By The Grace of God...
Wednesday Morning June 6, 2012 ... in all your ways acknowledge Him and he will guide your paths. I can still smell the rain from last night's storms as I sit on the porch of this log cabin in Lakeland, FL on a beautiful horse farm. The modest structure, with a single living/dining room, tiny kitchenette, and a couple of bedrooms isn't a place I had ever pictured myself. Yet, here I sit, taking in the warm and moist air of a summer morning. I marvel at the journey God traced out that led me to this place. (After writing these words, which I have to admit I wrote and emailed to myself from the plane on the way back to Ohio the following day, I decided that the song in this clip best sets a musical mood. The video is good, too. Bonus, I suppose. Read on. ) One of my favorite musical scores, tracing a man's mid-life despair, continually asks the questions, "How did you get...