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From: ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com>Subject: EPISODE 161 A TIME TO HEALDate: November 7, 2020 at 10:12:42 PM ESTTo: Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com>
EPISODE 161 A TIME TO HEALalan skeochNov. 7, 2020
Words can be strung together in so many ways. Sometimes these word combinatonsare like fine music. They warm my soul. I know…I know…the concept of a soulis nonsense. As expressed in the Atheist’s prayer . “ Save my soul, if I have a soul.”Tonight is not a night for cynicism. Tonight is Joe Biden’s night. The words hemanaged to string together were what we all wanted to hear…words of hope.The last four years have been very dark and for a while last Tuesday it looked likewe would be facing another four years featuring words strung together badly.As with most accomplish speakers Joe Biden, now President Joseph Biden, usedfamiliar words. What leapt out to me and to many others was hisappeal to the fifty percent of Americans who voted the Trump ticket.As the Bible says, Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8…”to everything there is a season”President Biden reached out to Former President Trump’s followersto say these next few years must be a ‘time to heal’.Almost immediately…in microseconds…President Biden’s worlds wereentered into the Internet. They are words of hope. You can find them with ease.The full quote from Ecclesiastes was not used. It isless hopeful.Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
(New King James Version)
To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born, And a time to die;
A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;
A time to kill, And a time to heal;
A time to break down, And a time to build up;
A time to weep, And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, And a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to gain, And a time to lose;
A time to keep, And a time to throw away;
A time to tear, And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;
A time to love, And a time to hate;
A time of war, And a time of peace.I hope and pray that the season in which we are enteringwill be a season of healing. The alternative is frightening
WE CAN ALL BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF…WE CAN
ALL FLY ON EAGLE’S WINGS THIS DAY.
I hesitated to include the lyric’s below because they put
an incredible load on the shoulders of joe Biden and
Kamala Harris. But these words do express the overwhelming
feeling of relief that so many of us in Canada feel now that
the American election is clear. Yes, the words are religious
but they can also be seen in a secular way. We need these
words today.
And He will raise you up on eagle’s wings
Bear you on the breath of dawn
Make you to shine like the sun
And hold you in the palm of His Hand
[Verse 2]
You need not fear the terror of the night
Nor the arrow that flies by day
Under his wings your refuge
His faithfulness your shield
For to His angels He’s given a command
To guard you in all of your ways
Upon their hands they will bear you up
Lest you dash your foot against a stone
[Refrain]
And He will raise you up on eagle’s wings
Bear you on the breath of dawn
Make you to shine like the sun
And hold you in the palm of His Hand
Bear you on the breath of dawn
Make you to shine like the sun
And hold you in the palm of His Hand
[Verse 2]
You need not fear the terror of the night
Nor the arrow that flies by day
Under his wings your refuge
His faithfulness your shield
For to His angels He’s given a command
To guard you in all of your ways
Upon their hands they will bear you up
Lest you dash your foot against a stone
[Refrain]
And He will raise you up on eagle’s wings
Bear you on the breath of dawn
Make you to shine like the sun
And hold you in the palm of His Hand
SO HERE WE HAVE SOME
WORDS STRUNG TOGETHER … WORDS OF HOPE
alan skeochNov. 7, 2020