Just Pondering
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Rick Branan |
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; afterward, at His coming, those who belong to Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:20-23 (HCSB)
Alfred E. Brumley was born: October 29, 1905, near Spiro, Oklahoma and died: November 15, 1977, Springfield, Missouri. He is buried in the Fox Cemetery, Powell, Missouri.
Brumley attended the Hartford Musical Institute in Hartford, Arkansas, and sang with the Hartford Quartet. He went on to teach at singing schools in the Ozarks, and lived most of his life in Powell, Missouri. He worked for 34 years as a staff writer for the Hartford and Stamps/Baxter publishing companies, then founded the Albert E. Brumley & Sons Music Company and Country Gentlemen Music. He later bought the Hartford Music Company. He wrote over 800 Gospel and other songs during his life. He was inducted into the Country Song Writers Hall of Fame in 1970.
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I’ll Fly Away
Some glad morning when this life is o'er
I'll fly away
To a home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away
I'll fly away O glory
I'll fly away (in the morning)
When I die hallelujah by and by
I'll fly away
When the shadows of this life have grown
I'll fly away
Like a bird from prison bars has flown
I'll fly away
Just a few more weary days and then
I'll fly away
To a land where joys shall never end
I'll fly away
Written by Alfred E. Brumley
Do you think about death? Truthfully, I don’t think about my own very often. I worked for a funeral home for a time. Interesting work. Death and being prepared for death were on everyone’s mind when they came to make arrangements. Now, we are all going to die unless Christ returns before then. Either way, we need to be prepared. Paul reminds us in 1 Corinthians that we are going to die because of Adam and his sin. That curse follows all of us. But Paul reminds us that we can live eternally because of Christ and His grace.
Preparation looks for hope in something. Hope is a big thing in this world. Jesse Jackson used the mantra, “keep hope alive” in his speech to the Democratic Convention in 1988. Unfortunately, he was placing his hope on the government. We need to put our hope in Jesus. Alfred E. Brumley wrote, “Just a few more weary days and then I'll fly away to a land where joys shall never end.” Our eternal hope is in Christ and nothing else. Share that hope this week.
Just pondering . . . Bro. Rick