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.

 

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)

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