This is the last in a series of seven posts where I share my thoughts about my song Creation and the story in the first chapter of Genesis. “This story tells God had a planAnd an order before He even started on …
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Reflections on Creation: Day 6 – Land Animals and Man
This is the sixth in a series of seven posts where I share my thoughts about my song Creation and the story in the first chapter of Genesis.“On the sixth day God made the beast of land And to watch it all, He created manWoman and man He created themIn an image that was just like …
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Reflections on Creation: Day 5 – Fish and Bird
This is the fifth in a series of seven posts where I share my thoughts about my song Creation and the story in the first chapter of Genesis.“On the fifth day God filled the sea and skyWith creatures that could swim and flyHe blessed each one as they passed His eyeThat they’d be fruitful and …
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Reflections on Creation: Day 4 – Sun and Moon
This is the fourth in a series of seven posts where I share my thoughts about my song Creation and the story in the first chapter of Genesis.“On the fourth day God filled the sky with lightsThe sun for day and the moon for nightsAnd He scattered stars in the evening skyAs signs to mark …
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Reflections on Creation: Day 3 – Plants
This is the third in a series of seven posts where I share my thoughts about my song Creation and the story in the first chapter of Genesis.“On the third day God took all the seaAnd split it up where the ground would beAnd He filled the ground with plants and treesThat reproduce by making …
Reflections on Creation: Day 2 – Firmament
This is the second in a series of seven posts where I share my thoughts about my song Creation and the story in the first chapter of Genesis.“On the next day God took the water highHe split it up and He made it dryIt’s a great expanse that He called the skyWith water low and …
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Reflections on Creation: Day 1 – Heaven and Earth
This is the first in a series of seven posts where I share my thoughts about my song Creation and the story in the first chapter of Genesis. When I wrote the song Creation, I was doing mainly as a memory device. Before I wrote the song if you asked me what God created on what …
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Black Funeral
Several years ago, a friend and co-worker passed away. He worked in the same department that I do. He had been ill and in the hospital for a short period of time previous to his death. It was still hard on the people in our department. This is the first time I remember having a …
Brush, Trees and Neighbors
My neighbor has several crepe myrtles in his yard that he had cut back to an extreme about 2 weeks ago. The trimmings from the tree were rather large and some of them ended up in my yard. I’m an easy going guy and while I didn’t really like it, I didn’t say anything to …
Sick Girls
When my girls were little, they shared a bedroom. They are four and a half years apart in age. And the younger of the two was a hypochondriac. Whenever her big sister was sick, Mary would want the same attention that was given to her sister. If we took May’s temperature, Mary needed to be …