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PSALM 109:21,22,26,30 But do thou for me, O God, the Lord for thy name's sake because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me For I am poor and needy My heart is wounded Within me Help me O Lord, my God O save me According to thy mercy That they may know That this is thy hand That thou, Lord Hast done it I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth Yea, I will praise him among the multitude
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THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD The Lord is my shepherd I’m merely a sheep He gives me green pastures In which I may sleep He leads me beside still waters And restoreth my soul He nurtures me while young And tends me when I’m old Tho’ I walk through death’s valley No evil shall I fear For His rod and staff comfort me I feel His Spirit near He prepares for me a feast In the midst of all my woes And gives me joy unspeakable In the presence of my foes He anoints my head with oil Fills my cup up past the rim I’m glad He is my Shepherd I’m glad I follow Him His mercy and His goodness Continually follow me Oh how I praise my Shepherd His touch hath set me free A SIMPLE PRAYER (4) Dear God Calm our fears Restore our souls Give us peace and joy Now and forevermore In Jesus' name Amen (Other Simple Prayer Postings 6.25.2015, 10.15.2015 2.04.2016) (Written on May 26,2016) PSALM 108:1,4,12,13 O God My heart is fixed I will sing and give praise even with my glory For thy mercy is great above the heavens and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds Give us help from trouble for vain is the hope of men Through God We shall do valiantl For he it is that shall tread down our enemies TOUGHEN UP OUR FEET While speaking on the subject of rough roads, an unknown author wrote... "Be sure if God sends you on stony paths, He will provide you with strong shoes." And, we would like to add... "or He will toughen up our feet." When upon life's stoney path we walk, Or along the cobbled street Provide us with a pair of shoes Dear Lord, or toughen up our feet We cannot know what surface Lies ahead, what obstacles we'll meet So provide us with some well-soled shoes Dear Lord, or toughen up our feet. Someday we'll walk on streets Of gold, smooth surfaces replete But 'till that time arrives Dear Lord, please toughen up our feet. THE FURNACE IS ON During the spring and summer months, it just sits there. The furnace... motionless, quiet, unnoticed. Forgotten. Then in the fall or winter as the temperature drops below forty degrees, we begin, to once again perceive our need for our furnace. Did you know that God has a furnace for you, for me? It may be the furnace of affliction, or the furnace of illness, or the furnace of loss of a loved one. But, rest assured, God has a furnace for each of us. An unknown author has written,"God would have no furnaces, if there were no gold to separate from the dross." Men may see our dross, but God beholds our gold. And so, we welcome the time when, in our lives, God's furnace is turned on. PSALM 107:1,2,3,43 O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good for his mercy endureth forever Let the redeemed of the Lord say so whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy They wandered in the wilderness In a solitary way They found no city to dwell in Hungry and thirsty Their soul fainted in them Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble and he delivered them out of their distresses O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men Whoso is wise and will observe these things even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord ? AS THE (MAGPIE) FLIES Scene One: 'Tis the night before Mother's day and the wife is producing a depression fit, and as usual during such occasions, the husband is no help at all. He knows that no matter what he says, tears and depression reign. And, He's thinking to himself, "My wife can't be the only mother on the face of the earth having depression at this time, can she? Well, let's hope not. After all, misery does love company, right?!" Our favorite TV shows are over for the night.("Where's a Tweety-Pie cartoon when you need one?") The wife has settled in at the computer to sob and play her favorite online game-Mahjong. The husband silently slips off to bed. Scene Two:(The upstairs bedroom.) The husband loves to read. He's one of those silent, solitary type of men (except when he is not, of course). Eventually, the wife comes to bed and says she is not upset at her husband at all. "So, what are you crying about?" "I don't know, I just am." "Is it anything I said or did?" "No!" The two of them turn out the lights and go to bed. The next morning (Sunday, Mother's day), the alarm goes off. The wife has been downstairs, while hubby sleeps soundly. The nightstand alarm goes off. The wife comes upstairs to make sure the alarm is off. Hubby is now awake. She mentions to him, "I'm not going to church." "Well, if you're not going to church, neither am I." (Nothing's worse than going to church on Mother's day, without your wife. Dozens come up to you and and ask, "Where's your wife, what's wrong with your wife?) The wife decides to go back to bed. The husband begins to take a bath. Suddenly, the wife is awakened because of a loud crashing and tinkling sound. She rushes out of the master bedroom, to the main bathroom at the top of the stairs, where she finds several colored trinkets fallen, and broken in the main tub. And, above the tub nervously prancing back and forth is a very nervous magpie. The husband goes to the bathroom, stands on the outside edge of the tub, and reaches for the magpie. "Rats" The magpie hops too fast down the window ledge and slips out of the husband's outstretched hands. While escaping hubby's grasping, several of magpie's tail feathers begin to fly and fall toward the bottom of the tub. (Later in the day, the grandchildren enjoyed taking home their surprise Mother day gifts.) The husband reaches again and securely grasps the black and white visitor, holds it close to his chest and runs downstairs, opens the front door and releases the magpie, which immediately spreads its beautiful black and white wings and floatingly flies away. Amateur psychology and philosophy hour: The above incident illustrates that we can quickly change how we think or feel, by simply changing the focus of our thoughts. The wife focused on the magpie, and her thoughts and feelings of depression virtually disappeared. (She was completely recovered by the next morning.) Sometimes, it pays to stay home from church. At least the one magpie I know probably thinks so. The Lord has ten thousand ways to answer our prayers. An uninvited magpie is simply one way. And what did the husband had to say about all this? "Caw, caw, caw," of course. (Written on May 11, 2016) STRANGER THAN FICTION (1978) Last September we purchased two tickets to the Anita Bryant concert and on the 28th of October, we went to the Wicomico Senior High auditorium, and sure enough there was a concert featuring The King's Men, sponsored by the Salisbury Community Concert Association, instead of Anita. Fortunately, our old friend George White, was taking tickets, and realizing we had traveled a long distance, permitted us ti use his parents' seats (Thanks Mr. & Mrs. Bob White). Then...Did you ever hear the story about our grandfather, who supposedly purchased a railroad ticket for Salisbury, North Carolina, but instead wound up in Salisbury, Maryland and decided to settle there, anyway. Oh well, that's another story... and who would believe it, anyway. (Written in 1978) PSALM 106:1,2,3,48 Praise ye the Lord O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good For his mercy Endureth forever Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord Who can shew forth all his praise Blessed are they that keep judgment And he that doeth righteousness At all times Blessed be the God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting And let all the people say, Amen Praise ye the Lord |
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