The Shifting Scenes of Life

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• The drive of a lifetime

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• In the words of Allie Fry, about 1965.
• While going for a ride to the peaceful hills on a
  recent Saturday afternoon, this phrase kept
  running through my mind, the shifting scenes of
  life, an expression my dad uses a lot in his
  prayers.

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• As we rode along enjoying the beautiful scenery,
  which was ever changing, here would be a hill,
  dotted with blue lupines, with pine trees and
  buckeye, just putting on its fresh greenery, to
  make it even more beautiful

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• Then a few yards ahead, there would be a herd of
  fat cows, some eating grass, and some just laying
  and chewing their cud. The shifting scenes of
  life.

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• Now we come to a little stream of water, quietly
  gurgling across the pebbles and rocks, so
  peaceful.

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• Over on the next hill we see a carpet of tiny
  yellow blooms, mixed with green splotches of
  grass.

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• Still farther on, a bed of pink blossoms, and
  bushes covered with rich yellow blooms.

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• Its spring everywhere the birds are singing
  and building a new nest.

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• As we climb higher up the mountain road, the
  scene changes again the trees are getting
  larger, more pines and different kinds of
  evergreens, and some patches of snow are now
  beginning to appear.

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• The weather is getting cooler now. Higher and
  higher we climb, and the snow gets deeper,
  whiter, so untouched, so beautiful. Its winter
  again, we left spring behind. The snow looks as
  though it has just fallen. The trees are still
  laden with the beautiful, white treasure from
  heaven.

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• There is almost no traffic today on this quiet,
  peaceful country road. The road is getting slick,
  but we climb, slowly, to the summit of old
  Greenhorn, so white, so cold, serenely beautiful.

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• Yes, our lives are like the ever changing pattern
  of the country road scenes. We never know what a
  day may bring forth. As the wild flowers, the
  grass, and the trees, drink in the rain and the
  sun showered upon them by our creator, then they
  in return bring forth beauty for the passerby to
  enjoy just so, our lives should be beautiful, no
  matter how few our talents may be, or how little
  we seem to accomplish.

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• Sometimes little things can accomplish much, as
  long as we try to glorify God, our creator.
  Surely with his help we can truly brighten
  someones path, lighten someones burden, dry
  someones tears, speak a kind word to a sad soul.
  The shifting scenes of life.

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• Yes, from the cradle to the grave, the scene is
  ever changing. You and I are changing, for better
  or for worse, even though we may not realize it.
  Lets not be content to enjoy the blessings of
  our God without somehow, some way, glorifying
  him, each day of our lives.

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The Shifting Scenes of Life
Charley July 17, 1917 Tidus July 16, 2004

• Yes, from the cradle to the grave, the scene is
  ever changing. You and I are changing, for better
  or for worse, even though we may not realize it.
  Lets not be content to enjoy the blessings of
  our God without somehow, some way, glorifying
  him, each day of our lives.

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The Shifting Scenes of Life
Charley July 17, 1917 Tidus July 16, 2004

• Ps 3725-26
• I was young and now I am old,
• yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken
• or their children begging bread.
• They are always generous and lend freely
• their children will be blessed. (NIV)

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• Matt 625-27
• 25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your
  life, what you will eat or drink or about your
  body, what you will wear. Is not life more
  important than food, and the body more important
  than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air
  they do not sow or reap or store away in barns,
  and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you
  not much more valuable than they? 27 Who of you
  by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
• NIV

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• Matt 628-31
• 28 "And why do you worry about clothes? See how
  the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor
  or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon
  in all his splendor was dressed like one of
  these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of
  the field, which is here today and tomorrow is
  thrown into the fire, will he not much more
  clothe you, O you of little faith?
• NIV

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The Shifting Scenes of Life
Charley July 17, 1917 Tidus July 16, 2004

• Matt 631-34
• 31 So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?'
  or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we
  wear?' 32 For the pagans run after all these
  things, and your heavenly Father knows that you
  need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his
  righteousness, and all these things will be given
  to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about
  tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
  Each day has enough trouble of its own. (NIV)

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• Phil 44-7
• 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it
  again Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident
  to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious
  about anything, but in everything, by prayer and
  petition, with thanksgiving, present your
  requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which
  transcends all understanding, will guard your
  hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
• NIV

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• Phil 48-9
• 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever
  is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
  whatever is lovely , whatever is admirable if
  anything is excellent or praiseworthy think
  about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or
  received or heard from me, or seen in me put it
  into practice. And the God of peace will be with
  you.
• NIV

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• Eccl 311-14
• 11 God has made everything beautiful in its time.
  He has also set eternity in the hearts of men
  yet they cannot fathom what God has done from
  beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing
  better for men than to be happy and do good while
  they live. 13 That everyone may eat and drink,
  and find satisfaction in all his toil this is
  the gift of God. 14 I know that everything God
  does will endure forever nothing can be added to
  it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that
  men will revere him. (NIV)

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The Shifting Scenes of Life

• The drive of a lifetime
• Job 1622 Only a few years will pass before I go
  on the journey of no return. (NIV)
• Are you ready to travel?