...thoughts expressed here are not necessarily final.
October 10, 2005 trip cut short
Got a call Thursday AM that Ma Smith had a bad hemhorrage and was in the emergency room- she finally got int a room around 3 PM and the docs stabilized her. I hear they were condescending and plaintive in the ER. Once admitted things changed and by the time we got there the next day she looked pretty good. She will be undergoing tests today. Please pray!
Strange but True
Got to see my Mom and she told me about a friend who shall remain unnamed. I get a kick listening to these stories, and you might enjoy it too: Mom was at a get together for her 51st class reunion- not a big deal but at this age they meet every year.At the end of the meal there were some announcements and a short program and then the moderator asked if anyone else had anything to say.
Mom's friend got up and slowly drawled, "Well on January first Mikey died (her husband). I burrried (sp) him and a week later I broke my left arm" At this, she started chuckling a bit. "A week after that, I fell at church and broke my right arm." At this point the rest of the class started to laugh a bit with her. "As soon as they healed and I was able to drive, Bunny Bread run over me and totaled my car. This has been some year!" Another class mate piped up and asked "You mean the whole loaf?" by this time everyone was laughing uproariously, and another class mate said- "Well I think youi just need to stay in the house and lock the door!" Still laughing , she stood back up again and through the laugher said- "Oh I forgot! I just burried Mama too!"
Hope I have such a sense of humor as I face the future...
Meditations from the road.
| Live to Tell God of Mercy, God of Grace Humbly now we seek your face God of glory, god of Might Justify and make us right So we walk by faith and not by sight. God of Wisdom, God of Power, O’er the Eternal, and each hour God of hallowed holiness Of restoration and righteousness The glory of your name we all confess. Worthy are you oh Lord our God To receive honor power and might Worthy the lamb who was slain To open the scroll and set things right. Beyond time you see the beginning and the end Beyond our minds on your revelation we depend Beyond this place, in all your people now you dwell Beyond space, you transcend heaven, death and hell We will never comprehend Your glory without end But of your Glory we will live to tell. God of Love and God of Light God most precious in our sight God of Goodness God of Fame We bow our knee and bless your name You Who are from age to age the same. Beyond time you see the beginning and the end Beyond our minds on your revelation we depend Beyond this place, in all your people now you dwell Beyond space, you transcend heaven, death and hell We will never comprehend Your glory without end But of your Glory we will live to tell. Anthony Foster October 9, 2005 |
Rock My Soul I'll look up as I journey dust to dust No
such thing as luck in which to trust
|
| Oh Spirit Oh Spirit reveal Oh Spirit inspire The Word of our Christ Word of holy fire. Oh Spirit empow’r The word we proclaim The Gospel of Christ Glorify His name. Oh Spirit move us That name to confess The name of the Christ Our true righteousness. Oh Spirit renew And make us behold The beauty of Christ Desire of our soul Oh Spirit lead us All our hope to place Our faith in the Christ Our trust in His grace. Oh Spirit now work To conform us unto The image of Christ And our minds renew. Anthony Foster October 4, 2005 |
Working title: Waiting for Elijah (this
one needs some work) I’m waiting for Elijah waiting for his day to come Waiting for Elijah to prepare the way for the returning Son Waiting for Elijah, waiting for that glorious day. Waiting to hear him cry “prepare the way” So I’m waiting for Elijah For the day of the Lord that prophet will declare I’m waiting for Elijah For he’s given us a long time to prepare. Enoch spent his days in worship and in praise He walked with his Lord until one day he was not to be found Moses saw God’s face and his visage was ablaze. He spoke for God until he was buried in holy ground Yeah But I’m waiting for Elijah For the day of the Lord that prophet will declare We’ll hear that trumpet sound The church will be heaven bound To meet the returning King in the air. And Elijah did all the Lord required He left this earth in a blazing chariot of fire So I’m waiting for Elijah He’s been gone so very long but he’s going to return To declare the soon and coming king And with His kingdom He will bring A mighty crown to bless and a fire to burn. Anthony Foster October 4, 2005 |
| Love to the Nations This is our Vision: Lord, conform our condition To the glory of God This is our mission. In our demonstration And our declaration For the joy of all peoples We ’ll proclaim to the nations Love to the nations From the Father’s own heart To go to our world And to its uttermost part For this is love’s labor To go to our neighbor And in our own place we shall start. By our words and our deeds We plant gospel seeds The way that the word of God tells And so we glorify And so we magnify The one in whom all glory dwells! As we bend the knee and confess we shall see Men give glory to our Father above As we obey in all we do and all we say We show the world God’s light and God’s Love. Love to the nations From the Father’s own heart To go to our worlds And to its uttermost part For this is love’s labor To go to our neighbor And in our own place we shall start. Anthony Foster October 9, 2005 |
Fit Us For Heaven We would walk worthy Romans 6, Colossians 3 |