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SEPTEMBER SONG #530

8/26/2018

  SEPTEMBER SONG #530

For us and our children,
September is the month
of new beginnings

A new school calendar,
easily sectioned off
by the holidays along
the way

Halloween, Thanksgiving,
Christmas, New Years,
as nearly a half of the
year quickly passes by

Heavenly Father
Be with us as once again
as we begin another school year
Help us see and know who
the real teacher is

Help us see how much we still
have to learn. Give us the power
to persist and prevail over all
the most difficult of lessons and
assignments we may receive
this year

O Lord, become for us,
Our September song.
  Fill us with thy hope, thy peace,
thy love
In Jesus' name, amen

(First published on September 24,
1978 #530. Some revisions made
on August 26,2018)

WHO IS FAITHFUL #162

8/26/2018

  WHO IS FAITHFUL #162

Who will comfort us when sick
Who will share our hopes and dreams
Who will care while others steal away
Who will be with us in our darkest hours
Who will calm us as the tempest rages
Who will guide us through waters unchartered
Who will be gentle and kind when others are not
Who will never break a promise
Who will be our lifelong friend
  "There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother"
Proverbs 18:24
  "The Lord is faithful" Second Thessalonians 3:3

        (First published on May 2,1976 #162, scriptures added on
August 14, 2018)

ISAIAH 43:1,2,3,10

8/25/2018

   ISAIAH 43:1,2,3,10

But now saith the Lord
that created thee...Fear not,
for I have redeemed thee
I have called thee by name
Thou art mine

When thou passeth through the waters
I will be with thee
And through the rivers
They shall not overflow thee
When thou walkest through the fire
Thou shalt shalt not be burned
Neither shall the flame kindle upon thee
For I am the Lord thy God,
The Holy One of Israel...

Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord
and my servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he

Before me there was no God formed
neither shall be after me

ISAIAH 42:10,11,12,16,21,23

8/19/2018

   ISAIAH 42:10-12,16,21,23

   Sing unto the Lord a new song,
and his praise from the end
of the earth, ye that go down
to the sea and all the inhabitants
thereof

Let the wilderness and the cities
thereof lift up their voice, the villages
that Kedar doth inhabit

Let the inhabitants of the rock sing
Let them shout from the top
  of the mountains

Let them give glory unto the Lord
and declare his praise in the islands

  And I will bring the blind by a way
that they knew not
I will lead them in paths that they
have not known

I will make darkness light before them,
and crooked things straight

These things will I do unto them,
and forsake them not

  The Lord is well pleased, for his righteousness
He will magnify the law and make it honourable

    Who among you will give ear to this
Who will harken and hear, for the time to come

WHIFFLE

8/16/2018

   WHIFFLE

There's a whiffle of fall
In the soft sullen air
Almost imperceptible
But it is there

Still the warm summer breeze
Clings, hanging to the maples
And magnolias, full of leaves
Not bare, as the nighttimes
Begin there measured cooling,
We perceive an autumn there

And we saw a butterfly
Flitting, flirting nimbly,
Flying away presumably
On a dare

Soon the summer endeth
For autumn is acoming
There's a pleasant whiffle
Of it, we sense it slightly
Lightly, in the summer aire

(Written on August 8, 2018)

ON REFLECTING 535

8/16/2018

   ON REFLECTING

Somewhere, sometime, for the first time
in your life, you will step aside from your actions
and outside of your original thoughts and feelings.

And, you will judge the merits of some previous happening
in your life. And when you do this, by the very nature
of the act of reflecting, you shall begin to see and understand
and acknowledge one of the traits that separate man
from all other species of life, to wit: Man has the ability
to reflect.

And thus we become accountable for what we think
   and say and do.

And since God knew it would be difficult for man
to continually live with his reflections, he sent
his son to save us from our tarnished reflections.

(First published on October 5, 1978, #535,
with some revisions on August 16, 2018)

OUT OF THE TUNNEL

8/13/2018

OUT OF THE TUNNEL

An unknown writer has written...

"Some of us may enter the light sooner
than others. But we are all moving
towards it."

A train in a tunnel does not bring each
passenger at the same time out of darkness
into the light of day.

Those in the front part of the train are the
first to see the glimmer of light.
They leave the tunnel behind while their
fellow passengers are still in the dark.

But, even while the train is in the tunnel,
all are moving towards the light.

So all who have started on the journey
towards health of body and soul...may
reach their destination as long as they
continue toward the light.

Out of the tunnel
Into the light
Hello to sunshine
Goodbye to the night
Farewell to wrongdoing
As We cling to the right
Victory is ours
If we'll stay in the fight

(First published on May 4, 1976 #163)

ISAIAH 42:1-3,6-9

8/13/2018

ISAIAH 42:1-3,6-9

     Behold my servant, whom I uphold
                                 mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth
                                 I have put my spirit upon him:he shall bring
                                 forth judgment to the Gentiles

He shall not cry, nor lift up
  nor cause his voice
to be heard in the street
A bruised reed shall he not break
and the smoking flax he shall not quench
he shall bring forth judgment unto truth

I the Lord have called thee in righteousness
                                 and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee
                                and give thee for a covenant of the people
                                 for a light of the Gentiles:

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners
                                    from the prison, and them that sit in darkness
                                     out of the prison house
I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will
I not give to another, neither my praise to graven
images

                                Behold, the former things are come to pass,
                                 And, new things do I declare: before they spring forth,
                                I tell you of them.

WHO IS FAITHFUL 162

8/9/2018

   WHO IS FAITHFUL #162

Who will comfort us when sick
Who will share our hopes and dreams
Who will care while others steal away
Who will be with us in our darkest hours
Who will calm us as the tempest rages
Who will guide us through waters unchartered
Who will be gentle and kind when others are not
Who will never break a promise
Who will be our lifelong friend
  "There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother"
Proverbs 18:24
  "The Lord is faithful" Second Thessalonians 3:3

(First published on May 2,1976 #162; scriptures added on
August 14, 2018)

HARLY

8/4/2018

       HARLY

A few days ago, my favorite canine,
Harly, passed away. The toil of time
finally caught up with her and she
had to go.

Harly was a medium size black Pug
with a sleek black sheen and a cute
round pug nose and small little floppy
black ears outlined with thin white
   pencil lines.

She was cute and kind. Totally sweet
and caring. Totally nice and affectionate.

Harly will be missed. She will be sorely
missed. Hope we get to see you again.
Love you Harly.

(Written on August 2, 2018)