Please see previous posts: Joy in the Tribulation: Always & Joy In The Tribulation: Always & Again Well, here we are at the last installment of our pursuit of joy through music. Before going into this third song let’s take a step back and answer the question: Why is jdoe going into Joy In The Tribulation…
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Joy In The Tribulation: Always & Again
In the last posting, Joy in the Tribulation: Always, I referred to a song titled simply, “joy” by King & Country – I hope you enjoyed listening to it! I commented on how the singer is seeking joy; making a choice between status quo and experiencing joy in life. In the end he chooses joy….
Joy in the Tribulation: Always
Please listen to “joy” by King and Country This week I’m posting the lyrics to a song my sister introduced to me. I’ve looked it up on the music system here and cannot find it. It’s probably new and so not yet available in our music library. But I really like the lyrics and it’s…
Time for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a time when we recognize the blessings and graces in our lives. I’d like to thank God for His love and His graces in my life of which there are many. I’d like to thank my wife, without her love and support I’d have a very dark and lonely existence. I’d like to…
Raise Your Voice
I’m in the Catholic choir. I love to sing and my praises to God. I find singing to be the form of praise I best relate to. I joined the choir about a month after arriving here. We’re not professionals by any means but we do a pretty good job. But I struggle with motivation…
Blessed In Exile
Here we are at the final installment for this series of postings. It has been, for me, an arduous task of writing about very difficult topics. My plate of spaghetti has many other strands that I have to chew through in my healing process, but after today we can sop up the sauce of this…
But It Is Personal
I wrote the following after being pent up in a county jail for six months without seeing the light of day, or the dark of night for that matter, literally. I’d arrived here in my present location and the first four days it snowed. It didn’t snow much, maybe an inch or two each day,…
Love Thy Enemy – Concludes
Well, I left you hanging didn’t I? And right at the part where I began to apply the Holy Spirit’s guidance! Yes, it got you to come back but more importantly, I hope you walked away wondering how you’d handle Ed and Frank – Your Eds and Franks – we all have them… If you…