Dear Friends,
Yesterday, 10. 10. 10. (September 10, 2010) hundreds of people gathered in downtown Portland Oregon as well as in various churches, home groups, and other venues. We gathered for three simple but profound reasons: Worship, Thanksgiving, and Repentance. Many believers all over the world sense a distinctive change in the spiritual atmosphere as the Church is beginning to recognize how important we are to Jesus and to each other.
Recently the Washington Post published an article about a man at a Metro station in Washington DC who began to play the violin on a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes, and thousands of people, most of them on the way to work passed him by. A few stopped to pay attention, most notably a three-year-old boy but the mother hurried him along. In 45 minutes, the violinist collected $32 and when he finished playing no one noticed, no one applauded, neither was there any recognition. No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell one of the best musicians in the world and he played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth $3.5 million. You may watch the three minute video of this performance in the subway here.
The last six years we have gathered at a subway...errr, in Troutdale once a month to worship. It is our intent to recognize the beauty and the richness each believer brings as a worship offering to our meeting... we want to recognize the Joshua Bell's. Last month at the conclusion of our meeting, Janice asked if she could share a poem she had written during the worship time:
JESUS...MY JESUS... I GIVE YOU THE PRAISE
AS I WALK WITH YOU--I BASK IN YOUR WAYS
I DO NOT NEED A LAMP TO SEE...
YOU ARE MY PURE GLORY..
IN YOU I SEE THAT BRILLIANT LIGHT
YOU HAVE BECOME MY EARTHLY SIGHT,
COUNSELOR...YOU BRING ME UNDER YOUR WING
MEISTRO...YOU PROMPT THE SONGS THAT I SING.
REDEEMER, YOU CLEANSE THIS RAGGED SOUL
JESUS..SO MIGHTY TO BEHOLD
I AM THE WHALE...YOU ARE TO ME (NOTE added by connie: A WHALE CARRIES GOD'S PRESENCE)
KEEP ME TEACHABLE IN THEE
LION OF JUDAH..UNBLEMISHED LAMB
LORD OF LORDS..THE GREAT I AM
LIVING WATER...QUENCH MY THIRST
ABOVE ALL..I PLACE YOU FIRST
I PROMISE I WILL FINISH THIS RACE
I WILL STEADFASTLY KEEP THE FAITH
NOW I CRAVE WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING
AND SOON I'LL BE HOME...AT HOME WITH MY KING.
That is a Joshua Bell performance.
We will see all of you Joshua Bell's this Wednesday a the River!
Prayer Points and Calendar Notices
- Darrell in Korea Three Prophetic Worship Conferences October 17-28 (Carlene in Minneapolis with grandson)
- Graham Cooke at Easthill Church October 20-21
- Prophetic Conference Chelan Washington November 5 -7
- Please continue to pray for our son Matthew, a combat engineer with the US Marines in central Afghanistan. We are praying Psalm 121 every day over him as well as the rest of our troops.
(email pacificministries@gmail.com for info)
