Tuesday, Nov. 2nd Update from Joni

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Tuesday, November 2nd Update from Joni:

I woke up this morning singing “All the way my Savior leads me, oh the fullness of his love: perfect rest to me is promised in my Father’s house above. When my spirit clothed immortal wings its flight to realms of Day, this my song through endless ages: Jesus led me all the way!” I was amazed I woke up that way, considering the back pain that forced me to bed early last evening. But Jesus has a wonderful way of refreshing our hearts with grace-upon-grace… grace that is always amazing… grace that tunes our hearts to sing His praise.
 
Charles Spurgeon wrote:

“Any man can sing in the day. When the cup is full, man draws inspiration from it. When wealth rolls in abundance around him, any man can praise the God who gives a plenteous harvest… The difficulty is for music to swell forth when no wind is stirring. It is easy to sing when we can read the notes by daylight; but he is skillful who sings when there is not a ray of light to read by — who sings from the heart… Lay me upon the bed of languishing, and how shall I then chant God’s high praises, unless He Himself gives me the song? No, it is not in man’s power to sing when all is adverse, unless an altar-coal shall touch his lip… Then, since our Maker gives ‘songs in the night,’ let us wait upon Him for the music.” 

So it’s with a song in our hearts that Ken and I head out the door to a JAF retreat near the desert this week – it’ll be my first ‘official’ outing since being sequestered back in August after a brief bout with pneumonia due to the chemotherapy. Boy, am I looking forward to seeing scenery :-)! Thank you for your prayers… and keep singing, friend; after all, His grace is that amazing!  

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