Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Monday, October 29, 2018
Sunday, October 28, 2018
A Song for Sunday – No Hard Feelings by The Avett Brothers (From The Motion Picture “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers”)
When I first heard this song, it had a profound affect on me. It brought me face to face with the truth that most of my years are already behind me and how many are still in front I have no clue only God knows that. This song starts by pondering the question, “When death comes will I be ready?” It asks the question “Where will I go?” The last answer is “will I run into a Savior true and shake hands laughing” Will I come to the end with no hard feelings and know that I have no enemies.
“Liz Wann wrote, The Avett Brothers released their ninth album, titled True Sadness a few years ago. Many of the songs on True Sadness tell stories with similar themes: fear, disappointment, hardship and redemption.
The lyrics sing truth about a perfect world gone wrong. Once, perfect peace filled our souls. Now we battle with fear and, as the Avett Brothers phrase it, "...this evil inside me. I step out my front door and I feel it surround me." When the brothers sing, "For life and its loveliness. And all of its ugliness," we are reminded that what God declared as good has been smudged with dirt. So now we have both light and dark; lovely and ugly at the same time. We are not fully what we will be yet. Because we are redeemed, but living in a world groaning in anticipation of restoration, we will experience true sadness.
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Friday, October 26, 2018
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Monday, October 22, 2018
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Saturday, October 20, 2018
A Song for Sunday - You Just Can't Beat Jesus Christ · Billy Joe Shaver with Johnny Cash
On his 2009 track “I Feel a Change Coming On,” Bob Dylan sang, “I’m listening to Billy Joe Shaver and I’m reading James Joyce.” Dylan is one of Shaver’s many famous fans; Willie Nelson calls him “the greatest songwriter alive today” and Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley have all recorded his songs. Shaver grew up in the Waco, Texas area, moving to Nashville in the mid-Sixties. He wrote 10 out of the 11 songs on Waylon Jennings’ 1973 outlaw country breakthrough, Honky Tonk Heroes, and has remained an underground hero since then – but violence, drugs and alcohol often got in the way of his own career.
The Poison of Subjectivism by C.S. Lewis Doodle
This essay contains the essence of Lewis’ arguments in his fascinating short book ‘The Abolition of Man' This will address many of the issues we going through as a nation in our culture and why no one listens to those who disagree with them the end result is violence and hatred. This was written in 1944.
Friday, October 19, 2018
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Monday, October 15, 2018
Monday Funny - Donall and Conall Convince the Mormon Missionaries They're Going to Hell in 40.305 Seconds
"Do your best and God will do the rest" isn't a Gospel promise. It's a guarantee of eternal condemnation. Let our Irish friends explain why in record time.
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Johnny Cash - Hurt (Official Video) HD - This is for anyone struggling with addiction or for anyone who knows someone in the struggle
This song is about realizing consequence and regret. It sends a powerful message that we should all proceed through life wisely, because there is nothing worse than being stuck with a label, a pain, a sickness, or a death, that we know beforehand will leave us only wishing things had been different and that we could change the choices we made. There is help available don't suffer alone
A Song for Sunday - Help Me - Johnny Cash - This song really helped me
Oh, lord, help me walk
Another mile, just one more mile;
I'm tired of walkin' all alone.
And lord, help me to smile
Another smile, just one more smile;
Don't think I can do things on my own.
I never thought I needed help before;
Thought that I could get by - by myself.
But now I know I just can't take it any more.
And with a humble heart, on bended knee,
I'm beggin' You please for help
Oh come down from Your golden throne to me, to lowly me;
I need to feel the touch of Your tender hand.
Release the chains of darkness
Let me see, Lord let me see;
Just where I fit into your master plan.
I never thought I needed help before;
Thought that I could get by - by myself.
Now I know I just can't take it any more.
And with a humble heart, on bended knee,
I'm beggin' You please for help
With a humble heart, on bended knee,
I'm beggin' You please for help
Saturday, October 13, 2018
Friday, October 12, 2018
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Monday, October 8, 2018
Sunday, October 7, 2018
A Song for Sunday - Tightrope · Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
This was originally recorded on Stevie's last studio recording In Step, named for the 12 step AA program. Stevie was clean and sober for the last 4 years of his life and died in a tragic helicopter accident after playing a show with Eric Clapton and others. Here are the lyrics
Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath
Knee deep in hot water, broke out in cold sweat
Can't catch a turtle, in this rat race
Feels like I'm losing, at a breakneck pace
Afraid of my own shadow, in the face of grace
Heart full of darkness, spotlight on my face
There was love all around me, but I was looking for revenge
Thank God it never found me, would have been the end
Walkin' the tight rope, steppin on my friends
Walkin' the tight rope, was a shame and a sin
Walkin' the tight rope, between wrong and right
Walkin' the tight rope, both day and night
Lookin' back in front of me, in the mirror's grin
Through eyes of love I see, I'm really lookin at a friend
We've had all our problems, that's the way life is
My heart goes out to others, who are there to make amends
Trying to make it right
Every day and every night
Bring it all around
From the lost to found
Stretched around the world
Save the boys and girls
Let's make it right
Do it, do it tonight
Walkin the tightrope
Saturday, October 6, 2018
Friday, October 5, 2018
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Monday, October 1, 2018
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