Wednesday, June 14, 2006
THE MUSIC MAN
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| Subscribe Unsubscribe Change E-mail View Archive THE MUSIC MAN By Haddon W. Robinson |
Excerpted from Our Daily Bread
Meridith Wilson's musical comedy The Music man is known for
its memorable toe-tappers, but it also contains a number of
perspective lines. In one serious scene, Professor Harold Hill, a
fly-by-night con artist, expresses genuine love to Marian the
librarian. But she is always looking to the vague future, never quite
living in today. Hill tells her, "You pile up a lot of tomorrows, and
you'll find a lot of empty yesterdays." Professor may have been
unscrupulous, but he understood the importance of the present.
Edward Everett hale, former US Senate chaplain, said, "Never
attempt to bear more than one kind of trouble at once. Some people
bear three kinds -- all they have had, all they have now, and all
they expect to have."
Jesus told us, "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
will worry about its own things (Matt 6:34). If we knew all the good
things that were going to happen tomorrow, we would be overly
excited today and disappointed tomorrow. If we knew all the bad things
in our future, worry and fear and grief would paralyze us today.
The believer in Jesus Christ puts his faith in the God of the
past, present, and future. By faith we can walk securely, one day
at a time. That day is today!
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Why do you worry about the years
That your feet have not yet trod?
Live instead with trust, not fears,
And in fellowship with God. *
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Shared by Joe Gatuslao
PRAYER
"Lord, fill me with your Holy Spirit and inflame my heart with love and compassion. Make me attentive to the needs of others that I may show them kindness and care. Make me an instrument of your mercy and peace that I may help others find healing and wholeness in you."
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