{"id":11657,"date":"2016-10-21T12:31:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T16:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=11657"},"modified":"2016-10-23T05:25:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T09:25:48","slug":"friday-faves-god-zeldas-lullaby-tommy-emmanuel-the-long-goodbye-and-a-beautiful-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=11657","title":{"rendered":"5 Friday Faves &#8211; God, Zelda&#8217;s Lullaby, Tommy Emmanuel, the Long Goodbye, and a Beautiful Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Blog-Friday-Faves-006-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11080\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Blog-Friday-Faves-006-2.jpg\" alt=\"Blog - Friday Faves 006 (2)\" width=\"3996\" height=\"2540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Blog-Friday-Faves-006-2.jpg 3996w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Blog-Friday-Faves-006-2-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Blog-Friday-Faves-006-2-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Blog-Friday-Faves-006-2-1024x651.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3996px) 100vw, 3996px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday, again! This will be a fast one. I am actually finishing writing this on my phone today. Between travel and more meetings than usual, there&#8217;s been little time at my writing desk. So here are my favorites this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) God<\/strong> &#8211; Courage&#8230;.. Every day I am grateful to know God&#8230;There are weeks, like this one, that I am even more grateful for the sovereignty of a good God. Margaret Nyman writes a beautiful blog on getting through whatever hard we find ourselves. In &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettingthroughthis.com\/9574\/hand-in-hand\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hand in Hand<\/a>&#8220;, she talks about the reach of God into our lives and circumstances. A widow &#8211; who also, with her husband, endured a terrible economic loss &#8211; writes about the presence of God with her.<a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Blog-Michelangelo-God-and-Adam-Getting-Through-This.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11677\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Blog-Michelangelo-God-and-Adam-Getting-Through-This.jpg\" alt=\"blog-michelangelo-god-and-adam-getting-through-this\" width=\"950\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Blog-Michelangelo-God-and-Adam-Getting-Through-This.jpg 950w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Blog-Michelangelo-God-and-Adam-Getting-Through-This-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Blog-Michelangelo-God-and-Adam-Getting-Through-This-768x365.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettingthroughthis.com\/9574\/hand-in-hand\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michelangelo, Getting Through This<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen I [the apostle John writing here] saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then <strong>he placed his right hand<\/strong> on me and said: <\/em><em>\u2018Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.\u2019 \u201d<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/esv\/revelation\/1-17.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Revelation 1:17-18<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>God is not surprised by our situation. \u00a0As we look to Him, He will give grace&#8230;and make \u00a0a way through the hard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Zelda&#8217;s Lullaby<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beyondtheguitar.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Mills<\/a> this week posted his latest arrangement on YouTube.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xp-ghMXBImA\" target=\"_blank\">The Legend of Zelda: Zelda&#8217;s Lullaby Classical Guitar Cover<\/a> is another beautiful entry for me into the surprising world of gaming musical themes. <a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Blog-Guitarist-Nathan-Mills-beyondtheguitar-Twitter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10232\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Blog-Guitarist-Nathan-Mills-beyondtheguitar-Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"Blog - Guitarist - Nathan Mills - beyondtheguitar - Twitter\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Blog-Guitarist-Nathan-Mills-beyondtheguitar-Twitter.jpg 600w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Blog-Guitarist-Nathan-Mills-beyondtheguitar-Twitter-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>So lovely. Great for helping babies (and the rest of us) relax into a sleepy state. His latest is linked below. He performs these live on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.krue.tv.com\/beyondtheguitar\" target=\"_blank\">krue.TV.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Legend of Zelda: Zelda\u2019s Lullaby Classical Guitar Cover\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xp-ghMXBImA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Tommy Emmanuel<\/strong> &#8211; Speaking of guitar and live music, my husband&#8217;s favorite guitarist (after Nathan) is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tommyemmanuel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tommy Emmanuel.<\/a> We are so excited that he&#8217;s coming to Richmond, Va. in March 2017. If you ever have a chance to hear him perform, don&#8217;t miss it. <a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-Tommy-Emmanuel-Guitar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11683\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-Tommy-Emmanuel-Guitar.jpg\" alt=\"blog-tommy-emmanuel-guitar\" width=\"625\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-Tommy-Emmanuel-Guitar.jpg 625w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-Tommy-Emmanuel-Guitar-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/wfpk.org\/2014\/contest-tommy-emmanuel-grand-prize-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">WFPK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>4) The Long Goodbye &#8211; <\/strong>These days, I travel a lot to Atlanta to spend time with my dad. Between Alzheimer&#8217;s and cancer, he is winding down. Very thankful for his caregivers there, as he has moved from assisted living into the home of my brother and sister-in-law. Dad sleeps a lot, but when he wakes up it is such a delight for all of us to see the spark in his eyes and hear his intelligence, humor, and sweetness break through the cloud of his illnesses. Thankful for this long goodbye&#8230;which gives us the opportunity to enjoy him more and spend time with\u00a0various of our family members\u00a0in ways that will galvanize us as family when he enters Heaven.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dad-and-Debbie-July-2016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11684\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dad-and-Debbie-July-2016.jpg\" alt=\"dad-and-debbie-july-2016\" width=\"240\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dad-and-Debbie-July-2016.jpg 595w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dad-and-Debbie-July-2016-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dad-Debbie-October-2016.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11685\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dad-Debbie-October-2016.png\" alt=\"dad-debbie-october-2016\" width=\"168\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dad-Debbie-October-2016.png 640w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dad-Debbie-October-2016-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dad-Debbie-October-2016-577x1024.png 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9157.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11692\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9157.jpg\" alt=\"img_9157\" width=\"409\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9157.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9157-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9157-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9157-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9580.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11693\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9580.jpg\" alt=\"img_9580\" width=\"409\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9580.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9580-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9580-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9580-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5) A Beautiful Fall &#8211; <\/strong>Words aren&#8217;t needed here. So glad for the opportunity to live in a\u00a0place of four seasons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2015-October-Blog-Fall-Trees-Sadie-064.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11687\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2015-October-Blog-Fall-Trees-Sadie-064.jpg\" alt=\"2015-october-blog-fall-trees-sadie-064\" width=\"236\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2015-October-Blog-Fall-Trees-Sadie-064.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2015-October-Blog-Fall-Trees-Sadie-064-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fall-Leaves-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11688\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fall-Leaves-2.jpg\" alt=\"fall-leaves-2\" width=\"210\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fall-Leaves-2.jpg 402w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fall-Leaves-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope you have a restful and reflective weekend. Would love for you to post some of your favorite finds in the Comments.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, just for fun&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sound of Music | Central Station Antwerp (Belgium)\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7EYAUazLI9k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, again! This will be a fast one. I am actually finishing writing this on my phone today. Between travel and more meetings than usual, there&#8217;s been little time at my writing desk. So here are my favorites this week. 1) God &#8211; Courage&#8230;.. 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