New Melody Church

admin · 2 years, 1 month ago “Sing, you children, Sing” “How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? Forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.” (Psalms 13:1-6) Today’s title, taken once again not from scripture, but from a song remembered from my youth, is a reminder that we have much to sing about, and for which to offer praise in that song. Song is an important part of the lives of both children and adult alike. Lyrics are often remembered for years, are “stuck in our h

Hummingbirds and Wasps “Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought of raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O  ye of little faith? (Matthew 6:26-30) As I sat on my porch with my early morning coffee one summer's day, I watched the shenanigans of the hummingbirds that come to my feeders year after year. Their beauty is a portion of why I place those feeders, their actions still yet another portion of the reasoning I place them annually so that they retu

As for Me and My House Joshua 24:14-15 King James Version (KJV) 14  Now therefore fear the Lord , and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord . 15  And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord , choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord . The final portion of the opening verse is often quoted, memorialized in art, displayed prominently within the homes of many, as well as on the pages of social media. Few acknowledge that there are words given us by Joshua that precede them, words that give meaning and importance to those words that close this precious quote. These words comprise a portion of Joshua’s farewell address to the people he led for so