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A Sailor Diddy

Here is a sailor “diddy” that I made up. Enjoy…. and you can laugh if you want. 🙂

The sun is shining as I sing this song.
The sky is smiling as I ride along.
God is with me though the days are long.
The waves are still, though the wind is strong.
The waves are still, though the wind is strong!

When God is with me, I won’t despair.
With Jesus by me I have no doubt or care.
I am smiling as I sing this prayer.
Because the winds are strong but the waves are fair.
The winds are strong but the waves are fair!

So if you ever in an ocean, remember that though the winds are strong, with Jesus, the waves are still!

Based on Matthew 8:23-27

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#11- Started Playing More Worship Music on the Piano

I have been playing the piano about 5 years. My skills are far from perfected but I have in the past few years started playing more complex pieces. I enjoy the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit music and I played that music last year and started playing music from the Narnia movies this year. I did play some worship songs, even performing at one of our community group Christmas parties. However, after attending a bible study (and worship time) with some friends I felt compelled to buy a piano book with worshipful songs in it and start playing worship music even more. I purchased the ‘Best of Hillsong’ piano book which has over 25 worship songs. I really enjoy Hillsong music and it would be a good challenge for me to start learning how to play and have people sing along. I just received the book I ordered today and started playing the song ‘Came to my rescue’. I loved that I could play songs that glorified God. I still enjoy playing my other music too but now I am grateful that I can start playing music that could be used for broader purposes (ex. family worship time, playing at nursing homes, etc.). Music is a really beautiful thing, there are all sorts of styles and music can be uplifting and joyful to show glory to God. The first question in the Westminster Shorter Catechism is:

Q. What is mans primary purpose?
A. Mans primary purpose is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.

One way we can glorify and enjoy God is by praising him through our music. We hear about Miriam, David and others who sang praise songs to their God! In fact the entire book of Psalms is a lot of praise songs. The Song of Ascent psalms are songs that the people of God would sing when on their way to the temple (church). Many times now, music is focused on the singers voice and looks instead of praise to God. So let us glorify God by the music we play, sing and listen too. Here are the lyrics to the Hillsong song I am playing now:

“Came To My Rescue”

Falling on my knees in worship
Giving all I am to seek your face
Lord all I am is yours

My whole life
I place in your hands
God of Mercy
Humbled I bow down
In your presence at your throne

I called you answered
And you came to my rescue and I
I wanna be where you are

My whole life
I place in your hands
God of Mercy
Humbled I bow down
In your presence at your throne

I called you answered
And you came to my rescue and I
I wanna be where you are
[x2]

In my life be lifted high
In our world be lifted high
In our love be lifted high
[x3]

I called you answered
And you came to my rescue and I
I wanna be where you are

Praise be to the Lord!

Priscilla

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Lukewarm

Lukewarm. Sounds like a word that describes that plate of mashed potatoes from yesterday night. (That isn’t actually the best illustration… mashed potatoes go pretty quick in our house 🙂 But you get the point. The warmed up plate, not the hot and fresh plate. Mediocre. The just OK. Not great but yet not terrible. The fire is not out, nor is it blazing, just simmering. My question is are you lukewarm? I think Christians, especially in the USA can fall it the trap of being a Christian, not a Christ-ian. Little do we think of our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ who are dying, being persecuted and imprisoned for Christ in countries far away to us. Too often our world is made up of the 30 miles around our houses. Too often our “fire” dies down. We read books with titles like ‘Radical’ and ‘Do Hard Things’ and we get all pumped up and ready to go and our fire blazes for a while like someone dumped some gasoline on it and…then…we….die…….down. We go to church and put Jesus stickers on the back of our car and call ourselves good. Christians, let us not grow lukewarm and mediocre, let us look at examples like Peter, Paul and Stephen who lived, breathed, ate, drank, and even died for Christ. In King and Country’s new song “Fix my Eyes” the chorus says:

I’d love like I’m not scared
Give when it’s not fair
Live life for another
Take time for a brother
Fight for the weak ones
Speak out for freedom
Find faith in the battle
Stand tall but above it all
Fix my eyes on you

Let this be our prayer. And like the Sovereign Grace song “As Long As I Have Breath” sings, let us praise God as long as we have breath. We have as Christians in the USA a special chance, we don’t live in total poverty like South America and Africa so we have materials to help others. We have time, 24 hrs a day to serve and proclaim. And, we have freedom to be Christians, to go to a church, to vote for Christian leaders. We are living on a battle field, we need to pick up our weapons and start fighting. Let us not be lukewarm but let us live wholly for Jesus.