{"id":3353,"date":"2011-10-14T10:15:45","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T10:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2011-10-14T10:24:18","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T10:24:18","slug":"day-5-going-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=3353","title":{"rendered":"Day 5 – Going back……"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last night our group had dinner at a throw back diner called “Route 66”. \u00a0 This little place is filled with antiques and collectables from the 40’s and 50’s era, my childhood. \u00a0 It was a great experience to look around at old signs, toys, and various other memorabilia of that time in my life. \u00a0It reminded me of what it was like for my mom and dad to be alive, my grandparents, for my brother Homer to be a little boy and me only a little older. \u00a0It was a bitter sweet reminder of just how much time has passed and how much has changed in our world. \u00a0We certainly are not the people we were such a long time ago. \u00a0That’s sad, it was a simpler life, a time of a great deal more innocence. \u00a0While the world has changed, God’s love has not, it has been and will always be the one constant we can count on.<\/p>\n

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I was reminded again last night as I watched the group laugh and visit how good God is to us. \u00a0How he protects us, guides us, and places us in the very place we need to be to be blessed. \u00a0The last thing we did yesterday in the classroom before we broke for supper was share a slide show I often show. \u00a0 The images are nothing spectacular, just some landscape stuff from over the years , but the song is a rich spiritual experience. \u00a0 The song is Chris Tomlin’s “How Great Is Our God” \u00a0 Dwell on it’s lyrics for a few moments this morning, \u00a0and enter into a time of praise of our Father. \u00a0It will bring you face to face with the majesty of our gracious, loving, God.<\/p>\n

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The splendor of a King, clothed in majesty<\/span>
\n Let all the earth rejoice<\/span>
\n All the earth rejoice<\/span><\/p>\n

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He wraps himself in Light, and darkness tries to hide<\/span>
\n And trembles at His voice<\/span>
\n Trembles at His voice<\/span><\/p>\n

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How great is our God, sing with me<\/span>
\n How great is our God, and all will see<\/span>
\n How great, how great is our God<\/span><\/p>\n

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Age to age He stands<\/span>
\n And time is in His hands<\/span>
\n Beginning and the end<\/span>
\n Beginning and the end<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Godhead Three in One<\/span>
\n Father Spirit Son<\/span>
\n The Lion and the Lamb<\/span>
\n The Lion and the Lamb<\/span><\/p>\n

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Name above all names<\/span>
\n Worthy of our praise<\/span>
\n My heart will sing<\/span>
\n How great is our God<\/span><\/p>\n

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How great is our God, sing with me<\/span>
\n How great is our God, and all will see<\/span>
\n How great, how great is our God<\/span><\/p>\n

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Be blessed,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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