Music

Peter Jorgensen and his wife Sandy serve in Mali, West Africa.  Peter is a Musicologist who can play almost any instrument so he brought this African Lute along to the April Retreat just because it helps him with his own daily devotions.  The lute has 20 strings and gourd body. The two wood handles provide stability as his thumb and other fingers pluck the strings, much like a harp is played.

But it was Peter's voice that brought the melody, the words and the worship.

So even if our voice sounds like a cinder under a door, it is music to God's ears as the words of the songs and hymns sing Scripture to our Lord and King.

Time

Time is measured by hours, minutes and seconds all of our lives from our first breath until our death.  It rules and guides our days, it dictates our attention and controls our thinking.  We are trapped in time.

As early as 1200 Monasteries used mechanical clocks to chime the hours.  Why?  It signaled the monks to stop every hour to pray.  So next time you glance at your watch to see how you are racing through the day, remember to stop and pray to the One who created time.