Contemplations

  THE SAGA OF MY MAID OF HONOR'S DRESS      This incident occurred in 1966 while I was working at Radio Station WMIX in Mt. Vernon, IL. The program was administered through the high school's Office Occupations program my Senior year. We went to school half a day then worked half a day. I was a secretary.      While at work, on my free time, I went to a bridal shop and picked out a mint green dress for my Maid of Honor to wear. I paid some on it each week until I finally got it paid off. The store clerk put the dress in a big, white box and I took it to work and put it in a big closet.      When I went to get the dress after work, the box was gone. I went to each of the guys and told them to give it up.I thought one of them was playing a prank on me. None of them knew anything about it. Then one of them mentioned that he saw it propped against the wall and thought it was empty so he put it against the trash can. Someone else added that the trash man had already been there, so I

  MOOD MUSIC          What is your favorite kind of music?   Rock and roll, classical, jazz, country, head-banging music?   Have you ever noticed that your music either reflects your mood or changes your mood?   If you are excited, you want fast, happy, exciting music.   If you need peace and quiet, you prefer softer music.   If your heart is breaking, you may want to listen to country music (like Achy Breaky Heart).          Do you include Christian music as one of your choices?   I did not grow up listening to Christian music on the radio.   I was willing to sing it at church or with the family around the piano, but I just couldn't seem to get into it when I heard it on the radio.   I'm a product of the '60's, so I preferred rock and roll.   Rock and roll is fast paced and worldly, which reflected my former life.   It's not that I was a bad person.   I was a regular church goer, but I didn't give God much thought outside of the church.   I was uninterested i

      GODSPEAK Ps. 19:14 - "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer." Ps. 34:13 - "keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies." Ps. 37:30 - The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just." Ps. 39:1b-2 - "I said, 'I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.'" Ps. 139:20b -  your adversaries misuse your name. Ps. 141:3 - "Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips." Prov. 6:16-19 - "There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:  haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers." Prov. 7

  UNDYING LOVE He cried to God, He breathed His last, Some thought He had met defeat. It seemed to them Christ’s love had died, When His heart failed to beat. But that was part of God’s own plan – That His Son be crucified. Jesus gave His life for me, But His love for me never died. Becky Wall