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MAY YOUR HOME BE BLESSED

2/24/2018

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                                              MAY YOUR HOME BE BLESSED

                            Recently, I received a letter from the
                            Disabled Veterans of America. In it,
                            they included a blessing that I thought
                            I would share with you...

                            "May your home be blessed
                            with the courage of compassionate hearts,
                            seeing the greatness in every soul.
                           
                            May the garden of your heart bloom
                            with even the smallest of kind acts,
                            giving your life the gift of divine purpose."
                           
​                            (Written on February 24, 2018)

                         
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AT WINTERTIME

2/24/2018

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                                                                        AT WINTERTIME

                                           
    Perhaps it is not
                                                   Too late to be
                                                   Like children again
                                                   If we truly wish to be  
                                                   If our hearts are right
                                                   With God
                                                   Then our homes
                                                   Shall become our havens
                                                   And our foes
                                                   Shall become our friends
                                                   And our doubts
                                                   Shall become our hopes
                                                   And there shall be
                                                   A new spirit in the land
                                                   At wintertime

                                                   (Written in January, 1979)
                                                    


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ISAIAH 24:13,14,15

2/24/2018

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                                                                      ISAIAH 24:13,14,15

                                                When thus it shall be
                                                In the midst of the land
                                                among the people,
                                                there shall be 
                                                as the shaking 
                                                of an olive tree,
                                                and as the gleaning grapes
                                                when the vintage is done
                      
                                                They shall lift up their voice
                                                They shall sing for the majesty
                                                of the Lord
                                                They shall cry aloud from the sea
                                           
                                                Wherefore, glorify ye the Lord
                                                in the fires
                                                even the name of the Lord God 
                                                of Israel
                                                in the isles of the sea


                                                
          
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AMERICA (6.08.1975)

2/17/2018

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                                               AMERICA (6.08.1975)

                                               A   is for our avenues of adventure,
                                                    and the open roads of creativity 
                                               M   is for the many who have fought 
                                                    and died that we might live and enjoy
                                                    the freedom and beauty of this land
                                               E   is for the energy and enthusiasm
                                                    of an optimistic people
                                               R   is for our religious heritage,
                                                    the foundation of our freedom
                                                I   is for the independence of
                                                    body, mind and spirit
                                                    guaranteed by constitutional law
                                                C  is for the chance to change
                                                    and to be, and to become
                                                    what we will
                                                A   is for the affection we feel
                                                     toward the country we love

                                                     We can "taste" America...
                                                     and it is grand
                                                               
                                                     (Written on 6.08.1975)

                                                              
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ISAIAH 23:9,17,18

2/17/2018

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​                                                                        ISAIAH 23:9,17,18

                                  The Lord of hosts hath purposed it,
                                    to stain the pride of all glory
                                     and to bring into contempt
                                       all the honorable of the earth

                                  And it shall come to pass
                                  After the end of seventy years.
                                  That the Lord will visit Tyre...
                                  And her merchandise and her hire
                                  Shall be holiness to the Lord
                                  It shall not be treasured nor laid up
                                  For her merchandise shall be for them
                                  That dwell before the Lord
                                  To eat sufficiently, 
                                  And for durable clothing



                              
                                  

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WHAT SEEK YE?

2/12/2018

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                                                                        WHAT SEEK YE?

                                             Shortly after his baptism,
                                             Jesus was approached by 
                                             two of his disciples. As they 
                                             came toward him, Jesus spoke
                                             out and said, "What seek ye?"
                                             (John 1:38-39)
                                           
                                             What do we seek? Fame, fortune,
                                             power, authority, popularity, security,
                                             or... eternal life?

                                             In the above scripture, the disciples
                                             wanted to know where Jesus lived,
                                             at least on the surface.
                                             We suspect. however, that they really
                                             wanted to know who Jesus actually was,
                                             and what he could do for them.
                                           
                                             If you are one who may be seeking,
                                             we invite you to read the New Testament,
                                             that you may come to see who Christ is,
                                             and what he may do for you.
                



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LONELY HEARTS CLUB

2/10/2018

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                                                            LONELY HEARTS CLUB

                                   When we were kids, you could scan
                                   any movie magazine, and near the back
                                   there would be several advertisements
                                   encouraging those with pining hearts
                                   to write in and join a lonely hearts club.

                                   Now, it's been awhile since we perused
                                   a movie magazine (after all, we now have
                                   a wife and four kids. They, the magazines, 
                                   not the wife and kids, have lossed their
                                   allure. 
         
                                   But we have lived long enough to realize
                                   that the world is filled with lonely people
                                   with lonely hearts.
                       
                                   A prayer for lonely hearts...
                                   Heavenly Father, bless those whose hearts
                                   are lonely this day. Fill their hearts with your
                                   love, this day.
                                   To the weeping and the widows, attend their day.
                                   Give solace to the misunderstood, and peace
                                   to every troubled heart who reads this prayer
                                   this day. In Jesus' name, Amen.
                                 
​                                   (Written on August 10,1975  #511)

                                  
       

                                  
                             
                              
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ISAIAH 22:22,23,25

2/10/2018

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                                                                    ISAIAH 22:22,23,25

                                       And the key of the house of David
                                         will I lay upon his shoulder 
                                            so he shall open, and none shall shut
                                              and he shall shut and none will open


                                       And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place
                                       And he shall be for a glorious throne 
                                       To his father's house

                                       In that day, saith the Lord of hosts
                                       Shall the nail that is fastened 
                                       in the sure place be removed
                                       and be cut down, and fall
                                       And the burden that was upon it
                                       shall be cut off, for the Lord
                                       hath spoken it

                    
                                             
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THE LORD IS COMING

2/10/2018

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                                                                   THE LORD IS COMING
                                                  
                                               The Lord is coming
                                               The Lord is coming
​                                               The Lord is coming
                                               In the morn

                                             The Lord is coming
                                               The Lord is coming
​                                               The Lord is coming
                                               At the break of dawn

                                             The Lord is coming
                                               The Lord is coming
​                                               The Lord is coming
                                               And all shall be well

                                               
The Lord is coming
                                               The Lord is coming
​                                               The Lord is coming
                                               And with him shall we dwell
                                       
                                                (Written on February 6, 2018)

                                           
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WHAT GETS YOU?

2/10/2018

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                                                                        WHAT GETS YOU?

                                    Psychologists generally agree that
                                    whatever gets your attention...gets you!

                                    "Every year of my life," wrote Richard Cecil, 
                                    "I grow more convinced that it is wisest and
                                    best to fix our attention on the beautiful and 
                                    good 
and dwell as little as possible on the 
                                    evil and false."

                                    This is no head-in-the-sand philosophy or 
                                    or denial of the negligent or cruel realities
                                    or our society.
                                    We are simply opting for a better way. 
                                    One 
in which the eyes are clear
                                    
the voice is soft
                                    the mind alert 
                                    and 
the heart pure

                                    And while it is true that those who
                                    eat carrots, 
do not become rabbits...
                                    If we continually feast upon that which 
                                    is sordid 
shall we not eventually become 
                                    base? Or as Solomon 
questioned:
                                    "Can a man take fire in his bosom,

                                    and his clothes [and] not be burned?" 
                                    (Proverbs 6:27)

                                    Attention, attention...what gets You?
                                                   
                                                    (Written on May 22, 1975  21)
                                               



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