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Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Seven Bridges Road" (Ricochet/The Eagles)
Randy
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Desperado" (The Eagles)
In
recent weeks, popular music has seen the death of 2 iconic figures,
David Bowie and Glen Frey. Tuesday's Musical Notes has featured music
by both of these artists: Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Peace On Earth", Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Seven Bridges Road" and Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Please Come Home For Christmas".
The lives of David Bowie and Glen Frey are examples of how creative people can not only make a name for themselves in the music industry but carve and solidify entirely new niches of artistry. Bowie created Glam Pop with his Ziggy Stardust persona and Glen Frey as founding member of the Eagles wrote and co-wrote songs with Don Henley that continue to define "folk" rock.
Today
we feature a song written by Glen Frey and Don Henley. It has been
covered by more than 25 artists and is featured on numerous "Greatest
Hits" packages of the band they formed together, the Eagles. Frey and Henley formed the foundation of a band that has seen many incarnations. The original recording of "Desperado" appeared on the album of the same name. It included the Eagles lineup of Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Don Henley, and Glen Frey. Though it was never released as a single, the song's popularity caused Rolling Stone Magazine to list it at #494 on its 2004 list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The Western Writers Of America also posted accolades on the song by
naming it one of its Top 100 Western Songs of All Time.
One
of the reasons the song "Desperado" is so endearing to fans is its
ability to relate. At some point or another in our lives, we have been
that person who has been beat by the queen of diamonds or had a hard
time telling the nighttime from the day. It is a song about searching
for our place in the world as well as a longing to have folks to which
we can share that place. In one sense, "Desperado" is about the DNA of
community that is built into us when we are created. We were never
meant to live our lives alone.
For
followers of Jesus, this comfort comes in the form of Holy Spirit. He
is the "friend" and "comforter" persona of God that dwells in the
Christian. He shares equal status with God the Father and Jesus, God
the Son, but His role is different than Creator or Sacrifice. His duty is that of being with us until Jesus either meets us in heaven at our death or He comes at the end of time as we know it.
Until
the time of Jesus' ascension, Holy Spirit had a limited role in the
workings of mankind. There are folks in the Old Testament who were
given Holy Spirit to do the works that God had called them to do. His
activities in those folks lives were for a specific task and time. As
an example, see how Holy Spirit is integral in the making of the
instruments of worship for the Children of Israel to use in the
tabernacle while in the wilderness: Exodus 31 New International Version (NIV) of the Bible/The Message Paraphrase of the Bible parallel. And in Psalm 51 NIV/The Message parallel, David begs God to allow Holy Spirit to remain with him as he repented of his sin.
In the New Testament,
Jesus well understood how His disciples would feel upon His arrest and
crucifixion. He realized that the human heart was meant for community
and companionship. He had 3 years invested in that community and
companionship with them and His death would bring upon a great sense of
loss and anxiety. That's why He promised the disciples that at the
lowest point of their lives, the point where nothing they had done for
the last 3 years made any sense, that He would send The Companion that
would make everything clear. John 14:15-21 NIV/The Message parallel Holy Spirit would also provide for their needs in adversity: Mark 13:10-12 NIV/The Message
This
causes the question, "How can one receive Holy Spirit and get the
strength and comfort that the disciples had?" There is a simple
answer. Respond to the urging of Holy Spirit when He convicts you of
sin and shows you that Jesus is the only way that your sin can be
forgiven. You see, it is God's desire that no one is separated from Him
forever by going to hell. John 3:16-17 NIV/The Message parallel
According to this passage, God was willing to do anything, so that we
could be with Him forever. His plan at creation was to have a
relationship with man forever. God however, provided man with the
ability to choose. Every day, folks make the same decision Adam and Eve
made in the garden of Eden. They either choose God, or they don't.
However, instead of a Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, post
resurrection mankind chooses to surrender to the invitation from Holy
Spirit, BELIEVE that Jesus died for the elimination of their sins
(that's past, present, and future sins), was physically placed in a
sealed tomb for three days, was resurrected and seen in a physical body
by many who interacted with Him, and is waiting for God to send Him back
to earth to receive the folks who believe all of the preceeding
statements, or... they don't. For those who do not accept Holy Spirit's
invitation, Jesus issues a stern warning: Matthew 12:31-33 NIV/The Message
According to this passage from God's Word (the Bible) the only "sin"
that is unforgivable, is to reject the pleading, in fact the begging of
Holy Spirit for you to enter into a relationship with God through the
redeeming work of Jesus. In other words:
Desperado, Why don't you come to your senses
Been out ridin' fences, for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
But I know that you've got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow
The
recent deaths of notable folks such as Glen Frey makes many people
sad. Why? Their music continues on, so we won't miss that. We can
still see videos of songs or highlights of their life via YouTube. With
a few exceptions, we've probably never had personal interaction with
them. So why do we have a tug on our heart at the death of an icon?
The Notes contends that our sorrow at the passing of a well known,
accomplished person puts us in touch perhaps, with our own mortality.
It causes us to realize that our current reality will not be lasting
forever. It destroys the illusion that things will always be like they
are right now. It causes us to come face to face with finality, a
finality that has as its destiny, the uknown. We really have a fear of
the unknown and their is no comfort to be found in friends or family for
they have the same anxiety. But their is a solution. Jesus told us
that He would provide a "Comforter". John 14-15 NIV/The Message parallel This Comforter provides a buffer for the fear of the unknown by providing a knowledge of the future in which we can have great conficence.
So dear friend, in the words of the late Glen Frey, "You better let
somebody love you......before it's too....late." (insert piano outtro).
'Til Tuesday,
Serving HIM by serving you,
Randy
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Please Come Home For Christmas" (Eagles)
Why
do you celebrate Christmas? Is your motivation family and friends?
Perhaps a little time off from work? Are you the generous sort and love
to give gifts....or maybe just the opposite and love to get stuff?
There's nothing wrong with any of these things. Christians point back
to a manger. Atheists point to peace and good will. Many more will be
somewhere in the middle. Which are you friend? Why do you celebrate
Christmas? What do you truly believe?
This
Christmas, I really think God has the blues. Choirs are singing Silent
Night, yet lives remain unchanged by the message of the manger.
Christmas carols by candlelight, but the light of the star is not seen
by people all over the world. Oh, what a Christmas to have the blues.
Let me remind you that the purpose of the Notes is not to proselytize you into my religion. The purpose of the Notes is to share the trivial alongside of the important. We never want to debase the important, but want to highlight it by use of the "interesting" things in popular culture and music. Hopefully, you are entertained as well as enlightened...encouraged as well as engaged.
So
again, The Notes poses this question: Why do you celebrate Christmas?
Your motivations for celebrating really come down to 1 of 2 thought
processes or world views. You either believe that The Bible is God's
Word, sent to restore our broken relationship with Him or you don't. If
you are really honest with yourself, you will find there can be no
middle ground on this particular fact. This is a decision you have to
make at some point. Please come home for Christmas... But let's see
what the world view of the average American is... In a 2011 study by
Gallup, they found that 1/3 of Americans believe that every jot and
tittle of the Bible is true.
The
converse of this would be that 2/3 of Americans do not believe
everything in the Bible is true. Oh what a Christmas to have the
blues...
The Washington Post recently printed an article, complete with some really cool maps, that show religions in the US.
The
fastest growing segment of religion is...no religion at all or what is
being called "nones". So won't you tell me, you'll never more roam...
But this is Christmas, Christmas my dear, the time of year to be with the ones you love...and there is the reason God has the blues. According to the above articles, the ones that God loves don't necessarily want to be with Him.
Regardless
of how you personally relate to the above articles, there is a "thread"
that permeates the Bible that you should know. A thread that could
have an eternal impact on this Christmas and every Christmas from now
on:
God
created everything. This includes men and women. He created them so
He could have a relationship with them. Have you ever had a
relationship that went south? Yep, so has God. The relationship
between God and mankind was destroyed because Adam and Eve rebelled
against God. Now this wasn't like they declared war on Him or anything,
but they disobeyed His guidelines. Have you ever seen a child disobey
their parents, or an employee disobey the operating standards of their
employer? What does that do to the relationship between them? Well,
God created everything perfect and when Adam and Even disobeyed, they
became imperfect. They could no longer be in God's Presence. Everyone
was hurt in the destruction of this relationship. I am just like Adam
and Eve. I am not perfect and my relationship with God needed
restoration as well. But God had a plan from before the time He created
everything. He would send someone to earth to restore the
relationship. That restorer was Jesus. Christmas time for many is a
celebration of Jesus coming to earth as a baby. When He was older,
Jesus told about the restoration of the relationship with God and how it
could be achieved. In fact, He gave his life so this message could be
told all around the world. Because of His sacrifice, our relationship
with God can be just like it was for Adam and Eve in the garden. After
he died by hanging on a cross, Jesus was buried, but there is no one in
His tomb today. You see, Jesus was God in human form. He died as a
human and returned to God. He died so the perfect relationship between
God and man could be restored. He lives now, acting as our defense
attorney to God. And He asks you: please come home for Christmas.
That story permeates every line of every verse in the Bible. So friend, what do you believe? There are many good messages out there to give us reason to celebrate, but the best reason is restoration!!! If you've never read any of the Bible, let me encourage you to start with the book of Luke. You can find it here: Biblegateway.com Luke has the telling of the Christmas story that Linus reads in "A Charlie Brown Christmas". (see Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Christmas Time Is Here") There are 3 other perspectives about Jesus life in close proximity to Luke that you should read next: Matthew, Mark, and John. For the people who believe this story of restoration, Jesus is preparing a place where... there'll be no more sorrow, no grief or pain, and I'll be happy, Christmas once again.
Merry Christmas!!!
You do not want to miss next week's Notes!!!
'Til Tuesday,
Serving HIM by serving you,
Randy
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Doctor My Eyes" (Jackson Browne)
Here we are on another Tuesday! Are you excited? I sure am! Tuesday's are the absolute best day of the week!!! If you'd like to know why, check out one, two, or thirty Tuesday's Musical Notes in the archives. There are over 500 blogs of some of the best music ever imagined from which you can choose. They will certainly give you a taste of why Tuesday is so revered by this blog. 
Welcome! We are supremely glad that you clicked on the link or searched, or maybe just stumbled upon our humble blog filled with music and musings! It's Tuesday's Musical Notes, a part of the Cross & Kin Family Entertainment empire. Well, as long as you consider a blog and a YouTube channel (Cross & Kin YouTube channel) an empire, yup it's an empire! We like it around here and we hope you will too!!! If you don't dig what we're laying down, maybe you need to say...
No need to adjust the fine-tuning on your computer, tablet, phone, or other such device (you can't adjust the fine-tuning on them anyway). What you are witnessing is the progression of time, not any ailment in your ocular senses. Did you notice how the key of our great song today got lower as the years went by? Also, I have to confess, I dig the mop top Jackson Browne as opposed to the Grandpa Jackson Browne hairdo. Yet I digress (even as I look into the mirror with intrigue and introspection...)
There is a definitive sound that emanated from Southern California in the early to mid-70s. I suspect artists like The Eagles (Tuesday's Musical Notes - The Eagles), Linda Ronstadt (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "When Will I Be Loved" (Linda Ronstadt)), Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Poco, and Little Feat paint the picture of the sound that you may very well be humming right now. These were bands that bridged Country, Folk, and Rock into an amalgamation of great music without sacrificing any of the mentioned genre's standards.
The songwriting was rich and sometimes very deep, expressing the desire for freedoms of a generation that had previously been tamped down without the "in your face, protest volume" of the sixties. In some respects, this sound even satisfied the Rock-N-Roll naysayers who said that you could never understand the lyrics of the "new music". While these same folks heard the lyrics they still didn't always resonate with the meaning. Yet, they tolerated the music because the sound was more appealing to a wide variety of folks. And thus Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart was born.
Enter Jackson Browne. He was just 16 in 1967 when one of his songs was recorded by Nico (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Sunday Morning" (The Velvet Underground)). Thus began a progression of songwriting that would take Jackson Browne into the orbit of Rock-N-Roll royalty. He co-wrote the 1972, #12 single, "Take It Easy" with The Eagles which was released shortly before his self-titled debut album (sometimes mistakenly referred to as Saturate Before Using). By this point, he was known in the music industry as a gifted songwriter, but as his album got airplay, the world would soon see that his songwriting prowess was not the only skill he possessed.
"Doctor My Eyes" was the very first single released by Browne and soon became a radio staple, soaring up to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, you know, that other chart by Billboard and establishing him as a recording artist. With vocal background assistance from contemporaries Graham Nash and David Crosby (Tuesday's Musical Notes - Crosby, Stills, & Nash (and sometimes Young)), the studio version of the single, features The Section (band) - wikipedia.org)
"Doctor My Eyes" is a song about how the singer has seen and is facing the trials of life and how that sight and determination can skew the perspective and dull the senses for the remainder of his life. The music is ironically circumspect with its upbeat tempo and lively instrumentation against the subdued, melancholic lyrical content to the point of the song having an upbeat pessimism. That's why the song seems to resonate with virtually everyone as seemingly there does come a point in time when you can become numb to the repetitive things in life, and you need to step back and reevaluate. This reexamination can be an eye-opening (or closing) experience... depending on who you might encounter as you process your pondering, going your way, say as you are walking on a road to Damascus...
What...just...happened?!!! Saul of Tarsus, the persecutor of Christians in Jerusalem, asksthe High Priest of the Jews for a warrant to go to Damascus to begin grabbing up believers there and sending them back in shackles to Jerusalem to be prosecuted. With his entourage in tow, Saul sets out, but as we read in the story, his journey to Damascus becomes a different kind of sightseeing trip.
Tuesday's Musical Notes loves this portion of the Biblical narrative. We've covered it before in Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Blinded By The Light" (Manfred Mann's Earth Band)and while not directly referencing our passage from Acts, we've visited how God communicates in Tuesday's Musical Notes - "The Voice" (The Moody Blues). Give them a read when you can, they both offer a different perspective on those 2 great songs.
"...'Cause I have wandered through this world and as each moment has unfurled..."
Saul has an encounter with a powerful light all around him and for the first time in his life, he heard The Voice. Saul falls to his knees and listens as The Voice asks him why is he perpetrating this persecution. At this point, Saul cannot see but he has the will and courage to ask The Voice, whom he might be, possibly the Lord, whom he knows as Yahweh. Jesus then confirms that it is indeed Him and continues the interrogation of Saul regarding his motivations to wreak havoc on the church. Saul's entourage could add nothing to the conversation as they too heard The Voice but were speechless at what they were witnessing.
The NASB says that Saul's eyes were open but he could not see. Seems a fitting phrase for many folks around us today perhaps. Saul's assistants helped him along the remainder of the trip to Damascus. Saul was so impacted by this encounter that he neither ate nor drank anything for 3 days. I don't know about you, but I start getting hangry after about 3 hours. But I digress... One would imagine this deprivation would cause Saul's other senses to kick in. It seems that he has a great deal of introspection during these 3 days as well. "...Doctor, my eyes, tell me what you see I hear their cries, just say if it's too late for me..."
Enter Ananais (Nope, this is a different one from chapters 4 and 5. Tuesday's Musical Notes- "Honesty" (Billy Joel)). The Voice spoke to him as well. Yet his response to Jesus was significantly different from Saul's. Much like in Philip's story from last week, Ananais didn't question who it might be telling him to go. Jesus gave Ananias the street address and name of the occupant. He also told him that Saul of Tarsus was there waiting for him. And he was to do what? Lay hands on him and restore Saul's sight? Ananias did however question the mission as he had heard about Saul's perspective on the church, knew that Saul had the documentation necessary to arrest any believer, and was fearful of what Saul might do upon their encounter. God unpacks the rationale for Ananias and instructs him once again to go. As incredible as all of this sounded, Ananias got up and went.
"...Doctor, my eyes cannot see the sky. Is this the price for having learned how not to cry?..."
Ananias' obedience resulted not only in Saul regaining his sight but getting the ability to see for the first time in his life. He had experienced Jesus as only the apostles had. Saul, in direct contrast to who he had been before, believed and was baptized. I find it interesting that in each iteration of the Scripture, Ananias calls Saul, "brother Saul" Was there evidence to Ananias of the life change that had occurred in Saul? " Doctor, my eyes have seen the years And the slow parade of fears without crying. Now I want to understand..."
The Bible goes on to say that Saul revived his body by eating after he had his soul revived by his interaction with Jesus. From there Saul goes, hangs out with, and was ministered to by the very disciples of Jesus he was intent on arresting and dragging away in shackles. These folks had the ultimate opportunity to affirm everything that Saul had experienced. The Lord had assured Ananias to not be afraid and then God gave them a reason for rejoicing!!! "...Doctor, my eyes, tell me what is wrong. Was I unwise to leave them open for so long?..."
With what they potentially faced with Saul as their guest, I guess we really can rest in that whole "Do Not Be Afraid" command found throughout the Bible. There is practically enough for one a day for a year! If we live in that reality, maybe, just maybe, we won't have to cry out to an optometrist!
'Til Tuesday,
Loving HIM by Loving You,
randy
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Tuesday's Musical Notes - "The Heart Of The Matter" (Don Henley)
Many times in life we are faced with the opportunity to begin something new. A new job, a new investment, trying a new restaurant, or a new place to go on vacation all share the upside of anticipation providing their own brand of anxieties and excitement. 
In my previous occupation, new things occurred every week as there was an expectancy on Tuesdays of what new material (primarily music and video) would be released on this day. (Sadly, the Music and Motion Picture industries have since switched to Fridays as a release day for new releases. That leaves us with having all of our excitement on Tuesdays saved for, well, Tuesday's Musical Notes!) With each Tuesday at the store, we would have the aforementioned anxieties and excitement in the hopes that we had enough product to meet the needs and desires of the public for the material that would make its premiere in its given formats. Our levels of stress would be directly dependent on the hype and buzz surrounding each release. Then the day arrived. Tuesday was here!!! And it was finally time to get down to the heart of the matter...
Today's featured song was written by Don Henley (Tuesday's Musical Notes search - The Eagles), Mike Campbell (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Tuesday's Musical Notes search - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) & Fleetwood Mac (Tuesday's Musical Notes search - Fleetwood Mac), and JD Souther (see previous Eagles references). It was released as part of Don Henley's third studio collection, the Billboard 200 #8 hit record, The End Of The Innocence. "The Heart Of The Matter peaked at #21 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #2 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.
The song gained a resurgence, as did many of the individual Eagle's solo hits, when featured on their Hell Freezes Over tour. "The Heart Of The Matter" was prominent in the acoustic portion of their setlist.
It was also covered by soul artist India.Arie whose version went all the way to #7 on Billboard's Smooth Jazz Songs chart. (Do they have a chart for EVERYTHING?) This version of "The Heart Of The Matter" has seen its own share of popularity buoyed by its inclusion in television (Brothers & Sisters episode "Act Of Will") and motion pictures (Sex And The City trailer and snippet in the movie)
Good songs never go away, you just wait for an equally good cover to come along. For Don Henley and maybe India.Arie, their heart of the matter may not as yet have peaked as they wait with anticipation and excitement for a new chapter in the song's life. Perhaps... like being featured at Tuesday's Musical Notes!!!
Have you ever experienced a similar time in your life? A time where you could hardly wait to get to your heart of the matter? More than likely your existence probably doesn't depend on what new music or video may be released this week, but there are other new things in your life about which you are equally as excited or anxious. The day arrives for your new thing and it's time to get down to the heart of the matter and experience it for yourself.
That's where we find ourselves in our Notesland travels. We have been traversing the landscape of the Bible and exploring the great lessons that can be learned from the examples of the Israelites and their prophets in the Old Testament.
But before we continue our deep dive into the specific stories, and the lessons they teach about life, we must take a side road of celebration. (Pick your favorite noisemaker sound. Got it? Make a celebration noise now!!!) Next Tuesday, Tuesday's Musical Notes will celebrate 10 years of existence on the internetosphere. That's right, that makes 520 episodes of Tuesday's Musical Notes!!! You really should check out some of the great songs featured. They are to your left in the year and month breakdown that is the Tuesday's Musical Notes Archive...look left....almost there...got it! Now peruse and ponder!!! Join us next week as we take a moment to reflect on the past decade of musical and meditative discoveries. You don't want to miss this one!!!
But for today, we must traverse back down our "new thing" highway. We find ourselves today on the precipice of something new and exciting. There is much anticipation and perhaps a bit of anxiety. Welcome to The New Testament! Let's take a minute with our friends from The Bible Project to take a peek at what lies ahead (after the Anniversary celebration next week of course...did we mention it's been 10 years?)
As you can see, there is much we need to unpack in the coming weeks. We will do that in our own unique, musical soundtracky Tuesday's Musical Notes way to which you have become accustomed, but for today, let's take a moment and take a bird's eye view of The New Testament.
My personal conviction is that all of the incredible lessons learned in The Old Testament provide a pathway to the events of The New Testament. We have witnessed many great lessons provided by the stories of God's chosen people. They have been tasked with telling the world about God. Unfortunately, they missed the mark many times as their idolatry and disobedience led them down pathways they were not supposed to go. This missing the mark is called sin and The Old Testament is replete with example after example of those who were good folks but inherited the sinful nature given to all of us by Adam. Unfortunately, those who came after them rarely learned the lessons that their ancestors provided and strayed even further away from God.
This is where we find ourselves today. After the Intertestamental Period we discussed last week (https://tuesdaysmusicalnotes.blogspot.com/2022/05/tuesdays-musical-notes-stuck-in-middle.html), we come to The New Testament and the heart of the matter, the Man Jesus. That's right. Jesus was a man. But He was also God. He was 1/3 of the Trinity (God (Father), Jesus (Son), and God (Holy Spirit)). The New Testament frames this God coming to earth event in the form that we could understand. Now don't get me wrong, there is much in The New Testament that I have yet to grasp. "...The more I know, the less I understand. All the things I thought I knew, I'm learning again..." You too? That's what reading the Bible is all about. With each trip, we discover and rediscover that there is more and more we need and ultimately want to learn about God's character, Jesus' sacrifice, and Holy Spirit's indwelling. All of this is on occasion partnered, especially in the later sections of The New Testament, with some very confusing portions that combine allegory and metaphor to enhance our journey but cause some real conversations as interpretations vary. Notice we said the "interpretations" vary, NOT the Word Of God. We'll get to some of those passages in the coming weeks. There may be some really different music heading our way as a result too!!!
Remember that those who wrote The New Testament were just as inspired by God as were Isaiah, Jeremiah, David, Daniel, Moses, et.al. The difference in their inspiration? God in the form of Jesus was right there with some of them. Yes, there were episodes where Jesus appeared in the Old Testament, however, He rarely did life with the patriarchs He encountered during those times. As pointed out in the overview video, the writers of The New Testament were a part of the narrative of Jesus' life for at least 3 years. His brothers, Jude and James, were part of His story for a much longer part of the time even though they came to a saving knowledge of Jesus sometime after His resurrection. Regardless of their exposure, (Paul had an afternoon...) the writers of The New Testament understood that what they penned was the heart of the matter and that The Old Testament had been laying the foundation for the new thing that was about to be experienced by the entirety of the world.
In The New Testament, we see many of the prophecies of The Old Testament come true, especially with regard to Jesus. You see friend, The Bible is Jesus' story. The Old Testament points to Him as each book has some illumination of Him or prophecy regarding Him. The New Testament points to Him as The Gospels tell of His life, death, and resurrection and then goes on to tell the story of His bride, the church. Depending on your Bible, the table of contents, maps, indices, and concordances can all point to Him as well!!!
I think Don Henley was making a valid point: "...These times are so uncertain. There's a yearning undefined and people filled with rage. We all need a little tenderness. How can love survive in such a graceless age?..." There is an answer to Mr. Henley's lyric regarding love's survival. It is God's people, embracing God's plan, and working through God's will to make sure that more people go to heaven and fewer people go to hell. God's plan was to redeem and restore mankind through the family of Abraham. This story of the execution of that plan becomes The Old Testament. The plan continues being accomplished in The New Testament as followers of Jesus become adopted into the family of Abraham and become a part of the restorative plan.
So friend, are you a part of that family? Are you part of the restorative process back to God? You can be even... "...though your will gets weak and your thoughts seem to scatter, you soon see that it's about forgiveness...forgiveness..." A forgiveness that we cannot comprehend or perceive. But one that God grants mercifully and gracefully for those who realize that it's time to get down to the real heart of the matter...
Loving HIM by Loving You,
randy
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Tuesday's Musical Notes - "The Final Countdown" (Europe)
Europe - "The Final Countdown"
And now on with the countdown.
Randy
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