Good one Lelia!!!

Vicki

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> Hey this reminds me of you Cathy hugs
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> by Dennis and Barbara Rainey
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> December 11
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> Singing in the Fire
> Psalm 137:3
> For there our captors demanded of us songs, and our tormentors mirth,
saying
>  "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."
> Gil Beers, former editor of Christianity Today magazine, told the story of
> an ancestor that you may want to remember the next time family trials put
> you to the test.* Beers's great-great-grandmother to the eighth great was
> Catharine duBois.
> One day in 1663 a band of Minnisink Indians swept down from the Catskill
> Mountains and captured Catharine and her daughter, along with several
other
> women and children.
> After 10 days, the Indians, thinking they had avoided reprisal, decided to
> celebrate their success by putting Catharine and her daughter to death by
> fire. They placed the captives on a pile of logs and lit the torch to
ignite
> them.
> Instead of screaming at her tormentors and cursing them, or God, for her
> plight, Catharine duBois burst into song! It was a Huguenot hymn she had
> learned in France, and it was based on Psalm 137:3. The Indians were so
> taken by her bravery and by the song itself that they demanded another,
then
> another. And while Catharine duBois was still singing, her husband and a
> search party burst upon the scene and rescued her.
> Don't think this story is farfetched when applied to your household just
> because the little "fires" you face aren't usually life threatening. There
> are many situations when a little singing, a little humor, can extinguish
> the flames of a dispute or a bit of tension in the home. In fact, parents
> who are habitually humming or singing at their places of work are
> surprisingly empowered to defuse crises and problems.
> Paul and Silas knew this principle. When they were cast into prison in the
> city of Philippi, they prayed and sang-and an earthquake jarred them out
of
> jail! Don't underestimate the power of song to break open downcast hearts
in
> your home.
> Prayer:
> Ask God to enable you to burst into songs of praise when the challenge of
> the moment would seem most disheartening. *From "A Theology to Die By,"
> Christianity Today, (February 6, 1987: 11.) Used by permission.
> Discuss: Why do you think singing can have such an uplifting effect? Pull
> out an old hymnal and sing some songs at the dinner table tonight.
>