Psalm 96 ~ Sing to the Lord, bless His Name; tell of His salvation from day to day

Psalm 96

Oh sing to the Lord a new song;

sing to the Lord, all the earth!

Sing to the Lord, bless his name;

tell of his salvation from day to day.

Declare His glory among the nations,

His marvelous works among all the peoples!

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;

He is to be feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,

but the Lord made the heavens!

Splendor and majesty are before Him;

strength and beauty are in His Sanctuary.

Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name;

bring an offering, and come into His courts!

Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;

tremble before Him, all the earth!

Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!

Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;

He will judge the peoples with equity.”

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;

let the sea roar, and all that fills it;

let the field exult, and everything in it!

Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy

before the Lord, for He comes,

for He comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness,

and the peoples 
in His faithfulness.

We belong to The Woodlands United Methodist Church, the 4th Largest in the USA.

During Covid, Dr. Grant told of his elderly dad getting Pneumonia. His father always sang in the choir, doing what his father called, "Practicing for Heaven." The Doctors had to operate and found his father was going to live, because the Church Choir singing had given his elderly father very young lungs. Strong in the Lord God Almighty.

Consider God's Word, His Advice:

Ephesians 5

Be filled with the Spirit. 19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father 

for everything 

in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We were watching the skies in California, on up to Washington State and Colorado. And read about the snow falling on Colorado fires. Let's hum, today, this week and sing some encouragement for Good Weather Blessing on the West Coast on over to Colorado.

I Believe God will hear us. And Thank God for snow in Colorado on Wednesday.

Let it Moisture, Let it Snow, Let it Rain.

He Reigns.

Our phones got good usage today. My mother, 87 years old, was admitted in Dallas with Pneumonia today. No fever. This happens with the elderly with weakened Immune Systems. My family spoke about the Mid August Spike of Covid in Dallas and the hospital requirement for Visitors. We remembered my mother over the years. Frankly, we are pretty worried about Hospitals and Pneumonia. Her full-time Caregiver, Edith, is with her today and spending the night. Please pray for Edith to continue to be well for her very lovely Christian care for my mother. Especially this week.


My mother has Alzheimer's and this is her second round of Pneumonia.

Alzheimer's is no picnic.
After our daughter Isabelle died in September 2008, my angry mother gave me Isabelle's baby book and books for a baby wrapped for Christmas of 2008. Shocking my family. We didn't know at the time she had been diagnosed. We were in Presbyterian Hospital 2009 or 10, for Mother's knee surgery, and the Rector of St. Michael's told us she had been acting so badly to him and her friend Charles. Charles, later that day, told us she had been diagnosed in 2007ish and taking medications for Alzheimer. This has affected mother to behave in ways of high unpleasantness with hair-raising cruelty. Shocking people. One of her long, decades friends called to say what had happened to her with mother's illness. Couldn't be my mother and is. Was, might be more appropriate a word.

We blame a lot of this on being the Martini generation.
Drinks with anti-depressants and sometimes a tranquilizer. 50 years of heavy smoking. The Bright Side would be - Mother has always loved the Lord and in her well years, did good works with tremendous fun my children have no memory of. This is the true tragedy. Her grandchildren have no memory of the Sparkling Woman I remember. Mother worked well for 31 years and loved her career. Apparently the Alzheimer's tore into deep affection and Mother worked well in her much loved career until 2013.

God is Merciful. I've seen this for 12 years.
My first cousin Maxine was my Ward in the State of Texas for 12 years. Maxine had had 23 strokes. I worked with her in the CC Young Memory Loss Building. We have seen a lot of Alzheimer there. Usually people live about a year or 2 in the Memory Building with Alzheimer. A few, like Ronald Reagan, live 20 years. Very few. God is Merciful.

I will join their prayers.
We pray God would either bring Mother back to the Sparkling Woman of her strong years or God would mercifully and with Great Empathy let Mother enjoy Heaven. I love the Catholics who pray this prayer with Great Strength.

Abba, our Father God,

Splendor and Majesty are before Him;
Strength and beauty are in His Sanctuary.

We pray to have the Holy Spirit Live and Dwell in us.
To be filled with Splendor, Majesty, Strength and Beauty and be His Sanctuary.

Having Help to Seek You First.

Dr. Frank Adams, formerly Chief of Medicine at MD Anderson told Edward and me, if we control our impulses, our brain works for us. We can create New Pathways.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice

Being merciful, polite, using proper language. Living empathetically. We give You great thanks

for Roger Staubach. Roger was concerned at one point with his brain injuries. Roger has led Dallas for many years in good works, particularly to the dying. He has resumed his stellar career and is a Light Shining to all of us who have lived the stresses of Brain illness in the family.

Declare His glory among the nations,

His marvelous works among all the peoples!

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised

God's Good Works should Shine. Brightly.

May God's Great Works and His Loving Word quiet and end the fires of California, Washington, Colorado. May His Mercy cover His People and the wildlife in the forests. Jesus Christ is the Exact Nature of God our Father. Speak Healing, Father God.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice

Speak Mercy to my mother and her family. Bring her this week, to being the Sparkling, good and fun woman I knew her to be. Either in this life or in Heaven. In the Name of Jesus we pray.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice

Help the People of the USA and world, avoid the substances, especially in this Pandemic.

Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!

Cal is in University Professor owned housing for Students, Veterans and low income while in Law School. His neighbor is in substance abuse problems and just lost his 35-year-old daughter to substance overdose. Help us to Stand Firm and make sure those we Love stay in Safety.

Help us see clearly why sobriety is so important. Vital and Crucial.
To rely on You and not on fleeting comfort.

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name;

bring an offering, and come into His Courts!

Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness

Therefore, my beloved brothers, 

be steadfast, 

immovable, 

always abounding in the work of the Lord, 

knowing that in the Lord 

your labor is not in vain.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
and the love of God 

and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you ALL.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers.

Finally, brothers, Rejoice! 

Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; 

and the God of love 

and peace 

will be with you.

 Amen!

Opening our doors with expectation of Your Continued Goodness
in ourselves, in the ones we Love,
Jesus Christ in the people You bring us.

Blessing our Nation, blessing us.
Ending our Divisions.
Lord Jesus Christ Dwell in Us!

His Steadfast Love, Jesus, we ask bring into our loved one's lives.
May Father God bless us all in Jesus.

Jesus help us in this Nation to be in Your Word and see more Joy.
Covered in God's Love,
President Donald Trump, the First Lady and Their Family
Vice President Mike Pence, the Second Lady and Their Family.
The Presidential Team.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield, Dr. Deborah Birx
Governor Abbott and all 50 Governors and Legislatures.
Senator Tim Scott,
The end of trouble surrounding this Virus.
Hurricane Laura Overcomers.
And the end to Fires in our Nation.

Thank You all the Willing Help You'd Give us
God Saves the World.
Please continue to bless us ALL and Truth!
Amen in Jesus.

God Bless and Strengthen our Families!

Isaiah 43:1-7

But now thus says the Lord,

he who created you, O Jacob,

he who formed you, O Israel:

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by name, you are mine.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;

and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;

when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,

and the flame shall not consume you.

For I am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

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