Gospel Worship

"Learn what it is that you do when you come to worship God, and consider it
every time you come to perform any act of worship.  Truly this one thing would
be of marvelous use, and it would help forward to the next point of sanctifying
God's name.  You are all convinced of this, that it is your duty to worship God.
When you pray, you come to worship God.  When you come to hear His Word,
you come to worship Him.  And when you receive the sacrament, you worship
Him.
Now if I should come from one end of the congregation to the other and ask
every one of you this question, "It is your duty to worship God, is it not?"you
would all be ready to answer,"Yes!" And what do you do when you worship God?
I fear that this second question would perplex many of you.
You will say, "We must pray to God and serve Him, hear His Word and go to
communion," Yes, but what do your souls do in this work of worshipping God?
This should be the answer, and so you should think to yourselves and charge this
upon your own hearts: "I am now going to worship God, either in prayer, Word,
or sacraments.  I am now going to tender up that homage that is due from the
creature to the infinite Creator, so that I must so pray as I must manifest that high
respect that I owe to God as my Creator."  But to that I shall speak more afterward.
For now, only remember that you go to tender up that homage that you owe unto
God; and so every time you come to hear the Word, there is a profession that you
come to tender up that respect and homage that you owe the infinite God.  And
so it is likewise when you come to receive the sacrament."
Jeremiah Burroughs
Gospel Worship, Worship Worthy of God

Uncle D.

Uncle Donnie Lives

Uncle Donnie lives!
 Been gone for a few on account of me and my trophy wife Betty travelled down to
sunny South Florida to see our people(grandchildren). We had a great visit, the weather was warm,
we hung out by the pool a lot, and did a lot of catching up, you know what I mean?
We witnessed first hand the Weston Burp and Fart Club......you would'nt believe it if I
told you! Kinda reminded me of the Irishman who said," We had no part in the institution of
farting, but as sure as I'm standin here, over the years we certainly had a hand in perfectin it"
Did I tell you we ate down at the Irish Pub twice when we were there? Its all part of the story, you
know what I mean? Try to keep up, it ain't that hard, sheesh.
I almost forgot, we went to this little Italian grocery, and I thought I was in heaven, Marone, we
bought some Italian sausage, a little vino, some provolone, a little red sauce, some veggies, some
bread, and we took it home and ate it. We fried up some peppers and onions....it wassa so good!
The whole stay reminded me of this Sicilian proverb:
True wealth comes from a good family and good friends
Itsa good to be home but I'd rather be back in sunny South Florida.

Uncle D.

I Can Cook and I Can Dance......

Hey,
Our house smells good today on account of the potato soup I made, and the
corned beef my trophy wife Betty made. Great Irish day and a great Irish meal,
whattayagonnado? Betty has been teaching me how to cook for the past ten
years or so, and every day I get a little better.I know I'm a better cook than a
card player, but since I'm a horrible card player, that could mean my cooking is
barely edible, you know what I mean? Let's just leave it at this;I can cook, and I
can dance, but cards.....fuggetaboudit! We have a lot of fun in the kitchen,but honestly,
if I were to teach her how to play golf, it would more than likely turn out just like
playing cards, and I would end up suicidal! She can't beat me in everything, can she?
Did I tell you that she has always been an oasis for me? You know, a beautiful fruitful
garden in the middle of a gynormous sand trap. That's Betty.
It is what it is.
Try the veal, I'll be here all week!
Uncle Donnie

Longer, Lighter, Warmer

Ciao Amici,
Here it is after 7 pm and it is still light outside. Uncle Donnie likes longer days as
long as lighter goes along for the ride. Longer and lighter days are good days. Now
if we could throw in warmer with lighter and longer then we have hit the trifecta. With
this trifecta we are approaching great days, you get my meaning? I mean who would
choose shorter, darker and colder? Maybe some reptiles, maybe a coupla mollusks or
a few amphibians, but not too many mammals, right?  Correct me if I'm mistaken, humans
are mammals  right? I thought so. This human mammal prefers the longer, lighter, and
warmer motif, you know what I mean?
So we were playing cards the other night with Takashi, he ain't no fugazi Woods, and
Mrs. Woods, and we were layin it on the girls pretty hard. After one hand Takashi says
"ain't I durable"? We said, "what"? He says durable, thinking he's saying adorable. The
girls say durable maybe, but forget about the adorable! We laughed hard at the durable
Mr. Woods....again!

I love Pacific Standard Time, this time of year.

Uncle D

I'm Smart and I Want Respect

Good day to all my friends across this great country of ours. Uncle Donnie
would have success and happiness be yours this day and every day and that
contentment and peace mark each and every one who might hear me this day.
I  am not full of crap, though some might judge otherwise; I am sincere, as much
as I can be, when I say that I wish all to be well and prosperous in all  endeavors.
Marone, that all sounded fairly serious right? Uncle D. is not always after a laugh.
I can be serious, not like people say...I'm smart, and I want respect.(Fredo Corleone,
Godfather II). Did you know that DeNiro won the Academy Award in, I think,
1974 for his portrayal as young Vito Corleone in the Godfather II. He was the only
winner not having an English speaking role. Thats right, he spoke a particular Sicilian
dialect, and all in Italian, and he won. It was a beautiful thing, you know what I mean?
I also recently heard that a new movie is in the offing about John Gotti, and that John
Travolta is gonna play Gotti. I can't wait!
Did I tell you I like peaches?
Whats done is done.
Merry Days,
Uncle D.