Snippet
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
Scripture
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them. Proverbs 26:27
Song
Saginaw By Lefty Frizzill
http://youtu.be/8tbrLDA18C4
Lefty Frizzell has been called the most influential singer/stylist in the history of Country Music. After spending years singing in various honky tonks, barn dances and parties, lefty got the attention of Columbia Records in 1950. Don Law, the record executive who signed him to Columbia, heard that sound no one including himself had ever heard before.
Frizzell signed with Columbia at the age of 22, releasing "If You've Got The Money Honey, I've Got The Time" and "I Love You A Thousand Ways" in July that year. In 1951, Lefty owned the charts with the release of "I Want To Be With You Always" (#7), "Always Late (With Your Kisses)" (#1), "Mom And Dad's Waltz" (#2), and "Travelin Blues" (#8). Frizzell held the number one spot for 26 weeks. Having 4 songs in the top 10 at the same time, is a feat that has never been duplicated to this day! Lefty Frizzell was a premiere songwriter and song interpreter.
I was born in Saginaw, Michigan.
I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay.
My dad was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman:
Too many times he came home with too little pay.
I loved a girl in Saginaw, Michigan.
The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man.
But he called me: "That son of a Saginaw fisherman."
And not good enough to claim his daughter's hand.
Now I'm up here in Alaska looking around for gold.
Like a crazy fool I'm a digging in this frozen ground, so cold.
But with each new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then,
I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw, Michigan.
I wrote my love in Saginaw, Michigan.
I said: "Honey, I'm a coming home, please wait for me.
"And you can tell your dad, I'm coming back a richer man
"I've hit the biggest strike in Klondyke history."
Her dad met me in Saginaw, Michigan.
He gave me a great big party with champagne.
Then he said: "Son, you're wise, young ambitious man.
"Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondyke claim?"
Now he's up there in Alaska digging in the cold, cold ground.
The greedy fool is a looking for the gold I never found.
It serves him right and no-one here is missing him.
Least of all the newly-weds of Saginaw, Michigan.
We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan.
He's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw, Michigan.
Sentence prayer
All I have is yours, Lord. Any wealth I possess is because of Your favor…and large or small-I thank You for that which you have entrusted to me.
When Blessings come my way, I honor You with the first fruits; then my barns will overflow, and my vats will brim with new wine. I honor You with my wealth, O Lord.
Father, You are my financial Counselor and investment advisor. I pray that you would safeguard my Assets. Amen
“Hope Lyda”, One-Minute Prayers For Men (Harvest House Publishers Eugene Oregon) , 210
