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BE MY LAMP, LORD "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." (Psalm 119:105) Be my lamp, Lord Be my light Go before me Both day and night With calm assurance, Lord Lead me along Let thy peace Become my song Be my light, Lord Be my guide Let me walk By thy side Guide my feet, Lord Mark my way Guide my feet Both night and day (Written in 1978)
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PSALM 119 TETH:65,66,68,72 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word Teach me good judgment and knowledge For I have believed thy commandments Thou art good, and doest good Teach me thy statutes The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver BEAUTIFUL FALL Beautiful breeze Blowing through the trees Cool air without a care Nowhere, Nowhere Leaves falling Leaving trees bare So there, so there Winter's on it's way But for now, 'tis Fall Bringing solace To my soul Letting go of days Too old, too old Beautiful Fall, Beautiful Fall With leaves of gold Biding me forward As I grow old, as I grow old I go play with piled up leaves Of red, green, silver, brown Before the winter sun bears down Before the winter sun bears down (Written on September 29, 2016) PSALM 119 CHETH:57,58,59,60,64 Thou art my portion, O Lord I have said that I would keep thy words I entreated thy favor with my whole heart Be merciful unto me according to thy word I thought on my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments The earth, O Lord is full of thy mercies Teach me thy statutes SALTY OLD GAL The other evening as we were pouring salt on our corn on the cob and pork chops, we remembered, Lot's wife (Genesis 19). Now, there was a salty old gal. Lot, his wife, and two daughters were permitted to leave the forewarned city of Sodom prior to the Lord destroying its unrighteous inhabitants. Upon leaving Sodom, Lot's family was told not to look back upon the city. Unfortunately, Lot's wife couldn't resist a backward glance at the city and life she was leaving behind. And so, Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt. Don't turn back. No backward glances. Keep going forward in the Lord. This, for many of us, has been the difficult task in our Christian walk. After all, Sodom has always inticingly beckoned, and beckons us still. Be careful when it comes to backward glances. They could be fatal. BISCUIT Our Himalayan friend, Biscuit, passed away this week. He was a month shy of 20 years old. Of all the pets we have had through the years, Biscuit, by far, was the feistiest of them all. He was our bitey, bitey boy. For many years he and I played the bitey, bitey game, which he usually won. Boy, did he have sharp teeth! Like all the rest of our cats and dogs who have crossed over, we surely miss him and hope to see him again some day. PSALM 119 ZAIN:50,52,54,55 This is my comfort in my affliction for thy word hath quickened me I remember thy judgments of old O, Lord and have comforted myself Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage I have remembered thy name and have kept thy law CHRIST IS MY SHIELD AND ARMOUR Christ is my shield and armour He is my trumpet call He helps me fight my battles And be victor over all Christ is my pride and power He is my liberty He overcame the chains of sin And gave new life to me Christ marches on before me And this I surely know Where 'ere he cares to lead me Most gladly will I go Through trials and temptations I dare not shun the fight For the Lord doth lead me onward With his sword of truth and right (Written in 1960, last verse in 1963) THE SIMPLE THING One of our favorite stories is found in Second Kings, chapter five of the Old Testament. It is the story of Naaman, the mighty Syrian Army Captain. Heroic. Honorable. Valiant. But, alas, he was a leper. He travels to Israel to see Elisha the Prophet. Elisha tells him to do a very simple thing... go wash seven times in the Jordan River... and be healed. But like most of us, Naaman was full of pride and his vanity would not permit him to do the simple thing. Finally, Naaman's servants persuaded him to do the simple thing, and as soon as he did, "his flesh became as healthy as a little child's... and he was healed." Alas, the world continues to entice us to do that which is complicated. But the Lord continues to offer us the way and the ways of simplicity. When will ever learn? 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 |
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