Sunday, August 23, 2009

FAITH: Psalm 8 & FUN: Spontaneous Fun


This is one of my favorite psalms. I first heard it before I was a Christian when our concert choir director in my public high school had us learn it to sing at a state competition (which we won). Start the Lord's day by singing, reading or praying this beautiful psalm of praise.

Psalm 8

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.


O LORD, our Lord,

How majestic is Your name in all the earth,

Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!


From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength

Because of Your adversaries,

To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.


When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,

The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;


What is man that You take thought of him,

And the son of man that You care for him?


Yet You have made him a little lower than God,

And You crown him with glory and majesty!


You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;

You have put all things under his feet,


All sheep and oxen,

And also the beasts of the field,


The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,

Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.


O LORD, our Lord,

How majestic is Your name in all the earth!



Saturday, August 22:


Ephesians 3:20 ...He is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think...


FUN: Spontaneous Fun

I tend to be a planner as anyone who knows me understands. My husband, on the other hand, is more spontaneous and spur-of-the-moment. Friday night we had some spontaneous fun together. He listens to WLOQ, a local jazz station, in his car during his 45-minute commutes to and from work each day and heard on Thursday afternoon about a famous guitarist who was performing at the Steinway Gallery near our home. I had never heard of Larry Coryell, but went ahead and bought tickets online for the performance. Steinway often hosts local artists and has wine and cheese gatherings on Thursdays so I thought he was a local musician. I always receive an invitation since I'm on their Piano Teacher list for this area and have held several piano recitals in their intimate concert room. Anyway, this man was probably the best guitarist I have ever seen or heard and is apparently, world renown. Being a musician myself I love to sit where I can see a musician's hands which I did that night. This 65+ -year-old man played the guitar in ways I never even knew was possible. I even reconnected with someone I used to work with when I was in banking before our children were born. Our ticket included one free drink at Cafe Murano a bar/restaurant in Altamonte Springs, where we went, along with almost everyone else, after the concert. It was a lovely evening--even for a planner like me.


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