My poems

These are some of my poems. Hope you like them!

Riches and Wealth
Wonders and Health
God fulfill all your Needs
Your prayers he will Heed

(This means that God is always there to help in times of trouble)

Trees and Flowers
Wonder and Power
The Lord will Hear
Evil relationships he will Tear

(This means that God will keep you safe)

Some Ore
Something More
Greed for Wealth
Is bad for your Health

(This means that greed kills you)

Norsk and Bahasa Indonesia

We notice some similarities between words in Norwegian (Norsk) and in Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia). We list below those we have so far noticed. Any additions are most welcome.

abonnement = abonemen
ananas = nanas
apotek = apotek
apoteker = apoteker
arkiv = arsip
askebeger = asbak
bensin = bensin
besøk = besuk
bil = mobil
dans = dansa
fabrikk = pabrik
gang = gang
gratis = gratis
hengsler = engsel
Jesus Kristus = Yesus Kristus
Johannes = Yohanes
kabel = kabel
kål = kol
kalender = kalender
karakter = karakter
karri = kari
keramikk = keramik
kjøleskap = kulkas
klar = kelar
klasse = kelas
kokk = koki
kontor = kantor
krem = krim
Kristen = Kristen
kultur = kultur
kurs = kurs
kvadrat = kuadrat
kvalitet = kualitas
kvittering = kuitansi
lamp = lampu
Lukas = Lukas
medalje = medali
møbler = mebel
musikk = musik
nummer = nomor
pakke = paket
parkere = parkir
poesi = puisi
politi = polisi
saus = saus
segl = segel
skole = sekolah
slange = selang
stasjon = stasiun
tabell = tabel
teknikk = teknik
telefon = telepon

O Store Gud (O Great God)

How Great Thou Art is a Christian hymn based on a nine-verse Swedish poem O Store Gud (O Great God) by Carl Gustav Boberg (1859–1940) in Sweden in 1885. The poem became matched to an old Swedish folk tune.

The more popular English translation of O Store Gud was by Stuart K. Hine (1949 version). The first literal and more accurate English translation was by E. Gustav Johnson (1925 version). Below is 1925 translation of verses 1, 2, 7, and 9.

O mighty God, when I behold the wonder
Of nature’s beauty, wrought by words of thine,
And how thou leadest all from realms up yonder,
Sustaining earthly life with love benign,

Refrain:
With rapture filled, my soul thy name would laud,
O mighty God! O mighty God! (repeat)

When I behold the heavens in their vastness,
Where golden ships in azure issue forth,
Where sun and moon keep watch upon the fastness
Of changing seasons and of time on earth.

When crushed by guilt of sin before thee kneeling,
I plead for mercy and for grace and peace,
I feel thy balm and, all my bruises healing,
My soul is filled, my heart is set at ease.

And when at last the mists of time have vanished
And I in truth my faith confirmed shall see,
Upon the shores where earthly ills are banished
I’ll enter Lord, to dwell in peace with thee.

P.S. I am now learning the Bokmål translation. 

in reference to: How Great Thou Art (hymn) in Wikipedia

He made the stars also

Last night at our backyard, instead of the anticipated shower of Leonids, we were allowed a precious flash of one shooting star. No less precious, we observed the appearances of not only one falling star, but many stars, the vast number of them, which the night sky was bespangled with.

Adi traced for me not single individual stars, but the constellations, of Orion, and also of Ursa Major, which directed us to Polaris, the North star. There was the red planet Mars, too. He also pointed out to me that Polaris is 30 times bigger than the Sun and is about 430 light-years from Earth. If both of us were to travel at the speed of light, we would need 430 years to take us there. That only means that we would never be able to reach there in our lifetime.

(image courtesy of Wikipedia)

We then read that stars range in size from anywhere from 20 to 40 km in diameter, to a massive size of approximately 650 times larger than the Sun. However, due to their great distance from the Earth, all stars, except the Sun being the nearest to the Earth, appear to the human eye as shining points in the night sky that twinkle because of the effect of the Earth's atmosphere.

Lying on our back and looking at the sky with nothing more than our naked eyes, it was a futile attempt to count the number of the stars last night. Nevertheless, the enjoyable exercise gave me a hint of how immense the universe must be. Trying to imagine the actual magnitude of the universe was overwhelming. As I pondered and considered the greatness of the universe, how could I not be moved to adore and praise the Maker?

"When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?" (Psalm 8:3-4); "Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south" (Job 9:9); "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?" (Job 38:31-32); "Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, ... The LORD is his name" (Amos 5:8).

"He made the stars also." (Gen. 1:16)

The church in thy house

The “house should be a church, and every head of a family a spiritual shepherd” (John Chrysostom). It would be the dearest and most joyful situation to have the house and a family as a church (Rom. 16:5, 1 Cor. 16:5, Col. 4:15, Phil. 1:2). Only in such a home daily family worship is possible, where reading and teaching of His word becomes an integral part of life, where His Sabbaths are observed, where the members are instructed in the knowledge of God and their duty to Him. In such a home Christ is not only studied and becomes an example of love and conduct; everyone is filled with His spirit that empowers the whole family to live life as worship for the glory of the Father.

"And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart" (Zec. 12:10-14).

"And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles" (Zec. 14:16-19).