Jack’s Winning Words 6/27/14
“Count each separate day as a separate life.”  (Seneca)  One of my favorite C & W songs is “One Day at a Time Sweet Jesus,” written by Marijohn Wilkin.  In a way, it’s the story of her life.  She had her share of successes, but personal problems and the death of family members caused her to come to “the end of her rope.”  She came to realize that she had to live one day at a time.  Sometimes that’s what we have to do, also.    ;-)  Jack

FROM MICHIZONA RAY:  Sometimes? It seems that Jesus' statement applies directly here, “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:34 ESV). Amen to that! If one day has its trouble, it seems bringing along yesterday's and tomorrow's problems would lead in every naturally to the "end of one's rope"! ...a good thing to remember!====JACK:  A second look at today's WWs causes me to see it in a positive way.  There's a lot of good in each day, if we look for it.  A pastor that I knew would begin his daily radio broadcast with the words..."Up, up and away.  This is God's day.  Are you going God's way?" 

FROM FACEBOOK LIZ:  interesting concept.====JACK:  It fits in a variety of situations.  For example, if you're facing a difficult job, attack it in stages.  One, stage, and then another...and it's done.  I guess it can apply in many of life's problem situations.   

FROM TARMART REV:  One of my many favorite sayings: "It's a brand new day, never been lived in before!!" . . . Monday, the Lord willing, will be a brand new week!!====JACK:  It's like having a new present to open each morning....Like having Christmas every day.

FROM HONEST JOHN:  Glad to see you like songs like that.   I do, too.     There are so many different musical expressions that seem appropriate for the church.   Too many folks become too exclusive about one kind of music or the other.====JACK:  I appreciate the fact that the Church is not afraid to change hymnals from time to time.  The Church is people, and people change.  I wonder what the old favorites were in Bach's day?

FROM EEC IN MICHIGAN:  What's a C & W song?====JACK:  Country and Western.

FROM BLAZING OAKS:  CONFUCIUS ADVISES, "IF YOU CHASE TWO RABBITS, YOU CATCH NONE"...ONE RABBIT IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE DAY...HA!  WHY RUIN TODAY, WORRYING ABOUT TOMORROW?  OF COURSE IF WE ARE PRUDENT, WE PLAN FOR TOMORROW, WHICH IS A WHOLE NOTHER MATTER!!  SEIZE EACH DAY FOR ALL ITS WORTH!! GOOD WW TO THINK ON!====JACK:  Sometimes we pile too much on our plate.  I've seen that happen at buffets.

FROM MOLINER JT:  AMEN to "one day at a time"====JACK:  When baseball players are asked about where they expect to finish in the standings, they often say, "We play one game at a time."  It reminds me of the poem... "The clock of life is wound but once  And no one has the power  
To tell just when the hands will stop,  At late or early hour.    Now is the only time you own;  Live, love, work, and with a will;   Place no faith in tomorrow, for  The clock may then be still."

FROM JT IN MICHIGAN:  I think we all get to some point in life where we live one day at a time,
trusting God to see us through.====JACK:  I would like to think that "all" meant all.