Therefore, what men commonly refer to as "outer
space," more appropriately should be
called "the heavens."
C.S. Lewis, from Out of the Silent Planet (paraphrased)

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ . . ." Ephesians 1:3

"By faith . . . he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God."
Hebrews 11:8-10 (conflated)



Monday, June 15, 2009

"When Life Hands You Lemons . . . "

It's nice to know that "when life hands you lemons" (bad economy), you can not only "make lemonade"—you can also SELL lemonade! On Saturday, at the end of two hours, three gallons of lemonade ("regular" and "sassy raspberry"), and all of the ice (store bagged and freezer-produced), these two female entrepreneurs had earned $25 profit after costs. Quite a few 100% percent tips and one 300% tip helped!! I think Anna and Ellen's added beauty made the lemonade thrice appealing, too.

"Cheers all around!"

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Four Favorite Children's Stories





Today is the 15th anniversary of my marriage. In remembrance of the children from their early years, I have archived (via "links" here) some children's stories that I produced with their mom in 2000. These were four of the kids' (mostly Michael's and Anna's) favorite stories when they were little.

Click on each of the links below to listen to and/or watch each of these stories, produced with their mother's story-telling voice and "sung" original music refrain on Love You Forever, a book given to us by my late mother, Sarah.

The Gingerbread Man (re-telling)
Guess How Much I Love You (Sam McBratney) — animated video with book images
Love You Forever (Robert Munsch) — animated video with book images
Blodin the Beast (Michael Morpurgo)

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"In the Valley"

Words and music by Bob Kauflin
As recorded on Valley of Vision


Lyrics

When You lead me to the valley of vision
I can see You in the heights
And though my humbling wouldn’t be my decision
It’s here Your glory shines so bright
So let me learn that the cross precedes the crown
To be low is to be high
That the valley’s where You make me more like Christ

Chorus:
Let me find Your grace in the valley
Let me find Your life in my death
Let me find Your joy in my sorrow
Your wealth in my need
That You’re near with every breath
In the valley

In the daytime there are stars in the heavens
But they only shine at night
And the deeper that I go into darkness
The more I see their radiant light
So let me learn that my losses are my gain
To be broken is to heal
That the valley’s where Your power is revealed

© 2006 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI).

"Take a Lamb"

Jamie Soles

Lyrics

Take a lamb, lead a spotless lamb to the slaughter
For the sake of yourselves, your sons and your daughters
Put the blood on the doorposts and the lintel of your house
When the angel comes he will see and pass over

Chorus:
Take a lamb, lead a spotless lamb to the slaughter
For the sake of yourselves, your sons and your daughters
Put the blood on the doorposts and the lintel of your house
When the angel comes he will see and pass over

The blood will be to Me a sign
That all within the house are Mine
Those who eat the lamb are delivered from My Hand
I will take them to the land that I have promised

Chorus:
Take a lamb, lead a spotless lamb to the slaughter
For the sake of yourselves, your sons and your daughters
Put the blood on the doorposts and the lintel of your house
When the angel comes he will see and pass over

You shall remember this day
As an evermore memorial to Me
You shall keep the feast, from the greatest to the least
You shall take and eat, remember and believe

Chorus:
Take a lamb, lead a spotless lamb to the slaughter
For the sake of yourselves, your sons and your daughters
Put the blood on the doorposts and the lintel of your house
When the angel comes he will see and pass over


© Jamie Soles Feb 21, 2005
LORD OF THE PAST
Bob Bennett

LYRICS

Every harsh word spoken
Every promise ever broken to me
Total recall of data in the memory
Every tear that has washed my face
Every moment of disgrace that I have known
Every time I've ever felt alone

Chorus:
Lord of the here and now
Lord of the come what may
I want to believe somehow
That you can heal these wounds of yesterday
(You can redeem these things so far away)
So now I'm asking you
To do what you want to do
Be the Lord of the Past
(Be the Lord of my Past)
Oh how I want you to
Be the Lord of the Past

All the chances I let slip by
All the dreams that I let die in vain
Afraid of failure and afraid of pain
Every tear that has washed my face
Every moment of disgrace that I have known
Every time I've ever felt alone

Well I picked up all these pieces
And I built a strong deception
And I locked myself inside of it
For my own protection
And I sit alone inside myself
And curse my company
For this thing that has kept me alive for so long
Is now killing me.
And as sure as the sin rose this morning,
The man in the moon hides his face tonight.
And I lay myself down on my bed
And I pray this prayer inside my head

Lord of the here and now
Lord of the come what may
I want to believe somehow
That you can heal these wounds of yesterday
So now I'm asking you
To do what you want to do
Be the Lord of my Past
You can do anything
Be the Lord of the Past
I know that you can find a way
To heal every yesterday of my life
Be the Lord of the Past

1989 Matters Of The Heart Music (ASCAP)
"Baruch Hashem"
LAMB

Lyrics

The heart of the Jew is Jerusalem
The Messiah his only King
And when in the soul of the Jew He reigns
Peace to the city He brings

Chorus:
Ba-ruch ha-Shem ha-Ma-shi-ach, Yeshua
Ba-ruch ho-Shem A-do-nai
Ba-ruch ha-Shem ha-Ma-shi-ach, Yeshua
Ba-ruch ha-Shem A-do-nai

Behold the Son of Abraham,
Sent by God our people to redeem
When He came forth from Bethlehem
I heard the angels sing

Ba-ruch ha-Shem ha-Ma-shi-ach, Yeshua
Ba-ruch ho-Shem A-do-nai
Ba-ruch ha-Shem ha-Ma-shi-ach, Yeshua
Ba-ruch ha-Shem A-do-nai

Bless His Name for His Name is good
Yeshua ha Mashiach is the Name I love
Bless His Name for His Name is good
Sanctified us by His blood

Now we drink His wine of joy
Filled with the Spirit of Adonai
United in the love Messiah brings
Now we sing to Elohim

Ba-ruch ha-Shem ha-Ma-shi-ach, Yeshua
Ba-ruch ho-Shem A-do-nai
Ba-ruch ha-Shem ha-Ma-shi-ach, Yeshua
Ba-ruch ha-Shem A-do-nai......


Hebrew translation: (Sing this chorus along with the Hebrew.
It works!)

Bless-ed is the name of (the) Mess-i-ah Je-sus (Yeshua)
Bless-ed is the name of the Lord. (Adonai)

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