tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93537552024-03-14T02:56:53.803-04:00Pilgrim ScribblingsDavid Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.comBlogger2333125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-13075602297227547042024-03-08T08:54:00.003-05:002024-03-08T08:54:27.460-05:00What a Powerful Verse!<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OJP-CZ6tC09KmJ31HDxEZTjD5wTdH5V8wl1Edf5dIIy_RR27apm8lOY2DEMtALgU5MbwVVoMOiNHx31ZJPWrZw5TeqgU9u2DrM2X1KpIQHnVloe3Hduojv17WCU3ELXiY6Scnbh-PiUBL9ujMYBv4QpyTrr0Ju6Ewd9iQ-55pYdkyFnPyQoGgw/s600/Now%20to%20Him.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="600" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OJP-CZ6tC09KmJ31HDxEZTjD5wTdH5V8wl1Edf5dIIy_RR27apm8lOY2DEMtALgU5MbwVVoMOiNHx31ZJPWrZw5TeqgU9u2DrM2X1KpIQHnVloe3Hduojv17WCU3ELXiY6Scnbh-PiUBL9ujMYBv4QpyTrr0Ju6Ewd9iQ-55pYdkyFnPyQoGgw/w640-h572/Now%20to%20Him.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-60083898552751161322024-03-08T08:51:00.000-05:002024-03-08T08:51:11.363-05:00Lines from the Hymnbook<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: verdana; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This song, <b>Now I Belong To Jesus</b>, has been running through my mind during the day and night for the last few days:</span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jesus, my Lord will love me forever,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">From Him no pow'r of evil can sever,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He gave His life to ransom my soul;</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a style="animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>I belong to Him;</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chorus:</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Now I belong to Jesus,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Belongs to me,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Not for the years of time alone,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> But for eternity.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> - Norman J. Clayton</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7xQgZmx7WDh8dU-sq6uR1oGFlXGyFpXQPu975ohP4i39TY8VQhVYvt7mTzTyKemIKYr9XLv5H_IrWQQ_aaz20hyTHb9gQXm7dd7bfs8AmKRC0TLOljWfClQFkJBYKYRZgqZds1V0o-LKN5-D49X_CTbRjWLsshclVUKvyfR7KQDqWBGSb25iMw/s728/Lines%20from%20the%20Hymn%20Book%20FINAL%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="728" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7xQgZmx7WDh8dU-sq6uR1oGFlXGyFpXQPu975ohP4i39TY8VQhVYvt7mTzTyKemIKYr9XLv5H_IrWQQ_aaz20hyTHb9gQXm7dd7bfs8AmKRC0TLOljWfClQFkJBYKYRZgqZds1V0o-LKN5-D49X_CTbRjWLsshclVUKvyfR7KQDqWBGSb25iMw/w640-h422/Lines%20from%20the%20Hymn%20Book%20FINAL%202024.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div></div>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-62077581716312754612023-09-07T10:53:00.001-04:002023-09-07T10:53:37.905-04:00A Strong Hold<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSDyqQ6pWPinbjjSe_0v-qqK2ih5Czq6Pls7MB_huCEfk4LROsDInPQAmjqyM6y8J7bEVRPZrnH62mRtTTWyUmBLnTTf2nEypb4PgDaGVz09Sce-cMVgUMntbUOTw63c7UReAhyZXlRSZruw__lsFwJH3XeUTNhpoziYUd2ffshiIygqfYPo6UA/s690/Grip%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="690" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSDyqQ6pWPinbjjSe_0v-qqK2ih5Czq6Pls7MB_huCEfk4LROsDInPQAmjqyM6y8J7bEVRPZrnH62mRtTTWyUmBLnTTf2nEypb4PgDaGVz09Sce-cMVgUMntbUOTw63c7UReAhyZXlRSZruw__lsFwJH3XeUTNhpoziYUd2ffshiIygqfYPo6UA/w640-h640/Grip%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Sometimes it feels like our grip is slipping but...<br />God's grip is eternal, strong and true.<br />TRUST HIM!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-15138525596624377042023-08-22T10:11:00.003-04:002023-08-22T10:11:59.274-04:00My Security<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEoNYdH_-zT8m9j3380Ta_i-YosN_O2DBJV463-2bvQWyLHkSKb0MUdjRMdNg1LLaZX20DMdJIVzboPtNAwk-nRWR6yQhCIIz9m4ssHc0cDkAKOMXFas7N5moWBcgrH5jVJeRl6dndcX0OZsDubq00QXn8q-YLti-dsjRRNJeEzoE827LOWkbzCA/s843/Security.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="843" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEoNYdH_-zT8m9j3380Ta_i-YosN_O2DBJV463-2bvQWyLHkSKb0MUdjRMdNg1LLaZX20DMdJIVzboPtNAwk-nRWR6yQhCIIz9m4ssHc0cDkAKOMXFas7N5moWBcgrH5jVJeRl6dndcX0OZsDubq00QXn8q-YLti-dsjRRNJeEzoE827LOWkbzCA/w640-h640/Security.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-86078499727325829462023-07-11T10:53:00.002-04:002023-07-12T08:51:48.023-04:00Oh Lord of the Oceans<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">An incredible prayer from one of my favourite books...<b>The Valley of Vision</b>. <b>PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THIS.</b></span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYa23gwClFEVSyIdlnYjl6TP4RbbnluSmyZZyKyUZr3XD0ljLBPCj4KiEr3WMSLSAjkvA_DEedASe2TPSSxkUxmYz4K_VhyjJFMtGsuIb6pYH2RNmCL95lUCoLsZ5FYynqysA9vRZmUyeR7m1_MjqFc9ZvrDxgPp8cTJcEsXmqQ5u-RXfWBOPpQ/s341/Ship%20on%20the%20Sea.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="341" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYa23gwClFEVSyIdlnYjl6TP4RbbnluSmyZZyKyUZr3XD0ljLBPCj4KiEr3WMSLSAjkvA_DEedASe2TPSSxkUxmYz4K_VhyjJFMtGsuIb6pYH2RNmCL95lUCoLsZ5FYynqysA9vRZmUyeR7m1_MjqFc9ZvrDxgPp8cTJcEsXmqQ5u-RXfWBOPpQ/w640-h278/Ship%20on%20the%20Sea.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div>OH LORD OF THE OCEANS,</span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My little bark sails on a restless sea,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Grant that Jesus may sit at the helm and steer me safely;</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Suffer no adverse currents to divert my heavenward course;</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Let not my faith be wrecked amid storms and shoals;</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Bring me to harbour with flying pennants, hull unbreached, cargo unspoiled.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I ask great things,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">expect great things,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">shall receive great things.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I venture on thee wholly, fully,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">my wind, sunshine, anchor, defence.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The voyage is long, the waves high, the storms pitiless,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">but my helm is held steady,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">thy Word secures safe passage,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">thy grace wafts me onward,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">my haven is guaranteed.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This day will bring me nearer home,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Grant me holy consistency in every transaction,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">my peace flowing like a running tide,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">my righteousness as every chasing wave.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Help me to live circumspectly, with skill to convert every care into prayer,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Halo my path with gentleness and love,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">smooth every asperity of temper;</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">let me not forget how easy it is to occasion grief;</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">may I strive to bind up every wound,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and pour oil on all troubled waters.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">May the world this day be happier and better because I live.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Let my mast before me be the Saviour’s cross,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and every oncoming wave the fountain in his side.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Help me, protect me in the moving sea</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">until I reach the shore of unceasing praise.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The Valley of Vision...Puritan Prayers and Devotions p.202-3</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Banner of Truth Publishing<br /></i></span></div></div>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-73959693175655515342023-05-04T11:17:00.000-04:002023-05-04T11:17:04.305-04:00God's Will is Unspeakably Beyond My Notions<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXz2vholUJFLAvlhQElCrWkrLWETt3JApTZ5IGGC5K6PIA_U0F2kZyc5ndAD0ldMpJnJtK2F90YECaLTbKMlEQLudTbQOSlXen7E6a3f1bv5p0ZKU3C9jVG5UPcYtMLucf97mlNa-F10_X9GL0zr1rwFfpjAi9QtjIHlT4VN2e-fhe9mkDVQ/s1200/God%20is%20God%20by%20Elliot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXz2vholUJFLAvlhQElCrWkrLWETt3JApTZ5IGGC5K6PIA_U0F2kZyc5ndAD0ldMpJnJtK2F90YECaLTbKMlEQLudTbQOSlXen7E6a3f1bv5p0ZKU3C9jVG5UPcYtMLucf97mlNa-F10_X9GL0zr1rwFfpjAi9QtjIHlT4VN2e-fhe9mkDVQ/w640-h426/God%20is%20God%20by%20Elliot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elisabeth Elliot always writes and speaks </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">in a way that touches my heart.</span></div></span><p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-71903889421187120412023-02-09T10:46:00.001-05:002023-02-09T10:46:03.980-05:00An Undisputable Fact<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Over my 77 years I have experienced this same truth...<b>GOD DOES PROVIDE FOR OUR EVERY NEED! </b><i>- David</i></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMKDDTK5jkR6Qy81BYxsTNdmqcXJXrOnmH33htE9cd-yCkxcdoD01SGc4vfwSy6pgpDnFw3n9dRDVJX4_HBKLmkW8aPgP5yEbEFB1OqcrciXr0rfV02AT_GBBGrxLIj5GvZd2osDo7af2OfEBuRanCfaLojHyQutHEVUfwIs_DXCx2H5Vx64/s843/George%20Muller%20Feb.9,%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="843" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMKDDTK5jkR6Qy81BYxsTNdmqcXJXrOnmH33htE9cd-yCkxcdoD01SGc4vfwSy6pgpDnFw3n9dRDVJX4_HBKLmkW8aPgP5yEbEFB1OqcrciXr0rfV02AT_GBBGrxLIj5GvZd2osDo7af2OfEBuRanCfaLojHyQutHEVUfwIs_DXCx2H5Vx64/w640-h640/George%20Muller%20Feb.9,%202023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-1434612198953305262023-01-18T12:34:00.000-05:002023-01-18T12:34:22.773-05:00Looking Back...with Gratitude<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPbpdlMcm5siqaPhp6Ceq0kmpi61FdQCeVnkyFPIYT7KAwS_AmXNWFJmQ4uQIwkfZghlqeOyjP4s9NrMOUCtLgqV1ONUY1zFJ7vYRPigyKhqwnvf73qULJHT39N-nRU4hywzLNeji2GwHhktsfCwDRvQrbSwf80TnNB_MIVPaiCWXEddwIag/s960/Little%20Lake%20Photo%20FINAL.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPbpdlMcm5siqaPhp6Ceq0kmpi61FdQCeVnkyFPIYT7KAwS_AmXNWFJmQ4uQIwkfZghlqeOyjP4s9NrMOUCtLgqV1ONUY1zFJ7vYRPigyKhqwnvf73qULJHT39N-nRU4hywzLNeji2GwHhktsfCwDRvQrbSwf80TnNB_MIVPaiCWXEddwIag/s600/Little%20Lake%20Photo%20FINAL.jpg"/></a></div>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-33460397475590909392022-10-19T10:41:00.000-04:002022-10-19T10:41:27.744-04:00Lingering Lyrics <p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of life's many blessings, that I'm so grateful for, is the fact that the lyrics of many old hymns are stored in my mind and I can recall them when needed. </span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Often I find myself quoting these lyrics in my mind or...vocally. When I get up in the middle of the night there are often hymn or gospel song lyrics going through my mind. As I said above, this is such a blessing that I thank God for. Often they are lyrics that I haven't read, heard or sung for many years. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Lately the <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>lyrics of the chorus of the song "Why?" written by a man who I knew and loved, John M. Moore, were such a blessing.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> "All my iniquities on him were laid;</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> He nailed them all to the tree.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Jesus, the debt of my sin fully paid,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> He paid the ransom for me."</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The truth that Jesus was my Substitute, my Sin-Bearer and my Saviour when he bore my sins (which were many) on the cross at Calvary thrills my heart.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKxbmEbKTfHvQuGFwXiil92L6s4mwKSiZe2B9NHRmgrsF2DmY9lyNACphe9QGXW6N2Vt2AgLGU0f7GDjLxIFVRo_3FUqlyQ8kMZ6_Ma66dTC9CsdDY-EaJnwUUTh4tH0sSwmJxa7HCND230qbz_hT7jk8gqLCU_glXC9FbkFgAKGRwMAu2io/s736/He%20Himself%20Bore%20Our%20Sins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="736" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKxbmEbKTfHvQuGFwXiil92L6s4mwKSiZe2B9NHRmgrsF2DmY9lyNACphe9QGXW6N2Vt2AgLGU0f7GDjLxIFVRo_3FUqlyQ8kMZ6_Ma66dTC9CsdDY-EaJnwUUTh4tH0sSwmJxa7HCND230qbz_hT7jk8gqLCU_glXC9FbkFgAKGRwMAu2io/w640-h520/He%20Himself%20Bore%20Our%20Sins.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-37879242822419461342022-10-19T10:15:00.003-04:002022-10-19T10:19:27.323-04:00My Advocate, My Provider and My Testimony<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho25k0qvMb6JfTE59e_wHCOMLazulvcLlF1C-mEz0mR559a5NWhDwAIEIYvdx8s0XJcoz-CnDxKK3KNrXFK15OfAU-YNUWDw7h9453BXJgXzZVgowK9mZh098xqbxeOOQFgh4YecUoYgo0qFLFyZMIFkJrvJXjuMqWcbHR9pf6mMHCqIcVzOI/s3296/My%20Advocate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho25k0qvMb6JfTE59e_wHCOMLazulvcLlF1C-mEz0mR559a5NWhDwAIEIYvdx8s0XJcoz-CnDxKK3KNrXFK15OfAU-YNUWDw7h9453BXJgXzZVgowK9mZh098xqbxeOOQFgh4YecUoYgo0qFLFyZMIFkJrvJXjuMqWcbHR9pf6mMHCqIcVzOI/w494-h640/My%20Advocate.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm so grateful for God's provision for my every need!</span> </span> </div><p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-15873180014618496002022-10-06T12:59:00.000-04:002022-10-06T12:59:05.047-04:00Even in our Tangled Lives...God Is There!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJlTieRYjhw7MtyTf4Ne0Up7veFKw4a7QmLp9mLaRzb1mJSGnjxoEijxnkJuTJQ8KU6IeFPixObTvLSrdq7Q__pNaBhjxgo5GLH5vp3moO5BTRno7xeMit1-JvdLGcAneyDTQdhI1YRwY4FFXGZqODoFt2TEp6pHxW5_ASAIHpTB3zDKCwp0/s992/Tangled%20Woods.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="992" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJlTieRYjhw7MtyTf4Ne0Up7veFKw4a7QmLp9mLaRzb1mJSGnjxoEijxnkJuTJQ8KU6IeFPixObTvLSrdq7Q__pNaBhjxgo5GLH5vp3moO5BTRno7xeMit1-JvdLGcAneyDTQdhI1YRwY4FFXGZqODoFt2TEp6pHxW5_ASAIHpTB3zDKCwp0/w640-h380/Tangled%20Woods.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-60239071164340087042022-10-06T12:17:00.003-04:002022-10-06T12:17:51.163-04:00God Really Does Care<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcFM6mjhjWGr6ePW9qkL4vwm4FZ5xYbUkVqPWKkD9JuSmjzy_FqZAk8LlCl7gavwlFYHAff4JdQI722w33MQpwADKu7Q54MGvyYVwT0NePmD_vI0Kt96YbILkmn-IiGZGx0JM70WTh6D6hdmnTGPLcA7ikEtcA5Sg8kA9PI9yQmv3W6FdfLs/s1280/Cares.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcFM6mjhjWGr6ePW9qkL4vwm4FZ5xYbUkVqPWKkD9JuSmjzy_FqZAk8LlCl7gavwlFYHAff4JdQI722w33MQpwADKu7Q54MGvyYVwT0NePmD_vI0Kt96YbILkmn-IiGZGx0JM70WTh6D6hdmnTGPLcA7ikEtcA5Sg8kA9PI9yQmv3W6FdfLs/w640-h360/Cares.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-29765248219825508562022-06-30T14:10:00.002-04:002022-06-30T14:10:28.422-04:00The Safest Place<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibY5zEJkCATa_RmZJIhqcPMqepI0968QKCXO680ha9lNTnJEgq27cVbyYmgj8iROpFVDxi4Q7eqa7IKFoaoUUPKFoUKBSgMexoE88pIFlAPC5QHFWJQl2a0I3r-C0EgXwz142SXtrLwoyZyKGsW88NEf2K_jtHGmKfeZTRb8LcZ6_AsrhmcNk/s1280/Almighty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibY5zEJkCATa_RmZJIhqcPMqepI0968QKCXO680ha9lNTnJEgq27cVbyYmgj8iROpFVDxi4Q7eqa7IKFoaoUUPKFoUKBSgMexoE88pIFlAPC5QHFWJQl2a0I3r-C0EgXwz142SXtrLwoyZyKGsW88NEf2K_jtHGmKfeZTRb8LcZ6_AsrhmcNk/w640-h640/Almighty.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">There is rest in the safe place...in the shadow of the Almighty! Run there for shelter!</span><p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-57955445149295784992022-06-30T13:17:00.002-04:002022-06-30T14:08:47.895-04:00Tangled Woods<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9kBixXjyrdbkWMkHXhh3Q_XkhblfdVDzuThSePcA6rR-W1SAc1LFTeEnc7UmdcqmQthGUKlPaPw-ZXrDrY1WBRth3awTM9tuM3v9HGHaahKjZohDLSgRpqgJ0tfm5oyvU2PdQ9J6Jzgf0KbuPn6Ruj02aObUs-eHC3LKD56xzY2ea-6uoig/s1024/Tangled%20Woods%2055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9kBixXjyrdbkWMkHXhh3Q_XkhblfdVDzuThSePcA6rR-W1SAc1LFTeEnc7UmdcqmQthGUKlPaPw-ZXrDrY1WBRth3awTM9tuM3v9HGHaahKjZohDLSgRpqgJ0tfm5oyvU2PdQ9J6Jzgf0KbuPn6Ruj02aObUs-eHC3LKD56xzY2ea-6uoig/w640-h426/Tangled%20Woods%2055.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My friend posted this photo on her Facebook page and I wrote the poem. Regardless of our circumstances...God is there with us.</span><p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-4407323510585430952022-02-20T12:48:00.001-05:002022-02-20T12:48:49.573-05:00The True Garrison of our Hearts - The Peace of God<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEDc2ToofiH2kz8rR1tq5u7VNutTL9dcSYTraPBpYSg4ir74K1agCQVSx0z52WozwqT-kktWilUb9jhqv7i7vTdIaA_18bM_pjJBQ-vHpbxS3q2DiccKWH3szvjXQDl3LJKfnX6Mvg58m1a0Rfdw4xI1gWPXOCQN77955Fvq99vvZt56wtCgo=s1111" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="807" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEDc2ToofiH2kz8rR1tq5u7VNutTL9dcSYTraPBpYSg4ir74K1agCQVSx0z52WozwqT-kktWilUb9jhqv7i7vTdIaA_18bM_pjJBQ-vHpbxS3q2DiccKWH3szvjXQDl3LJKfnX6Mvg58m1a0Rfdw4xI1gWPXOCQN77955Fvq99vvZt56wtCgo=w464-h640" width="464" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 20px;"><p>I've always been encouraged and strengthened by the use of the word <b>"garrison"</b> that Weymouth used. - <i>David</i></p></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 20px;">"And then the peace of God, which transcends all our powers of thought, will be a </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 20px;">garrison</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 20px;"> to guard your hearts and minds in union with Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:7 - Weymouth Translation of the New Testament</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="background-color: #f7f3ed; color: #121212; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The word </span><span style="background: 0px 0px rgb(247, 243, 237); border: 0px; color: #121212; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">keep</span><span style="background-color: #f7f3ed; color: #121212; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> there is much stronger in the original; it actually means </span><span style="background: 0px 0px rgb(247, 243, 237); border: 0px; color: #121212; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">to garrison, to mount a guard over. </span><span style="background-color: #f7f3ed; color: #121212; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">“And the peace of God shall be a garrison, a guard, over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” How deeply we need this garrison of the peace of God! Some troubling thought comes up… but no, the guards refuse to give it access into the mind; some anxious concern tries to force entry into the heart but the garrison bars it. - taken from the web site - <a href="http://amendingfeast.org">amendingfeast.org</a></span></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f7f3ed; color: #121212; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-36789137206774272152022-02-13T18:32:00.001-05:002022-02-13T18:32:31.367-05:00Have Piano...Will Travel<div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As a young man I bought my first piano from Warne’s Music Store in my hometown, Peterborough, Ontario. It wasn’t much to look at but…I loved the tone so I paid for the ol’ clunker and had it delivered to our home.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over ten years later I moved it to the Christian Book Store I owned so our customers could sit down with a music book and “try out” a song or two. I’d often sit down myself when the store was quiet and play a few hymns. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 1987 I moved to Toronto and left Ol’ Clunker behind. It was hard to say goodbye because we had collaborated on a few songs I had written and it was a sad day when we parted.</span></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My memory is fuzzy regarding the next chapter, or verse, of the story but Ol’ Clunker and I were reunited in Toronto where I had moved to take a position at The Peoples Church. Through our daughter, we heard that a Polish family had a child who wanted to take piano lessons so we “lent” the piano to them. Again, it was a sad moment when I said “goodbye”. Later, the family moved out of town and they asked if I wanted my cherished friend back. I quickly and gladly said “yes” although my wife wasn’t anxious to welcome ol’ clunker back into our home. It wasn’t the finest looking piece of furniture I must admit.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I reluctantly donated “her”…not my wife…to The Peoples Church. and they hid it away in one of the Peoples Christian School classrooms. I was pleased to have her close by if I needed “her”.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">One New Year’s Eve, the church had invited the Blackwood Brothers Quartet to sing at the Watchnight Service as we welcomed in the New Year. A banquet preceded the concert and the dinner was served in the school gymnasium…attached to the church sanctuary. Little did I know that the Blackwood Brothers would sing a couple of songs in the gym, following the banquet, before everyone moved into the sanctuary for the service. </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Some of the church staff, in all probability Ken and Stan, wheeled Ol’ Clunker into to gym and my heart skipped a beat. “Oh boy”, I thought, “is she even in tune?” </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As the Blackwoods played and sang “Precious Memories” I sat there enthralled, recalling the well-traveled pilgrimage that my piano had undertaken and the precious memories that came to mind as I listened to the group I had enjoyed since I was a “little kid.” </span></div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9HrHdbS60FzxbiPejIN4zLhQtavcJlHwPOStSXEo_cK02KnyvpRAeTkk0735oz_2oS0dDXR58hezyyb311ymmV5e-6m1dGLGq35l74LRcUhMEA5TJh62EoW1QHP2vj_F2OgIDIfMJpeHZ5wKh93E7g9ijHLzGgxIZIJnxtWHMdZ-OM7W_Pmc=s448" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="448" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9HrHdbS60FzxbiPejIN4zLhQtavcJlHwPOStSXEo_cK02KnyvpRAeTkk0735oz_2oS0dDXR58hezyyb311ymmV5e-6m1dGLGq35l74LRcUhMEA5TJh62EoW1QHP2vj_F2OgIDIfMJpeHZ5wKh93E7g9ijHLzGgxIZIJnxtWHMdZ-OM7W_Pmc=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-73198899208533034422022-01-12T10:31:00.001-05:002022-01-12T10:31:55.644-05:00The Pilgrim Scribe's Journey<p> </p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlbWIct14ZUMQeDIHccbbHdG_hE-8M3AoNw7UxsXr5e0gGLJu1k7QCXmsye3RzOLqB9TgLjAtQNDHxO-gJmK9_3vQnPLX9P-0Hdtj_i-3_flYKYZuBJwMPGhvru0BVn2rX2pYpLEm7BvsaKfzVGtNYFMUTpFJpqxT0tPeMd34kh7g4FnKDQp8=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlbWIct14ZUMQeDIHccbbHdG_hE-8M3AoNw7UxsXr5e0gGLJu1k7QCXmsye3RzOLqB9TgLjAtQNDHxO-gJmK9_3vQnPLX9P-0Hdtj_i-3_flYKYZuBJwMPGhvru0BVn2rX2pYpLEm7BvsaKfzVGtNYFMUTpFJpqxT0tPeMd34kh7g4FnKDQp8=w428-h640" width="428" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Pilgrim Scribe’s Journey</span></b></span></div></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I began to write about my journey,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Discerning not the path that I would take;</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">With pages blank and pen in hand not knowing</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">The choices and mistakes that I would make.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Each day would be for me a brand new story,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">With lines oft’ times too hard for me to share;</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">But at the end of ev’ry day…assurance,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">And knowing that my God was always there.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">The trials and pains endured along life’s pathway,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can fade as I recall the lessons learned;</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">I often write of times that I have wandered,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">And when the voice of God at times I’d spurned.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">An old and noble scribe once wisely offered,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">“A few bad chapters will not close the book”;</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">They’re never meant to say your story’s over,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">But only trace the path your journey took.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">So as you turn another page, dear pilgrim,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">And wonder how the tale will finally end;</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Remember that the God who walks beside you,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">When asked, will peace and comfort always send.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">May others read your story and be able</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">To learn from all the trials that you’ve been through;</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">And know the Author of your great salvation,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Faithful One, who’s always good and true.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">David Fisher – September 29th, 2015</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Revised – January 11, 2022</span></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-5015758416315657792021-12-08T16:08:00.001-05:002021-12-08T16:08:24.446-05:00Blazing Skies and God's Glory<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thank you, <b>Ted Barrett</b>, for the amazing photo and thank you, <b>Phil Foster</b>, for challenging me to write a poem to accompany this photo. Thank you, <b>Father</b>, for inspiring me to write. This is real collaboration!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheU44PgGVbwAR7zh0oOgyQjqpexELXWXKq-qpQ8yITF2UQ1Y776LJihF2IkCCLFchF40qTtBpZitUsu2r0gDL-P13CFeAhI2d9vCnvMGYVElFhVe63godpbGELDki8uQc-F3nZfuiwBJC3wootbNq52vrX63X5cOYF8wKzkgUAbsymunTkX14=s563" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheU44PgGVbwAR7zh0oOgyQjqpexELXWXKq-qpQ8yITF2UQ1Y776LJihF2IkCCLFchF40qTtBpZitUsu2r0gDL-P13CFeAhI2d9vCnvMGYVElFhVe63godpbGELDki8uQc-F3nZfuiwBJC3wootbNq52vrX63X5cOYF8wKzkgUAbsymunTkX14=w598-h640" width="598" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-51750838093222488972021-11-22T14:40:00.003-05:002021-11-22T14:42:31.786-05:00Fear Not...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R4EB5YCgpAA/YZvx4wL5JrI/AAAAAAAAHCo/1IHS7Ewzbocn8kpsH8eUnrSr61dExWejQCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/Empty%2BSwing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="900" height="338" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R4EB5YCgpAA/YZvx4wL5JrI/AAAAAAAAHCo/1IHS7Ewzbocn8kpsH8eUnrSr61dExWejQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h338/Empty%2BSwing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-80061297155554579012021-11-07T11:01:00.002-05:002021-11-07T11:02:32.508-05:00WARNING...Foggy Road Ahead<p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you, Phil Foster, for the amazing photo...and thank you, sovereign God, for you protection as we travel and unknown path.</span> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E0Mj6pgY318/YYf3syQqqnI/AAAAAAAAHCY/wydeGHuRYboBC6_WwfzrcyLJIj3VqtO9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1022/Fog%2Bon%2Bthe%2BRiver%2BRoad%2BFINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="1022" height="384" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E0Mj6pgY318/YYf3syQqqnI/AAAAAAAAHCY/wydeGHuRYboBC6_WwfzrcyLJIj3VqtO9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h384/Fog%2Bon%2Bthe%2BRiver%2BRoad%2BFINAL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-73383040031519529422021-10-28T15:39:00.000-04:002021-10-28T15:39:27.515-04:00The Best is Yet To Come<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i-26OXxEltc/YXr8LsN0fGI/AAAAAAAAHCQ/0LCaRLjlTeAn8ZKZexXZgIHQsmFSiKhHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/God%2Bof%2Ball%2BGrace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i-26OXxEltc/YXr8LsN0fGI/AAAAAAAAHCQ/0LCaRLjlTeAn8ZKZexXZgIHQsmFSiKhHQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/God%2Bof%2Ball%2BGrace.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-6330185143543491352021-10-27T10:28:00.001-04:002021-10-27T10:28:27.474-04:00The Master of the Sea<p> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">He's the King of kings and Lord of lords, our Saviour, Redeemer and Friend...worthy of our praise and adoration. May He still the storms in our hearts and lives for His eternal glory...and our good!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YF5_BdJP1B4/YXlhclIdAnI/AAAAAAAAHCI/vuOcJrcLLaoKA3zAwvgGkoeCPwYWdFKpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Waves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YF5_BdJP1B4/YXlhclIdAnI/AAAAAAAAHCI/vuOcJrcLLaoKA3zAwvgGkoeCPwYWdFKpwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/Waves.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-46485989239617436062021-10-26T13:17:00.001-04:002021-10-26T13:18:41.038-04:00Big Sea, Small Boat...but a Great, Big GOD<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When I read Tim Challies' blog this morning, as I do every day, one of the graphics on his site depicted a ship at sea. In the picture/photo, the ocean is so expansive and the ship seems so small by comparison. When I saw the picture I recalled a quote that I hadn't heard for many years so I went to Google to check it out. Apparently the quote was inscribed or carved on a block of wood that sat on John. F. Kennedy's desk.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NElp0p-_qmY/YXg3oTFFGxI/AAAAAAAAHB8/VU5AeLd0DVcgaymNlnLd9ToCINTzhLJQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s698/Big%2BGod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="698" height="366" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NElp0p-_qmY/YXg3oTFFGxI/AAAAAAAAHB8/VU5AeLd0DVcgaymNlnLd9ToCINTzhLJQgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h366/Big%2BGod.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's also a poem that I found. I'll quote the poem and the brief story about JFK's desk.</span></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our lives can appear to be so small and insignificant but in God's eyes...we are very special. So valuable to Him that He gave His Son to redeem us and give wonderful peace and eternal life. - <i>David </i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"This Old Breton prayer was inscribed on a block of wood on the desk of President John F. Kennedy. Admiral Hyman Rickover would give it to new submarine captains and also presented one to the President. Kennedy loved the quote and used it in his dedication of the East Coast Memorial to the Missing at Sea on May 23, 1963. He always kept it on his desk in the Oval Office and it is now in the JFK Presidential Museum and Library."</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2X4SYSMuZuc/YXg3U6vOSwI/AAAAAAAAHBw/D1wphwPmnZASIKwdkiQlgXF3wEoMV1xTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s910/Small%2BShip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="910" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2X4SYSMuZuc/YXg3U6vOSwI/AAAAAAAAHBw/D1wphwPmnZASIKwdkiQlgXF3wEoMV1xTgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h226/Small%2BShip.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here is the poem in its entirety:</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thy sea, O God, so great,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My boat so small.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It cannot be that any happy fate</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Will me befall</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Save as Thy goodness opens paths for me</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Through the consuming vastness of the sea.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thy winds, O God, so strong,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So slight my sail.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">How could I curb and bit them on the long</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And saltry trail,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Unless Thy love were mightier than the wrath</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Of all the tempests that beset my path?</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thy world, O God, so fierce,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And I so frail.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Yet, though its arrows threaten oft to pierce</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My fragile mail,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Cities of refuge rise where dangers cease,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Sweet silences abound, and all is peace.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">- Winfred Ernest Garrison </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; 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font-size: large;">Thank you, Father, for quietly</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">leading us back to You as we</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">walk this pilgrim pathway!</span></div><p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353755.post-85866238183647777652021-10-04T13:41:00.004-04:002021-10-04T13:42:21.872-04:00Don't Stop Praying...the Blessing Will Be There<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jlzm8kUeEiA/YVs8lPXbUYI/AAAAAAAAHBQ/VVLk5od1TvQH9c7mpT-DquKZqXnMkXOlgCLcBGAsYHQ/s690/Blessing%2BGeorge%2BMuller.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="690" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jlzm8kUeEiA/YVs8lPXbUYI/AAAAAAAAHBQ/VVLk5od1TvQH9c7mpT-DquKZqXnMkXOlgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Blessing%2BGeorge%2BMuller.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Be persistent in your prayer...</span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">and the blessing will be there.</span> </span></div><p></p>David Warren Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449996644124276644noreply@blogger.com0