Thoughts Along the Journey

Last night and today, our parish hosted a women's retreat.  Our speaker was Father Nathan Cromly , who is a priest in the order of the Community of St. John .  He also heads up Eagle Eye Ministries . The weekend's theme was "The Better Part," taken from the passage in Luke 10, where Jesus visited the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. Without going into great detail, I had passed along the link to the music  of my "journey song."  Our retreat coordinator, Mary, quickly decided it should become the theme song of our retreat. And so, for the first time, I had the privilege of singing it with other women, and hearing their voices join with mine to call on Jesus...to take us, and shape us, as we sat at His feet. In 2006, I had no idea. Wow. Father Nathan Adoration Father Nathan and friends  :o)

If you have been following my blog over the years, we have an item of unfinished business. In this post  from 2006, I wrote a song called "At Your Feet."  The words were posted, but I did not have the technology to share the music. So, for better or for worse, here it is...! Mary's Song (At Your Feet) I walk into Your presence, Lord, I fall down on my face As I come before You, Lord, I marvel at Your love and grace. Refrain: At Your feet, I find a place of perfect peace At Your feet, I find a place of sweet release At Your feet, I've finally found that I am home So take me Lord; shape me, Lord While I sit at Your feet So many voices calling me Can cause my heart to stray But when I listen to Your voice I know You'll show the better way... (back to Refrain) Bridge: I come and lay my heart at Your feet I pour it out to You And as I gaze into Your eyes, You give me all of Your heart, too. (back to Refrain) © 2006.  Joni Renee Johnson.  All Rights Reserved....

For anyone who reads my blog with any regularity (and I hope there are at least a couple of people out there!), you may have noticed my lack of posts.  If you didn't, well, okay.  :o) Our church organist, who has faithfully played at daily Mass for the past 30 years or so, took a nasty fall a few weeks ago.  In the process, he broke a bone in one of his hips.  Though no surgery was required, complete immobilization has been prescribed for proper healing.  I am his substitute, so have been playing more frequently.  In the process of that, my hands have received quite a thorough work-over.  Typing hasn't been as easy as I'd like.  That's all. So, to make up for lost time, I have been pondering something over the past 24 hours.  Blowing the dust off the computer, warming up the joints, and away we go....! _________________________________________________ Things that amaze me... Sunrises - Over the Kansas plains, over the mountains of Co...