Just moments ago I listened again for the umpteenth time (without tiring of it) to the voice of my two month old great-grandson – absolute music to my ears. Makes my whole soul giddy. It’s like happiness bubbles up from my toes to my eyelashes! It is all pleasure y’ all. Are you getting this with me?
And then! It occurred to me! What if? What if? Listen now! Could it be? Could it be The Father would have such pleasure at hearing our voices? Wouldn’t that just be too wonderful to wrap ourselves around?
If you all knew on our wedding day my husband to be then left his suit pants hanging separate from his jacket (not inside as is his custom) on the door frame of his bedroom instead of bringing them to the church, you would think today’s story is nearly as funny as we do.
So. Today hubby picked up his suit to take it with him and he checked for his pants inside – they were there; we both grinned. We exchanged our ‘see you in a little whiles’ and I followed him out the door. He went right and I went left to check the tomato bushes. It was a short check – good thing. As I turned toward the back door I saw. Yes! pants on the ground! With a giggle already bubbling I scooped them up waving them over my head racing for the front yard. As I reached his car, I said, “you are just set on losing your pants, aren’t you?” His smile is priceless!
Folks, embrace the laughter! Relish together the moments as they come to you and then cherish the memories! It makes life GOOD.
We sang it this morning in closing. I listened. I read the words. I wondered. Can I sing this?
Songs are important. Songs are never just songs. They are messages from the Songwriter. That’s why I am selective with the songs on my listening list. It is my stewardship to regard the message of the song – does it speak well? In some genres, they are prayers or praise, some not; but they are never just words put to musical notes. Like the last one we sang this morning.
Refrain: I surrender all, I surrender all; All to Thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender all.
I surrender all. Do I? Have I? Will I?
All? All the Ill thoughts toward another, toward ourselves? All the resentment for what he or she did? All the anger and bitterness at the unfairness, the injustice? All the hostility for the wrongness of the situation? All the grief for who or what died? All the wounds? All the hurt? All these horizontal relationship hurts, all these earth related trials and sufferings – have we? Have we surrendered them to JESUS? No? Then we lied this morning when we sang that we did.
Too hard? Too harsh? There is a remedy. I’ve used it more than once and the last time was probably not the last time.
Abba, I am willing for You to make me willing to surrender this thing to You.
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