I was doing some shopping yesterday and happened to purchase a Garmin brand GPS device for my wife. (I had ordered one for her last Christmas but it never arrived, and eventually we discovered that the system had somehow canceled the order.) Well, I finally got around to getting one for her. But I digress. I was going to share with you how when I got to the counter I began singing, "Put on the Garmin of praise for the spirit of heaviness". The folks behind the counter gave me weird looks. I said, you know like the worship song, "Put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." Still blank looks. Neither the two ladies or the guy obviously recognized the song, and two of the three didn't crack a smile. I took the opportunity to witness a little bit, and thought to myself, maybe I should have stopped by and bought oil at the Discount Auto place. The second line to the song is "let the oil of gladness flow down".
Worship provides great opportunities to witness. Brian Barnett and I were in the Florida Hospital elevator with a few of its medical staff on Thursday and I sang that Ron Konoly song, "We're going up, going up to those high places, to tear that devil's kingdom down." I couldn't get the staff to get in the groove with the song, but truth be told, Brian didn't seem to want to get in the groove either on that one.
Good news is that Brian and I had the opportunity to anoint Joe Wlasiuk (la-sook), and old friend in the Lord (Lynn Foss's dad), with our oil from Israel and pray over him for healing. He is in for an aggressive cancer that recently got found. Praise God, I found out yesterday that the hospital has decided to release him several days early, he is handling the chemo okay, and he is in good spirits (after all, he's coming home today!).
Keep praying for brother Joe and I'll keep you posted. In the mean time keep that garment of praise on, and keep that oil of gladness flowing!
Yours in Him,
Pastor B.
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