Keep Me In the Moment

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Our four main docks are over 20 inches under water and I can't imagine what the inside of the boat house looks like. The projection is for another 6 inches of water to rise today.
Those are our floating docks you see.
To get perspective the photo below was yesterday and our huge concrete planters were probably 6" under.  By noon you will only see the hydrangea tree sticking up.
Oh, the clean up to come whenever the waters recede.


We've had a rough, rough week. Devil darts from every direction, but nothing that surprised God, just us!  Prayed hard yesterday for this rain to stop and no more trees fall.  My man was working outside before sunrise to remove furniture from both our docks and prepare our boathouse for the flooding that looked inevitable.  Last night at 2:30 AM he was out with a headlamp on. We have motion detector lights at two of our boathouses and he said he was walking out on one dock and the light was shining onto the water and he could see fish swimming around his legs!  Crazy.

 I've been into major projects inside, which are unearthing more things needing to be done.  A friend reminded me to put on the praise music, so instead of whistling while I work, I can praise the Lord while I work! While sorting through some toy bins yesterday up popped my tambourine! The rains may come, but there can still be dancing for Jesus in the rain.

 God created us to be instruments! He has given us voices to sing His praise and fingers to play or clap out a tune.  The Bible confirms again and again that we are to sing!

 Listen to Jeremy Camp's top ten contemporary Christian song "Keep Me in the Moment"
Perfect for such a time as this.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFuvAXzBt1E by Jeremy Camp

 He and his family have been making music together at home these past months. 
Check these out.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbFcZNY6geY

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijaigLym0c4


"Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvations." Psalm 95:1

"...speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord."  Ephesians 5:19

"Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: 'I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted."  Exodus 15:1

"Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts." Psalm 105:2

"Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power, praise him for his surpassing greatness. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, praise him with the timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe, praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals."
Psalm 150 :1-5

"Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts."  Colossians 3:16

 Today's Coloring Page from Promises of God
"The Lord your God is in your midst, a Mighty-One, who will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will renew you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."
Zephaniah 3:17

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