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Will The Angels let me Play

"STEPS TO SECURITY"

To Momere,
If you will type the title of the song
in the search bar, you will find lots of places
where, "Will the Angels Let Me Play?"
is found. It will be given in sheet music, on
eBay, or individual places and you will be
able to purchase a copy.
Glad for your comment, and I, too,
will try to get a copy.
Some use, "cripple" and some
use, "little". Either one fits well with
the rest of the song.
Neat to find someone who also
has been touched by that memory.
I would like a bio of yourself, if you
care to give it.
Other comments will be welcome.
Evon Becker
Ps.91

Temptation

Somone has mentioned that, "Temptation" might make a good blog, so here we are. Have you found the other blogs helpful? Do you comment on them? What would be your response? I have been looking for your responses, but have not seen any. And you
know what?

I am tempted to quit!! That's right!! One reason I want to blog is so others may be able to identify with my experiences and see the way out to resist temptation! Does that tell us what temptation is? Well, maybe not exactly, so let's investigate.

I go to the restaurant and am wanting to choose something to eat. So I look at the menu and find there a list of juicy, poignant, tender looking, T-bone steaks... Steaks are expensive, and large. But this is something I've been wanting for a long time. However, my wallet is thin, I have meds to buy, bills to pay, birthdays in the family coming ever so often. I must pay the fellow who has just cleaned out my garage, and, you know ever so many legitamate things that are necessary and must be taken care of; but, before me is the beautiful, mouth-watering picture of this steak. To be honest, and thrifty, I cannot afford to buy that steak. I am tempted to go ahead and get it because I'm hungry and my mouth is drooling, and I must order. Temptation has become my struggle. So what do I do? If I really care about being sensible, I will resist that desire, and turn to another item which really fits my wallet, and perhaps be better for my being. I have won over that temptation. That took power, strength, and courage, but I became victor over something that could have caused me to suffer.

Not only in choosing steak, but temptation comes to us in many different ways. At home, at work, at school, at play, whereever we are at any given moment. Temptation is what is happening that would entice us to act beyond what we know we should....

Some of the more serious temptations come as we have given our lives to Jesus, and made Him the Master of our lives. We are tempted to stay home, rather than go to church. We may be tempted to swear, hate, or hurt someone. We are tempted to be jealous, to envy another's position, or possessions. All a part of walking perfectly before the Lord Jesus.

So what do we do to be victor over any temptation? We have one of the greatest examples in our Lord Jesus!! Remember the incident after He had been baptized? Satan led Him into the wilderness and then tempted Him 3 times. How did Jesus
overcome? He applied the Word of God, to reist those 3 temptations and became victor in the hour of temptation. Our victory comes as we rely on the Bible to give us strength, courage, and power to do the right.

It is our joy to follow His example. Watch and pray so that you will overcome temptation.

"Will The Angels Let Me Play?"

Some years ago, I won't say how many, when I was a young girl, my mother taught me a song and it has been one that I have thought of and sung a lot since mother taught it to me. It goes like this:

"In a yard, where children
were playing games, one day,
A little tot so lonely
was watching wistfully.
It seemed so hard,
she could not play,
as other children do.
They said that she
would spoil the games
and was a baby,too.
Her tender heart is breaking,
for they won't let her play,
and as she goes to mama,
she murmurs plaintively,

"Mama, when I go to heaven,
Will the angels let me play,
Just because I am so little,
Will they say, 'I'm in the way?'
Here the children never want me,
I'm a bother they all say.
When I go to heaven, mama,
Will the angels let me play?

That night when all was silent,
The angels came that way,
And took the little darling,
Whose sweet lips seem to say,

Mama, when I go to heaven,
Will the angels let me play,
Just because I am so little,
Will they say, I'm in the way,?
Here the children never want
Me, I'm a bother, they all say,
When I go to heaven,Mama,
will the angels let me play"?

(Fred E. Gladdish / W.L. Werden/ George Morgan)

Have you ever felt like you didn't belong to a certain group or some of your family, or friends? It really cast a shadow over your ego and you were ready to 'throw in the towel,' and go in a different direction?

Well, I have news for you. You don't need to despair. All that is needed is, "A Little Talk With Jesus, makes it right alright". That happens to be a song, as I recall, in a hymn book we used earlier in some of our hymn sessions at church.

So go to your Bible and read Matthew 11:28=30, Where Jesus tells us: "Come unto me, all ye who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and come follow me, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light"

He will give you comfort and He will enjoy your company.

This website has alternative lyrics.

Frustrations

Feeling defeated, or thwarted, according to Webster. In Psalm 119, verse 143, we read these words:

"Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; yet thy law is the truth." So the Psalmist also found that some of the path of life has some spots that make us feel defeated or thwarted.

Recently, I came to a spot in my path that put me into an anxious mood. It was difficult to see any way out. So for a couple days I pondered the problem. Those days were blighted by the shadow of defeat.

My daughter in Michigan was wanting me to come to her house for a few days. She lives in Michigan, about 9 hours from here. Of course I wanted to go, but I would not want to drive that distance alone. I had church activities I needed to attend to, I have a house to care for. I have a little puppy that needs my attention. I needed to go to Medi-lab for blood work. Then I would have a Dr's. appointment later on. Everything was piling up on me and I couldn't see my way out.

A time of frustration was taking hold upon me. What do we do in that desperate time?

Look at the rest of the verse we quoted at the beginning of this incident. It tells us, "yet thy law is the truth". What law is this? It is the Word of God.....after the anxiety, pondering; and not knowing what to do, we turn to the Word and our frustrating world changes. We look to another verse which gives us the "TRUTH". Look at Psalm 55: 22 and find there, "Cast your burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.", and "Casting all your care upon Him, for he careth for you.!"

So that care was demonstrated to me, when my daughter called and said that it would not work out to come at this time. Does God care for us? Oh, yes, my friend. At that moment when I was so frustrated, He took over and caused plans to change, and my worries, were taken away.

Do you know Him well enough to discover that He cares for you too? I pray you do.

"Does Jesus care, I know He cares, His heart is touched with my grief!"

Love

EASTER is almost here. What better example of LOVE than that of the reason we celebrate Easter? As Jesus died on the cross, the Father's LOVE for a sinful world spoke loudly to the world. The scripture: John 3:16,"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life" voiced the magnitude of the Father's love, for He gave His only Son to give His life for all who would take Him at His word and receive Him.

Perhaps we should delve into the explanation of LOVE. In another scripture, we are given the true picture of what LOVE is: Check out 1 Corinthians 13. The first 3 verses tell us what love is not, i.e., a special tongue, voice of prophecy, a knowledge of mysteries, intellect, all faith, supplying the poor to meet their needs, sacrifice our bodies, all these services are of no avail, if we have not LOVE. Turn the coin over and this is LOVE! long suffering, kindness, without envy, pride, or selfishness. LOVE is not easily provoked, and thinketh no evil.

1 Corinthinas 13 goes on to describe love: "It rejoiceth in the truth; Bears all things; trusts, believeth all things,hopeth all things, and last but not least, endureth all things." And this LOVE never faileth...All else will not hold a candle to LOVE, another "STEP TO SECURITY!. We are going higher each time we take a step and add these steps to our daily Christian growth. "Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you!" Luke 11:9.

Are you climbing with us the STEPS to SECURITY?

Obedience

We have begun climbing the ladder of "Steps to Security" with An Open Heart and Faith. We have climbed 2 steps. There are a few more steps to go.

As I think of the steps that go down to my basement, I am reminded that each step is not the same height. One especially is a little deeper than the others. Sometimes this makes using the steps a little difficult, and that one step causes me to stumble or slow up. I believe this true as we climb the "STEPS to SECURITY". The step we are going to climb now are just like that one basement step. It is difficult and will take much strength to scale it, but it can be done.

The step we want to build now is, "OBEDIENCE". As we have allowed Jesus to gain entrance into our heart, we have been given "FAITH" to accept all He has for us. Now we are cleansed and purified, and He is going to work in and through us to spread the gospel to others and we are going to be an encouragement to them also. He will be asking us to work for Him and when that happens our responsibility is to be obedient.

Now to understand obedience, let me give you a simple illustration. I have a little puppy, whose name is Teddy. He has learned to have devotions with me. When I am ready, I will say to him, "Teddy, let's have devotions," or I might add, "I am going to read to you". The other day, I was ready but Teddy was not. He was playing with his ball that he dearly loves. He was intent on having fun. As I called and said we would have devotions, he was rolling his ball across the floor. When he heard me speak, he hesitated for a moment as if he were deciding whether he would do as I asked, or go ahead and play ball. It was so cute. He chose to turn around and head for the couch where I would be sitting to read to him and left his ball lying there on the floor.

Teddy obeyed my request and he came over to the couch, jumped upon it and laid there to have devotions. This is "OBEDIENCE." This is difficult because it causes us to leave something we care for and thus we have made a difficult choice, but the rewards are overwhelming. In our walk with the Lord Jesus, we must make difficult choices so that we will please Him. As we obey His requests we will please Him, but we also have been abundantly blessed. In Matthew 19: 21 these words are written: "Jesus saith unto him, 'If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell all that thou hast, and give it to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me." Matthew 19 verse 29: "And everyone that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life."

Yes, it may be difficult, just like the basement step, but once the act is completed, we reap a bundle of blessings. The song writer gave us some encouragement when he wrote, "Trust and obey, for there's no other way, to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey!"

May you take the step of obedience now and find an abundant blessing.