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PSALM 37:1,3,4,6,8,11,25

10/30/2014

PSALM 37:1,3,4,6,8,11,25

Fret not thyself
because of evil doers
Neither be thou envious
against the workers
of iniquity

Trust in the Lord and do good
so shall thou dwell in the land
And verily, thou shalt be fed

Delight thyself also in the Lord
and he shall give thee
the desires
of thine heart
And he shall bring forth
thy righteousness
as the light
And thy judgment
as the noonday

Cease from anger
and forsake wrath
Fret not thyself in any wise
to do evil

The meek shall inherit the earth
and shall delight themselves
in the abundance
of peace

I
have been young,
but now
I am old
Yet I have not seen
the righteous forsaken
nor his seed
begging bread

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GET IN GEAR

10/30/2014

(The following is one of a series of articles
we wrote while taking what became known
to our family in 1977 as our Great Western
Trek, as we travelled from Maryland to Utah.)

GET IN GEAR

During the morning of the first day of
our "Great Western Trek", we drove into
a gas station, and rolled down our window
to give the attendant our request.
(Ah, those were the good old days when
someone pumped the gas and cleaned
the windshields for you!)

As we rolled down our window, the window
knob came loose and kept going 'round and
around as though to say, "Ha , ha...See, I'm
going to do my own thing, and there's nothing
you can do about it."

At that moment, that window knob became
of no earthly use to anybody. Many of us
become like that at times. We go 'round
and around in our own conceited circles,
while accomplishing little of eternal value.

Like that freewheeling window knob, we need
to get in gear...

Get in gear with Engineer of the Universe, so
that we might function smoothly and in harmony
with God and our fellow men. And, be of some
earthly value while we may.

COME SOFT SPIRIT COME

10/30/2014

COME SOFT SPIRIT COME

Come soft Spirit come
Whisper to our hearts
Words we need to hear
Tap us on the shoulder
And let us know
That thou art near

Come soft Spirit come
Swiftly as a flame
Burn away our dross
Take our worn down eyes
From off our wearied selves
To focus on the cross

Come soft Spirit come
Let your mercy flow
Gently as a dove
And let us all now sing
With one accord
And publish forth thy love

PSALM 36:5,6,7,9

10/25/2014

  PSALM 36:5,6,7,9

Thy mercy
   O Lord
Is in the heavens
and thy faithfulness
reacheth unto the clouds

Thy righteousness is like
the great mountains
Thy judgments
are a great
deep
O Lord
Thou preservest
man and beast

How excellent is thy lovingkindness
O God
Therefore
  the children of men
put there trust
under the shadow
of thy wings

For with thee
is
the fountain of life

In thy light
shall we
see
light

A FEW SOREHEADS

10/25/2014

(The following is one of a series of articles
we wrote while taking what became known
to our family in 1977 as our Great Western
Trek, as we travelled from Maryland to Utah.)

A FEW SOREHEADS

As we passed by the town of Stanton ,
Texas, we read the following billboard
allurement...

"Welcome to Stanton...Home of 3,000
friendly people, and a few soreheads".

Unfortunately, due to the press of time, we
were unable to visit what must be one of
America's more honest towns.

While we would enjoy the handshakes
and appreciate the hospitality of those
"friendly" folk, we highly suspect we would
not feel too out of place sitting down to a lively
beef and bull barbecue in the company of a
few of those more colorful and enjoyable
...soreheads. How would or could any town
better itself without them

If we ever get the chance, we'd like to go
back to Stanton for a short visit with those
wonderful, bullheaded rascals.

LIVING WATER

10/25/2014

LIVING WATER

Come on
O Fount
Of Living Water
Wash down the mountains
Of our sorrows and despair

Splash headlong
O'er our hearts and minds
Cascade quenchingly
Past our broken yesterdays
Flood our dry riverbeds
With thy satisfying hope.

Spring up within us
O Living Water
Become our refreshment
And Contentment
For today

That our joy
May be full
And effervescent
Often and eternally.

PSALM 35: 9,18,27

10/16/2014

PSALM 35:9,18,27

My soul
shall be joyful
in the Lord
It shall rejoice
in his
salvation

I
will give thee thanks
in
the great congregation
I will
praise thee
among much people

Let them shout
for joy
and be glad
that favor
my righteous cause

Yea, let them say
continually
Let the Lord be magnified
which hath pleasure
in the prosperity
of his servant

BEST OF FRIENDS

10/16/2014

BEST OF FRIENDS

We just received word by phone
that some of our best friends may
be moving to a new location in pursuit
of a new vocation.

We can't speak for you, but for us, it takes
a little while to generate and cultivate a genuine
lasting friendship.

And it seems that within a year or two after developing
these close relationships, either we or they move away.

For instance, we recently visited some "best of friends"
now living in Arizona and found, as we knew we would,
the same amicableness as when they lived "next door."

We are also learning the truth of Harry Emerson Fosdick's
words... "No man is the whole of himself. His friends are
the rest of him."

Hip-Hip Hooray

10/16/2014

HIP-HIP HOORAY

Did you notice how the British stood up
and cheered every point scored by 14 year-old
Tracy Austin during the recent Wimbledon Tennis Championship?

Perhaps our British cousins, like their American
relatives, are fed up with the continual rude antics
of some of our more spoiled, nasty-mouthed overpaid
tennis stars.

Maybe we are beginning to yearn for heroes and heroines, young and old, who are fresh, courteous and clean in appearance and manner.

Tennis "bums" move over. Make way for the good players...
with the good manners.

(This article (essay) was originally written in July, 1977.)

PSALM 34:1,3,8,14,18

10/9/2014

PSALM 34:1,3,4,8,14,18

I will bless the Lord
at all times
His praise shall
continually be
in my mouth

O
Magnify the lord with me
And let us magnify
His name
Together

I sought the Lord
And he heard me
and delivered me
from all my fears

O taste and see
that the Lord is good
Blessed is the man
  that trusteth
in him

Depart from evil and do good
Seek Peace
and
Pursue it

The Lord is nigh
unto them
that are
of a broken heart

And saveth them
such as be
of a contrite spirit