Friday, 25 January 2008
Another week
Funny how time seems to pass much quicker the older you get. When you're a kid, each year seems to last for ages and ages, summer holidays seem really long, school terms seem to drag on, etc. I'm only commenting on this 'cos I can't believe another week has passed by. Where did it go? I don't seem to have done anything particularly useful (or exciting) and yet here I am on Friday evening again. Sorry - very uninteresting post...
Saturday, 19 January 2008
Musical Links
Saturday evening - I often get a bit bored and restless in the evenings when the kids have gone to bed. Lots to do in the house - supposed to be decorating my dining room - but somewhat lacking in enthusiasm and drive to get it finished.
Been listening to a great song - "The Father's Song" which is written by Matt Redman. (Little bit self indulgent since I'm listening to the version on the Keswick convention 2007 CD, on which I'm playing keyboards!!) This song is really special to me for several reasons:
A few years before she became ill, this song became very important to my wife Jen as she was working through several issues with her relationship with God, family, etc. I didn't really know the song until she played it to me (from the New Frontiers Stoneleigh 2000 CD).
At our church, when someone becomes a Christian and is being baptised (i.e. adult believer's baptism), they're given a Bible verse as a kind of keepsake/encouragement. When Jen was baptised in her teens she was given an Old Testament verse, Zephaniah 3:17:
"The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."
So, when she became terminally ill we had to discuss stuff like funeral service, gravestones, etc. Jen wanted at least part of this verse on her gravestone, so we agreed on "The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save". This might seem an odd choice from someone who's dying, but to Jen it signified her trust in God above and beyond whether she was physically healed.
In her thanksgiving service, I put together a powerpoint presentation showing pictures from her life and put it to music - and chose "The Father's Song". We hadn't discussed this in advance, it was just something I decided to do a few days before the funeral. When I was doing this, I looked into the song a bit more and was amazed to see that it was based on the very same verses from Zephaniah.
Maybe I was just a bit slow and Jen knew that the song was based on those verses all the time, but it's an extra link that makes the song even more special to me.
Been listening to a great song - "The Father's Song" which is written by Matt Redman. (Little bit self indulgent since I'm listening to the version on the Keswick convention 2007 CD, on which I'm playing keyboards!!) This song is really special to me for several reasons:
A few years before she became ill, this song became very important to my wife Jen as she was working through several issues with her relationship with God, family, etc. I didn't really know the song until she played it to me (from the New Frontiers Stoneleigh 2000 CD).
At our church, when someone becomes a Christian and is being baptised (i.e. adult believer's baptism), they're given a Bible verse as a kind of keepsake/encouragement. When Jen was baptised in her teens she was given an Old Testament verse, Zephaniah 3:17:
"The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."
So, when she became terminally ill we had to discuss stuff like funeral service, gravestones, etc. Jen wanted at least part of this verse on her gravestone, so we agreed on "The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save". This might seem an odd choice from someone who's dying, but to Jen it signified her trust in God above and beyond whether she was physically healed.
In her thanksgiving service, I put together a powerpoint presentation showing pictures from her life and put it to music - and chose "The Father's Song". We hadn't discussed this in advance, it was just something I decided to do a few days before the funeral. When I was doing this, I looked into the song a bit more and was amazed to see that it was based on the very same verses from Zephaniah.
Maybe I was just a bit slow and Jen knew that the song was based on those verses all the time, but it's an extra link that makes the song even more special to me.
Thursday, 17 January 2008
Setting up a blog
Well I guess this is just a test post to make sure that the blog is working. I'm not sure why I want to start a blog, since I've not got much to say! Never mind though -I'll give it a whirl.
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