{"id":6363,"date":"2020-11-08T08:19:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T13:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=6363"},"modified":"2020-11-08T08:27:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T13:27:46","slug":"fwd-episode-161-a-time-to-heal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=6363","title":{"rendered":"Fwd: EPISODE 161 A TIME TO HEAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From: <\/b><\/span>ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>>
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Subject: <\/b><\/span>EPISODE 161 A TIME TO HEAL<\/b>
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Date: <\/b><\/span>November 7, 2020 at 10:12:42 PM EST
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To: <\/b><\/span>Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com<\/a><\/a>>
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EPISODE 161   A TIME TO HEAL<\/p>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
Nov. 7, 2020<\/div>\n

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Words can be  strung  together in so many ways.  Sometimes these word combinatons<\/div>\n
are like fine music.  They warm my soul.   I know\u2026I know\u2026the concept of a soul<\/div>\n
is nonsense.  As expressed in the Atheist\u2019s prayer . \u201c Save my soul, if I have a soul.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Tonight is not a  night for cynicism.  Tonight is Joe Biden\u2019s night.   The  words  he<\/div>\n
managed to string together were what we all wanted  to hear\u2026words of  hope.<\/div>\n
The last four years  have been very dark  and for a while last Tuesday it looked like<\/div>\n
we would be facing another four years  featuring words strung together badly.<\/div>\n

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As with most accomplish speakers Joe Biden,  now President Joseph Biden, used<\/div>\n
familiar words.  What leapt out to me and to many others was  his<\/div>\n
appeal to the fifty percent of  Americans who voted the Trump ticket.<\/div>\n
As the Bible says,  Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8\u2026\u201dto everything there is a season\u201d<\/div>\n
President Biden reached out to Former President Trump\u2019s followers<\/div>\n
to  say these next few  years must be a \u2018time to heal\u2019.  <\/div>\n

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Almost immediately\u2026in microseconds\u2026President Biden\u2019s worlds were<\/div>\n
entered into the  Internet.  They are words of hope. You can find them with ease.<\/div>\n
 The full quote from Ecclesiastes was not used.  It is  <\/div>\n
less hopeful.<\/div>\n

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Ecclesiastes 3:1-8<\/span>
(<\/span>New King James Version<\/a>)<\/span>
To everything there is a season,<\/span>
A time for every purpose under heaven:<\/span>
A time to be born, And a time to die;<\/span>
A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;<\/span>
A time to kill, And a time to heal;<\/span>
A time to break down, And a time to build up;<\/span>
A time to weep, And a time to laugh;<\/span>
A time to mourn, And a time to dance;<\/span>
A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones;<\/span>
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;<\/span>
A time to gain, And a time to lose;<\/span>
A time to keep, And a time to throw away;<\/span>
A time to tear, And a time to sew;<\/span>
A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;<\/span>
A time to love, And a time to hate;<\/span>
A time of war, And a time of peace.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I hope and pray that the season in which we are <\/span><\/font><\/span>entering<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
will be a season of healing.  The alternative is frightening<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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WE CAN  ALL BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF\u2026WE CAN<\/div>\n
ALL FLY ON EAGLE\u2019S  WINGS THIS  DAY.<\/div>\n


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I hesitated to include the lyric\u2019s below because they put<\/div>\n
an incredible load  on the shoulders of joe Biden and<\/div>\n
Kamala Harris.  But these words  do express the overwhelming<\/div>\n
feeling of relief that so many of us in Canada feel now that<\/div>\n
the American election is clear.  Yes,  the words are religious<\/div>\n
but they can also be seen in a secular way.  We need these<\/div>\n
words today.<\/div>\n

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And He will raise you up on eagle’s wings<\/span>
Bear you on the breath of dawn<\/span>
Make you to shine like the sun<\/span>
And hold you in the palm of His Hand<\/span>

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You need not fear the terror of the night<\/span>
Nor the arrow that flies by day<\/span>
Under his wings your refuge<\/span>
His faithfulness your shield<\/span>
For to His angels He’s given a command<\/span>
To guard you in all of your ways<\/span>
Upon their hands they will bear you up<\/span>
Lest you dash your foot against a stone<\/span>

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And He will raise you up on eagle’s wings<\/span>
Bear you on the breath of dawn<\/span>
Make you to shine like the sun<\/span>
And hold you in the palm of His Hand<\/span><\/div>\n

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SO HERE WE HAVE SOME<\/div>\n

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WORDS STRUNG TOGETHER \u2026 WORDS OF HOPE<\/div>\n


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alan skeoch<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Nov. 7, 2020<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n


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Begin forwarded message: From: ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com> Subject: EPISODE 161 A TIME TO HEAL Date: November 7, 2020 at 10:12:42 PM EST To: Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com> EPISODE 161   A TIME TO HEAL alan skeoch Nov. 7, 2020 Words can be  strung  together in so many ways.  Sometimes these word combinatons are like fine music. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}