heaven, marching band, music

Listen for a Prelude

A violinist stands center field giving a unique touch to our high school band’s show this year. The melancholy tune adds a haunting melody that speaks to the soul. Their music tells a story. I wish I could describe it. The music crescendos with trumpets and tubas, flutes and clarinets, drums, bells, cymbals….ahhh the cymbals. My heart swells with the beauty of …

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Ben Franklin, heaven, new bodies, sanctification

Benjamin Franklin’s Epitaph

This was sent to me by a good friend. I loved it and had to share it with my readers. I think old Ben had the right idea. He knew this is not home. The body of                     B. Franklin, Printer                (Like the Cover of an Old Book                     Its Contents torn Out           And Stript of its Lettering …

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godd and bad memories, heaven, Jesus, love Dr. Seuss

Wacky Wednesday Rewrite (2010 Post)

When my kids were small, we loved to read Dr. Seuss before they went to bed. One of our favorite Seuss books was Wacky Wednesday. Anybody remember that one? It was about a kid who woke up one Wednesday morning to find everything weird and well…wacky! There were socks on his wall, shoes upside down in the air, baby strollers …

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heaven, repentance, riches in Christ, self-pity, worry

Earthbound

Wait quietly in My Presence while My thoughts form silently in the depths of your being. Do not try to rush this process, because hurry keeps you earthbound… (Jesus Calling, 276). Hurry keeps us earthbound.Wrong priorities keep us earthbound.Self-pity keeps us earthbound.Worry keeps us earthbound.Religious pride keeps us earthbound.Any pride keeps us earthbound.etc. etc. etc. But Christ died for our …

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