Mission Music Motivation
God's global Church taps the Mind of Christ in bringing forward His gracious agenda of peace and good will on Earth. Partnering the Mind of Christ is the Heart of God, rich in loving kindness and tender mercies. Music has a long tradition of uniting heart and mind as God's People march towards victory. The Priesthood of Science & Technology in Global Environmental Service likewise draws upon the medium of music to motivate and celebrate success. As you enjoin this Service through prayer, financial contribution, or personal commitment, draw freely upon the music stream found here to enliven your collaboration and cheer your days.
Music Compositions Order of Appearance
Green Fire
Material Men
The Thanksgiving Song
War March of the Priests
Silent Night
Pleasure Tyrant
Chasing Money
Simplify
Good Green Earth
Sacred American Trilogy
The Lord's Prayer
Laughter from the Heart
Pretty Enough
Summertime
Fly Me to the Moon
Song of Marie
Got Any Rivers
A Mighty Fortress is Our God
MUSIC REFORMATION VIDEO
Jesus
Queen of the Night
In The Garden
Sentimental Journey
Younger Mama
Operator
Welcome Home Children
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Baby Face
Any Time
THE NEW COLOSSUS RECITATION
Sweet Fitness
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
I'm On Fire
My God Is Real
I'd Like To Teach the World to Sing
Steel River
Deep River
Houses & Lands for God
Hallelujah, What A Savior
Green Grass of Home
Garden Sweetheart
Apache High
Indian Love Call
Lady Blues Album
The LORD Is My Light
The first Music Motivation theme is entitled "Green Fire." It is an artistic expression paralleling the Green Fire R&D project launched by Dr. Patterson with the hope of establishing a perpetual supply of heating fuel for wintry homes in the U.S.A. and abroad. As the music plays (click adjacent green button), follow the lyric below, along with its unfolding vision set to the right. This trinity of sounds and words and visualizations helps to imprint the Green Fire message on your mind and carry it with you in comforting peace.
Green Fire Lyric
Dr. William C. Patterson
Introduction
Where’s the Spring,
The Fire Ring,
To warm the House of Living?
Search the land:
Above, below,
For the seed
That ever grows;
The one that keeps on giving.
The sun’s the key
That turns the lock
Of light and life,
And keeps the clock
Of time going.
The eye of God
Is centered green,
The vine of life
Its precious scene,
The mind knowing.
Spirit never darkening . . .
Power over everything . . .
Lights a lovely fire green.
Green Fire Vision
Dr. William C. Patterson
Visualize beauteous Earth seen from space turning dark (concurrent with thunder) in the grip of energy shortage and Babylon decadence.
Visualize green Earth turning to desert
Visualize neighborhood homes turning cold & dark
as snow of winter covers all.
Visualize family in living room before warm fireplace as flames dim, family becomes cold, skin turns deathly blue.
Visualize flying low over the country
See oil wells stopping, forests stripped bare, coal strip mining devastation, nuclear plants shut (3-Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima) as radiation symbol flashes.
Show Jesus with glowing seed in His right hand, light radiating in larger and brighter halo (He controls all power), lighting the whole room, then lighting the darkened Earth.
Visualize sun as small dot in sky, growing larger and larger.
Visualize sun as clock face w/ numbers progressively added, hands at midnight, secondhand starts moving again. Show Jesus placing large clocks back on walls of homes, businesses, government, Big Ben tower (reference to GMT World Time).
Visualize in extreme close-up body, then face, then eye of Jesus, pupil turning beauteous green.
Visualize re-lighted earth with expansive backdrop of forests, trees, shrubs, grass growing luxuriantly.
Visualize peering into the Mind of Christ to see a peaceful green aura of heavenly Eden nature, Adam & Eve tending.
Visualize whole world as night turns to day,
white dove of peace flying gracefully westward,
progressively bringing light at the edge of dawn.
Visualize Earth as natural green-blue land and water sphere of brightening color, Jesus head rising above and behind the North Pole, inductively cradling spinning sphere in his hands.
Final scene witnesses transformation of Earth to a glorious emerald jewel glistening in the pure white light of the sun.
Copyright 2016 William C. Patterson, Ph.D.
Lyric, Vision, Music, Arrangement.
Since the U.S.A. decorates history as the world's leading Work Nation, Labor Day stands as a holiday of well-earned distinction. Strong and durable steel so permeates the American superstructure, it is validating heraldry for the world's First Steel Nation. "Material Men" is a tribute to production men of steel, aluminum, glass, copper, tin, lead, bronze, brass, stone, concrete, etc., most concentrated in the life story of Western Pennsylvania. It also references the noble Spiritual heritage enjoined by those who build up the Kingdom of God with due strength and permanence.
Material Men Lyric
Dr. William C. Patterson
Music Introduction
It was a Carpenter’s Son,
who got His Father’s work done.
A Material Man in things higher than high.
He took Monument Stone,
and built a Church of His own,
Forever design: Temple “Never Die.”
Thank the Lord for the Material Men.
Thank Him now,
like we thanked Him then.
Lady Love knows Material Men.
Holding everything together . . .
Now as then.
Twelve Material Men, building now as then,
To a plan making news to this very day.
Architecture so fine, only God can refine.
The Carpenter’s Carpenter showed the way.
Chorus
Men of steel, forging character real,
Built a new promised land . . .
structure high.
Fire now as then, water used again,
Some things never die.
Chorus
The Refiner today chose a light metal way,
Bright in the Son, precious energy won.
Fire inside for the Spirit to ride,
Material Men of another day.
Final Chorus
Thank You Lord for the Material Men.
Thank You now, like we thanked You then.
Lady Love knows Material Men.
Holding everything together . . .
Now as then.
(softer) Holding everything together . . . Now as then.
(softer) Holding everything together . . . Now as then.
Material Men Vision
Dr. William C. Patterson
Visualize Earth suspended in space. Gradually zoom in to Nazareth, with Jesus helping His father in Joseph’s carpenter shop.
Visualize Jesus at John’s baptism. Visualize Holy Spirit Dove descending on Jesus, ordaining His Earthly ministry. In succession, visualize Mount Sinai, Tablets of Ten Commandments, Mount Zion, finally standing figure of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Visualize Jacob’s sons standing in a circle around Jacob’s Well. Morph to figures to Jesus’ Twelve Apostles standing in a circle, Jesus at the center, crossroads of light extending outward globally from where He stands. Visualize Jesus as bridegroom, with an immaculate bride gradually crystallizing into view at His side, figure of the Church.
Visualize Jesus’ Twelve Apostles standing in a circle. Progressively visualize (in miniature) at the center of the circle, cities they visited and established churches.
Progressively visualize Temple Zion, Church of Rome, cathedrals of Europe (Wittenberg, Notre Dame, Westminster Abby), Statue of Liberty, St. Paul Cathedral, small country church, finally an image of Jesus standing and transforming into a handsome, well-dressed American Christian man (Temple of God).
Visualize Andrew Carnegie (Scottish Christian) against backdrop of steel mills of Western Pennsylvania, sky lit by steelmaking flames, steelworkers hard at work in the heat making national steel products.
Visualize steel as a glowing skeletal structure inside skyscrapers, roads, and sidewalks; also glowing materials of construction for factories, trains, cars. Visualize Three Rivers of Pittsburgh as a Trinity Symbol, flowing and glowing amidst the Steel City landscape.
Visualize Christian Minister Charles Martin Hall (inventor of Hall Process for making aluminum). Visualize enduring aluminum top to Washington Monument, Wear-Ever aluminum cookware (first commercial use of Hall Process aluminum), aluminum reflectors in diverse lighting products, then aluminum as the crown of transportation (planes, trucks, cars, motorcycles, boats with spiraling fire turbine visible within at engine position).
Visualize Earth from space, zooming in to see how all continents are beautifully appointed with metal structures of permanence. Visualize sinuous glowing metal in and on roadways, railways, skyways linking the lighted cities together, workmen still maintaining.
Focus on a single family living in a one-story Fire-Safe Energy Home, with metal, stone, and glass liberally used for strength, beauty, permanence, safety. Peek inside to see family surrounded by metal cookware, appliances, furniture, etc.
Finally show happy family standing together, arm-in-arm, home backdrop fading to a soft light (at toll of bell) behind God’s matchless eternal Temples made without hands, quietly bonding
Copyright 2016 William C. Patterson, Ph.D.
Lyric, Vision, Music, Arrangement.
The Thanksgiving Song is meant to honor our first American holiday as a rich heritage in Christian faith. The New World was a gift from God ordained to become the world's brightest beacon of Spiritual light. Colonists entered into His courts with thanksgiving before they ever knew the magnitude of blessing in store. America was a later, greater gift in a munificent world wholey made by Him. National U.S.A. rose a Mind of Christ guide to all the world, its latter day savior. These wonderful gifts from heaven and earth beckon no less than greatest, eternal Thanksgiving.
The Thanksgiving Song Lyric
Dr. William C. Patterson
Introduction
The Dove of God, Sweet Bird of Peace,
Has circled Earth with heaven.
Alighting and delighting
Where Father claims His Sons.
With sacrifice unspeakable,
He reaches the unreachable.
In patient time He names His own,
That heaven’s will be done.
Thanksgiving is the offering
Inhabiting His praise.
The voice of dedication
In sweeter psalms is raised.
Thanksgiving love returning
Small reflection of its source.
Knowing as a blossom
Fragrant with recourse.
Life eternal has been given,
O can it really be?
All stains and sorrows lifted
From unlovely me?
Given liberation, nothing less will do.
Thanksgiving all within me,
All for You, Lord, All for You.
(Softly, Reverently Spoken)
All for You, Lord, All for You.
The Thanksgiving Song Vision
Dr. William C. Patterson
Envision Pyramid from Great Seal of the United States, letting your eyes trek upward from base to top, where the Eye of God is positioned.
Visualize Dove of Christ flying across equator of spherical Earth, contemporaneous with line of dawn. Thankfully consider how Christ has mercifully prevented nuclear warhead ICBMs from circling the Earth in global doomsday oblivion. Progressively light up Jew and Christian nations & cities who have given place to God’s saving grace (Israel, Rome, Constantinople, Europe, British Isles, Pan America, and Australia).
Visualize Moses, Noah, Sons of Jacob, Jesus and His Apostles, Reformers, Founding Fathers. Transform living images of martyrs to a standing cross, depicting sacrifice of greatest love. Conclude with image of Continents as lampstands for brightly burning, closely-packed candles, symbolizing God’s people.
Visualize King David in personal meditation, singing and playing to the Lord. Transform image to one of world congregations in song, pipe organs expansively displayed in background. Visualize collage of priest and minister ordinations, dedication by laying on of hands. Visualize brides being kissed after making vows as their sacred ordination.
Visualize bride now as Bride of Christ, engagement ring diamond reflecting back to eyes of Groom Jesus. Visualize Rose of Sharon becoming Jesus, Lilies of the Field become vast assembly of believers.
Visualize transformation of wilderness to Alabaster Cities of God. Visualize dirty workers from mines, mills, farms, ranches transforming to clean, bright-faced, white-robed Sons of God.
Visualize Liberty Bell marking 4th of July on picture calendar. Turn calendar pages to Thanksgiving Day Holiday. Visualize calendar picture of man kneeling in prayer, giving thanks to God for harvest, for America, for world peace as our Calling in Christ. Transform praying man image on calendar to image of husband, wife, children, house, and yard, sacred gifts from God.
Transform the calendar image to a print picture handed upward to Jesus Christ, gesture of complete surrender to Him in love and thanksgiving.
Copyright 2016 William C. Patterson, Ph.D.
Lyric, Vision, Music, Arrangement.
This addition to the music array is a piece by Felix Mendelssohn from Athalie - Opus 74, widely used as a processional for graduations. December timing, rather than June, associates with my unusual experience of receiving all higher education degrees (B.S. Met.E., M.B.A., and Ph.D.) in the month of December. Although I worked long (a total of 29 years have been logged in the American classroom) and hard for my formal education, this triple crown of higher education in modern times fashions as a Christmas gift to the mind. My mental library has filled with a marvelous collection of wonderful things. Here, at the end of the Church Age, I find myself with a mind harboring knowledge of global scope, rich in the constructive disciplines of engineering and management. So, I thank God for power to understand His filled and glorious world, and for the applied vision of helping to sustain it in good balance.
Measure Count (M)
War March of the Priests
Felix Mendelssohn
Introduction
Seven Steps Towards
Global Victory
for God’s People
M1-M13 Victorious from the Beginning
Passage One (6%)
Celebration of the Mind
Divine Crown of Life
M13-21 Light Shines in Darkness
R21-29 Victory Through Sacrifice
M29-37 Sure Reward
M37-45 Purity Brings Rest
M45-53 Resolve to Heaven on Earth
R53-61 Sweet & Jubilant Victory
Passage Two (30%)
Patient Sacrifice & Restoration
M61-65 Slaving Instead of Leading
R65-69 Ten Judgements Upon Pharaoh
M69-77 Protected Departure
R77-85 Wilderness Retreat
for Spirit Regeneration
Passage Three (41%)
Nazarite Retreat
M85-93 Faithfulness of God to Preserve
M93-101 Beauty of the Lord Restored
Passage Four (49%)
King David:
Balancing Sword & Strings
M101-109 Anointing of a King
M109-125 Blessed Meditation
R125-141 Anticipating
the Son Of Peace
Passage Five (68%)
Jesus’ Victorious Humility
Power of the Lamb
M141-149 Solemn Dedication
M149-157 Miraculous Ministry
M157-165 Death Unto Resurrection
Passage Six (80%)
Priests On The Move
Grand Procession to Glory
M165-173 Grand Global Plan
M173-177 Continental Episode
M177-181 New World Episode
Passage Seven (88%)
Mortal Men of Eternal Words
M181-189 My Words Are Spirit,
My Words Are Life
to Share with All Mankind
Finale (92%)
Glory All Around
M189-206
Our Mighty Captain of Salvation
Rides the Circuit of Earth
in Final Victory
Vision
War March of the Priests
Felix Mendelssohn
Visualize Holy Priests of God marching as in the Battle of Jericho. Interpret circling the City seven times as bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world’s Seven Lampstands: the continents. Visualize continents successively lighting up as the Great Commission of Jesus Christ brings the Light of God to each. Visualize the Holy Priests of God at the center of each continent, medallion figures of victory as each Wall of Ignorance falls. Conclude with image of the lit Jewish Menorah superimposed over the lighted world: the central gold candle representing God’s Chosen People (salvation is of the Jews), and the adjacent gold candles spreading out from the center candle interpreting as the light of God shining in each continent, as promised. This moving piece composed by Felix Mendelssohn is here dedicated to the consummate work of God’s Priests faithfully and sacrificially warring against spiritual wickedness in high places, and ultimately winning the battle for the Mind of Christ at the End of The Age, True Crown of the Knowledge Age. The Oil of God’s light shall never run out. Amen.
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The initial view of God’s Priests is a modern one, in keeping with the tradition of using Felix Mendelssohn’s War March as a processional for graduations from academic institutions in the U.S.A. Most common attire for receiving the Sheepskin of these days is a robe of black. It is an expression of mourning our absent Lord Jesus until He comes. Visualize in this passage a grand graduation ceremony with graduates filing in from 12 points of the compass wearing the traditional black robe and mortar with tassel. They walk single file with orderly steps on green grass in the sunshine, faces serious with smiling. The context is a huge round, filled stadium, symbolizing the world population looking on.
We would be in denial of history if we did not also acknowledge that the Saints of God have shed much blood in advancing the Kingdom on Earth. According, the color of the academic robes gradually changes to red as graduates are converging along the compass radials (M21). At the gathering center, robes gradually change color again, to pure white, signifying holiness as the final state of mind and body in God’s agenda for mankind (M37). Visualize the Holy Ones sitting down within the white inner circle, like the bright and warming sun, all nations finally entering God’s Rest and peacefully living promised Days of Heaven on Earth (M53).
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Shift during the finale scene above to the original march of God’s Chosen People to save Africa (the continent nearest the birthplace of Son Adam), then retreat from the intransigent wickedness of Pharaoh into Sinai wilderness. The Children of Promise registered the patience of God for redeeming Africa through 430 years of slavery. Deliverer Moses finally set them free, only to endure with them an additional 40 hardship years in the unprepared land of Sinai. How did they last 40 years in the desert? God’s Priest, Moses, proved himself an unshakable shepherd for God’s lost sheep; manna came from heaven every day; a pillar of light showed the way; needful water sprang from solid rock; clothes and shoes did not wear out; societal rules that work were given: the Ten Commandments; and the Arc of the Covenant was built to reassure them of God’s abiding presence. Broken of Spirit by the preceding 400 years of cruel slavery, Father God re-established His children under the power sign of Moses’ gentle shepherd staff, and with day-by-day supply of need so faithful Jews would come to remember it always.
Did the Priesthood of God lose to the Pharaoh and suffer 40 wilderness years as desperate defeat? Were His Priests run out of mighty Africa, the first continent to which God showed mercy? The Pyramids of Egypt began as a symbol of the Body of Christ welcomed at the door of Africa. They concluded as a tombstone for Pharaohs, who would never reign again. Pharaoh treasure gathered therein ultimately was looted and lost. Egyptian talent for building was confined to Egypt, commemorating an extravagant ghost town. Potential to provide durable homes for all Africans was never realized. To this day, Africans live in stubble structures. For slaving the Jews, Africans emigrating from Africa to nations under God have entered as slaves. Jews were God’s “jewels,” reflecting His light to the world for salvation. Precious diamonds of the Cape could have been a reward to Africans sanctified by His Priests into people of light. Yet, the jewels of Africa never enriched Africans. They were taken by Christians (Boers) living richly in Cape Town. Slaved Africans dug these stones without reward. For rejecting primary grace of God in Pharaoh’s time, the Dark Continent has remained accursed all these thousands of years. It is now least among the continents. Amidst lush vegetation (jungles), they are starving, like Pharaoh starved the Jews. Spiritually-generated health eluded the early Egyptians, and still eludes modern Africans. Pestilence and witch doctors have been widespread. They resisted Christian missionaries, but tolerated medical missionaries in their health desperation. They fail to understand that sins of the mind ultimately debilitate the body. Haley’s American book, “Roots,” implied modern Afro-Americans yet prefer religions indigenous to Africa. In truth, Christian America has done more to lift the long-standing curse over Africans than other nations (e.g., Civil War, Civil Rights Movement). African-Americans have just about the highest incidence of Evangelical Christianity among their population, and they are living better here than in homeland Africa.
Evident in the African story is how God’s Priests march in war. They move by God’s leading, bringing mercy. They sacrifice exceedingly to win souls to His Kingdom. When their peaceful overtures are rejected, adversaries are not done in by them, but as a consequence of their withdrawal from rejecters. The ungodly ultimately fall under the increasing weight of their own sin, wickedness, and darkness. Even worse, the original agenda of unfolding grace is retracted and left unfulfilled.
Will there never be mercy for Africans in Africa? Perhaps when Africa opens a reconciliation doorway to re-welcome Jews, amending the original offence, this first-blessed continent will be lifted up. The judgments of Almighty God are awesome, but His mercy endures forever. When Africa and the world finally understand how God uses His Holy Priests to bring glorious blessings, and the Lambs of God are not mistreated, subordinated, disrespected, or alienated, the whole world shall be lifted up.
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Re-focus the Wilderness experience of the Jews to the singularity of an individual’s Nazarite Vow to understand revival, re-spiritualization, purification, and re-dedication. Visualize one troubled man retreating from the world that brought him down to depression, despair, sorrow, and grief. Picture him in solitude, praying to God, sacrificing comforts, sacrificing social living, sacrificing worldliness in order to reclaim fellowship with God, true inner peace and power. Then show him at the conclusion of his patient repair to God, face beaming, eyes sparkling, smiling brightly, spiritually reconstituted. Review the Nazarite Benediction, better understanding God’s ministry within a troubled soul; His power to bless, keep, shine, beautify, and pacify. These are the matchless power resources given God’s Priests to live a serene life.
The Lord bless thee and keep thee.
The Lord make his face to shine upon thee,
and be gracious unto thee.
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give the peace.
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David was the Sweet Psalmist of Israel, yet a man of shed blood on account of his fierce success in battle. One might wonder how he bore the burden of ten thousand deaths by his hand, an experience trial so grim and violent as to offend the purity and serenity of indwelling God. It would appear he remained the Apple of God’s eye in his life-long reign as Israel’s King because of devotional life so intense and tender it never let the battle field dominate his faith. King David sang and played unto the Lord five times a day. I am aware of no other Head of State who repaired to God so deeply or so often in all of history. It was his salvation in those turbulent times. He was a Priest of the sort referenced in the War March, even eating show bread from the alter of God without rebuke.
The spiritual lesson is clarified once again. When driven into harshness and forced to witness abominable scenes, intensify your relationship to the Lord in discretionary moments. Make that relationship biggest and best and most beautiful, and He will keep you beautified and joyful.
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Son of God and Son of David Jesus appeared on Earth in most humble circumstances. He was a harmless gentleman of God, the True Lamb, much in contrast to David. He shed not blood of others, but let his own blood be shed in atonement for sins of the world. We are bought with that price. We are adopted into the Family of God by that in-grafting. The Son marched around Israel, but saved the whole world. His steps were ordered by God in 200 prophecies sure to identify Him as Messiah and True Son of God. His army numbered twelve rather ordinary men personally trained for only three years. Yet, where they marched, others became enabled to join the household of faith, a mighty fortress that now circles the Earth. Flesh and blood were not taken, but much was given. The battle was for the mind, to rid it of spiritual wickedness. Words holy, true, and everlasting were the swords. Equipped like no other warrior, they wore matchless Armor of God that never lets them die. Flawless battle plans for victory are summoned by the power of prayer from One who has boundless intelligence, timeless reconnaissance, and limitless reinforcements:
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord,
and in the power of his might.
Put on the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day,
and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,
and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Above all, taking the shield of faith,
wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the Word of God:
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,
and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication
for all saints.Ephesians:6.10-18
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With geometric progression the Gospel of Jesus Christ has spread around the world over the past 2,000 years. Though recent advance has the benefit of radio, television, telecommunications, internet (computer-enhanced telecommunications), automobile, airplane, and petro ships, most of the past two millennia have witnessed gospel progress via human foot, horse hoof, and sailing ships (fulfilling the miracle of Jesus’ walking on water). If we could hear the collective foot falls, they would compose a mighty sound of thunder. If we could hear concerted voices, they would be a mighty angelic chorus of God’s eternal thunder. These years of beautiful-feet advance have validated the promise of abundant life, peace and brotherhood, and heavenly days, in countries where Christ is named above every name. Anthems ring and inspired voices sing of the growing and consummating love of God. High Priests of God trumpet the truth with enlarging liberty, the governance guarantee under the beloved Sons of the Most High. God’s warriors have more than climbed the highest mountains, they have lifted up peoples and nations to higher ground. The Holy see with the Eye of God to the City of our God that continues forever. The Priests place our marching feet at the threshold of Heaven on Earth, leaving a golden path of progress that grants us a heritage in memories and stories we shall never forget. Today, we stand on the merit of 100 generations of forefathers who stood strong and marched sure during their time. We can more than remember them dearly, we shall soon see them at the resurrection of Christ. Their final march is across heaven to a blessed reunion. Only God enables this maneuver, so we are well advised to look less at beautifying things of Earth, more to what surely is the sweetest sight of all coming as the heavens open up.
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When God says anything, it is right and true forever. His commands are trustworthy, and lead us to eternal life. His highest men, the Priesthood of God, surrender their hearts and minds and lives to Him. Their words become sure and true in the divine process of heaven-to-earth communication. Commands of both are commands of One with sure outcomes of victory. That they are lambs, gentlemen of the gentlest kind, and not forceful, violent soldiers spewing death, is the choice of their Creator, our Creator. That their words are easy to entreat, and engender lightest burden also is the will of Sovereign God. The War March of God’s Priests is courageous, but backed by a soft wind of inspirational words capable of holding together eternity. Thank God for Commanders that lighten our load and give us rest as the objective is won: saving the world and setting it at the feet of His Dear Son.
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What a sorrow to see today’s repeating episodes of war, suffering of masses in undeveloped countries, global terrorism, desperate migration, pain all around, family life dismantling, faith in God ebbing, when the conclusion of the Church Age calls for contrasting world peace, prosperity, joy, and love. Better to look beyond present contradictions to awaiting glory. Objections fill the table now, but will be dealt with comprehensively in the patience of God, and permanently removed. Tribulation will cease, resolving to Millennial Peace. Lamb Priests of God bring this marvelous transformation. The Body of Christ will ride with God’s bow of matchless power and sword of eternal truth, admonishing the rebellious into submission. Lions will lay down with Lambs. The Name above every Name will be Jesus. His crown will lead all nations. The banner of love will fly over an emerald green Earth pasture feeding all sheep of God’s flock. Still waters will quench the thirst of every soul. The promised Rest of God will be the unshakeable inheritance of the meek. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Copyright 2016 William C. Patterson, Ph.D.
Music Re-Arrangement, Re-Interpretation and Vision
Silent Night Remembering A Mother’s Tears
My birth family and marriage family usually went to Church on Christmas Eve. There usually was a Candlelight Service. Silent Night usually was the closing Carol. It was a solemn moment, and Mother usually shed tears as angelic strains of Silent Night echoed through the sanctuary. The children wondered why. My Mother might have wondered also. We eventually came to accept her emotion as an irrepressible outpouring of a Mother’s tender feelings.
In the years since Mom went to be with the Lord, I have been graced with a little more understanding about the tears of Silent Night. First and foremost, the Carol describes a time of great trial for a mother, especially for the Mother of our Lord. She knew He was to be King of Israel in David’s Line, commissioned by God to bring peace on Earth, good will to men. Yet the moment was so humbling, contradictory, even life-threatening to the Sweet Child of Heaven. Glory was due, but elusive or withheld. In Bethlehem, only angel-visited shepherds confirmed Deity of the Child and God’s toleration of the lowly circumstance of birth. Kings from the East came later, probably to Nazareth’s family house, and Jesus as a young child. Any compassionate mother could justifiably cry as they identify with Mary giving birth on a cold winter night in a stable. I know my Mother was repeatedly moved.
Mom met and married my Father while both were in their teens, and he was a successful music vocalist and drummer of the Big Band Era. Both were pretty people. Mom was Miss Pittsburgh Bathing Suit. He was a beautifully gifted singer, loved by the crowd, paid handsomely, and top-ranked (some say he was among the top 15 male vocalists in the nation). Nightly he cheered the regional workforce (mostly steel men), along with their wives and sweethearts, with love songs as they dined and danced and romanced. Scotsman Andrew Carnegie built up the steel industry, and Dad came along later to musically applaud that nationally significant work. He, too, was of Scottish descent, learning music from his Scottish mother (Kirkpatrick maiden name). The band backing him was appropriately metal, and Pat (as he was called) delivered a “pat on the back” to these hard-working, deserving people.
The high-life lasted only six years, as Dad was drawn into the war as a Marine, serving as a gunner aboard the steel Destroyer Tuscaloosa in the Pacific. Those years of separation were tough on both parents. After the war, his Call to music high-life appeared to be suspended. Nothing opened up in New York, California, or Pennsylvania. Family life was preserved and increased by his willingness to become a self-made carpenter, home remodeler, and general contractor, even building his own small home across the street from the large Kirkpatrick house where he was born. That property had fallen into other hands when the Kirkpatricks were swindled out of a prosperous coal mining business. Death of Dad’s only brother ultimately persuaded him to abandon music. My Mother loved his voice. It was her special Call to love, marriage, children, and happiness. The heavy events pressing him out of professional music sadly dissuaded him from even singing around the house, where his love of music began, and where his loving wife could continue hearing sweetest ever sounds. Perhaps the weight of these circumstantial sorrows and denied expectations explain Mother’s silent Christmas Eve tears.
For contemporary Christians I might footnote this excerpt from my family album to rescue joy from evident sorrow. Had Dad’s music career been uninterrupted, neither Mother nor children would have had daily husbanding and fathering. The music industry favored singleness, tending to take men away from home and family with exhausting national tours, on-the-road loneliness, loose women, heavy alcohol-and-drug lifestyles, even homosexuality. Dad stayed a real man for us. The blocked post-war return to music nationally and regionally may have been God’s way of not promoting redirection of the great Pittsburgh metal industry to war and fearsome weapons production. Both Dad and I appear Called to sing for peace only. His time for that was cut short. In Jesus name and our family name, I will try to continue bringing a right message and voice and melody to the right places, people, and moments, that peace and joy be served.
Silent Night
Joseph Mohr & Franz Gruber
Lyric
Introduction
Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night,
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glories stream from heaven afar;
Heavenly hosts sing alleluia.
Christ the Savior is born!
Christ the Savior is born!
Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love’s pure light.
Radiant beams from Thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord at Thy birth,
Jesus, Lord at Thy birth.
Silent Night
Joseph Mohr & Franz Gruber
Vision
At the downbeat, progressively build in the sky the Star of David, then transform it to the Star of Bethlehem. Focus on the heavenly star, then illuminated Israel on Earth, then the illuminated stable in Bethlehem.
Pan Bethlehem at night, starlight glistening from rooftops. Change the scene to the virgin mother and child, heads illuminated by halo lights. Take a close-up of the held child’s serene and heavenly face. Show the child peacefully asleep in mother’s arms, then the child sleeping in a manger.
Show shepherds in the field with stationary astonishment as a single angel appears in the heavens, light beaming earthward therefrom. Then show a huge heavenly host of angels as a panoramic choir singing behind the lead angel. Superimpose a cameo image of Jesus as an adult, as a gloriously arrayed King and potentate of Israel. Dissolve to an image of the manger with Mary, Joseph, and Jesus, a humble vision of what the shepherds soon would find.
Picture the total round Earth of today as seen from space. Show the myriad lights of civilization twinkling all around the world, a metaphor of God’s people of light filling the Earth. Then, suspended in space behind Earth, show the crystallizing Throne of God, Jesus Christ seated thereon, face shining with approval as He looks over the Christianized World, the Great Commission fulfilled. Against brightening back-light, show a glorious crown gradually appearing on Jesus’ head, signifying Divine Coronation of the King of All Kings. At final line, zoom in on the slowly rotating Earth to the tiny city of Bethlehem, re-casting the images of Baby Jesus, Mother Mary, and Joseph in the humble, candle-lit stable, the silent and loving family moment that began it all.
Copyright 2016 William C. Patterson, Ph.D.
Music Arrangement, Vocal, and Vision
Pleasure Tyrant is the theme song for the Broken Mirror Project. It promotes Christ Motivation for living by exposing the false claims and lethal outcomes of pleasure drugs. My prayer is that Pleasure Tyrant will dissuade some or many from trying any social drugs, even if friends promote the idea. Recipes today are high-tech, swift to addict, more swift to kill. Before drug experimentation, you have a free-will choice to say no, and to explore Jesus' claim to be the only one who can satisfy your precious, irreplaceable soul. After even one taste of designer drugs, you might never again have a free choice for anything. That quickly, sophisticated substances can own you and down you. Listen and fear the Pleasure Tyrant enough to never shake hands with him.
Pleasure Tyrant
William C. Patterson, Ph.D.
Lyric
Introduction
Phone Rings Three Times
followed by
Percussive Heartbeat Crescendo
Simulating Heavy Tempo of Modern Life
It’s a buzz on the high way to ecstasy.
So relax, loosen up, come to fantasy.
Run from pain, get insane, wild chemistry.
Solid liquid fuel to leave this world!
Transition to Telephone Voice
Simulates Overwhelming Mind-Control Media
Invitation to the raging bull society.
Devil’s recipe in high technology.
Roller coaster ride beyond the wealth to be.
Body madness drives the mind away!
Assassin party guide.
Free-falling fatal ride.
Dying every day.
Rough rider all the way.
Pretty . . . deadly deal.
Soon nothing’s really real.
If LOVE throws you no life line . . .
You die!
Spoken Postlude
Let’s Defeat Drug Abuse In Our Lifetime
Pleasure Tyrant
William C. Patterson, Ph.D.
Vision
Phone symbolizes (1) wake-up call on seriousness of drug abuse, (2) phone call to parents reporting drug death of a child, (3) trespass of mind by Satan’s voice brainwashing the children to dark ways, (4) heaven’s answer to physically addicted people: call upon the Lord. Blink house lights or stage lights synchronously with pulsing bass notes, which symbolize rather rapid human heartbeat characteristic of fast-paced living in modern times. Pulse black and white pics of busy New York life on crowded sidewalk, in stock market trading, in traffic jam, etc. Show clock face with ticking hand closing in on noon or midnight. Project synchronous pulsing cardio pattern used in hospitals to complete the metaphor.
Switch to hi-rise apartment, young professionals entering, progressing into elevator, rising in elevator, exiting elevator, finally filing into an apartment near top. Men loosen tie as they take a seat on stylish furniture (black and white décor, ample mirrors adorning walls, full moon lamps, stereo playing). Pairs form: men with women, men with men, women with women. As they converse, hostesses bring in classy drugs and booze neatly arrayed on a mirrored serving tray. Concurrently reveal beads of perspiration on many brows from work stress, women nervously glancing about, jittery fingers as they reach for things, dark circles of sleep deprivation becoming visible under many eyes: all indications that upscale types do not really have a happy life in good control. This Music Vision is not about sexual over indulgences, another significant problem of modern society, but it is appropriate to suggest the drug-sex interaction via scenes with partial disrobing, situations in bedroom or bathroom, women flaunting themselves before men for attention. Final line of verse pictures city from a distance, morphing into image of high-tech chem lab bench, intricate array of glassware brewing exotic drugs now irresistible in their ability to put human kind on a high from which they never recover. Pan to overhead view of a beaker near head of bench magnetically stirring blue liquid. Morph to blue air space with spinning blades of emergency helicopter, coincident with sound effect from music track.
Show bulls running right at camera in streets of NYC, then racing horses galloping right to left. Show boardroom filled with heavy decision makers, business charts of big money on easels and walls progressively declining. Focus on sequence of business statements (income, balance, cash flow), mysteriously transitioning to pages arraying drugs modern society is buying to cope with hyper-paced, greed-driven, impersonal, failing society. Show roller coaster of progressing dip severity carrying same professionals in business dress increasingly losing composure. Towards end, show dollar bills flying from suit pockets of rollercoaster riders and dispersing in the air (blowing away), then cars breaking loose, sailing into space. Show car impact test in slow motion from various perspectives with dummy driver finally lurching forward and losing head, coincident with thunder sound effect in music track.
Switch scene back to hi-rise apartment party, guests being given menu of drugs with scary street names and huge prices. Buyers flash $100 bills, paper money laying around as though of little value. Show increasing number of party figures free-falling towards street from hi-rise apartment, struggling for control as metaphor of drug consequence. Using accelerated progression images, show contrast of pretty young women and handsome young men grimly transforming to unattractive zombie death palor brought on by drugs. Show speeding emergency medical vehicle, lights flashing, siren crying, on way to hospital, glimpse of near-fatal drug patient inside, heavy reviving procedures by EMTs.
Show quick graphic flashes of corpses in variety of scenes from modern society: dead drug addicts, dead alcoholics, fatals at auto accidents, fatals in robberies. Switch scene to crowd getting on happy carousel (of life) that begins spinning out of control, outside world blurring, as a dizzying portrayal of life moving too fast. Among blurred scenery, inject with music accents, repeating glimpses of Jesus Christ as the image of LOVE trying to reach and save the drug victim (who is the camera eye). Final scene switches to hospital room, face of near-dead youth staring into ceiling, doctors and nurses giving up (taking off masks, gloves, shaking heads, turning away. Death of subject on operating table is reflected by sound track wind gust, sign of Spirit leaving body, a life sadly unfulfilled, lost, wasted. Hospital gowns flutter in wake of ascending Spirit wind. Superimpose heart monitor pulse track over final image to coincide with music imagery of faltering (drum) heartbeat, synthesizer flat-line finality, and synth simulation of going above & beyond.
Final scene as drug challenge is uttered is of a single drug addict showing all the physical attributes of debilitation: death-pallor face, raggedy clothing, disheveled hair. As final words conclude, spin the drug zombie image around, like reversing a mirror, to show same person reconstituted as a bright-eyed, happy-faced, well-groomed young man in a sharp executive suit, full of vitality. This portrays the good life he can have in Christ, fully satisfied without dangerous, artificial supports like drugs.
Copyright 2017 William C. Patterson, Ph.D.
Music Lyric, Arrangement, Vocal, and Vision
Chasing Money is precautionary music for February. Amidst many financial temptations, it attempts to confront the American tradition of spending liberally for Christmas, swelling consumer credit accounts due in January, and being enticed to enter longer-term debt via big- dollar furniture and appliance bargains in February. We used to save for Christmas (Lay-Away, Christmas Savings Accounts). Now, easy consumer credit has Americans living off our tomorrows, beguiled by irresistible ads masking the price of paradise. Sadly, vulnerable brothers sink into drugs and crime after they go belly up on debt. The Father of us all counsels sobriety and vigilance and planning in handling His wealth. Chasing Money is a reminder to chase God's Calling, rather than money, and to administer His return to good works with good responsibility. You can avoid being caught up in the money-money-money game we are sure to lose. In filled and developed America, Charity is emerging as the new currency with enduring merit. After all, we are God's children and His money. Spend yourself generously!
Chasing Money
William C. Patterson, Ph.D.
Lyric
Intro
Cash register being rung up.
Chasing Money is always a losing game.
Fast money . . . moves faster . . . to another name
Even at the speed of light,
The Devil Eye can see it and snatch it out of sight.
Getting smarter chasing money is always a losing game.
Money in the bank, money in the car,
Money in the business, in the pocket where you are
Money on the phone, Money in the sky
When easy is the living, I spy . . . I spy.
Instrumental Interlude
Chasing Money is always a losing game.
Lovers of the green, stealers of the scene,
always on a trip in vain.
Making the makers lose, Taking the Taker’s views,
Funny paper money: Winnings in a losing game.
Money over here, Money over there,
Doesn’t seem to work like it used to anywhere.
Faster to the chase, Bargain very high.
More and more is less. Why? Why? Why?
Chasing Money is always a losing . . . game!
Chasing Money
William C. Patterson, Ph.D.
Vision
Visualize point of sale transactions at bank, grocery store, department store, signing check at auto dealer, home mortgage bank.
Visualize Wall Street, NY Stock Exchange, brokers at computer huge array of computer screens, and dealer stampede on NYSE floor. Visualize computer screens with complicated graphic technical analysis, computer trading transactions, computer banking. Split mental image screen to show hackers breaking into bank accounts, fraudulent credit card transactions through a shady filter. Visualize families looking at retirement account documents with graphs trending downward, news articles headlining early retirement on less money, social security running out, rising cost of food, more people on food stamps, debt load of college students.
Visualize bank building transforming into pile of paper dollars, car transforming into pile of coins, company headquarters transforming into pile of gold bars. Visualize business women with real big purses, executives with fat wallets, stylish men flashing big roll of dollars to impress stylish women around them. Visualize business people on desk phone at office, cell phone users walking along sidewalk, couples in restaurant, individuals in car, on rapid transit. Visualize cell users on plane, look up tall cellular towers, glimpse communication satellites. Finally, show singles on beach making calls, looking at images on cell phone. Then image of CIA & NSA headquarters, drones, spy satellites, many types of cameras monitoring American life (roadways, banks, markets, laptop web cams).
Visualize Niagara Falls turning into cascade of coins, dollars, gold bullion. Glimpse graph of business cycle with increasing amplitude and frequency. Visualize graph of corporate profits down-trending. Show government debt rising. Visualize series of headlines announcing business closures, government budget stalemate, factories shut. Conclude with pictures of idled factories deteriorating, urban blight, for-sale homes, male street beggars, even ghost towns.
Visualize money fountains springing upward in front of 1950s style Americans. Through a green light filter, visualize Me-First generation-types bumping the originals aside to stand in front of the stream. Visualize gridlock on highways, air terminals. Glimpse luxury jets, bullet trains. Show workers sadly opening termination notices. Show State lotteries and casinos (rare big winners raking in plastic chips). Show average American working man playing chess with a computer and losing.
Visualize money originating in U.S. floating through the air into overseas secret bank accounts and non-descript companies (buildings with no company name). Visualize more vacant cities and shut factories in U.S. and abroad. Show desperate migration of dislocated poor into U.S. and between other countries. Show average American worker cashing checks at advance-loan storefronts, size of check paper getting smaller and smaller each time he transacts. For “Whys” visualize silent testimony of men wearing WWJD bracelets, U.S. dollar bill “In God We Trust” portion, opulent American house shrinking down to modest, affordable ranch home on big lot, family of four in front, solar panels, wind turbines, food gardens.
Final scene is lonely man with dollar signs in his eyes, shabby clothes, walking away with empty pockets and nowhere to go.
Money is the root of all evil 1 Timothy:6.10 You cannot serve God and money Matthew:6.24
Copyright 2017 William C. Patterson, Ph.D.
Lyric, Vocal, Melody, Arrangement, Vision
Simplify
Simplify is a song pleading for simplification in modern life so the average man can live easily, happily, as God intends. Tech-intensified living has gone way beyond reason, significantly into illegal expressions, and is weakening nations. To slow down, to simplify is the unstated answer to the questioning man of this song and this age.
Good Green Earth
Good Green Earth is a love song for Nature inviting renewed relationship and adoration for our all-sufficient paradise. Amidst the rush to fill, we have over-used the environment and disturbed delicate clockwork. Perhaps too many roads and parking lots infringing green space. Perhaps too much industry disturbing land, air, and water resources. Perhaps over-consumerism offending Mother Earth's divine face of beauty. We can and must be better stewards. With responsible oversight and environmental conduct, we can draw unending, regret-free life from this Emerald Jewel, unmatched by any potential home we have seen in the distant heavens.
Good Green Earth traces a timeline from Easy Eden Splendor to Eagle Garden food abundance achievable by every family on Earth (visit the Product Tab to download Eagle Garden Tech). You and your family have knowledge and labor power sufficient to create a home-based ecosystem for God's infinite food vine anywhere on Earth. We could see an end to hunger and starvation in our lifetime. Would not such a vision beckon music motivation, and the work-in-process ongoing music & dining celebration?
Sacred American Trilogy
Memorial Day is a time to remember loved ones gone to be with the Lord, and the sacred things they lived and died for. They are precious in our eyes, and in the eyes of God. Yet, these are times to move beyond war and death sacrifices. We are older, wiser, and informed of more excellent ways. The martyrs we remember will be returning when the Earth is safe enough for them not to die again. So our remembrance must rise above sorrow, to sacred things that might have slipped from respect, but now are becoming appreciated as vital and matchless, completing to man's purpose on Earth. It is time for enlarging love and peace, gentleness and faithfulness, goodness with responsibility, to a fully global scale. Man and the material world began by a Spirit, but fell. That originating Holy Spirit looms after all these years as the only appropriate crown for a filled Earth, tamed wilderness, and civilized society. By re-awakening first love, final love will be sweet for all.
Part One: Amazing Grace in the Scottish Tradition
Flag of Scotland
Saint Andrew's Cross
Cloud White on
Heavenly Blue Field
Scotland Piper
National Regalia
Scotland National Anthem
Scotland The Brave
Reflecting on the U.S.A. as God's Savior Nation, a New Jerusalem City standing most high, it is well to remember its humble roots. The Sacred American Trilogy is begun with Amazing Grace in the Scottish Tradition. Why little Scotland? It is one of Earth's smallest countries, nested so far north even trees are sparse. The grassy landscape became fitting pastureland for sheep. Surrounded by fierce and global powers, Scotland could have vanished as a nation, were it not for God's amazing grace. Scots have become known for extreme bravery in defending their tiny country, some adversaries considering the pipes, kilts, and drums a supernatural force empowering them to dance over swords of war. When Mind-of-Christ Reformation was sweeping over Europe, over 200 brave Scottish ministers were slain in a 50-year period, several with testimonies of faith on their lips as they fell. Many were taken for holding weekly canticle gatherings in the pastures of Scotland, secret services to worship in truth the living God. The first Scottish martyr, Patrick Hamilton, was burned at the stake in 1528, at age 25. His last words were "Lord Jesus, receive my Spirit." I am aware of no more potent sacrifice by European Reformers than that from Scotland. Apostle Andrew, signified by his cross on the Flag of Scotland, would be gratified by their Spirit Wind in advancing the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Certainly God remembers and commemorates these sacrifices. Scotland invented the pasture game of golf, men carrying harmless clubs, not swords or guns. God's Lambs at play now decorate courses big and beautiful all around the world. Collectively, these extended and elite territories of little Scotland may eclipse the original endowment from God. Tartans of Scotland figuratively echo the theme of homeland preservation. Plaids of green "pastures" with perimeters of contrasting color "fences" repeat the promise of un-surrendered, everlasting habitat. Unique Scottish Bagpipes may be thought of as portable church-everywhere organs, voicing like crying eagles. The kilts are interpretable as priestly robes on the short side, exposing very strong, ever-forward-marching legs at the calf. White spats of their national costume hint at invisible footprints faithfully advancing the will of God through history.
Scotsmen have distinguished themselves through Reformations's Presbyterianism (Founder, John Knox), American Founding Fatherhood (Scot Declaration of Independence Signers: Patrick Henry [especially known for his courageous quotation: "give me liberty, or give me death."], Alexander Hamilton [first Secretary of the Treasury], Reverend John Witherspoon [only clergy among the Signers], and James Wilson [distinguished for his rallying advocacy "no taxation without representation"], and shepherd of Washington, D.C. (Reverend Peter Marshall, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church [Lincoln's Church] and twice Chaplain of the U.S. Senate. There is even oblique recognition in the authorship of our National Anthem (Francis Scott Key).
In Pittsburgh, Scots often were the men brave enough to serve on the police force and in the fire department when others refrained from such life-risking professions. Scotsman Andrew Carnegie is credited with building a national steel industry from Pittsburgh, making it the nation's Steel Capitol, and the U.S.A. the first Steel Nation. The Sottish side of my father's family, the Kirkpatricks, were among early coal miners and coal business owners in Western Pennsylvania. The family also traces baseball and music celebrants on behalf of coal and steel working families of the region, all in God's good will. In my time, I've tried to keep this energy, metallurgy, athlete, and music heritage alive in the Lord and in the family name.
Part 2: The Star Spangled Banner
America began with very poor and uneducated Christian immigration from Europe, and grew to superpower status in less than 200 years. Standards of law were fairer than among European countries, allowing the Nation to unify from coast to coast in one faith, one language, one government, and one financial system. It became the most popular residence on the planet, a melting pot of nations. The Sacred Seal pictures a pyramidal Body (Corporation) of Christ with the Eye of God in the command position. It rescued parental European Christianity from division and war 3 times. It was a Son of God Nation promising to bring mercy and grace to many peoples within and beyond its borders.
The National Anthem recounts early struggle with British tyranny. Retrospect suggests that the U.S. was obliged to break with the stagnating monarchy system of Europe, and build a refreshing meritocracy to release the general self-governing power of God's Sons, so needed to complete world unity (Isaiah:9.6-7). This forward step cost the lives of one-third of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, kindled the American Revolutionary War, and prompted a second war of independence: the War of 1812. The latter gave birth to our National Anthem as Francis Scott Key witnessed anxious events during the siege of Fort McHenry. The Capitol had already fallen, but this Baltimore outpost was able to amazingly withstand potent bombardment from the world's leading sea power.
The Star Spangled Banner reminds Americans that its Honor Flag in the Wind is a Spirit work of God unending. It is a symbol upholding the Trinity of God, as in the Battle of God's Chosen People against the Amalekites (Exodus:17.8-15.). Material advantage has not always been with America, its nations of origin, the Church of Jesus Christ, or God's Chosen People Israel. But Spiritual advantage under the One True God will always bring victory with antecedent faith, vision, and courageous perseverance.
Part Three: America the Beautiful
The Holy Scripture testifies that God will make all things beautiful in His time (Ecclestiastes:3.11). As the evangelical work of God done in the Northeastern Spiritual Core of the United States spread westward and southward, beauty beyond the magnificent natural endowment began to shine. From the high vantage of Rocky Mountains, the worshipful strains of America the Beautiful were inspired. Awesome handiwork of God fills the land, but the matchless beauty of holiness signs and seals a timeless masterpiece. Residents of this Sweet Land of Liberty know America is special. Born-Again (John:3.3) residents of God's Kingdom have come to know America is special by God's grace, poured out in matchless measure. Our gates have remained open wide, inclusively, transformationally, lit by day and by night, richer for brotherhood among uncommon diversity . . . even yet offering the good life . . . ever the hopeful Bride of Christ.
The Lord's Prayer
The Lord's Prayer with music is being offered in conjunction with the celebration of Heavenly Wedding Vows via Blogs throughout the month of June. I did not become active in vocal music until I became a Born-Again Christian, and count my evangelical music ministry a gift from God. First requests to sing came on occasions of Church weddings, and the selection most often favored by bride and groom was Malotte's classic rendition of The Lord's Prayer. To me, then, this most often recited of any prayer has vital connection to God's first institution: marriage. Albert Hay Malotte's music setting places Jesus' eternal words at the height of sacred music. I hope he and the general fellowship of faith will find my arrangement an acceptable, inspirational expression.
Words of The Lord's Prayer augmented by a Music Vision appear in a PDF found under the Product Tab. Feel free to download this inspirational Vision document to supplement your personal devotions. Newlyweds are especially free to add this to keepsakes of their marriage ceremony, maybe even frame it for display on a wall of home sweet home.
Laughter From The Heart
Pretty Enough
Pretty Enough is a song celebrating Mother's Day and adding musical support to the Broken Mirror Project. Women of the United States of America have been accorded a shiny crown to womanhood as God's global agenda finds consummation. The U.S. became the most desired living room on the planet. Its works have been internationally renown. Our Nation heralded the Age of Beautification. This was especially evident among carefully nurtured mothers and daughters. In our time, they were reaching the peak of feminine perfection.
Many American women bargained their matchless beauty assets into high places in the affairs of man. Easy Knowledge Work of the Information Society drew women from home and motherhood into palatial offices of business and government. They became famous for bridging chasms of intractable problems with the oil of feminine mystique. However, not all problems of High-Tech Society bowed to Beauty. Wars, crime, environmental damage, climate disturbance, energy shortage, food shortage, etc., came and sadly stayed.
Doominess of the swelling, festering problem set has been persuading some (if not many) women to reconsider older, traditional roles. Instead of competing with men, she ponders once again becoming an ideal help to one. On the maternal side, no industrial product or government legislation she could ever produce comes even close in importance to producing beautiful children from a loving Christian home & family to sustain our matchless Christian Heritage (only family life and progeny maintains national culture), and compose tomorrow's leadership. As the American Beauty narrows her focus to one beloved man (her husband), and invests herself into their beloved children, she marshals all she is and can be for perfection that God and man will bless forever.
Both destinies of women are chronicled in "Pretty Enough." The song suggests that her looks can take her anywhere. But melodic synthesis favors the pathway of love, romance, courtship, marriage, home, family, and eternal life: woman of God endowments that have absolutely no counterfeit. I hope the Ladies hear it as a heavenly Love Call.
Summertime
The song "Summertime" was written long ago, amidst America's Great Depression. It emerged within "Porgy and Bess," a musical chronicle of Black Americans dealing with the hardest of those hopeless times. Life should have been easy and prosperous, but it wasn't. So, to the next generation came words of faith in God and family, in mothers and fathers, that would protect and rescue, lift and bless, though the Depression Generation knew not exactly how.
Today bears similarities to the Great Depression. Some call it a Great Tribulation. While there is much we don't know about fixing energy crises, global warming, wars, terrorism, financial calamity, hunger, epidemics, etc., there is yet family and faith in our loving God to bring back summertime. Every one sings happy in happy times. To sing with vision and hope while it is yet dark tries the hearts and minds of men, for sure. But it also releases the fathomless power of God's Spirit in our lives. He is ever able to make all things beautiful, lift every burden, feed his flock of lambs, and bring joy to the world.
Fly Me To The Moon
Fly Me To The Moon was written by the late Bart Howard in 1954, well before the U.S.A. landed a man on the moon. It was fanciful music then, but amazingly relevant now. The Lunar Force Shuttle trip from Space City could materialize as the most exciting ride to the moon yet. This lunar mission could bring back valuable energy to a world struggling as never before with life-and-death energy shortages. The Spiritual basis for this humanitarian work demands that it be done without damage, injury, or loss of life. Only a few nations on Earth possess know-how and technology to repeatedly perform this feat. It is a far better aerospace service than building more ICBMs capable of delivering world-ending nuclear weapons, or overloading Earth's near-space envelope with deteriorating high-tech assets lacking coordinated management and retrieval. Perhaps the Lunar City vision will inspire international collaboration for the good of man that will send the fear-fueled arms race into history once and for all. The Prince of Peace is better served, in deed. May He "hold our hand" in this endeavor, that light and life not fail, but continue and increase safely.
Song of Marie
The Song of Marie complements the Broken Glass Project for restoring the Mind of Christ (1 Corinthinians:2.14-16) and the Body of Christ (1 Corinthinians:12.12-20); Ephesians:4.11-12;5.23-32) in retrograde Christians nations. The Habit Management tools recently provided speak to reversing the rising tide of health-compromising habits, especially those manifest as drug and alcohol addiction. Holy Spirit is right motivation in life, a moderating force that perpetually succeeds. Stir up God in daily living, and the extremes of substance abuse (chronicled in The Pleasure Tyrant musical warning) will be crowded out.
The Song of Marie is less repair of brokenness, more building right from a fresh start. It is about the Bride of Christ, that is, the Church (Matthew:9.15, Ephesians:1, 4, and 5; Revelation:21), and it is about modern femininity. Those regarding the present age as Great Tribulation, a product of excesses from Mystery Babylon (Revelation 17-18), know a Bride of Darkness courts the people. Female qualities composing in stark opposition to Jesus' Lady bring widespread downfall to humankind (Revelation:14-18). One sure antidote to Babylon Doom is to raise the child, especially the female child, right in the first place. She needs God's father and mother, husband and home life, as incubator amidst today's wildness (Revelation:12), to emerge a Woman of God, a Mary Woman. Marie, then, is "diminutive" of the Virgin Mary, and denotes a developmental female carefully maturing to Mary quality. May society grant sufficient space for the Marie-to-Mary transformation to occur. May the Song of Marie inspire both place and training for Women of God and for the True Church to re-birth.
Got Any Rivers?
Although "Got Any Rivers" was written on the occasion of the Great Depression of 1929, it seems to possess even greater applicability to these days of global warming, climate change, rising sea levels, energy crises, labor force failures, international trade distress, financial crises, and urban reversals. The present high tide of tribulation beckons retrenchment of faith, refocus on fundamentals, and tightening up the body armor of God. America is blessed with great rivers and strong steel to cross awesome chasms and daunting expanses of rushing water. But, old steel is aging, and tiger rivers abound. The scene crystallizes a metaphor of these perplexing times of division begging for unification, falling down begging for helping hands, and distancing horizons begging approach. The situation is worse than 1929, but our God remains greater than anything this world can dish up. With Him, all things are possible. So, we sing with mannish inadequacy, but divine sufficiency. Catch the Spirit, and add prayer-led steps to the advancing peace army of God capable of certain victory amidst uncertain times.
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God Reformation Music Banner
This hymn by Martin Luther has become banner music for the Reformation. It singularizes Jesus Christ as the sole source of salvation and eternal life, the name above every name. Martin was trained as a lawyer, but became a monk in the Roman Catholic Church in search of inner peace. Church sacraments, penance, confessions, trips to Rome, and indulgences did not bring desired peace. Only when his legal mind and eyes could search the Scripture directly did he find that the Prince of Peace had already won his salvation, purchased his peace, and granted eternal life. Thereafter he preached and taught Christ to adult and child from his scholarly classroom and pulpit in Wittenberg, but was unable to persuade the Roman Church of salvation by grace in his day. Translations of the Holy Scripture from the Wittenberg Press, however, reached across Europe and New World with a Reformation Fire that would never go out. Reasonable literates near and far who carefully search the distributed Scripture for the truth of God will find the Mind of Christ and perfect peace God graciously intends for all His beloved children everywhere.
This is a good year to set aside fear, battles of the sexes, unworthy substance habits, cultism, prejudice, worldly distractions, and other sins that so easily beset us, and seek to renew the mind as Martin Luther did. A nation collectively governed by the Mind of Christ composes a teamwork that can do all things. God’s Kingdom can be our Kingdom, the Body of Christ can be our Corporation, curing all religious divisions, re-uniting the blessed United States of America. We face a world in deep distress that needs to hear from such a Mind, and engage the good works of such an able Body. One in Christ, we can be about that business . . . God’s business . . . with renewed hope for world peace . . . in our time.
Music Reformation Breathing With God
Music is an art form in some ways above other expressions of beauty because in can channel the lovely Word of God. It is in some ways above human speech, because it can melodiously beautify eternal truth, sweetly bringing understanding unto life eternal. Human beings are made in the image of God and harbor special affection for music. Through the years, however, fallen man has authored fallen music. We are in such times today, using music to promote and condone anything at all . . . including darkness, rebellion, hatred, evil, crime, corruption, war, prejudice, etc. Package sin in the beauty of music and many souls will fall for it.
The time has come to purify the use of music so it can minister to our purification, to our redemption, to peace on all of God's green earth. The adjacent video chronicles a seed effort at reviving music art by searching the Psalms for reformation keys. King David qualifies as the Bible's leading authority on the art of music. May he reach through the years to touch our hearts afresh and rehearse our Spirits for the awesome task of rescuing a flagging world and building Temples of Peace all around.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after;
that I may dwell in the House of the Lord all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord,
and to inquire in His temple. (Psalm:27.4)
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The song I've simply labeled "Jesus" is based on a Bill & Gloria Gaither worship song from 1970: "There's Something About That Name." It is offered on the occasion of Christmas 2017 as a simple Audio Christmas Card to a diverse, global Internet audience. Bill & Gloria were English teachers who gave their creative lives to Christian music ministry, mostly in the U.S.A. Things were better then, domestically and around the world. The U.S. had entered the Knowledge Age, business was becoming high-tech, and the Church was trying to unify under the banner of ecumenism. It seemed like an appropriate time to simplify the Gospel for modern sophisticated minds using a memorable forty-word message. John Newton's "Amazing Grace" of 1779 became the most popular hymn of Euro-American Hymnody on the simple truth principle. "Jesus Loves Me" by Anna Warner was a similar simplicity meant to caress a child's mind with easy recollection, that has had remarkable staying power in the American Hymnbook.
Today, even at this Christmas, the world is bound together by speed-of-light electronic media, but divided by language, ideology, religion, divergent economic systems, conflicting approaches to conflict resolution, and unequally shared burdens from rising climate extremism. If talk alone could unify, we should have already become good neighbors in the "Electronic Global Village" predicted by Naisbitt's 1982 book "Megatrends." Perhaps greater focus will bring us together on this occasion by raising high the singular NAME that most stands for peace and good will . . . Jesus. His name has been noticeably absent from textbooks and journals of higher learning, and from business credos, policies, missions, meetings, press releases, advertising, and transactions. Even at Christmas time, 'Santa," sales, and "Jingle Bells" seem to dominate "Jesus," charity, and "Joy to the World." Amidst the overwhelming flow of information in this Information Age, it appears that 'faith" and "Jesus Christ" have been lost in the "clutter," the "white noise." God is a Spirit we cannot see. Jesus is God Incarnate humanity was able to see and touch and hear, and we can read about even today in one single book, the Holy Bible.
Give a listen to "Jesus" as my Musical Christmas Greeting to you and yours. Consider one name, one person, rather than a world full of philosophies, religions, news, etc., etc. His name works with and for Almighty God, Creator of Heaven and Earth. Mere mention sets angels in motion. If you are depressed, He will renew your mind upon request. If you are confused, He will set your mind in order if you let Him. You will not be able to succeed in the Knowledge Age or through High Technology without the Mind of Christ as your "Crown." Jesus handles every one of those Spiritual Ordinations. The name "Jesus" may have become a forgotten word, but it is not a secret word, a password you cannot find. Make mention of it this Christmas. Pursue it. Learn of it. The best is yet to come.
In His Name
William C. Patterson, Ph.D.
Queen of the Night Revisiting God's Eve
IAs the long and cold nights of 2018 roll in, it is helpful for God’s man to remember what a blessing he was given by the creation of woman. Adam was God’s A.M. man (Adam = Add A.M.) of light to the world and its chief steward. Eve, drawn from man, was God’s EVENING blessing to the man. Adam was the first Son of God, aptly likened to the brightest-in-the-sky sun. Eve composes as the sunlight-reflecting moon, God’s fear-reducing nightlight for all of mankind. She was ordained Adam’s fit help, his love-bonded wife, a life-long companion that he (or she) never be alone. Lighter, weaker, smaller, and softer than Adam, Eve was not fashioned a protector. She sweetly shares his days and nights. When evening falls, she is his warm, pleasurable, most intimate company. Awake, she captivates Adam’s attention by her beauty. Slumbering, she is his comforter, a warming presence placed by God. Focus on her keeps Adam from fearful thoughts about all that lurks about, especially at night. Like the nightlight moon or nightlight in the child’s bedroom, the place seems a little safer when a little light shines. Eyes closed and under covers, having his beloved wife there with trusting warmth echoes God’s presence. Things are happy and secure, even though a woman be helpless against night-stalkers or beasts of the forest. She is not man's defender, God is. She does, however, draw his attention towards thoughts of love which exclude fear for both of them. God crowned the Queen of the Night. He is our matchless defender and protector, authoring perfect love that casts out all fear. He brings sweetest dreams to His King and Queen of day and night, leaving no room for darkness that might falsely imply His absence.
In The Garden
Theme for Garden Tower Project
Sentimental Journey
ALL ABOARD the Solar Train
Younger Mama
Open the Door to God's Loving Family . . . Early
Operator Make the Call For Life
Welcome Home Children
Affordable Home Life
for the Peace Millennium
Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Battle Hymn of the Republic is chosen as Motivation Music for the Church Peace Parade proposed for Memorial Day. Sacrifices to war will be drawing to a close as the Church Age consummates. It is not too early to celebrate God's Great Peace Army under the banner of Christ. Already we can see the vast numbers of God's Precious Many at key gatherings. Less visible but even larger numbers gather quietly each Sunday to sing and serve and praise the Lord Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace. These gentle Soldiers of the Cross exceed our combat forces 50-to-1 and our veterans 8-to-1. Wouldn't the Spirit Command make a heartening addition to Memorial Day Parades? See the Memorial Day Blog for suggestions on implementing Memorial Day Church Peace Parades right where you live. Do it in remembrance of the Captain of our Salvation, the Lord Jesus Christ . . . returning soon!
Baby Face The American Girl . . . God's Way
The song, Baby Face, was penned in 1921 when the American woman was emerging in public life like never before. Released from the anxieties of World War I, she burst on the peace scene with a happier face, more revealing fashions, energetic dancing, and a taste for bold liberty that characterized the times as “Roaring Twenties.” As newspaper, magazine, and motion picture media got a better look at her unfolding beauty, they sensationalized it, especially her marvelous face. Babies notoriously capture attention with their fresh-from-heaven faces. Our Lord spoke of this divine nature: Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven (Matthew:18.10). America was discovering that consistent, wholesome development of its girls, especially, was extending their angelic beauty into adulthood. An Old Testament passage makes clear God’s authorship of facial beauty: The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace (Numbers:6.24-26). Millennials might ascribe beautification to cosmetics, makeovers, face lifts, etc., but the Holy Bible states that holiness, closeness to God, and walking with the Lord are sure pathways to enduring beauty.
Social experimentation today is drawing women away from love-marriage-home-family living. Now they must compete with men in the workplace, fight the wars, put out fires, shoot criminals, raise children as single moms (or abort unborns), talk tough, drink heavy, take drugs, engage loveless commercial sex to get ahead, etc., etc. By the grace of God, the American Beauty has not lost her winning smile, bright eyes, and shining face . . . yet. But she is losing ground. So, if men really like “Baby Face,” you might begin to reform modern society to put her in the more protected and Spiritually uplifting environment of love-marriage-home-family like it used to be. God blesses such living for men, women, and children. De-commercialize American Beauty and you’ll have a private, beloved Baby Face to enjoy right at your side . . . forever.
Any Time Love Waits for Everyone
On the good side of today, mankind has filled the Earth East to West and North to South, climbed the highest mountain, and dived the deepest ocean. The world has been transformed from wilderness to nations and states, cities and towns, with governments and laws marking standards of civilization. Communication is so pervasive, the world is linked by radio, television, telephones, and internet that connects almost every human being. The Gospel of Jesus Christ has been heard in every land. These things were ordered by God through covenants with Adam, Abraham and Sarah, and the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.
On the dark side of today, there are wars and crime, weapons and armies, shortages of vital food and energy, climate distress with widespread damages, pestilence and fear in too many places and among too many peoples of the Earth. This, too, was predicted by God and identified as The Great Tribulation. It is a time of inconsistent disobedience that only the Son of God, the Lord Jesus himself, will be able to untangle, bringing peace on Earth, promised heavenly days, and rest even as God rested from His work on the seventh day of creation.
Our holy and harmless Lord is returning on a timetable only God the Father knows precisely, and the Children of God await expectantly. The popular song, “Any Time”, written by Henry Lawson back in 1921, is the serenade of a man distanced from his beloved woman, but laced with patience, and promising comfort when she has decided in his favor once again. Words and mood of this old, almost forgotten song bear a strong resemblance to the Spiritual estate of the world in the end times: sad desertion of the Son of God, and loss of faith within the Church, the Bride of Christ. The Bridegroom of God appears to woo the Woman lost in end-of-the-world wilderness back to the marriage bond of love, to home sweet home, to children tenderly cared for and capable of unwavering life eternal and a millennial installment of peace.
As you listen to Lawson’s old music story of love between a man and a woman, see if you can discern the greater love story of God for His Children, of Jesus (the bridegroom) for His Church (the bride), and of Tribulation resolving to global peace and good will. See if you discern America returning to the Spirit of Seventy-Six, Old Glory, and Founding Father leadership . . . and American women once again seeking Saintly men and motherhood through the ever-blessed doorway of Christian marriage and home sweet home.
Sweet Fitness All Things Work Together For Good
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The song “Sweet Fitness” and its Vision Statement is meant to complement the Spiritual-physical fitness initiatives from Global Environmental Service (Green Fitness and Speed Cycling so far). These are Easy Fitness programs that fall into the sweet spot of beautifying strength maintenance needful during the Easy Living Knowledge Age. God has given us a beautiful Earth. Christ is giving a beautiful and peaceful life on Earth tamed and filled according to His Great Covenants. Those aptly settling into the center of God’s will for these consummate days will need to adapt the manual work body to sedentary knowledge work. We must stay strong and beautified. Now we can choose the manual agenda from among easy things to do. With global, millennial wisdom, everything becomes easy, especially as our Father continues giving us answers to every need. King David saw these days coming:
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after;
That I many dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
(David did not know he himself was a house of the Lord, God’s temple)
to behold the beauty of the Lord,
(the Lord beautifies all He creates: His Earth, His beloved children, including David)
and to inquire in His temple.
(God gives all the answers His Sons need, just by asking)
Psalm:27.4
The music and vision of “Sweet Fitness” celebrates the marvelous harmony in God’s consummating creation: Man with Woman (marital oneness), Man within (personal, peaceful Body of Christ), finally Man with the munificent Earth from which he was drawn. God’s Dove of Peace seems to softly float among the strains of this music, especially reminding me who really writes the songs.
Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken A Hymn of Hymns
The melody for this majestic hymn is drawn from Uber Alles, the National Anthem of Germany composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Lyrics are by John Newton. The hymn addresses Zion “City of our God” (Psalm:87.3) and the “Kingdom of the Lord” in Jesus’ perfect prayer (Matthew:6.9 and Luke:11.2). It is the place to which every believer journeys. It is a destiny in time to which the Children of God mature. It is an inheritance of the meek God qualifies them to receive. The “Greatest Story Ever Told” would have to be the Gospel, the salvation story of mankind. Such is a work of God most glorious, bound as a divinely preserved, heavenly message unto eternal life. When this hymn is played, when its message is sung, one senses weightiness. It is a Kingdom Hymn we shall sing forever, rising to the presence of the Majesty on High, our eternal repose.
I'm On Fire Holy Spirit At Work
Our Creator has a persistent practice of using one solitary life to seed deliverance of God’s Chosen People (Moses), bring down giant adversaries (King David slew formidable Goliath), and save the world (Jesus Christ). In the aftermath of Jesus’ Ascension, thereby leaving His Disciples to carry on saving the world, there was a pivotal Pentecost moment where the truth of Jesus was shared with many nations of many languages, even though none of our Lord’s men knew any other languages. Tongues of Fire were said to have spoken for them in all languages, that the Gospel not languish in the Hebrew tongue of non-believing Israel, or depend upon the Latin of Rome, executioner of the innocent Son of God, and a World Empire soon enough to be extinguished for their unspeakable offense.
The Holy Bible also testifies to God’s use of singleton men of holiness and faith to chronicle Divine history for the benefit of all mankind of all times. Sixty-six writings in one book spanning nearly six thousand years of authorship by less than sixty-six individuals. God seems not to speak by organizations or committees on vital things. He uses one obedient voice, that there be no conflict or confusion.
On this website appear many answers from a singleton source to a world full of problems. One might deduce that as Holy Spirit power was waning among world Christian nations during the 20th Century, global power scarcities began occurring in a parallel way. Documented on this site are abundant energy answers proving that God has not run out of energy or love for His global children. I may not be the only energy counsel, but my offerings compose a perpetual, moderating “green” stream that can settle thorny energy issues once and for all.
In some respects I am “on fire” with answers to keep all home fires burning, vital mobility globally active, and food energy for all of us children in God’s care. The song celebrates God’s mercy on your behalf. It is inspiration for every man to climb God’s ladder of loving obedience and service until each “catches fire.” In these consummating times, no man should be without pinnacle light of life. My song is a cheer for your candle to burn brighter with revival flame so needful and requisite for these days.
I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the Word of God; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his Saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles [non-Jewish population]; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Whereunto I also labor, striving according to His working in me mightily. Colossians:1.25-29
My God Is Real Shed All Fantasy - Hold Fast To Pure Truth
As Christmas 2018 arrives, it is mind expanding to contemplate the many society experiments that decorate world history. Great empires of antiquity, like Persian, Roman, Caliphate (Arab), Mongol, and British have risen to greatness and subsequently contracted for diverse reasons. Today there are no less than 195 countries legitimately operating under various legal codes, financial systems, religions, and socio-economic systems. Accompanying episodes of war, social unrest, economic depression, climate distress, desperate migration, and terrorism betray fragility and tentativeness in the present international composite. We might claim a world advanced regarding civilization, but evidence from Earth’s 7.6 billion human population makes us aware that the world remains a dynamic laboratory of sub-optimal, experimental cultures.
Among the Judeo-Christian states and cultures, the United States of America has become the world’s leading Christian Democracy. Defined a “Nation Under God” and a people “In God We Trust,” there is connection to the eternal, omnipresent, omnipotent God. Rising from colony to global superpower in less than 200 years testifies to work power unmatched in human history. Becoming a living room to more world nationalities than any other nation testifies to a quality of life and gracious hosting available nowhere else. But even this shining beacon of God shows signs of decadence characteristic of so many earlier nation experiments. Sacred Christmas is becoming less the birth of Jesus, Savior of the World, more Santa Claus & Jingle Bells. Sacred Easter is becoming less the matchless resurrection power of God for ALL His children, more cute bunnies and baskets of delectable candy. Reformation Day, so distinctly important to Mind-of-Christ leadership of the U.S.A., has fallen to fantasies of ghosts & goblins, witches & ghouls, and bags of trick-or-treat candy. Tax-paid, divorced-from-God government leadership has greatly eclipsed ministerial leadership in Jesus name, charitably supported by tithes & offerings, fully referenced by Holy Scripture, and moved by nearly continuous prayer. The most media-intensive nation ever, its people digest 50 hours per week of screen time rich in fantasy, verbal altercation, illicit sex, and shocking violence. Sustained mind training of this nature has been playing out in national war-making, argumentation, marriage-less living, unprincipled advantage-taking, moral passivation, and drug abuse; when today’s great need is for stability, permanence, sagacious Biblical counsel, peace-making, and exemplary living before a watching, faltering world.
Foundationally, America was poised a House of Grace for the world at large. Our God is the REAL God, our works under Him were righteous, our counsel peace-worthy. O that we could re-discover Old Glory, the original Spirit of America, and share it with a distressing world. Let’s put away vain imaginations, shed all demons of the mind, and make salvation for the whole world, in peace and for peace, our re-dedication this Christmas. I don’t think there is anyone, any other nation, prepared to accomplish this if we don’t.
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
Complement to Permanence Blog
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I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow-white turtle doves
I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to hold it in my arms
And keep it company
It's the real thing
What the world wants today
That's the way it will stay
With the real thing
It's the real thing
Won't you hear what I say?
What the world needs today
Is the real thing
I'd like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo through the hills
For peace throughout the land
It's the real thing
I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
A song of peace that echoes on
And never goes away
Songwriters: William M Backer / Roger F. Cook / Roquel Davis / Roger Greenaway
Steel River
Steel is one of those marvelously strong and permanent things God hid from man until these latter days. It became the economic centerpiece of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Steel Capitol of the U.S.A. Regional residents remember how steel production along the Monongahela River lit up the sky every night, an abiding 4th of July fireworks display. Amidst fears of global energy scarcity, the fuel-hungry steel machine of Western Pennsylvania was largely shut down. American industrialization had progressed at such a fever pitch, may felt permanent materials from the region (steel, aluminum, glass, copper, bronze, etc.) would not need replacing for quite some time, and could be put on indefinite hold. Later fears of permanent climate damage from global overheating generated by industry and transportation kept a cloud of pessimism around re-lighting the Great Steel Valley and putting durable economic legs back under the Golden Triangle steel had built.
Contemplating God’s unwavering love for the working man, I am inclined to see steel production of the Mon Valley more as a Steel River ordained to flow continuously, prospering the nation and world even as the region’s workforce remains rewarded in abiding ways. Several facts are persuasive in the matter. Nowhere else on earth has better strategic location. Rivers and adjacent rail beds are most level of all transit corridors for energy efficient input/output logistics. One-way river current is another dividend to moving goods by water. R&D by Global Environmental Service noted elsewhere under the River Power Project is beginning to unlock somewhat hidden cool hydro-energy within the deep & wide horizontal-flow rivers of the world, including Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers. It might proximately supply homes & automobiles with electricity, fund river clean-up, and subsidize fish re-stocking.
Confining steel to winter time production balances infrastructure maintenance-only demand AND nullifies climate damage due to global warming. Growth-phase production drew iron ore from the ground and spread it among easily-accessible, durable steel infrastructure. Gradual attrition of surface steel becomes a “trickle mine” feeding conversion to steel with energy savings approaching 70%. Scrap steel can be simply recycled with clean electric furnaces for transformation into mill products (like sheet) at a fraction of original steel fabrication cost. Preserving core expertise here, especially the R&D brain trust, retains local technical counselorship for undeveloped countries. Divine wisdom has already distributed repositories of energy and ore around the world sufficient to bring the whole world population up to a good living standard with permanence. Potency of Pittsburgh’s Marriage of Church & Steel can give birth to other Spiritual Pittsburghs around the world, setting them beneficially ahead on the learning curve. Comprehending Steel as a Ministry for peaceful infrastructure, there is hope for an end to wars and terrorism originating by the many countries hopelessly mired in primitive living and Spiritual underdevelopment.
Deep River
This somber Negro Spiritual was spawned during the Civil War. It simply contemplates the draining trials that lay between believers and a destiny of promised peace, deeply yearned for. Biblical history records many deep rivers: the flood only Noah and his family survived, Nile burial of God’s infant sons only Moses survived, the Red Sea only God’s escaping emissaries to Egypt and Africa survived, and River Jordan baptism that prepared fruitless Israel for their Messiah and gave the Church its world-wide Savior & Lord. For the Southern Negro, Deep River characterizes the agony of unshakable slavery along with abiding hope of freedom someday, somewhere, perhaps by a dangerous trek northward.
Today, ageless rivers of Earth are submitting to climate change that may change their long record of benefit to man into damage-potent, life-taking torrents and flood waters. Yet, even this time of Deep River shall pass by the mercy of God we plead. Mother Nature has been disturbed by unregenerate man, but will regress to God’s abiding norms when the “heat is off.” Of far greater import is whether a Spiritually-divided world can regroup under the One True God, rally to the call of His Dear Son, and re-kindle fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Our Creator is expecting to receive a whole world basking in peace at the end of the Church Age, populated by holy and harmless Sons of the Living God. Submit to Christ, and all can fit well together on our filled Earth, and re-establish necessary harmony with quieting Nature. It is global crossover time. Heaven on Earth is the divine mandate and promise to mankind. May we all hearken and conform to God’s Call for Sonship in Christ, and be found in His worldwide, well-lit campground. It may be that the rivers themselves will help to keep lights on in Paradise via River Power Technology.
Houses & Lands for God
Adam was fashioned from Earth to be the first Son of God. Eve was drawn from Adam’s flesh and bone to be fashioned by God as the original woman and Adam’s fit and helpful wife. They must have been a beautiful couple as rather original works of our God, who makes all things beautiful. Furthermore, they were given paradisiacal existence in the Garden of Eden amidst all the wonderful living things God created for His children.
Sadly, there was a fall from grace that removed the first couple from Paradise and plunged their minds into ignorance and alienation from their loving Creator. The Holy Scripture chronicles the gradual redemption of man from early darkness, sinful error, and willful disobedience. On the long trek of filling, taming, and civilizing the Earth by God’s command, there have been many adventures, battles, risings and fallings, near extinctions, etc. It is the greatest story ever told, composed by the One and Only, Faithfully Great, True and Mighty God.
Today's mankind enters the Divine Epoch at a time of Great Tribulation and consummating glory. We are about to enter a Global Garden of Eden with homes and families about as beautiful as Original Paradise, maybe even better. We are being given New Understandings that bring back the most intimate of all relationships: our Oneness with Almighty God. So are the world full of new Adams and Eves being given new insight to the Oneness of Marriage, the singular love bond paralleling God’s eternal love for His Dear Son.
"Houses & Lands for God” is a recitation wrapped in moving music reasonably thrilling our souls. We are being welcomed back to Paradise by our Heavenly Father after all these years of separation. It is a marriage reunion with our Creator and a matchless global fellowship now composing a World Family of God. Resident Believers soon to be joined by ALL those who have “died in the Lord” and will awaken for Resurrection, surely as the Lord Jesus arose from the dead.
Amidst all the painful, devilish contradictions now present, join me in rising above the Tribulation to see the land and people composing Heaven on Earth. Houses & Lands for God is a comforting, refreshing message of unfolding truth. True to His word, God is putting us into a “large place,” (Psalm:118.5) a “Son-prepared mansion” (John:14.2). Let the words of this recitation carry you over present sorrows and give you a “faith lift” and “drink of Spiritual water” (Matthew:25) for the remaining steps.
Hallelujah, What A Savior
This somber hymn intertwining defeat and victory was written by Philip Bliss in 1875, and hearkens to the enigmatic image of our Savior portrayed by Isaiah Chapter 53:
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Isaiah:53
The New Testament infant of Israel we celebrate at Christmas as God’s gift to a Spiritually impoverished world held great promise. But the Old Testament “man of sorrows” chronicled in Isaiah 53 sounded a different trumpet. Jesus Christ, King of All Kings, Lord of All Lords, came to Israel most humbly because they had fallen grievously short of preparation for their Messiah, a spotless, harmless Lamb of paramount blessing. Devoid of pomp and circumstance, He seemed a nobody of nobodies, suited to rejection and the company of criminals. Jesus divine miracles seemed only to evoke envy from misguided authorities of that day, and prompt a desire to kill Him. He was Perfect Godhead exposed to ruthless barbarians. Imagine yourself thinking great thoughts manifesting as great works, but with your fragile brain unprotected by facial beauty, jeweled crown, adoring subjects, military guards, secret service, pampering entourage, parasol, helmet, hair, or even skull, in a land that had forgotten how to respect respectable things. Surely the envious wicked would lust for your fame and scheme for a way to destroy your precious, undefended gray matter so vulnerably exposed. Would not abuse unto death be certain?
Heaven sent Jesus was immediately set on a death march amidst Earth’s pagans and unprepared masses upon the momentous occasion of the first Christmas. Amazingly, however, His mission was accomplished anyway through the excellent, irrepressible ways of God. Israel would be saved (Jesus’ disciples were Jews in Christ). The Ancient Roman Empire would fall, but a new, Christian Rome would rise. Ultimately, a global population of gentiles would come to Christ through the Gospel. The corrupted High Priest and Levitical order of Twelve-Tribe Israel would give way to a new High Priest of God and His Sanctified Twelve. Once-dead Jesus would miraculously rise from the grave by God’s Power as the first fruit of Resurrection. The Son of God would later rise to Heaven, no longer to be killed, leaving God the Holy Spirit as Abiding Comforter with every believer until the end of the Church Age. Accordingly, the world would be saved, as God originally promised, by peaceful means originated by the Prince of Peace. The unlit world abuses holy, harmless Sons of God, but the timeless works and promises of God are fulfilled anyway. Jesus was humbled by man, but God accorded Him preeminence. The world may step on you, too. But in Christ, the Father of All will lift you up. Nothing ultimately represses God’s glory, and nothing can cut you off from eternal glory in Him.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans:8.35-39
Jesus was humbly born the only begotten, glorious Son of God. The world denigrated, but God elevated. God-Man Jesus courageously confronted unspeakable offenses during His peacemaking adulthood to win salvation and eternal life for you and me. Faith allows these temporary contradictions to be borne victoriously.
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Hebrews:12.1-3
These are consummate days demanding that we walk like real men . . . Men of God. Let’s keep the faith gift and let our ever-faithful God see us through to the final glorious outcome. Hallelujah!
Garden Sweetheart Call To Final Paradise
It is becoming increasingly evident that tribulation in this present world ceases when mankind finds the way back to God’s vineyard of original Eden paradise. Appointing the Earth with materials like stone, brick, metal, and glass has given us an infrastructure strong and permanent. That work is done. Abiding need for food, water, clothing, and energy will unceasingly be met from heaven above and the green vines of abundant living. You might say that God intends to take a more direct hand in our less-laborious days of Heaven on Earth. After all, He supplies the sun, rain, and soil that makes all the gardens thrive anywhere on Earth. We can sit back as His dear children and watch the silent service of God meet our needs everywhere we live.
The final, complete, easy-living Son of God is going to be a Garden Master. His beloved wife (beautiful Eve II) is going to be a Garden Sweetheart. The long-awaited picture of Paradise is so wonderful and lasting, I thought it deserved a musical tribute to embellish the vision. I hope you enjoy hearing “Garden Sweetheart.” You might envision you and your sweetheart basking in the grace of God as you plant and harvest all you need and more. This lifestyle can end today’s frustration with lonely singles, competition between genders, verbal conflict, career dislocation, shortages, climate destruction, wars, terrorism, etc. So, park the car, end commuting, and leave bumper-to-bumper jams behind you. Sweet life awaits you as Garden Sweethearts.
American Indian Culture Tribute Remembering First Americans
Lady Blues Album The Sound of Tears
General Observations
Extreme emotion by female singers
Women are innately accustomed to loving kindness and tender mercies from a Godly man of love and marriage. When real love isn’t there, they lament and cry more than a man, though many men sing blues owing to worldly tribulation.
Lyrics incompletely rhyme, melody and rhythm proceed with fits and starts
Women think and articulate less, feel more, cry instead of explain (as do babies) when things go wrong. Female songs of lamentation often are laden with broken phrases. The gut feel of unhappiness a woman cannot intellectually correct supersedes her commitment to any standard of musical precision in the lyric or flow of music expression.
Female artists make their music statement publicly, widely share their lament
Happily married women speak (petition pray) to their husbands to meet all needs. He is ordained by God to be her provider and serve as a providential God figure to her. When she does not have her God-given man, or when lesser men subject her to ungodly treatment, she has been known to confide in neighbors (gossip), engage talk shows, or sing blues to masses in search of burden relief (though these pathways are inferior or inappropriate). She surrenders to the notion that one-to-many sharing is best she can do. Although private prayer is available to both women and men, the lady usually is inclined towards help from other human beings, even crowds, feeling the multitudes can stand in the absent husband’s place.
“I” appears in the title often, making Lady Blues most personal
Women were designed by God to be taken care of by one man, her husband. When this does not happen, and sorrows unfold, she feels this very deeply, very personally, sensing singular loneliness or abandonment.
Lady Blues often lapse into fantasy, invoking any and all means to remedy sorrows that engulf them
While the domain of the man is the world he must realistically embrace, the woman engages a domain more within love, marriage, home, and family. Her domain is vital, but does not require in-the-world work as expansive, heavy, or lengthy as assigned to the man. Accordingly, her experience repertoire is smaller, simpler, usually kinder. When she encounters trouble in paradise, solutions often reside outside her sphere of experience. So, she invents solutions or builds a make-believe fantasy to cure the matter.
Songs Recast for the Lady Blues Album Rescue the Lamenting Lady
Original Title: I Put A Spell On You
Echoing from the witchy side of the 1950s [e.g., Jay Hawkins (1956) and Witchcraft (1957) by Frank Sinatra], the love-tossed subject of this song retaliates by delving into the occult to relieve her hurt feelings. A spell is cast to compel love not naturally or spiritually returned.
Recast Title: Right Move
Young lady knows the right man, the man of true love & marriage, now seeks her EARLY, before she is engulfed or ruined by overpowering worldliness, witchcraft, and meanness.
Brief Internet Review of Spells, Curses, Hex (Witch Sign), Gargoyles, Witchcraft, Sorcery
Gargoyles are thought to fight off evil and offer protection for your house and garden. They can stand guard and ward off unwanted spirits and other creatures. If they're hideous and frightening they can scare off all sorts of things. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The gargoyle is a fantasy and horror monster inspired by the gargoyle architectural element. While they were believed in mythology to frighten away evil spirits, the idea of such statues physically coming to life was a more recent notion. Just as with bosses and chimeras, gargoyles are said to frighten off and protect those within houses and buildings from any evil or harmful spirits.
Amish and Mennonite barns have borne hex signs (hexagons) which translate “witches foot”) to ward off evil. Hex signs originated in Europe and have appeared on buildings to invoke magical powers, either to hex (wish someone bad luck) or bring about good fortune
Witchcraft, is the exercise or invocation of alleged supernatural powers to control people or events, practices typically involving sorcery or magic. First American Witch: Bridget Bishop (1632 – 1692) was the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. Altogether, about 200 people were tried, and 18 others were executed (19 total: 14 women and 5 men).
Original Title: I’ll Take Care of You
In this lament written as the tumultuous decade of the 1960s drew to a close, the focal man is seen as a loser, a lost soul with no place to go. The woman implies that she also has fallen. Yet, despite the vast array of negatives, she promises to take care of her man. Except for wiping away his tears, she does not really know how to care of her fallen beloved. Implied is that she will feel with him, empathize with him, stay beside him, even in the absence of tangible, effective answers to his or her problems. The abiding message is that she will remain faithfully bonded to him like a real wife, even with no marriage seal. She clings to oneness without tangible means for it. Consider slight Mary Magdalene’s weeping resolve to personally reclaim Jesus’ missing body, though she could not possibly have lifted or carried Him (Mary M. was Jesus’ special girl He cured from seven demons):
Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. John:20.11-16
Recast Title: Take Care of You
Recast of original lament involves pledge by the man of marriage to take care of his beloved through the power of God, rather than fragile, failing means of a single, ordinary man. He wraps her in Almighty arms of unfailing love, trusting God, who is love, to unite and preserve both of them forever (1 John:4.8).
Original Title: I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
Song from 1968 is of a woman faithful to her man, though he decides to abandon her, never knowing the depth of love she has for him. Assessing her own qualities, she says she could be great or small, famous or private, whatever he needs. Her core desire is to remain part of him and sustain the love bond by more than equal love from her under any circumstances. The sorrow is in the song title: he may never know how great a love she gives, her side of the love equation making up for his failed, insufficient, wavering love.
Recast Title: More Than You’ll Ever Know
Visionary lyrics invite the lady to contemplate her man’s love on the infinite scale and timeline God alone composes. Today’s man of God can give his heart to the lady in marriage earlier than ever before, fully persuaded that He who brought them together is able to keep them in transcendent love. As a Son of God, he offers divine and eternal family life to her, knowing infinite, eternal, unchangeable God holds (weds and welds) the precious family circle together through thick or thin, better or worse, sickness or health. They go forward on faith supplied without limit by ever faithful God. The past may reek inadequacy, human means may be sparse, but the grandeur offered them and surely dispensed by their loving and abiding Creator is bigger than they could ever ask or think:
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church [you are His temple] by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Ephesians:3.20-21
I’d Rather Go Blind
This lament from the 1960s stems from the woman seeing her precious relationship breaking apart by the man going to someone else. Not knowing how to fix the problem, she contemplates a sad accommodation by becoming blind and not witness the walk-away (broken sight rather than broken heart, again feelings dominate).
Recast Title: Rather Go Blind
There is inescapable truth to this lament. If the woman is denied marriage and togetherness with a man of God’s choosing for her, she proceeds blindly throughout her days. Marrying a man of God, standing by him in the protection of his palatial house, and mothering their precious child gifts from heaven is how she abides in the presence of God. Theirs is a castle, light house, home sweet home, family memory album true love seals forever. May that most special and beloved man (one among so many) never be taken from her, condemning her to maximally sorrowful Spiritual blindness and lonely darkness.
In The Heat of the Night
This 1967 blues creation by Quincy Jones and Marilyn Bergman had roots in racial prejudice of the South, also chronicled by a movie and television series of the same name. The title captures two attributes of devilment: “heat” as fierce anger and “night” as blindness unto death:
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. Proverbs:29.22
They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Mattthew:15.14
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 1 Thessalonnians:5.5
Recast Title: Heat of the Night
When others bring heat and night to our doorstep, it is out of ignorance or wickedness. God’s Child is cautioned to think, speak, and work righteously, not harbor a mind divided between good and evil. His Sons are Lambs often victimized during seasons of night they did not bring, but God is our shield and defender, ever faithful, and capable of rolling back the night, staying our steps. These Tribulation Days (Night) will pass. Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords will emerge victorious. His brotherhood, His familyhood, will be preserved. The Serpent, the Devil, the wicked, all evildoers, will not stand. Worthy is the Lamb to receive riches and power and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing (Revelation:5.12). The Brotherhood of the Lamb will surely stand AND be fully rewarded . . . so hold on!
Cry
This lament traces back to the 1950s. Supposedly Happy Days in American history, it also heralded a heartbreaking procession of foreign wars onto the American International Agenda (Korean War [1950-1953], Viet Nam War [1955-1975], Panama War [1989-1990], Middle East Conflict (Iran [1980-1988], Iraq [2003-2011], Afghanistan [2001-2021]). Christian singer Johnnie Ray would not have foreseen these unfolding joy and sorrow time passages, but passionately invited broken hearts to just “cry” when the hammer of broken love falls upon them. I regard the song somewhat prophetic of the fall from grace that the dearest Lady of all, the Bride of Christ, was to endure during the latter half of the 20th Century: best-and-brightest pushed out of domestic rewards into primitive overseas wars, POW camps, and body bags; rising domestic unrest: college protest sit-ins, on-campus troops and shootings, hippies and drugs, communal living with free love instead of marriage, riots and massacres; merciless downsizing of the world’s best workforce; women organizing to economically compete with men for vanishing jobs (instead of marrying them and housewifing); legalizing million-dollar lotteries to compensate for joblessness; acquiescence to secret organized crime; democracy-paralyzing government secrecy (FBI, CIA, NSA, Black Ops, etc.); record death toll on the highways; global fuel shortages; rampant air-water-land pollution; climate disruption (unprecedented floods, fires, and storms); and global disease, quarantine, and pandemics.
Cry Recast
The recast of “Cry” has the benefit of a posteriori tangibility. The Revelation Woman, the Church of Jesus, much in need of revival, must do more than cry. A birth is needed, a re-birth of “born-again” dimensionality is needed. And it must be global, for the problems of present Great Tribulation are global in scope. So, researching Jesus Christ, elevating Him to the number one place in every human mind is how crying finally stops. Thankfully, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords still can be found. Through tears tangible or masked, I hope this message rooted in American Blues visualizes up and to the right and to the light. Every citizen of planet Earth depends on it, not just burgeoning masses of tender-hearted, sorrowing, single women or girls denied love. Sweethearts female and male are a gift from God the world can ill do without. Invite Jesus into your heart and tears will be wiped away, all the wars and want will cease, and the “big cry’ will resolve to “big joy.”
He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people:
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:
nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Isaiah:2.4
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of His people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. Isaiah:25.8
Bad News Blues
Both male and females today are dominated (50-75 hours per week) by media that is mostly negative. What pours into the human mind programs his or her character. In our filled and busy and fascinating world, one can become addicted to media. When it is mainly negative; thought, word, deed, and feelings decline towards depression, bitterness, schemes, and crime. The Bad News Blues music project warns of darkened personality and its dire consequences. Consistent with Dr. Patterson’s creative music orientation, Lady Blues and Marie Society Lamentation music compose as Positive Blues. There is an a posteriori vision of light, of healing, of victory. Add Jesus to any Bad News and the situation is going to get better, even turn around, finally setting the Wounded Soul back on top of the mountain of holiness, goodness, and truth God originally intended. Prudently guard your vulnerable mind and you will avoid heartache, bitterness, hatred, defeatism, insensitivity, or mean-ness. You (all) belong to the God of Love (John:3.16).
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,
to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans:8.28
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:
but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able;
but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians:10.13
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into diverse temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James:2.8
Possible Future Lady Blues Projects
Throwing My Weight Around (GESPST Website Blog)
Warns of sorrows generated when modern beauties (Perfect Tens) become socially overexposed to men in general. Amounts to mis-managing their God-given MAGNETISM to evoke wider male attention: Face, Hair, Fashions, Jewelry, Skin, Fragrance, Figure, Speech, Songs, Movements, Kisses, Privates, and Sexual Pleasure. Give the best of your priceless God-given female repertoire ONLY to that ONE God-chosen man (your dear husband) who truly loves you and provides for you always and ever.
Lady Blues Album Selections & Song Sheets
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The LORD Is My Light
Spiritual Links Between The LASER and God Who Is Light
The LASER discovery of modern times (1961) might be thought of as new light heralding return of Jesus Christ (Acts:1.11), Son of God (Matthew:3.17), Living Word of God (John:1.1,14), Light that lights every man (John:1.9), Great Shepherd of the Sheep (Hebrews:13.20), Head of the Church (Colossians:1.18) who is the Bride of Christ, and the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John:1.29). He commissioned twelve Apostles to fill the Earth with light (Matthew:28.18-20), continents as golden lampstands, His people being bright candles of divine enlightenment (Revelation:4.5). Contrary to this time of pinnacle light and promise of the Star of Bethlehem, have been world wars; nuclear weapons capable of destroying Earth and all that lives; unprecedented terrorism; critical shortages of energy (petroleum and natural gas), food, and money (job loss, downsized workforce); increased divorces; decline of marriage and children; and escalation of disease (usually of foreign origin, many sexually transmitted). Many felt the end of the world was imminent, instead of promised days of Heaven on Earth (Dueteronomy:11.21) or entering God’s Rest (Hebrews:4.1,10).
Great Tribulation and massive diffusion of Jezebel femininity sadly confirm a grim Biblical prediction of “falling away” before the King of all Kings returns (2 Thessalonians:2.3). Some say the Saints had been tucked away in heaven, their absence explaining so much earthly “falling down.” Standing surely on the promises of God, Jesus Christ will return with His Bride, the Church for which He gave His life (Revelation:21.2,9). Like the first Son of God (Adam) given the first woman and wife (Eve) in original paradise (Garden of Eden) modern days on God’s calendar center on Green Edenic Splendor (free at-hand food) and marriage of the Lamb (God’s perfect gentleman bonding to his beautiful virgin bride). Notably different will be that New Eden is globally distributed (micro-gardens of family “eating” at each spacious, green home site), a vineyard needfully tended by both husband AND wife (a lifestyle and infrastructure reform thereby reviving love and marriage and family).
Some who have gone different ways in these “end times” question if true happiness can be found on God’s “Edenic green acre” with two-become-one marriage. Might original paradise now be outdated, obsolete, unsatisfying, unacceptable? LASER symbolism and dynamics seem to unlock marvelous secrets of love and light (attributes of God) that unfold powerful revival, quantum leaps to unswerving faith in God, and restored confidence that perfect providence transcends time. Consider the following tabulated 13 parallels between technical dynamics of LASER light and Spiritual dynamics of the One True God, who is love (1 John:4.8) and light (1 John:1.5):
Technical & Spiritual Characteristics of LASERS
Technical Term: Amplification
Definition: Light waves amplify, intensify by increasing amplitude.
Biblical Reference: The Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. Colossians:2.19
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: Love begins at the eye gate. Lovers see each other at a distance, draw together as love amplifies.
Technical Term: Coherence
Definition: Light waves co-align, their sinusoidal waves rising and falling in exact coincidence.
Biblical Reference: Ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people (2 Corinthinians:6.16)
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: Husband walks with God. Woman walks and stands by her man. She lives with him, helpfully works with him, prepares his food, eats with him, dresses for him, sleeps with him, makes love with him, bears children for him. A Godly wife is an abiding spiritual presence ever in her husband’s shadow.
Technical Term: Collimation
Definition: Parallel rays of light, neither converging nor diverging.
Biblical Reference: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord (James:1.5-7)
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: Husbands and fathers are faithful to God. Wives and mothers and children are faithful to their family man of God (father and husband). Together, they walk the eternal line of love, maintain their marital roles straight and true, faithfully, lovingly forever.
Technical Term: Continuous
Definition: A CONTINUOUS beam of light is emitted from a LASER process with characteristic intermittency.
Biblical Reference: I have loved thee with an everlasting love (Jeremiah:31.3)
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: True love is eternal. Marriage is the sacred institution of God to establish unbroken, eternal love between husband and wife.
Technical Term: Excitation
Definition: Dominant Helium electrons voltage-driven into high energy states temporarily excite subordinate Neon electrons into higher energy states. When Neon electrons normalize (ground), red light is emitted.
Biblical Reference: Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead (John:11)
Jesus loved Lazarus like a brother. Came to him 4 days after he had died and decayed to miraculously resurrect him, saying only “Lazarus come forth.”
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: In marriage, two become one. Husband excites wife, wife excites husband. God of love excites both to higher love and life and joy of lasting togetherness.
Technical Term: Focus
Definition: Light diversely radiating within the LASER cavity is focused (refracted) by lens into a single, intense, narrow beam of non-spreading parallel rays ultimately projecting in an intense continuous stream from the LASER.
Biblical Reference: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matthew:7.13-14)
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: Beginning with engagement, wife and husband prove they are completely satisfied with each other only, need no longer play the field. He is sunshine to her. She is moonlight to him. They maturely focus their love from God on each other forever.
Technical Term: High Energy
Definition: LASER process raises the intensity of emitted light into a narrow high-energy beam. Powerful, like sun radiance, LASER light can travel a long distance.
Biblical Reference: Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Matthew:28.18
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: Marital love is high love energy from God, sufficient to withstand dark times, hard knocks, all temptations. God joins love mates together, sustains the bond (by the wedding “weld”) against all attacks.
Technical Term: High Potential
Definition: Electrodes within a Helium-Neon gas LASER are charged to a high voltage difference (10 kilovolts).
Biblical Reference: As many as received him, to them gave He power (as potential) to become the Sons of God, even to them that believe on His name: John:1.12
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: Love power is of God, who is the strength of every marital bond growing with time. Divine love perfects husband and wife.
Technical Term: Photon Emission
Definition: Photons are units of light given off as electrons descend from an excited energy state to a lower energy level.
Biblical Reference: Skin of Moses’ face shone (Exodus:34.29) Children behold face of my Father (Matthew:18.10) God is light (1 John:1.5) God is love (1 John:4.8)
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: Eyes of lovers sparkle, their faces brightly shine. Bright smiles evoke bright return smiles. Sweet voices rise to sounds of joy, and angels of heaven sing. Children are a gift from heaven, how God enters the human race.
Technical Term: Population Inversion
Definition: Electrons normally filling low energy states of an atom receive power to rise and fill high energy states of the same atom.
Biblical Reference: Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Matthew:28.18. Then said Jesus, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. John:20.21-22
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: The power of God who is light and love raises His sons to a higher power level in life, a level generating and sustaining life and love. Marriage partners compose the most intense circle of love on Earth, raising each other to excelling love and glory sustained by God forever.
Technical Term: Pumping
Definition: Build-up of light amplitude via repeated in-phase reflections.
Biblical Reference: [Jesus Christ] Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. 1 Timothy:6.16
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: Marriage head intercourse is frequent and heavenly. Mates pump up each other verbally (loving conversation). Hip intercourse, less frequent pumping, pleasurably moves bodies to climaxing intimacy untouchable by outsiders.
Technical Term: Radiation
Definition: Light in a LASER first radiates (spreads in all directions) from a diversity of electron point sources.
Biblical Reference: When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments, the skin of his face shone (Exodus:34.29)
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: Marital love brings characteristic radiance to both husband and wife. They shine for each other most of all, an unfailing sign to others they are in love. Such is the look of love.
Technical Term: Reflection
Definition: Light emitted within the LASER is reflected and re-reflected between mirrors at each end of the LASER cavity.
Biblical Reference: God said let us make man in our image, after our likeness (Genesis:1.26) Thou shalt see my back parts [glory reflection] (Exodus:33.18-23)
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: Lovers give each other wonderful memories, most worthy of reflection. God interweaves, invests priceless quality to heavenly days together. Lovers joyously discover they are meant for each other, joined by God.
Technical Term: Resonance
Definition: Phenomena where waves reinforce amplitude by multiple reflections within a light (or sound) cavity whose dimension is an even number of wavelengths.
Biblical Reference: The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace (Nazarite Vow – Numbers:6.25-26)
Spiritual Parallel to Marital Love: The light of love has increasing amplitude, heightening intensity between true lovers. Overwhelms partners at the beginning (Spring fever) and as it is reinforced across time (O love that will not let me go).
God’s precious man and woman appear to be marvelous God-light-powered (5,7,8,9) bodies created to be a living residence of the Creator. They interact in reflective (13), resonant (14) ways unlike anything else created. Faces, especially, radiate (12) the brightness and beauty of God, the Father. Conversation (6, 14) at the heavenly head level between them blossoms (1) with love and light, bonding like high-powered weldments that melt two into a ONENESS (1,2,3,4) strong and lasting. Body physical intercourse (11) reserved only for husband and wife, climaxes with matchless earthy intensity (5,6,7,8,11,14) powerfully uniting, melting two into one with permanence sufficient even to bring heavenly children into a gold family ring eternal. This two-level light dynamic brings coherence (2) to God’s beloveds that tracks unshakably through time (3,4), forever lovers authored always by indwelling God (7,8,9,10) whose very presence is love.
1-Amplification, 2-Coherence, 3-Collimation, 4-Continuous, 5-Excitation, 6-Focus, 7-High Energy,
8-High Potential, 9-Photon Emission, 10-Population Inversion, 11-Pumping, 12-Radiation, 13-Reflection, 14-Resonance
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