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Sunday, February 24. 2013

Paying A Shiva Call To A Friend



Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

I am weak, but Thou art strong,
Jesus, keep me from all wrong,
I’ll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.

Through this world of toil and snares,
If I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?
None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.

When my feeble life is o’er,
Time for me will be no more,
Guide me gently, safely o’er
To Thy kingdom's shore, to Thy shore.

Posted by Roger de Hauteville in Religion at 19:04 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Patsy is one of my favorites. Other people (geezers?) like her, too. Enough so that a short-lived SF show some years ago used her songs as theme and background music.

My dad preferred Rosemary Clooney (aka George's mom), but we could never agree on anything.
#1 bob sykes on 2013-02-24 19:15 (Reply)
Don't know if it's right, but here is what IMDB says about George Clooney: "George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky to Nina Bruce nee' Warren, a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and game show host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney)."
#1.1 BillH on 2013-02-25 11:01 (Reply)
Rosemary Clooney was George's aunt.
#1.2 shirley in mphs on 2013-02-25 11:33 (Reply)
I have no good comments. If this is a demonstration to some sect in the Amercan sosiety, you may have succeded. In Norway, from which country I wright, I cannot say withhout furtherr investigatons what you shall obtainn with this stuff.
Please call Einar Lindblom email elindblo@online.no
#2 Einar Lindblom on 2013-02-24 19:56 (Reply)
exactly. I couldn't have said it more eloquently myself.
#2.1 wirraway on 2013-02-24 20:02 (Reply)
This has got to be one of the more inane and incoherent comments I have ever read. Where have all the Vikings gone?
#2.2 bob sykes on 2013-02-25 07:59 (Reply)
---I am weak, but Thou art strong,
---Jesus, keep me from all wrong,
---I’ll be satisfied as long
---As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.
Life improved, when I figured this out quite a few years ago.
#3 ed on west slope on 2013-02-24 20:31 (Reply)
Just seeing these words nearly brought tears to my eyes. Unexpected, but my Paternal Grandparents used to sing this and I immediately heard them in my head. My Grandmother passed away over 30 years ago yet it was as fresh to me as yesterday in that moment. I had to sing the whole thing to myself, hearing them the whole way.
#4 Formerly known as Skeptic on 2013-02-26 13:35 (Reply)

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