As we noted yesterday: “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” Having considered gratitude’s connection with the past, let us now consider its connection with today. Though today may have … [Read more...] about GRATITUDE’S VISION (Part 2 of 3)
GRATITUDE’S VISION (Part 1 of 3)
Someone has said, “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” [shared by Tom Green] Think about that. Have there not been moments when present circumstances brought twinges of despair and … [Read more...] about GRATITUDE’S VISION (Part 1 of 3)
HEART FOR! (Part 4 of 4)
Over the last few days we have noted, the heart not fully for God nor in tune with God and the difference of a heart that is. That is the heart which can sustain a song for God wherever we might be. This is because that with which we are filled is what will flow from our life. Even as the psalmist David wrote in … [Read more...] about HEART FOR! (Part 4 of 4)
HEART FOR! (Part 3 of 4)
We have considered the heart not fully for God and not in tune with God, but what about the heart that is? Can that heart find the song even in challenging circumstances? Even in restraint, can the freedom to well up in song still be experienced? Can even a place of dampness fail to dampen the spirit of song? … [Read more...] about HEART FOR! (Part 3 of 4)
HEART FOR! (Part 2 of 4)
Yesterday we noted the request for one of the beautiful songs of Zion while exiles were in Babylon. Even when the message of a song is not taken to heart, the singing can still be considered beautiful and pleasant. In this sense the song can become a performance even without any higher purpose. However, has life … [Read more...] about HEART FOR! (Part 2 of 4)
