can this bridge the gap between ‘wisdom’ based religions?  Can Jesus’ fulfillment of Proverbs bring together future generations distanced from Christianity by the sacrificial system?  Or maybe letting pastor’s talk about their relationship with God through the 182 can be a helpful dialogue as sin is dismantling the unity of the Church?
 
I’m excited to see what God has in store for my family and I as we are daily carving out our path with Him.
 
It is no secret I am not interested in revivals.  They are too easily forgotten.  I am interested in opening a door, one that will change the system we’ve become too comfortable with.  A new door never seen before or even whispered about, from academic towers to poverty’s hovels and holes in the ground.  There is more than we will ever know and only seeking eyes will see it.
 
The 182 has always been a path of suffering leading to glory.
Spiritfire has been a path of becoming leading to new creation.
 
As you follow my family and I as we ‘walk on water’ after Jesus, may you also be blessed and…  excited to see what God has in store for you and your family as you are daily carving out your path with Him.

Words That Describe God – U5 – Family Edition

141 February 18, 2025
 
Unstoppable, Matthew 19:26 – Gwen
Unbeatable, Psalm 145:3 – Jack
Umuremyi, Genesis 1:1 – Caleb
Unconventional, Romans 11:23 – Betsy
Unexcluded, Hebrews 13:5 – Brian
 
142 February 19, 2025
 
Understanding, 1 John 3:20 – Gwen
Unique, Isaiah 46:9-10 – Jack
Ultimate, Proverbs 1:7 – Caleb
Understands, Psalm 139:1-5 – Betsy
Unbounded, Luke 23:42-43 – Brian
 
143 February 20, 2025
 
Unfathomable, Ecclesiastes 8:17-17 – Gwen
Upcoming, 1 Thessalonians 4:17 – Jack
Unbeatable, Joshua 1:5 – Caleb
Underway, John 5:17 – Betsy
Unforgetable, Psalm 111 – Brian
 
144 February 21, 2025
 
Universal, Isaiah 53:5-6 – Gwen
Uplifting, Isaiah 41:10 – Jack
Unbroken, Hebrews 13:5 – Caleb
Until, Lamentations 3:25 – Betsy
Unattainable, John 3:16 – Brian
 
145 February 22, 2025
 
Unveil, Matthew 27:51 – Gwen
Unlimited, Mark 10:27 – Jack
Unwrong, Titus 1:2 – Caleb
Unstoppable, Mark 9:23 – Betsy
Umbrella, Psalm 91 – Brian
 
146 February 23, 2025
 
Uphold, Psalm 63:8 – Gwen
Unfading, Psalm 90:2 – Jack
Unblemished, 2 Corinthians 5:21 – Caleb
Ubquitous, Jeremiah 23:23-24 – Betsy
Unostentacious, Psalm 2:11 – Brian
 
147 February 24, 2025
 
Using, Romans 8:28 – Gwen
Ungrudging, 1 John 1:9 – Jack
Undefeated, Numbers 23:19 – Caleb
Umbra-lighter, Luke 1:79 – Betsy
Upender, Psal 18:2 – Brian

Words That Describe God – T5 – Family Edition

134 February 11, 2025
 
Tacit, Psalm 139:1-4 – Gwen
Teacher, Isaiah 48:17 – Jack
Tailor, Genesis 1:1 – Caleb
Timeless, Hebrews 13:8 – Betsy
Trench Coat, Psalm 16 – Brian
 
135 February 12, 2025
 
Therapeutic, Psalm 23:4 – Gwen
Thrive, Psalm 91:14-15 – Jack
Taker, John 3:16 – Caleb
Tenacious, Matthew 28:20 – Betsy
Thunderstone, Exodus 20:4-6 – Brian
 
136 February 13, 2025
 
Tomorrow, Proverbs 16:4 – Gwen
Truth, Psalm 119:160 – Jack
Teacher, Proverbs 1:7 – Caleb
Total, 2 Peter 1:3 – Betsy
Troubadour, Psalm 96 – Brian
 
137 February 14, 2025
 
Thanks, James 1:17 – Gwen
Tireless, Isaiah 40:28 – Jack
Thirstless, John4:10 – Caleb
Tarry, 2 Peter 3:9 – Betsy
Tectonician, John 14:1-4 – Brian
 
138 February 15, 2025
 
Thirst, Malachai 3:1 – Gwen
Trustworthy, Proverbs 3:5-6 – Jack
Throne, Exodus 15:18 – Caleb
Tested, Malachai 3:10 – Betsy
Taumata, Genesis 1:1, John 3:16, Revelation 21:1-2 – Brian
 
139 February 16, 2025
 
Trust, Isaiah 12:2 – Gwen
Transformative, Romans 13:14 – Jack
Titan, Isaiah 40:28 – Caleb
True, Titus 1:2 – Betsy
Territorialism, Deuteronomy 19:8-10 – Brian
 
140 February 17, 2025
 
The, Isaiah 44:6 – Gwen
Thankworthy, Romans 6:23 – Jack
Triumphant, Numbers 23:19 – Caleb
Tycoon, Haggai 2:8 – Betsy
Truncator, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12 – Brian

182 Converged with a Gift Idea

The word was yesterday’s ‘V’ word: Voyage.  I had no idea what I was in for as looked up for a verse.  I was immediately sent to a website called “Voyage & Verse”.  A book was on the front page by Jessica Watson, who at the age of 16 sailed by herself around the world.  I thought, “Hey, my daughter’s 16, and she likes to read.”  Watson’s book titled, ‘True Spirit’ seemed full of grit and guts to do the incredible.  I can’t wait for her to read it!

 

https://www.voyageandverse.com/book-collection/true-spirit-the-true-story-of-a-16-year-old-australian-who-sailed-solo-non-stop-and-unassisted-around-the-world-by-jessica-watson

Last Night: God’s Planetary Septet

Last night, 7 planets were in alignment.  If you were able to see them:  knew where to look and knew what you were looking at, then you had the honor of viewing a celestial highlight.  My wife and daughter went outside and took a look.  My wife said, “The stars were very bright.”  I, however, missed it entirely.  

Today, as I think on it, I am reminded of witnessing God do amazing things.  If we are in alignment with His will, we get a chance to witness His heavenly events around the world.  That is where I want to be, and the 182 is helping to keep my gaze upward.

 

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/02/28/the-planet-parade-tonight-february-2025/80725459007