Another Ditty

So pretty on the outside

Yet so ugly there within

They say that beauty runs skin deep

But with you, it's paper thin!

daleach

YOU NEVER KNOW ABOUT THE ROAD

In Grandpa's old gray Plymouth, one yesterday,

he took me riding in a country day.

He says,"This looks like a good shortcut!",

but then we drive thirty mile of ruts,

and he says, "I guess you never know about the road."

He just sighed and said,

"Son, you never know about the road!"

But that never even crossed my mind,

back in the summer of sixty-nine,

when I took to the road to find my fame,

and I found it's just a game fools play

while they're lost out on some road.

Or there in summer of nineteen seventy-three,

when I fell in love, and you know, she fell for me.

And it looked like it might just all work out,

but then she's gone, and I'm inside-out.

No, you never know about the road.

And it never even crossed my mind,

when I took to the road back in nineteen sixty-nine,

that I drift so long, or so far away.

or that home could become

just any place I'd stay,

but I guess you never know about the road.

And that's what Grandpa said,

"Son, you never know about the road!"

daleach

Dancing with God*

When I meditated on the word GUIDANCE,

I was drawn to "dance" at the end of the word.

I reflected upon how doing God's will is a lot like dancing.

When two people try to lead, nothing feels right.

The movement doesn't flow with the music,

and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.

When one person realizes this and lets the other lead,

both bodies begin to flow with the music.

One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back

or by pressing lightly in one direction or another.

It's as if two become one body, moving beautifully.

The dance takes surrender, willingness,

and attentiveness from one person

and gentle guidance and skill from the other.

My eyes drew back to the word GUIDANCE.

When I saw "G," I thought of God,

followed by "u" and "i."

"God, "u", and "i" dance."

God, you, and I dance.

This statement is what guidance means to me.

As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust

that I would get guidance about my life.

Once again, I became willing to let God lead.

My prayer for you today is that God's blessings

and mercies be upon you and your family on this day and everyday.

May you abide in Him as He abides in you.

Dance together with God, trusting Him to lead

and to guide you through each season of your life.
I Hope You Dance!

Life is Precious - "Give God Thanks For It"

* An email a dear friend shared with me that I thought you might like to see.

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Dance with Me*

Dance with me, O lover of my soul

To the song of all songs

Romance me, O lover of my soul

To the song of all songs

Behold He has come

over the hills upon the mountains

To me You have run,

my Beloved,

You have captured my heart

Dance with me, O lover of my soul

To the song of all songs

Romance me, O lover of my soul

To the song of all songs

With You I will go,

You are my love,

my fair One

The winter has passed

And springtime has come!

Dance with me, O lover of my soul

To the song of all songs

Romance me, O lover of my soul

To the song of all songs

Chris Dupre

* "Coincidentally" our praise band did this song for the services this past weekend.

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AT BAT

Better three strikes than no balls!

IMAGES

We're never all we appear to be...

Or as much as we'd like to think...

The image held forth for all to see

Sometimes vanishes in a wink.

daleach