10/28.20118
One of the people who came to Navarre for this conference is a young lady who began singing at Bro. Barry Hampton’s assembly in Montgomery, AL, not too long before he passed away. It is a pleasure to hear her sing again. She sang two songs yesterday which truly gave the glory to the Lord Jesus Christ (as all songs should) and I don’t think I had ever heard either one of them. It’s astounding how many songs can be written and tunes sang from such a simple format as short poems and seven notes. Hmm, that might be a great title for a book about music: The Simplicity of Christ in Short Poems and 7 Notes. If Mo were here, he would say, “that’s another million dollar idea!”
This has been a very enjoyable weekend with 3 more messages to go. Bro. Brian Sipes, Bro. Robbie Sipes, my Bro. Jack Lockhart, Bro. Clyde Hearron and I will have all spoken twice. This isn’t usually the case, but 2 scheduled preachers were hindered from getting here. Another had a call concerning an accident at home and had to leave, yet another has a laryngitis type of discomfort and cannot speak well.
This will be the last bible conference for this year unless something special comes along. I have really enjoyed the year and each of the weekends. I look forward to planning another year of conferences. If the Lord is going to leave us here, we should seek fellowship with like-believers.
This morning’s SIMH was “7 Spanish Angels” —Willie Nelson/Ray Charles, and that really irritates me. It was a big hit for them and some others as well, but it speaks almost blasphemous words about what happens when someone dies. And “the altar of the sun”?? that’s just plain idolatry! But, if you’ll remember, I told you there was no particular reasoning to understand why certain songs pop into my head when I wake up. Remember the song that started this?
(If you don’t know why I do the SIMH, scroll back to Aug.27th, the first day I wrote this blog and I explain it there.)
It’s a quick start day and I have many things to do, so I’m cutting this one a little short.
But, thanks for reading, the Elder
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