...thoughts expressed here are not necessarily final.
October 24, 2005 Songs from the Road
Most of these were literally written driving down the road- my meditations this season are on Isaiah 40 and Psalm 145.
Follow Hard
I turn my eyes towards the skies
And see expanses deep and wide within my heart
I train my ear and I will hear
The blessed Word of God written on my innermost part
I set my mind so I can find
The good the true the beautiful,
The thing of good repute
And I will follow hard in this pursuit.
The things of this world never satisfy
They dissipate from view once they have fallen on my eye
I’d rather have one truth from you than all the world’s lies
For every wicked word you will refute
So I will follow hard in your pursuit.
My heart and mind, my soul and strength
Shall all fall on your mercy and your love at length
So let me draw from living waters
Soak me to my very root
So I may follow hard in your pursuit.
Anthony Foster
October 22, 2005
Eternal God
Eternal God forever true
Forever faithful in all you do
For every morning your mercies are new
Eternal One your love goes on
Lord we love you!
Eternal God, Ancient of Days
You never change, you never sleep
We give you praise!
You remain perfect in all your ways
Forevermore we shall adore and give you praise
Eternal God you condescend
Because you’re great, your mercy’s wide
You call us friend
The Alpha Omega beginning and end
Eternal God on you we always shall depend!
Anthony Foster
October 22, 2005
You are Here!
Everywhere I Look, everywhere I gaze
I see your mighty presence in ways that shall amaze
Yet I seek you there
Oh Lord you are everywhere.
Everywhere I search in seeking I will find
And if I do not see you it’s because that I am blind
Lord I will seek your face
For I know you indwell this place.
And though you are transcendent
I know that you are here
I know you dwell within us
Your presence is made clear.
And though you were afar off
At last you’ve drawn us near
You are here!
You are there!
Ever present One you are everywhere
You made our lives a vessel so we’re your dwelling place
Ever present for all time s by your good grace.
So like a mighty river you flow on
For flowing from your throne of grace your love is never done
And though you fill both time and space you sent to us your Son
I’ll seek no other hiding place for there is none!
Anthony Foster
October 22, 2005
Our God is Good
You are good before creation
You are good when time shall end
You are good forever to the greatest degree
Your goodness we can never comprehend.
You are good in all your actions
You are good in all your plans
For goodness is your very essence
There is goodness in your commands
In all of your mercy n all of your ways
Your goodness will ‘ere give us reason to praise
In all of your motives it is understood
Above and beyond every truth our God is Good.
Our God is good
It’s understood
All that you could should or would
You do it right, for our good
Our God is good.
In all of your mercy n all of your ways
Your goodness will ‘ere give us reason to praise
In all of your motives it is understood
Above and beyond every truth our God is Good.
Our God is good
It’s understood
All that you could should or would
You do it right, for our good
Our God is good.
Anthony Foster
October 22, 2005
Do You Not Know?
Do you not know- have you not heard?
How from the beginning the world sings His worth
Have you not understood from the word
From the very foundation of the earth?
You sit above earth’s circle
You’re so big and we’re so small
You stretch the heavens like a canvas
And in that tent you dwell
Lift up your eyes on high
See who has sown the stars
He leads them forth and calls their name
And sustains them by his power
Anthony Foster
October 22, 2005
God and God Alone
God and God alone
Is ruling in power from His Holy throne.
Each minute, each hour we seek you alone
God and God alone, God and God alone.
God and God alone
Hears every word and responds when we pray
God and God alone
Speaks the Word and the night becomes day.
God and god alone is worthy of all praise
God and god alone by your grace we are amazed
God and God alone makes his glory known
Your glory you have shown
So we worship god alone!
We worship God alone!
Anthony Foster
October 22, 2005
None But You
With my heart, with my soul
With my spirit under your control
I will track with you till I reach the final goal
I’ll stand on the rock and watch your river roll.
Who holds the ocean within His palm?
Wh nemes the stars in the sky?
Who says the word and the storms will calm
Yet who hears the innocent cry?
Who place the waters above the earth
Whose spirit hovered over the deep?
Who knit us together before our birth
Who stores every tear when we weep?
There is none but you Lord
There is none but You
None but the Father, none but the Son
None but the spirit of Truth
God in three persons is One God Alone
Revealing the way You are known.
Anthony Foster
October 22, 2005
Drink Deeply
Why would I seek any other, any other but you Lord?
Why would I love any other, any other but you Lord?
For you alone are worthy of all trust
For you alone are faithful and just
Why would I seek any other, any other but you Lord
But broken cisterns still call out to me
I drink their bitter water and I’m sick as I an be.
But you remain faithful you are so good in your mercy
I’ll drink deeply from you so I can taste and see
Why would I seek any other, ,any other but you Lord?
Why would I love any other, any other but you Lord?
For you alone are beautiful and true
For you alone will do what you promised you would do
Why would I seek any other, any other but you Lord.
Anthony Foster
October 22, 2005
Shepherd of My Soul
You are the integrity of my walk
The One who guides my hand
The One who guards my heart and mind in Christ
You are the bishop of my soul
The keeper of my life
There is no need for which you won’t suffice.
So shepherd of my soul
God of my salvation
Sender of the Comforter
And source of intercession,
Give me grace to seek your face
With joy and celebration
You remain the keeper of my heart
So I will ever sing How Great Thou art!
You are my counselor and King
My mighty Rock and savior
The one who speaks and my spirit hears
You are my nurturer and friend
The one who makes me tremble
And yet the one who quiets all my fears
So shepherd of my soul
God of my salvation
Sender of the Comforter
And source of intercession,
Give me grace to seek your face
With joy and celebration
You remain the keeper of my heart
So I will ever sing How Great Thou art!
Anthony Foster
October 22, 2005
New Vistas (Terra Incognita)
Oh bring me to new vistas, a new place to seek your face
Give me new horizons where I shall explore your grace
Take me to new places and to parts unknown
Where I shall trust in You and You alone.
There is no place to run, there is no place to hide
There is no place beyond his reach where the Lord cannot provide
Our Father is so bif and we are so very small
Without Him we’ll do nothing but he is all in all
There is only one time in which we can have a place
There is only one place we can be in at a time
But our God knows no limits, He transcends both time and space
It’s all according to His grand design
Everlasting to everlasting- You are God
Everlasting to everlasting- You are King
Everlasting to everlasting- You are God
Everlasting to everlasting- You are Lord of everything
To eternity future from eternity past
You are Alpha and Omega, the first and the last
You rule and reign throughout space and time
You provide the reason and the rhyme
From Everlasting to everlasting- You are Lord
Everlasting to everlasting- You are to be adored
There is nowhere to look where we cannot see
The design of the One who spoke eternity.
From Everlasting to everlasting- You are King
Everlasting to everlasting- You are Lord of everything
There never has been and there never will be
A time or a place where you are not free
Everlasting to everlasting- You are God
Everlasting to everlasting- You are King
Everlasting to everlasting- You are God
Everlasting to everlasting- You are Lord of everything
October 22, 2005
Anthony Foster
Eternal
Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, God only wise
All honor and glory Forever our praises shall rise.
For from the beginning the world has seen
With your invisible attributes show us what you mean.
Eternal, Immortal, your are God on High
Invisble, inscrutable, to you our souls fly
Darkenss shallnever comprehend
The one who is the beginning and end
So on your revelation we shall depend.
Anthony Foster
October 22, 2005
For His Glory, for Our Good
For his glory for our good
All of life is understood
In Humble Thanksgiving
Before The Lord We Are Living
Broken and in tears are we
Vessels to be filled with glory
For his honor and for our delight
For His glory honor power and might
He is worthy –we are blessed
Satisfied and rejoicing we take our rest.
For his honor for our delight
Magnify him as he makes us right.
We proclaim him as we walk in this light
His banner we lift high as we live life to glorify
Almighty King!
Anthony Foster
October 22, 2005
The Eyes of the Lord
The eyes of the Lord search to and fro
Throughout the earth, throughout the earth
To see if there be any man therein
Who will declare His worth, declare His worth!
The eyes of the Lord search to and fro
Searching men’s hearts Searching men’s hearts
To see if there be any way therein
That will keep us apart That will keep us apart
For God is with us and God is For us
So we celebrate with thanksgiving and praise
And with the saints in mighty chorus
We shall all sing of grace and be amazed
We all shall sing of our Creator’s ways.
From the eyes of the Lord none shall hide
There is no secret , private sin- his eyes are open wide.
For he shall see and reconcile
He’ll not turn away the contrite heart
That seeks to make Him smile.
For God is with us and God is For us
So we celebrate with thanksgiving and praise
And with the saints in mighty chorus
We shall all sing of grace and be amazed
We all shall sing of our Creator’s ways.
Anthony Foster
October 22, 2005
Almighty God
Almighty God, your glory shows
You tore the veil so we could know
Though you dwell beyond and above
You have revealed yourself in love
Almighty God, your power attains
Your sovereign wisdom ever reigns
You guide us with your staff and rod
We worship you, Almighty God
For in your image you made man
An empty vessel shaped by your hand
A tabernacle in which to dwell
And why you did this none can tell.
Almighty God, you are revealed
In One by whose wounds we’re healed.
And by your Spirit we are sealed
Almighty God to you we yield.
Anthony Foster
October 22, 2005
We Saw the Wallace and Gromit Movie...
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What fun and silliness! Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph
Fiennes did great voiceovers. I'll have to go frame by frame to catch
all the subtle puns littered throughout the landscape. Sadly, I heard
that the night of the opening in London, the warehouse that housed the
sets for the three short films the duo appeared in was totally destroyed.
I picked up the DVD of the three shorts yesterday- You have to see these-
the DVD has lots of extras.
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Star: Peter Sallis as Wallace's voice A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit
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An open letter to my colleagues at the college:
I wanted to take this opportunity to express my gratitude
and thanks to all of my colleagues here at Flo Valley. After nine years
with the district, I am moving on to a great opportunity for myself and
my family at McGraw-Hill Learning Solutions in Indianapolis. I will be
a Senior Product Manager there starting November 1. It will be challenging
work, but an opportunity that will leverage the experience I have gained
while here, plus some of the skill sets from former positions I have held.
As many of you know the past two years have been a challenge, with
my responsibilities for aging parents increasing. This situation
helps in that regard, putting about two hours away from my Mom. I am also
working toward a PhD in Education at Southern Seminary in Louisville,
and so I will be much closer to that venue as well.
If things go as planned, I will still be teaching an online course for
the district in the Spring, so my email address at the college will
(hopefully) persist.
My best wishes for success and blessings to all of you! I'll
always look upon my time here with pride and fond memories.
Regards to all,
Anthony
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Part of the group that met at Malone's to see me off! L to R: Kim, Earnie, Donna, Me, Diana, Anne, Mary. Not shown: Bob, Len, Herb, Peggy, "T", George, Mike, Sandy. |
Monday through Wednesday was spent finalizing
all the small things I could muster at work.
The house inpection turned up a serious problem with the furnace- it is
giving up the ghost, so I called the home warranty folks. At this
writing it is still not fixed. They did rule on it yesterday though- it
will be replace with me picking up the tab for "modifications"
to accommodae the smaller size of the newer units- to the tune of 500.00
plus. I'm just glad they are covering the unit. hopefully it will be installed
Monday, and the weather moderated a bit- it is not going to be as cold
as it has been for the past few nights.
I have to get an electrician to look at the wiring in the box as well,
and fix another couple of things myself.
| Here's our new digs in Indy... |
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Earnie left yesterday to take care of Ma Smith for a
week or so. Then the plan is for them to return on or about the
4th. So I am alone this week.
As of this afternoon we have a contract on the house finalized. Closing
is November 7, as planned. Great news- but I am too tired to get worked
up at this point. I had myself a good stress relieving cry today.
AnthonyFoster.com is alive and I moved the blog here yesterday, so now
I can dump Charter and also delete much of what was left on the SLCC site.
I get to keep the directory at the college plus my email address since
I am teaching a course online in the Spring for the Forest
Park Campus.
I see I am rambling! Sorry. I'd better sign off.
More form the gettin' gone party...
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Southwestern-Chinese food ordered in for dinner..mmm... |
Chinese food ordered in for lunch..mmm... |
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Dwayne works the desk in the evening... |
 Earnie joined us for the party... |
Ever Present
You show your mighty majesty
We delight in your displays
Rejoicing in your righteous works
We wonder at your ways.
You who are everywhere-inhabit every space
You fill up all of time- You sanctify each place
You transcend this world and yet you are so near
You are ever present-Your purposes are clear
You never change your glory remains
And yet you relate to all you create.
Oh beginning and end
All things you transcend
Why you chose to condescend
We cannot comprehend.
To be our God and King
You receive our offering
Of your great glory now we sing
Our saviour Lord and King
Octover 21, 2005
Anthony Foster