A sign seen today at a car wash on Tieton Drive here in Yakima caught my attention.
"Fire Refines Gold" "Adversity Refines Us"
The grieving ones at Virginia Tech may not see this, but God's promise in Romans 8:28 and this little sign has brought blessing to me this day. May you also be blessed.
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Sask, Canada taken 1941-42 ?
My feeble attempt to share some Signs & Songs that have blessed my life.
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My younger brother Steve and myself
Sask, Canada taken 1941-42 ?
About Me
- James E. Gelatt
- Yakima, WA
- I was born of missionary parents in remote Sask, Canada in 1936 so perhaps this picture was taken in 1938. My early exposure to music was my Mother's playing of the autoharp and my parents singing of gospel duets. I wasn't exposed to "classical music" until 1955 when I lived for a year with my only sister and got a chance to sing in the Wheaton College's Christmas production of Handel's "The Messiah." Since that time good music has been a real blessing and I feel a gift from God, & that many don't experience the fulliness of that gift. Recently I've become concerned with the decline of the quality of music in the evangelical churches we regularly attend. I'm hoping to share my feelings and listen & learn from others via this blog. I guess I'm a "visual" as well as various billboard signs have always captured my attention, and many remain an important part of my everyday thinking & actions.
Blog Archive
Resources
- "Music in the Balance" by Frank Garlock & Kurt Woetzel. Majesty Music 1992
- "Then Sings my Soul" by Robert J. Morgan. Thomas Nelson 2003
- "Why I left the Contemporary Christian Movement" by Dan Lucarini. Evangelical Press 2002
Useful Sites
My Audio Equipment
- Apple iPod 40 GB MP3 Player
- Apple Pismo G-3 PowerBook for connection of net radio programs to my stereo
- AR-94 Speakers
- Klipsch SW 12 Sub-woofer
- BSR EQ-3000 Stereo Frequency Equalizer
- BSR MCD-8050 Stereo CD-Cassette Deck
- DBX II 124 Noise Reduction System
- McIntosh 4280 Stereo Receiver
- Optimus Pro-155 Stereo Headphones
- Sony TC-280 Reel to Reel Deck
- Technics SL-B101 Turntable
1 comment:
With the recent loss of my father-in-law, who was so dear and close to me, messages like this ring even more true. Since his death (untimely, but only from our earthly perspective) I have re-evaluated EVERYTHING in my life, and God has used his death to wake me up to several areas in my life where I was faltering or floundering. Sometimes God has to "shake us" to "wake us."
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