Music that Moves Me – Netherlands

Greetings Dear Reader,

Sometimes a song reminds one where the source of all things is rooted.  Even the great beauty of the world reminds me that the Creator offers me sweet peace in every situation if I will accept it.  People have often seen my peace is tense situations as a lack of feeling.   Those who know me know that I feel all things deeply.

Much of what is involved in following Christ begins within.  What we think in the mind comes out in our actions.  What is down in the well is what comes up in the bucket.  If I nurse my love, compassion, mercy, and grace then that is how I deal with others.  If indulge anger and selfishness then that is how I am with people. 

If I remember all the grace it takes for me to receive mercy from Christ then I can access the humility needed to see the needs of others clearly.  We face the decision daily to accept life as it is or follow Christ in faith.  Every time I choose not to follow Christ the peace departs.

As I listen to Netherlands I am reminded that there are moments when I choose to love above all else.  In those moments I realize that even the darkness will one day worship the Light.  It is worth the journey to see these moments.

Netherlands – Dan Fogelberg

High on this mountain the clouds down below

I'm feeling so strong and alive

From this rocky perch, I'll continue to search

For the wind and the snow and the sky

Oh I want a lover and I want some friends

And I want to live in the sun

And I want to do all the things

That I never have done

Sunny bright mornings and pale moonlit nights

Keep me from feeling alone

Now, I'm learning to fly and this freedom is like

Nothing that I've ever known

Oh I've seen the bottom and I've been on top

But mostly I've lived in between

And where do you go

When you get to the end of your dream?

Off in the Nether lands I heard a sound

Like the beating of heavenly wings

And deep in my brain I can hear a refrain

Of my soul as she rises and sings

Anthems to glory and anthems to love and

Hymns filled with earthly delight

Like the songs that the darkness

Composes to worship the light

Once in a vision I came on some woods

And stood at a fork in the road

My choices were clear yet I froze with the fear

Of not knowing which way to go

One road was simple acceptance of life

The other road offered sweet peace

When I made my decision

My vision became my release

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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