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THANK YOU, FATHER Thank you, Father For the present moment When we may align Our hearts with thee Thank you, Father For the visions Thou hast given To help us see Thank you, Father For introducing us To thy Son The Man from Galilee Thank you, Father For thy Spirit That binds our wounds And sets us free Thank you, Father We are now free Free to enjoy thee So very free indeed (First published on September 17, 1978 #527 Some revisions on June 18, 2018)
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ISAIAH 40:6,7,8,9 The voice said, Cry And he said, what shall I crY All flesh is grass And all the goodliness thereof Is as the flower of the field The grass withereth The flower fadeth because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it Surely the people are grass The grass withereth The flower fadeth But the word of our God Shall stand forever O Zion, that bringest good tidings Get thee up into the high mountain O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings Lift up thy voice with strength Lift it up, be not afraid Say unto the cities of Judah Behold your God! THE HOT BOX The other day, our fuse box* became hot, and we had to call an electrician to come and replace it with a new one. Fortunately, we had no problem locating a good one, one who had the expertise to solve our problem. But, even he had a difficult time finding a fuse box that was the same size and shape as ours. The search took about five days. Perhaps the heated hot box was used by God to let us know that while he is interested in our problems, his solutions are not always immediately forthcoming. To change, to be transformed, to have our hot boxes cool down, usually takes a period of time, in which we have the opportunity to increase our patience with ourselves, and with others. (Good luck with this one, Morgan. Yea, right! I should have been a doctor, maybe then I would have had more patience, sp!) *You may have to take a while to explain to your kids what a hot box was. (This article was first published on September 19, 1978 #528) FATHER'S DAY (1981) O father dear We still do see Ourselves when We were small And how we Used to wonder At your height And wish that We were tall The years so quickly Have flown away Our lives Have changed a lot The summer's gone When we were young Memories now are All we've got Your walk, your talk You had a certain style But of all your graces We seek to emulate It has to be your smile It's your day, Pop You'll face it With a grin This is our salute to you Courage and honor personified Our father and our friend (First published June 21, 1981 #907) ISAIAH 40:1,2,3,4,5 Comfort ye comfort ye my people saith your God Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished that her iniquity is pardoned for she hath received of the Lord's hand double (recompense) for all her sins The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness Prepare ye, the way of the Lord Make straight in the desert a highway for our God Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain shall be made low And the crooked shall be made straight and the rough places plain And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed And all flesh shall see it together For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it GOD IN THE BREEZE There's a nice warm breeze Blowing across our verdant lawn Sending warmth, comfort and consolation down our way To many with anxious heart Do you not feel God in the breeze We do (Written early Sunday morning, June 10, 2018) VICTORY IS OURS Listen up. We're in this thing together. Whatever your problem is, however insurmountable it seems, you are not alone. God is with you. He is on your side. He will see you through whatever crisis you may be experiencing. And you have our prayers. This article is our prayer for you. It is our testimony to you. God cares. About you. And so do we. We want to see you overcome. By the power of the living Christ, you may become an overcomer. God is in the center of your problems. He is the in the center of your solutions. Link arms. Link minds. Link hearts with God in Christ. And the gates of hell shall not prevail against you. (First published on September 12,1978 #525 Some revisions, June 7, 2018) ISAIAH 39:5,6,8 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, hear the word of the Lord of hosts Behold, the days come, that all that is thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, for there shall be peace and truth in my days DAFFY DUCK Having engaged in name calling since we were little children, it thrilled us to read that some of our Washington elite have elevated this ancient sport to new heights (or should we say new depths) of national notoriety). According to our newspaper, Hamilton Jordan, President Carter's Chief of Staff, referred to Zbigniew Brzezinski as Woody Woodpecker. Brzezinski retorted by calling Jordan, Porky Pig. Now, while we have never met Woody or Porky while visiting Washington, we, nevertheless, have suspected that there is more than one Daffy Duck in our Capitol barnyard. What with all the high-costing bureaucratic shenanigans taking place in D.C., it's enough to make the folks back home whistle a Looney Tune. (First published on September 7, 1978. Ah, those were the good old days when disparaging remarks were still courteous and mild). #523 79.999999999 Some things just don't come along too often. Take, for instance, the the last few moments just prior to my beginning my eighth decade of life on this earth. I do not have the time or the inclination to write an exhaustive autobiography of my life or to write a coprehesive summary of my philosophy of life. However, I have gathered a few beliefs over the course of the past eighty years: First, thanks to our Constitution containing the Bill of Rights, American is the greatest country in the world when it comes to providing the basic rights, freedoms and liberties that all countries should enjoy. Our founding fathers championed individualism and abhorred a large federal government. There were no permanent federal taxes until the 1930s. Since the 1930s, there has been a concerted effort to turn our country into a socialistic state. Sixty million "deployables" understood this and thus we had the results of the 2016 Presidential election. I would encourage anyone to make, through honest means, as much money as he or she wants to make. Yes, you may become highly immoral if you become filthy rich. But, there are just as many immoral poor and and middle class folks as there are rich ones. Most Americans understand a family is better off with a good income as to a meager one or with no income at all. Because our entrepreneurial system allows so many "to get ahead," or become as rich as a person may earn, this causes the millions of us to work 40 to 60 hours a week, so as to purchase a comfortable home, usually on a mortgage, unfortunately, or modern car, and sufficient food or clothing and then any other item we might deem as a luxury. Along the way, if some of us become millionaires or billionaires, that's okay, too. It's always better to have your money in your pockets than in some politician's pockets. (I started this article on June 09, but did not to finish it until now, 4:52 pm Sunday the 10th. Way past the 79.999999999. I'm beginning to feel older already.) |
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