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ISAIAH 55:6,7,8,9

5/25/2019

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ISAIAH 55:6,7,8,9

                                Seek ye the Lord
                                while he may be found
                                Call ye upon him 
                                while he is near


                                Let the wicked forsake 
                                his way
                                and the unrighteous man
                                his thoughts
                                And let him return unto
                                the Lord


                                And He will have mercy
                                upon him
                                for he will abundantly pardon


                                For my thoughts are not
                                your thoughts
                                Neither are your ways
                                my ways, saith the Lord
 
                                For as the heavens are higher
                                than the earth               
                                so are my ways higher
                                than your ways, and my thoughts
                                than your thoughts
                  
                                
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THE LAST LAUGH 583

5/25/2019

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                                THE LAST LAUGH 583

    During the holidays, Donna was resting in our
     bedroom, when I came up and laid down with her...
     "Uh, What are you doing here?" She said.
     "The next football game doesn't start for 45 minutes.
     I thought I'd rest with you until game time."
     (I tried to carry on a civilized conversation with
     her, but it didn't work out.)

     Finally she said, "Why don't you go fix yourself a
     (soft) drink before the game starts. Hurry you only have
     five minutes."

     "Fifteen!"
     "Oh, well that's okay. Hurry along."
     "Don't rush me."
     "Goodbye."
     "Goodbye...I am not leaving until I have the last word!"
     "Oh, okay."
     "See...you don't want me to leave."
     "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha."
     "Ho-ho yourself, I'm not leaving with you having
     the last laugh either."
     "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha."
     "Silly."
     There's a short silence. Donna breaks it up with a
     couple of deep sighs followed by "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha."
    "All right, you can have the last laugh and the last sigh,
     but I still get the last word."
    'Okay."
    "Goodbye!!!"
​    "(Sigh...Ha...Ha.)"

    (Written on February 4, 1979)
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ISAIAH 55:1,2,3,

5/18/2019

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                                            Ho,Ho,Ho,Ho   

                     ISAIAH 55:1,2,3

                     Ho, e
very one that thirsteth,
                     come ye to the waters
                     And he that hath no money,
                     come ye, buy and eat
                     Yea, come, buy wine and milk
                     without money and without price


                     Wherefore do ye spend money
                     for that which is not bread
                     and your labor for that
                     which satisfieth not?
                     

                     Hearken diligently unto me, 
                     and eat ye that which is good,
                     and let you soul delight in fatness


                     Incline your ear and come unto me;
                     Hear and your soul shall shall live
                     and I will make an everlasting an 
                     everlasting covenant with you
                     even the sure mercies of David
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LIGHT UP THE DARKNESS  582

5/16/2019

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                     LIGHT UP THE DARKNESS  582       
                       
                 Marilynn Maybee penned the following:

                 "With God's help we can light the darkness."

                 O Lord 
                 Give unto us
                 A powerful lamp
                 That will light up the darkness
                 That those whom we shall meet
                 Might savor life
                 And find it sweet
                 And fine in every moment
                 The joy of living
                 Of giving and forgiving
                 Of striving and gaining
                 That which is eternal
                 And everlasting
                 Help us be part
                 Of the light
                 When and where
                 We can

                 (Written on February 2, 1979)
            

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NEVER AGAIN LIST  540

5/16/2019

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                                                                                                                NEVER AGAIN LIST 540

                                                          We recently read an article
                                          on spiritual warfare by Stephen 
                                          Strang in which he offered a
                                          "Never Again List" of daily 
                                          scripture affirmations. Here
                                          they are for your edification.

                                          Never again will I confess "I can't,
                                          for "I can do all things through Christ
                                          which strengthen me."  Philippians 4.13

                                          Never again will I confess lack, for "My
                                          God shall supply all your needs according
                                          according to his riches in glory in Christ
                                          Jesus."  Philippians 4:19

                                          Never again will I confess fear, for "God 
                                          has not given us a spirit of timidity, but
                                          of power and of love and of a discipline."
                                          2 Timothy 1:7

                                          Never again will I confess lack of doubt
                                          and lack of faith, for "God hath given
                                          to every man the measure of faith."
                                          Romans 12:3

                                          Never again will I confess weakness, for
                                          "The Lord is the Strength of my life."
                                          Psalm 27: 1
                                          And "the people that know their God
                                          will display strength and take action."
                                          Daniel 11:32
    
                                          Never again will I confess supremacy 
                                          of Satan over my life, for "greater is he 
                                          that is within me than he that is in the
                                          world."  1 John 4:4
                                         
​                                          (First published on October 19, 1978)



     
                                               


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MOTHER'S DAY (1979)  618

5/11/2019

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​                                               MOTHER'S DAY (1979)  618
  
                When all the roses have faded away
                And no bloom is found in sight
                There'll still be the lingering fragrance
                Of when mother held me tight

                When the shadows fall at eventide
                My mind remembers in my youth
                The lessons my mother taught so well
                Like always "Always tell the truth"

                Now when I sit by the fire and ponder
                And my thoughts begin to wander
                I think of the care my mother bestowed 
                And my gratitude for her life grows fonder

                And when stories are told by men grown old
                With wistfulness and sheer joy
                I'll remember my mother's love for me
                When I was but a boy

                (Written on May 13, 1979)  


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SECOND THOUGHTS 580

5/11/2019

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                                                       SECOND THOUGHTS 580

                                    From an unknown writer...
                          "Second thoughts they say are best."

                          One of the lessons the Lord keeps
                          trying to teach us is...to have second thoughts, 
                          especially before we speak them aloud.

                          For often, our first thoughts are shaped 
                          by our emotions which are frequently faulty 
                          and need to be tempered and reshaped
                          by the Holy Spirit.

                          When time and circumstance permit, let us
                          wait patiently for better thoughts which may 
                          lead to better actions and reactions... 
                          and better consequences.

                          As we form our second thoughts, may we ask 
                          
ourselves..."Is this what Jesus would think?"... 
                         "Is this what the Holy Spirit would have me say?"

                         "Second thoughts they say are best."
                         Perhaps, in the long run, we shall find 
                         that, indeed they are. 
                         
​                         (Written on January 28, 1979)


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ISAIAH 54:17

5/11/2019

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                           ISAIAH 54:17

                    No weapon that is formed
                    against thee that shall prosper

                                           And every tongue that shall rise
                    against thee in judgment,
                    thou shalt condemn


                    This the heritage of the servants
                    of the Lord
                    And their rightousness is of me,
                    saith the Lord
                        

                                         
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ISAIAH 54:11,12,13

5/5/2019

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                         ISAIAH 54:11,12,13

                         O thou afflicted
                         tossed with tempest
                         and not comforted;
                         Behold I will lay thy stones
                         with fair colors
                         and lay thy foundations
                         with sapphires

                         And I will make thy windows 
                         of agates and thy gates 
                         of red garnet (carbuncles)
​                         and all thy borders
                         of pleasant stones

                         And all thy children
                         shall be taught
                         of the Lord,
                         And great shall be
​                         the peace of thy children

                         
             



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THE POWER OF INFLUENCE 579

5/5/2019

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                                THE POWER OF INFLUENCE 579

        The other day, a couple of new students came
      into our creative writing class that we have been
      privileged to direct at school the past
      few months.

      As these students entered the room for the first
      time, the following thoughts occurred to us...
    
      We are continually influenced by new faces.
      Total strangers become our acquaintances.

      And gradually, or rapidly, these people often
      become our friends...or enemies...or, sometimes,
      forgotten or submerged entities hidden within 
      the recesses of our mind.

      But, nevertheless, their influence has entered
      in upon our souls. And our contact with them...
      has also affected... our future history.

      For good or evil, their acts or auras have
      fastened themselves forever upon our 
souls.

      So then, every word spoken, and every thought we 
      think and every act we perform, influences someone,
      somewhere, everyday.

      May we constantly be aware of the power of our 
      influence upon our fellow man.

      (Written on January 25, 1979)
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