Marilyn's Musings
October 8, 2024
Here is a wonderful poem to start the week with:
Octobers are a gift from God.
A time to pause.
A time to slow down.
A time to refresh our minds.
A month to let our souls
Catch up with our bodies.
A month to take a deep breath
And inhale the sacred beauty
Of the most divine Artist of all.
This is another poem from the Facebook page I have been sharing with you the last couple of weeks. We have had quite a few beautiful fall days and are so fortunate to be able to see “God’s” Masterpiece. A couple of years ago Bob and I met an older couple that were traveling the country in their camper to see the fall colors. They were retired and had lived in Southern California all their lives and had only seen pictures of the Northeast in the fall. It opened my eyes to see the colors the way they were seeing them for the first time. Imagine seeing green leaves all your life and then to see the bright orange and yellow leaves right in front of you! We had the same experience when we went to Montana this summer and saw Glacier National Park. The Palisades along the Hudson are beautiful in the fall, but the size of the mountains in Montana were breathtaking. There is a beautiful world out there that God made for you and me. We just need to open our eyes to appreciate it, thank Him for it and take care of it for Him.
We had a great weekend at Old North this past Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was our October Thrift Shoppe Sale and we had over 200 people come thru and say hello and buy some of the amazing donations we had received during the month. On Tuesday mornings we never know what is being donated and it is fun to talk to the people that come in. It was a busy day for us but well worth the work that went into getting ready for it. Our next sale is November 9th and it will be a “Christmas” themed sale. Maybe a little early for Christmas music but it will be playing and get everyone in the spirit so they can enjoy the holidays a little longer.
On Sunday, during our worship service, we had the Blessing of the Animals. We had a few dogs and their owners come to the service and one of members bought her birds to be blessed. I think they enjoyed the organ playing and tried to sing along with it!!! Pastor Linden had the animals come forward, learned their names and blessed each one individually. We all shared in communion later in the service. After church our committees had meetings. The day began with blessing our loved family pets, then hearing the message, sharing communion, praying together and meeting together to discuss our plans for Old North as we get ready to move forward into the holiday season and then a new year. This was a wonderful, love filled Sunday at Old North.
I like to choose hymns to with my musing each week. I also like to say with the songs and hymns for the present season, but…. (here is where people who know me “roll their eyes” and say “what is she going to say now?”) We don’t have to sing our favorites only in the season they seem to refer to. It is only October and Thanksgiving is 6 weeks away but this hymn can be sung all year long.
I know most of you know the words so let’s sing together “Now Thank We All Our God”. We have so much to be thankful for and as Thanksgiving gets closer, I love musing about that.
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Preview YouTube video Now Thank We All Our God - Classic Christian Hymns Choir / Lyrics
