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Posted on 08/16/2019 6:02:55 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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Bible in a Year : Psalms 97–99; Romans 16
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18
There’s a growing “rent-a-family” industry in many countries to meet the needs of lonely people. Some use the service to maintain appearances, so that at a social event they can appear to have a happy family. Some hire actors to impersonate estranged relatives, so that they can feel, if briefly, a familial connection they long for.
This trend reflects a basic truth: Humans are created for relationship. In the creation story found in Genesis, God looks at each thing He has made and sees that it’s “very good” (1:31). But when God considers Adam, He says, “It is not good for the man to be alone” (2:18). The human needed another human.
The Bible doesn’t just tell us about our need for connection. It also tells us where to find relationships: among Jesus’s followers. Jesus, at His death, told His friend John to consider Christ’s mother as his own. They would be family to each other even after Jesus was gone (John 19:26–27). And Paul instructed believers to treat others like parents and siblings (1 Timothy 5:1–2). The psalmist tells us that part of God’s redemptive work in the world is to put “the lonely in families” (Psalm 68:6), and God designed the church as one of the best places to do this.
Thanks be to God, who has made us for relationship and given us His people to be our family!
Who are the lonely people in your life who need you to be their family? How have your relationships with fellow believers sustained you through periods of loneliness?
God, help me to depend on others and to be a dependable friend as well.
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
Good evening, Publius, and thank you for Rachmaninov’s “The Star Spangled Banner”.
Awesome. Saw him in concert before he passed and played his music in jazz bands thru the years.
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Mama Don't Want No Peas & Rice & Coconut Oil--Count Basie & His Orchestra (1938)
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Here is a list of the songs in the Jukebox:
Artist/s - Song Names:
Black Mamba - Learning To Flow
Black Mamba - On The Run
Eddie Palmieri - El Dia Que Me Quieras
Edwin Bonilla - Se Le Ve
Edwin Bonilla - Yo Me La Llevo
El Nene Y Las Estrellas De Areito - Manana Me Voy
El Nene Y Las Estrellas De Areito - Mi Son Retozón
Elvis Crespo - Suavemente
Fernando Lavoy - Mulata, Se Que Te Gusta
Influencias - La Hora Del Tapon
Influencias - La Melodia
Jazz On The Latin Side All Stars - Mr Drop
Jazz On The Latin Side All Stars - Rumba Intro
La Orquesta El Equipo - Dale A Los Cueros
Manteca - Pepe
Manteca - Sin Tu Carino
Marlow Rosado Y La Riquea - Perdoname
Marlow Rosado Y La Riquea - Salsalsa
Sabor a Cuba Coleccion Cubanisima - Dale Agua Al Domino
Sabor a Cuba Coleccion Cubanisima - Dame Amor
Sobrinos Del Juez - C-7 Jam
Son De Cali - Llorando
Soneros Del Barrio - Trucutu
Sunlight Square Latin Combo - La Banda
Sunlight Square Latin Combo - Para Guarachar
The Quantic Soul Orchestra - Panama City ( Soul Descarga )
The Quantic Soul Orchestra - Regi Bugal ( Bugalu )
Tito Rojas - Senora
Tommy Olivencia - Periquito Pin Pin
Willie Rosario - Amor Aventurero
Dudess! ;-)
This is what it sounded like in 1928. Paul “made a lady out of jazz,” and this recording gives you a hint of why he was so commercially successful.
Dude......
You’re getting good at this. And I’m always running late. LOL!
Hai Kathy! (((HUGS))) In Phoenix over night then to Denver and home for four on Sunday - hope to catch a red-eye to Den, stay in crew quarters then in the AM head to Seattle.
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