Back to Work!

Well my loooong summer vacation is finally over. I go back to work starting tomorow. I was hoping to get a job closer to home but felt I better take this one up toward Port Huron. I will be working 6 days a week 10 hours a day and it should be good for 6 weeks or so. With the drive time I will be leaving the house at 5:45 in the morning and getting back home around 7:30 in the evening. Guess the overtime will help pay for the gas to get back and forth each day.ha
I am not complaining just stating the facts. I am thankful for my job and that it pays me more than I am worth. It puts food on our table, allows us to pay the bills and helps support our church and others that are in need.I think that makes me a very rich man.
While I was getting a hair cut today I overheard a lady across the room say "I am sure glad I am poor, because I do not have any money in the stock market so I did not lose anything yesterday when it dropped some 500 points". Well, I do have some small investments in the stock market but that does not make me rich. What makes me rich though is all that I have been given in this life and the life to come by my great God. Praise to Him from whom all blessings flow!

Songs from my Past

My Pastor loves to quote old songs from the past during his sermons or during his teaching times. I remember times he has quoted songs like "Lord I'm a Rambling Man" by the Almond Brothers (or was it the doobie brothers?), "You are so Vain" by Carly Simon and even the Rolling Stones song, " I can't get no Satisfaction" (LOVE THE DOUBLE NEGATIVE!). I am always amused how people respond to him when he does this. Sad thing is there has not been a song yet like these that was new to me. A matter of fact I tell him often when a song is mentioned I keep singing it in my mind long after he has made his point with the lyrics of it. I know this is not a good thing!To me this illustrates what a powerful medium music can be.

Today at Men's Leadership meeting Pastor Ken used a song that came out in the late 70's by a Christian singer by the name of Dallas Holm. He quoted one of his songs to illustrate a wrong concept of salvation and heaven. As soon as he started quoting it (not singing it) the tune imediatly came to my mind and the song started playing in my head automaticly, even though I can not remember hearing the song for over 25 years. I could even heard another version of the song I believe B.J. Thomas recorded.
Well tonight I looked for the song on Youtube but could not find it. I was going to email it to Pastor as a joke. But while looking for it I ran into some other songs by Dallas Holm during this same period of time. So I posted the one that I used to listen to over and over again while driving around in my triple black cutlass Supreme. I still think this song packs a powerful message about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, even though His name is never mentioned in the song. Hopefully this song will be in my mind tonight as I go to sleep instead of the other one! Good Night and Lord Bless.

Rise Again - Dallas Holm