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Hymn Study: Follow On

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Today’s word of the day for the Write 31 Day Challenge is Follow.  So I thought I’d look for a hymn (cause it’s Sunday you know) but didn’t know one off the top of my head, so I went a hunting and found this one called Follow On (Down in the valley with my saviour I would go).  I like the upbeat tune and could probably have a lot of fun singing this song. 🙂

This Hymn was written by William Orcutt Cushing.  Born in Massachusetts in 1823, he is the author of several hymns.  He served as a minister within the Unitarian Church for 27 years, when he had to retire due to a creeping paralysis.  After finishing his ministry he asked God for another job and he found himself turned to hymn writing.  He wrote a good 300 hymns.  He kept himself useful for the Lord, dying in 1902.

 

Lyrics
1 Down in the valley with my Savior I would go,
Where the flowers are blooming and the sweet waters flow;
Everywhere He leads me I will follow, follow on,
Walking in His footsteps till the crown be won. 
Chorus:
Follow! follow! I will follow Jesus!
Anywhere, everywhere, I will follow on!
Follow! follow! I will follow Jesus!
Everywhere He leads me I will follow on!
2 Down in the valley with my Savior I would go,
Where the storms are sweeping and the dark waters flow;
With His hand to lead me I will never, never fear,
Danger cannot fright me if my Lord is near. (Chorus)
3 Down in the valley or upon the mountain steep,
Close beside my Savior would my soul ever keep;
He will lead me safely in the path that He has trod,
Up to where they gather on the hills of God. (Chorus)

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Walking Through the World

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I wrote this poem in response to a connections idea with the Breathe Conference I attended Oct 6-7 this year.  I thought it fit well with today’s word prompt CONNECT.

 

Walking through the
world I realize
that I am not alone.

Wherever I look
there are reminders facing me
Voices that reach me
from every direction.
Shouting at me,
Telling me what I
should do
What I should be
How I should live
What my concerns
should be.

Sometimes all those
connections make me feel so alone,
Like no one will
listen,
No one will care.

Does it matter?
Does it really
matter what I think,
What I want?
But still.. still
the voices shout.
Saying
Feed me
Read to me
Walk with me
Help me

Sometimes,
occasionally they don’t shout and boss me so.
Sometimes, just
sometimes they reach out and touch me
Talking to me of the
things that touch my heart.
Teaching me more
about the Lord I serve.
Reaching out to
remind me the importance of family.
The necessity of
friends.

And as they shout
and as they remind.
The words they use
hurt,
The words they use
heal.

And through it all
Somehow I find my
heart.
My heart to reach
out to others.
To strive to touch
the world around me
With truth and
light.
With grace and
honesty.

I so want others to
see what I see.
The beauty of the
Lord’s word.
To see it and to be
touched by it.
To know that they
too can understand it
Without needing a
huge study bible
or a bunch of
commentaries.
To know the word of
the Lord and be changed by it.

I so want others to
see what I see.
The beauty in
reading books.
To learn from them.
To see the potential
of the authors truths
Spoken in their
lives personally.

I so want others to
see what I see.
To reach
understanding by knowing the minds of others.
To see that if you
know how people think
You can maybe, just
maybe open a door
To God’s voice
speaking into their hearts.

I so want others to
see what I see.
The beauty in a
sunset.
In the smile of a
boy child.
In the hug of a
husband.
The fun of a garden.
The delight in
caring well for animals.

I so want others to
see what I see.
To be changed.
To have that
connection to something more
Something bigger
than themselves.

That connection to
the world of others.
That connection to
the words of kindness spoken.
That connection to
instruction found
In God’s word
In books and CD’s
and words sung.
Find those
connections, I so want others to see.

Do I succeed?
I don’t know.
The voices, the
faces of those around
Generally don’t
tell me.

But sometimes..just
sometimes they do.
And then my
heart…my heart soars.
And then I’m off,
off to speak new words
To the world around
me.

Can they see it?
Can they feel it?
Do they know how
connected we all are?

To the voices that
shout.
To the voices that
calm.

Walking through the
world I realize
that I am not alone.
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Overcome, See It!

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We shall we shall 
We shall overcome
We shall we shall
We shall overcome…. 
I remember these words from Sunday school as a child.
I don’t remember the rest of the song, but I do remember it was something to do with overcoming the stuff that happens in life through God’s help.
Overcome, See It!

David
Used a stone
And his trust in God
Young man
Falling out of the window
Lived again
Elijah
Called out in Faith and Exhaustion
And Ravens came 
Rachel cried
A prayer to God
A son was born to led the church
Daniel
Lion’s Den
Prayer and life gained
Lydia 
Paid Attention to Paul
Saved and became a Helper of God’s people
Gideon
Tested the Lord
One of Israel’s Judges
Elisha
Lifted his eyes
Saw angels gathered round
Overcomers
Depending on God
Amazement
Growth
Service
Change
Overcomers
 
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This is a five minute Friday post. the word prompt is brought to us by Miss Kate over at Five Minute Friday.  What is Five Minute Friday? 
Well it’s a party of a group of like minded folks who gather on Friday
to do a five minute free write around a singular word.  AND THEN (and
this is the most important part) we take the time to offer up
encouragement to each other on this writing journey.  It’s fun, though
it’s not always easy, but it is always good.   Come join us won’t you? 
You are always welcome.

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I Don’t Like Change

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“But we don’t like change”, were the first words out of my hubby’s mouth when I said to him “I’m stuck, the word is change”.  And so a post was born.  🙂

change poem rhyme

 I Don’t Like Change

“I don’t like change”, the words they came
And as I said it, it came out lame.
What did it mean,to say those words?
Slipping and flitting away like birds?
Change is a memory don’t you see?
Of the way that things used to be
A memory of how it always is
Can it be changed? The question ’tis.
One little bit, a miracle happens
I see it coming, it’s like it snap ins.
Laundry on Wednesdays, oh, can it be?
It’s like something is going a little crazy!
A fancy meal on Thursday no less!
I think making change we will finesse.
It’s okay to not like change, 
But it doesn’t have to define our range.
Seasons come, and seasons go.
In all of this, I know, I know.
I don’t like change, but even more.
Even more, Deep in my core.
No more static!
Cobwebs out of the attic!
Change.
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Because I Said So

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My lad and I were talking the other day about how he HATES IT when parents say do it, or stop it, or whatever it … BECAUSE I said so.  So having the word prompt gives me a chance to talk about that conversation a bit.

Because I Said So
“I hate it” he said
“I hate it indeed”
“When you or another adult
say that word to me”.
“Why,” I inquired
“Do you hate it so?”
“What’s wrong with the words
Because I say so?”
“It gives me no information,
No reason, no why.”
He explained.
“It just says because I said so”
“Ah,” I replied
“Sometimes no reason is needed
and that’s why it’s said”
No reason at all.
“But mom, that’s not fair”
My son added on
“I have to give a reason, 
So why shouldn’t you”?
I acceded that my lad had a point. 
If I expect one thing from him
Why should I not model the same?
And then I remembered a reason I have!
“My son, but you know, quicker
thinking you are.”
Sometimes I say “because I said so” 
because my brain the reason can’t find.
And so he agreed, that reason did work
“But MOM you must try!”
And So I agreed.
Easy is not best.
So give it your all, 
not the easiest way.
Teach your children WHY
A reason do give.
Because that’s how they learn.
Train up a child in the way he should go
And when he is old he will not depart from It.

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Set in our ways… let’s Revise!

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Revise: to make a change, to reconsider, to alter a preconception, 

Tonight
a friend and I were talking, I mentioned how some friends are mine were
getting rather set in their ways and that I hoped I wasn’t getting set
in my ways.  She mentioned that it happens to all of us.  We get used
things being a certain way and come to expect it, it part of being
human.  My response “I DON’T WANNA!”   Silly eh?

I admittedly got to thinking about that.  Realizing that the “I don’t wanna”.  Comes from my heart.   I remember some seniors in my past that …oh.. if things weren’t a certain way would get all bent out of shape and angry.. and I don’t want to be that kind of person.

Yet as I sit here typing, I’m becoming aware of how “set in my ways” I am becoming and I don’t know that I’m too keen on that.  I need to keep changing things up a bit.

For instance.. I could have chosen today to just keep chilling in the house with the family, but instead.. I grabbed up my camera and went for a walk.

This week I could have chosen to do my normal thing and worked on the computer til late in the night, but instead I CHOSE to go to bed early!  I know a shocker eh!  🙂

I have even changed up our church candy..yes I’m one of those who brings candy to church, but for the last two weeks I’ve been bringing candy with wrappers on them.. and when I need to fiddle with something I can play with the wrapper and still be mindful of what the preacher is saying without eating more .. candy.  🙂

Not big things for sure, but… they are different from the norm… and if I keep making changes, perhaps that will keep me from getting TOO set in my ways that I get angry if I don’t get my own way.

There’s another aspect to all this that my friend so kindly reminded me… God calls us to put others before ourselves (or rather to love others like to love ourselves).  To be thinking of them as much as ourselves.  If we do that, don’t you think it will help break that “getting set in our ways” pattern?   Don’t you?  Makes me think that’s for sure.

What about you?  You finding yourself getting set in your ways?  Want to make a change?

Tell me about it, I’d love to hear!  🙂
 

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Work I Do

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“Work your fingers to the bone at the lonely Star Cafe. Money I make drives me through the week.  Pay the rent and the telephone, and buy my cigarettes, and I got a little left over to go dancing Saturday night”  Anyone know who sings it???   Cause I’ve been searching for all the lyrics without success…

I saw word work that song immediately popped into my mind.  

Another song that pops into my head is this one.
“I’ve been working on the railroad, all the live long day! 
I’ve been working on the railroad just to pass the time away.
Don’t you hear the whistle blowing
Rise up so early in the morning,
Can’t you hear the captain shouting..
Dinah Blow your horn!”    

I know I know, lyrics stick in my head.  Sometimes I have them right, sometimes well.. I can be so UNBELIEVABLY wrong I shake my head at my foolishness when I learn how wrong I’ve been.  🙂

Work I Do

Fingers typing madly
I race to beat the clock
Can you believe this review is due at 8 o’clock?
Math? Was it workable?
The story.. did it inspire?
That “teach me to write” book do the job?
Type it out
Give an opinion
Get the job done.
Sitting back slouching
Watching the TV
LapTop sitting in front
Marking papers
Biology and Physics
Are the answers clear?
Is help needed?
Get the job done.
Thursday afternoon
Working with the buns
Clipping nails
Cleaning cages
Moving rabbits around
Playing with the babies
Snapping Pics
Website updated?
Get the job done.
 
Haircuts, meals
Shops unknown
Fit them in
Evaluate
Is that sign right?
Trim go well?
Happy employees 
Treating customers well
Mystery Shops
Get the Job Done.
Laundry, Dishes,
Wash the floor
Help the lad 
Answer questions and more
Clean the Fridge 
Mind the Crickets
Get the Job Done

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