Bulletin 5.26.24

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy’s eyes
Listened as the crowd would sing
Now the old king is dead long live the king

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand 

– Chris Martin et al; “Viva la Vida” track 7 from the 2008 Coldplay album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

Boy, the way Glen Miller played. 

Songs that made the Hit Parade. 

Guys like us, we had it made. 

Those were the days 

And you knew where you were then

Girls were girls and men were men. 

Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

Didn't need no welfare state. 

Everybody pulled his weight 

Gee, our old LaSalle ran great. 

Those were the days 

– Charles Stouse and Lee Adams, “Those Were the Days” theme song for the sitcom, All In the Family (1971-79)

Psalm 113

Praise the LORD! 

Praise, O servants of the LORD, 

Praise the name of the LORD.

Blessed be the name of the LORD 

From this time forth and forever.

From the rising of the sun to its setting 

The name of the LORD is to be praised.

The LORD is high above all nations; 

His glory is above the heavens.

Who is like the LORD our God, 

Who is enthroned on high,

Who humbles Himself to behold 

The things that are in heaven and in the earth?

He raises the poor from the dust 

And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

To make them sit with princes, 

With the princes of His people.

He makes the barren woman abide in the house 

As a joyful mother of children. 

Praise the LORD! 

(Prayer)