Saturday, September 30, 2017

The September Of My Ears...





Songs of Septembers past...
 Which bring back many
 fond memories of happier times
in my life and of the America I once knew...


Everybody Loves Somebody
Dean Martin
(1964)





Downtown
Petula Clark
(1965)





Turn Around Look At Me
The Vogues
(1966)





Please Love Me Forever
Bobby Vinton
(1967)




Memories
Elvis Presley
(1968)




Good Morning Starshine
Oliver
(1969)





Band of Gold
Freda Payne
(1970)





I Feel The Earth Move
Carole King
(1971)



Rocky Mountain High
John Denver
(1972)



Operator
Jim Croce
(1973)




Ramblin' Man
The Allman Brothers
(1973)





The Streak
Ray Stevens
(1974)





The Last Farewell
Roger Whittaker
(1975)






Nights Are Forever Without You
England Dan and John Ford Coley
(1976)






Just The Way You Are
Billy Joel
(1977)





The Gambler
Kenny Rogers
(1978)




The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Charlie Daniels Band
(1979)





Love Look What You've Done To Me
Boz Scaggs
(1980)






Endless Love
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
(1981)



Even The Nights Are Better
Air Supply
(1982)




All Time High
Rita Coolidge 
(1983)







Almost Paradise
Mike Reno and Ann Wilson
(1984) 






Kyrie
Mister Mister
(1985)





Your Wildest Dreams
The Moody Blues
(1986)





Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses
Kathy Mattea
(1987)






Desire
U2
(1988)





End of The Line
The Travelling Wilburys
(1989)








Hope you enjoyed this trip down Memory Lane!
Thanks for stopping by!





























































































































































































































Pumpkins In The Fall



What could be more showy
Then pumpkins in the Fall?
And if you see a field of them,
Why that's the best of all!


Pumpkins Ready For Picking




Isn't it amazing,
The variety God made
Of vegetables and fruits and nuts
And the trees that give off shade?

It must be just a hint of all
The wonder that God is...
Able to create the world we see
From nothing, and it's His!

Would that people could stand out
Like pumpkins in a field...
Bright with love and giving back
to God a high. high yield!




Autumn Memories
Alan Giana






"Pumpkins In the Fall"
Margaret Peterson




Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) 10th of Tishrei, 5778







יום הכיפורים

Known as the Day of Atonement,
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year for
observant Jews around the world. A time of atonement,
 for the repentance of sin, this is a day of intense prayer
and fasting, with many people attending services
for the entire day at a synagogue.
Yom Kippur completes the High Holy Days,
often called, "the Days of Awe".

Believers in Messiah Yeshua are not
required to observe the Day of Atonement
simply because He provided total sufficiency,
or atonement for us with our Father
 by the shedding of His precious
blood on the cross.


"Day of Atonement"
Zola Levitt
(2012)



If you make the most High your dwelling place,
Then no harm will befall you
For he will command His angels,
To guard you in all your ways.

May you shine like the stars in the heavens
And be clothed all in white
May you dwell as a pillar, in the Temple
And eat of the Tree of Life.
(refrain)

Look to the Lord and His strength
Seek His face always
Then Your eyes will see the glory of the Lord
As you walk in paths of righteousness.

May your name be written in the Book of Life
As those who fear and honor the Lord
May you be God's treasured possession,
Hating evil and loving what is good.



May You Shine
Zemer Levav



"May You Shine"
Written by Shimrit Hanes
From the album, "As Long As I Breathe"
 Galilee of Nations Music USA, Inc.




 









Wednesday, September 27, 2017

We Always Pay For That "Need" September 1917






I have been very much impressed by a sentence
I read in an advertisement of farm machinery,
and here it is for you to think about:

"The minute we need a thing, we begin
paying for it whether we buy it or not."





That is true of farm machinery on the face of it.
If a farm tool is actually needed, it will,
without question, have to be bought in time;
and the farmer begins paying for it at once
in loss of time or waste or damage
resulting from not having it.
He might even, if buying
 was put off long enough,
pay the whole price of the machine
and still not have it.

A dentist once said to me,
"I don't care whether people come to me
when they should or put off coming as long
as they possibly can. I know they'll come in
time, and the longer they put it off 
the bigger my bill will be when they do come."
We begin to pay the dentist
 when our teeth first need attention
 whether they have that attention or not.

"I can't afford to build a machine shed this year," 
said farmer Jones,
and so his machinery stood out 
in the weather to rot and rust.
The next year he had to spend
 so much for repairs and new
machines that he was less able
 than before to build the shed.
He is paying for that protection
 for his machinery, 
but he may never have it.






We think we cannot afford
 to give children the proper schooling.

"Besides, their help
 is needed on the farm," we say.

We shall pay for that education
 which we do not give them.
Oh, we shall pay for it!

When we see our children
 inefficient and handicapped,
perhaps through life,
 for the lack of the knowledge they
should have gained in their youth,
 we shall, if in no
other way, pay in our hurt pride
 and our regret that we
did not give them a fair chance,
 though quite likely
we shall pay in money too.
The children, more's the pity,
 must pay also.


Mr. Colton's work kept him outdoors
 in all kinds of weather, and one autumn
 he did not buy the warm clothing he needed.
 He said he could not afford to do so and would
make an old overcoat last through.
 The old coat outlasted him,
for he took a chill from exposure 
and died of pneumonia.
So he paid with his life
 for a coat he never had, and his
widow paid the bills 
which amounted to a great deal
more than the cost of an overcoat.






Instances multiply as one looks for them.
We certainly do begin paying for a thing when we
actually need it, whether we buy it or not;
but this is no plea for careless buying as it is
just as great a mistake to buy what we do not need
as it is not to buy what we should.

In the one case we pay before,
 and in the other,
we usually keep paying
 after the real purchase.
One thing always leads to another
 and even to two or three,
 and it requires good business judgment
 to buy the right thing at the right time.



"Forever Red"
Charles Freitag






"We Always Pay For The "Need"
Written by Laura Ingalls Wilder
From the book, "Little House In The Ozarks"
A Laura Ingalls Wilder Sampler
The Rediscovered Writings
Edited by Stephen W. Hines
(1991)



Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled



Call Jehovah thy Salvation,
Rest beneath the Almighty's shade,
In His secret habitation
Dwell, and never be dismayed;



Zion National Park
Utah



There no tumult shall alarm thee,
Thou shalt dread no hidden snare;
Guile, nor violence can harm thee,
In eternal safeguard there.

From the sword at noon day wasting,
From the noisome pestilence,
In the depth of midnight blasting,
God shall be thy sure Defense:

He shall charge His angel legions
Watch and ward o'er thee to keep;
Though thou walk through hostile regions,
Though in desert wilds thou sleep.

Since, with pure and firm affection,
Thou on God hast set thy love,
With the wings of His protection
He will shield thee from above:



The Shiprock Inselberg
New Mexico



Thou shalt call on Him in trouble,
He will hearken, He will save;
Here for grief reward thee double,
Crown with life beyond the grave.





Cathedral Rock
Sedona, Arizona





"The Life In Christ"
James Montgomery
(1822)
Arranged from
 "Psaumes Octante Trois"
Geneva (1551)




Sunday, September 24, 2017

Fourth Sunday Meditation: Redeemed! How I Love To Proclaim It



"Thus says the Lord:
Let not the wise and skillful person
glory and boast in wisdom and skill;
let not the mighty and powerful person
glory and boast in his strength and power;
let not the person who is rich in physical
gratification and earthly wealth
glory and boast in his temporal
satisfactions and earthly riches.

But let him who glories glory in this:
that he understands and knows Me personally
and practically, directly discerning and recognizing
My character, that I am the Lord, Who practices
loving-kindness and judgment, and righteousness
in the earth, for in these things I delight,
says the Lord."
Jeremiah 9:23-24



The Lamb of God
Greg Olsen


"But it is from Him that you have your life
in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom
from God, revealed to us a knowledge of the divine
plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself
as our Righteousness, thus making us upright and
putting us in right standing with God, and our
Consecration, making us pure and holy, and our
Redemption, providing our ransom from
eternal penalty for sins.

So then, as it is written, Let him who boasts
and proudly rejoices and glories, boast and proudly
rejoice and glory in the Lord."
1 Corinthians 1:30-31



Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it!
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;
Redeemed through His infinite mercy,
His child and forever I am.

(Refrain)
Redeemed, redeemed,
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;
Redeemed, redeemed,
His child and forever I am.

Redeemed, and so happy in Jesus,
No language my rapture can tell;
I know that the light of His presence
With me doth continually dwell.
(Refrain)

I think of my blessed Redeemer,
I think of Him all the day long:
I sing, for I cannot be silent;
His love is the theme of my song.
(Refrain)

I know there's a crown that is waiting,
In yonder bright mansions for me,
And soon, with the spirits made perfect,
At home with the Lord I shall be.
(Refrain)





"Redeemed! How I Love To Proclaim It"
Words by Fanny Crosby
Music by William J. Kirkpatrick