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PSALM 114:1,2,3,4,7 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob From a people of strange language Judah was his sanctuary and Israel his dominion The sea saw it and fled Jordan was driven back The mountains skipped like rams and little hills like lambs Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob
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'TWAS A MOTORCYCLE SKY 'Twas a motorcycle sky With put-put clouds all around The dark midnight road rose up And where was I as the moon looked down Casting white shadows on the dour ground Without a sound being made In silence o'er the town As I listened and I heard Put-put, put-put, put (Written June 24,2016) ON THIS DAY An unknown author has written "On this day... Mend a quarrel Search out a forgotten friend Dismiss suspicion, And replace it with trust Write a love letter Share some treasure Give a soft answer Encourage youth Manifest your loyalty, In a word or deed Keep a promise Find the time Forego a grudge Forgive an enemy Listen Apologize if you were wrong Try to understand Flout envy Examine your demands on others Think first of someone else Appreciate, be kind, be gentle Laugh a little more Deserve confidence Take up arms against malice Decry complacency Express your gratitude Worship your God Gladden the heart of a child Take pleasure in the beauty And wonder of the earth" PSALM 113:1,2,3,4.5,7,8 Praise ye the Lord Praise, O ye servants of the Lord Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name be praised The Lord is high above the nations and his glory above the heavens Who is like unto the Lord our God who dwelleth on high He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill That he might set him with princes even with the princes of his people THE GLORY OF GOD IS NOT HIDDEN The glory of God is not hidden Nor is it forbidden, but is Open and offered to all To you, to me We just have to be willing To see, for it is all around us And within us And it is free for the asking Free for the taking Given to us from our loving And merciful God Who truly cares for us Daily and forever Indeed (Written on June 21,2016) RAISING SAND "The golden moments of the stream of life rush past us," wrote George Eliot, "and we see nothing but sand." Have we ever let any golden moments slip past? What about... The time our children wanted our attention, but we continued reading the paper The time our kids wanted to get an ice-cream cone, but we took a nap The time our wife wanted some empathy, but we gave her an argument The time that young man in the twelfth pew wanted a kind word, but we gave him a snubbed nose Oh, Lord, deliver us from raising sand Help us, instead, to make of our moments, golden grains of sunshine SEND ME If you read the New Testament carefully, you will discover that the disciples of Jesus Christ were usually being sent somewhere, in distance from a half mile to several hundred miles. If Christ were to send us somewhere today, would it matter where? And, would we go? Ponder these lines by George M. Matheson... Send me To the hearts without a home To the lives without a love To the crowd without a compass To the ranks without a refuge Send me To the children whom none have blessed To the famished whom none have visited To the demoniacs whom none have claimed Send me To the fallen whom none have lifted To the lepers whom none have touched To the bereaved whom none have comforted Then I shall have the birthright of the fist born Then shall I have the blessing of the mighty God of Jacob PSALM 112:1,2,3,4,7,8 Praise ye the Lord Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord that delighteth greatly in his commandments His seed shall be mighty upon the earth The generation of the upright shall be blessed Wealth and riches shall be in his house And his righteousness endureth forever Unto the upright there shall ariseth light in the darkness He is gracious and and full of compassion and righteousness He shall not be afraid of evil tidings His heart is fixed trusting in the Lord His heart is established He shall not be afraid Until he see his desire Upon his enemies IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW This week, Donna and I attended the funeral of our daughter-in-laws' mother. She passed away after a relative short battle with cancer. Her family and friends shall greatly miss her. We have been to more funerals in the last twelve months than in the prior forty years. It obviously must come within the territory of senior citizenship. Though we may walk and live in the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil or pain or sorrow. We seek for comfort and consolation from our family, friends, and our God. At birth, we are born into this valley, and here we shall live until we, too, are called home by the one who sent us here. It is often difficult for us who are left behind to exuberantly carry on when a loved one leaves us. But what better choice do we have? Carry on, and go forward. May peace be upon your souls. (Written on June 12, 2016) THE SUN COMES UP IN THE MORN "Always again," wrote Richard L. Evans, "there is another day. Always, eternally, there is hope and faith...and morning." Regardless of the clouds banked against us Whether things go all right or all wrong We have this witness to bear The sun still comes up in the morning The sun comes up in the morn. Even if our day has been discouraging And our paths have been strewn with stones This is a truth we love to share The sun still comes up in the morning The sun comes up in the morn. So, if today's thunder has muffled our song And shaken our soul and rattled our bones With you we rejoice and gratfully declare The sun still comes up in the morning The sun come up in the morn. |
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