First Some Praise!!

I'm posting this last, but I hope you end up reading it first. Please read through these words and--if it won't annoy those around you--softly hum with the words or sing them aloud.

Holy, Holy, Holy!

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Who were, and art, and evermore shall be.

Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;
Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in power, in love, and purity.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea;
Holy, holy, holy; merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

words recorded by Reginald Heber, 1826
music "Nicea" by John B. Dykes in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861

Let me pray for you, too:

Our heavenly Daddy...our Abba, hear my prayer O, Lord!!

I'm approaching you...approaching your throne...for the sake of those that read my musings at the Salt Mill. I don't know who they are. You do.

I'm not keeping a record of how many are coming. Will you keep that record for me? And will you read that record aloud in heaven for my sake?

And will you send messengers of Good News to each of them today? Please assist them in their work. Uplift their spirits so the work is easy and light...not hard. Give them the cool, autumn breeze of the assurance of Your gentle presence...help them see the leaves moving from the moving of Your Spirit.

I hope I'm not asking too much for them!! I long for each of them to go deep with you today! I long for each of them to have the Ah-ha!! of your presence with them!

Lord, bless them! And keep them!! (I know you do and you will!!) May your face, with all of its Shekinah Glory, shine on them. Grant them an overflowing portion of your peace that passes understanding. Let it flow through them into the conflict and trouble that surrounds each of them.

Be gracious unto them...in the name of your Holy and Majestic Son, Jesus.

Make it so!! (That is what amen means, you know??)