Because of all the rain this spring, summer, fall, tonight again! the leaves are just amazing colors!! In this picture you can see the bright red of a fire bush; just to the right, the copper color of what I call the "penny" tree (the leaves are a round shape & look like copper pennies in the fall); and the brilliant yellow of the maple tree. The Lord is so good to give us such a dazzling delight to the eyes as we head into the days of winter.

new piano

Our church has as a new piano!! Left to right (back row) Mark Morgan, elder; John Patti, pastor; Will Swisher, elder; Al Watson, visitor.

Left to right (front row) Lorrin Watson, visitor and Chair of the WFAA, Inc.; Brenda Swisher, our church pianist. This is an electric piano which has lots of capabilities and beautiful sound. It replaces our old upright which was terminally out of tune! We were blessed to purchase the piano from some cousins of the pastor's wife who are believers and love the Lord. How precious the Lord's provision is!!!

looking to the future

Just to make you work a bit ~~ a Rod.

And ~~ Praise.

Praise to the Lord

Praise Him

Morning by morning - another "jewel"

"If you would reach to something higher than ordinary groveling experience, look to the Rock that is higher than you, and gaze with the eye of faith through the window of consistent prayer. When you open the window on your side, it will not be bolted on the other". Spurgeon

Eye of faith through the window of consistent prayer - I like that. And I certainly would reach to something higher than ordinary groveling experience.

John 10:10b - "I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."

The Rock that is Higher I

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light

Isaiah 9

1d "In Galilee of the Gentiles.

2 The people who walked in darkness

Have seen a great light;

Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,

Upon them a light has shined."


John 8

12 Then Jesus spoke to them saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."

Carry the Light

Send the Light

no light

Isaiah 8

19 And when they [leaders of Israel] say to you [Isaiah],

“Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,”

should not a people seek their God?

Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?

20 To the law and to the testimony!

If they do not speak according to this word,

it is because there is no light in them."


Israel wants to consult mediums and wizards for answers to her problems.

Isaiah's response ~ "should not a people seek ther God?
Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?"

They should seek their answers in God's Word ~~ if they do not...it means there is no light in them, they are spiritually blind to God.

Haydn in hymnal

While enjoying a new CD of the Haydn string quartets last evening, we were stopped in our tracks when the 2nd movement of the String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76 began the lovely melodies of a very familiar hymn, Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken. Upon checking it out in our Baptist Hymnal (c: 1991), we found that these words were written by John Newton, 1725-1807 and the music by Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809.



And then we found that this same tune by Haydn is used in 2 other hymns, still in the BH, one entitled We Are Called to Be God's People (words by Thomas A. Jackson, 1931-) and the second Word of God, Across the Ages (words by Ferdinand Q. Blanchard, 1876-1968).



I tried to find Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken in the cyberhymnal, but it is not listed. The words are just beautiful and when I think of the man who wrote those words, I am humbled and so thankful for the Power of the Holy Spirit in sinners....saved by Grace.



more, later.

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