Come again, ye children of men

by chuckofish

November is here and the quick slide to the holidays commences. Good grief. I have a lot of catching up to do.

You may have heard that a special one-night-only benefit concert featuring some of Eastern Kentucky’s biggest names in music was held in Lexington on October 11. Ricky Skaggs had a big hand in organizing the event and it raised over 2.5 million for flood relief. The event featured performances by Chris Stapleton, Dwight Yoakam and Tyler Childers. And this one with Chris and lovely Patty Loveless was pretty great…

This is a good thing to remember.

Today we toast Lyle Lovett (born on this day in 1957) whom we have seen in concert several times and would gladly see again. He is a proud Texan, growing up in Klein where his family has ranched for five generations.

Here’s a new song about his twins that I really like:

All I have I gladly give them
All I am they will exceed
And one thing I know for sure
If they improve the likes of me
They make a better man of me

So to my father and my mother
And to our fathers long before
There are those who walk above us
Who’ll remember that we were
They will remember that we were

Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of our pater, ANC III, and of my great friend Dick (aka WWII Guy). It might be time to watch She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) in their memory.

LORD, thou hast been our refuge, *
    from one generation to another.
Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever the earth and the world were made, *
    thou art God from everlasting, and the world without end.
Thou turnest man to destruction; *
    again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men.
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday
                                when it is past, *
    and as a watch in the night.
As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep, *
    and fade away suddenly like the grass.
In the morning it is green, and groweth up; *
    but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.
For we consume away in thy displeasure, *
    and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.
Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee, *
    and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

–Psalm 90

Grace and peace to you today, my friends.