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Clarinet Lessons

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Clarinet: An instrument of discipline inflicted on children in order to instill a love for any other musical instrument except the one whose reed repeatedly cuts their lower lips!

Okay well my childhood clarinet lessons were not really torture but were generally awful experiences. Yet in spite of those sliced open lower lip memories, they did teach me one important thing: you must follow the sheet music if you want to please the teacher. Reading an Amish prayer this morning, brought me back to my lessons.

As you are my light
So shine in me
As you are my life
So live in me
As you are my faith
So adorn me
As you are my joy
So be pleased with me
As I am your dwelling
So live in me
As I am your instrument
So live in me.

From "Amish Prayers" 
Compiled by Beverly Lewis

Christ Himself is our sheet music and His every step was a note written by the hand of God. If we will lovingly yield our lives to Him, His Spirit will use us as instruments to play a part of Heaven’s symphony through our very ordinary everyday lives!

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 ESV

This is The Day

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One of our favorite verses in memory care is Psalm 118:24. I tell my friends that when the doctor asks them “What day is it today?” that they simply need to answer, “This is the day that the Lord has made!” So, when I finished working on my new song, ” This is the Day.” I felt it would be only right to record it with my friends at Sunshine Home this morning. I hope you will like this simple song and that it will lift your spirits today. With all that is going on in our country and our world it is a great encouragement for us to know that – “This is the day that the Lord has made!”

This is the Day

That is the day When the angels sang out
As shepherds watched over their sheep
So they hurried to find - down in Bethlehem town
The Babe in a manger asleep

This is the day that the Lord has made
Let us be glad and rejoice
This is His day – Yes this is His day
Yes this is the day that He made

And when they were hungry Jesus took the five loaves
And gave thanks then He gave them away
And the miracle happened as it passed hand to hand
And five thousand were fed on that day

This is the day that the Lord has made
Let us be glad and rejoice
This is His day – Yes this is His day
Yes this is the day that He made

Then on the night in dark Gethsemane
When Jesus knelt and He prayed
And He carried the Cross to the top of the hill
Yes this – Yes this is the day

When He carried His cross to the top of the hill
And then in the grave He was laid
Till on Sunday morn when the He rose from the dead!
Yes this is the day The Lord made!

This is the day that our God has made
Let us be glad and rejoice
This is His day – Yes this is His day
So to Jesus we lift up our voice


This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24 KJV

This is the Day by Peter Caligiuri copyright 2022
All rights reserved

Old Time Revival In Memory Care

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Here is a peek into our fun singing session yesterday. I hope it puts a smile on your face and an attitude of praise in your heart no matter what you are facing this morning. I’ll continue reposting from my other blog “Walking With Lambs” for a While. But if you are interested in or would like to be involved in Nursing Home Ministry I suggest that you follow over on that site so we can become a network of people committed to the long term care community.

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Clap your hands, all peoples!
    Shout to God with loud songs of joy! Psalm 47:1 ESV

If you think we only sing some old slow hymns at our Thursday morning meeting, then you have never joined us. If we did that half my folks would fall asleep! So, I invite you to join us for this medley which I titled, “Country Hoedown at Sunshine Home. Get ready to clap, maybe stomp your feet and please feel free to sing along!

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