tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587385339761585052024-03-10T23:22:44.542-04:00 Thomas B Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger840125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-20633953194919759002024-03-04T20:48:00.001-05:002024-03-04T20:48:39.286-05:00Waiting Gracefully - (by Tom Balistreri)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: "source serif pro" , serif; font-size: large;">I do not know, </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: "source serif pro" , serif; font-size: large;">or understand,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: "source serif pro" , serif; font-size: large;">your mighty works, </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: "source serif pro" , serif; font-size: large;">or wondrous plans.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: "source serif pro" , serif; font-size: large;">Help me to be, </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: "source serif pro" , serif; font-size: large;">what I must,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: "source serif pro" , serif; font-size: large;">increase in me, </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: "source serif pro" , serif; font-size: large;">patience and trust.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-88850301491290439982024-01-16T08:41:00.000-05:002024-01-16T08:41:02.526-05:00I Was Over<p>This is a song I have written.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3pr6A1mxl4M" width="515" youtube-src-id="3pr6A1mxl4M"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-76490009611175507172023-12-15T06:53:00.001-05:002023-12-15T06:53:26.079-05:00O Little Town Of Bethlehem - (sung by Thomas B)<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; text-align: start;">This is my singing of the Classic Christmas Carol,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;" /><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; text-align: start;">"O Little Town Of Bethlehem."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;" /><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; text-align: start;">Thank you for listening.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;" /><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; text-align: start;">- Tom</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-63947920609164917992023-11-26T06:27:00.002-05:002023-11-26T06:27:24.943-05:00No Matter The Dilemma - (by Tom Balistreri)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">
No matter the dilemma,</span></div>
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despite the situation,</span></div>
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there is no great problem,</span></div>
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or helpless complication,</span></div>
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that God can not redeem,</span></div>
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and make wrong turn into right,</span></div>
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if one turns to Him for answers,</span></div>
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salvation is His delight.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-21803545819759940232023-11-11T07:48:00.000-05:002023-11-11T07:48:05.456-05:00Beware Of Flattery - (By Tom Balistreri)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">
Beware of flattery,</span></div>
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one receives in this world.</span></div>
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By it much deception</span></div>
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in one's life has been unfurled.</span></div>
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Modesty and honesty,</span></div>
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is where one should start.</span></div>
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For the blessings of the Lord,</span></div>
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are towards a humble heart.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-756466000884692332023-10-13T08:01:00.001-04:002023-10-13T08:01:40.559-04:00A Timely Word - (By Thomas B)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">
A good word is timely,</span></div>
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and pleasant to the soul.</span></div>
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It binds spiritual wounds,</span></div>
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and begins to make one whole.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-56467405472732942023-09-17T09:41:00.001-04:002023-09-17T09:41:33.498-04:00I'm Only A Man - (by Tom Balistreri)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">
Buffeted and stricken,</span></div>
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yet I still stand.</span></div>
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Help me dear God.</span></div>
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I'm only a man.</span></div>
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Not much more,</span></div>
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can I endure.</span></div>
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Send me release.</span></div>
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My peace secure.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-90387168652408124022023-09-05T07:03:00.001-04:002023-09-05T07:03:22.842-04:00Worthy Of Praise - (by Tom Balistreri)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You are worthy Lord of all praise.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You give all life and length of days.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You guide with love and teach Your ways.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Your mercy makes sinners amazed. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnryt2XxYyktU9K3hrGySo7oHl8AUK3RWOOwhfaXn2O03-h1RpuEbHW7YOujLsKkjET3yhG2aoCizc9O_EdSr5V-T6fWfg1lMBJFKcNhZWjS-DO1TdLbSnkX7YjfIRGazw3QnRXy2eoHLN/s500/fly-gif-moving-sky-Favim.com-3768878.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="500" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnryt2XxYyktU9K3hrGySo7oHl8AUK3RWOOwhfaXn2O03-h1RpuEbHW7YOujLsKkjET3yhG2aoCizc9O_EdSr5V-T6fWfg1lMBJFKcNhZWjS-DO1TdLbSnkX7YjfIRGazw3QnRXy2eoHLN/w640-h360/fly-gif-moving-sky-Favim.com-3768878.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-19714836065485780522023-08-21T06:39:00.002-04:002023-08-21T06:39:06.719-04:00Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV<span style="color: #e4e6eb; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Good Word for Today.</span></span><div><span style="color: #e4e6eb; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #e4e6eb; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #e4e6eb; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="color: #e4e6eb; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="372" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zZONBTMV3KA" width="448" youtube-src-id="zZONBTMV3KA"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-50063301491404689322023-08-08T11:27:00.002-04:002023-08-08T11:28:12.920-04:00Faithful Vision - (by Tom Balistreri)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>
The view is clouded, </span><span>the path is hidden,</span></span></div>
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yet in the Lord, </span><span>I have a vision.</span></span></div>
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I trust in Him, </span><span>to guide me,</span></span></div>
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to greater ways, </span><span>I not yet see.</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-40498655655229416212023-07-22T13:55:00.004-04:002023-07-22T13:55:48.711-04:00Orderly Steps - (by Tom Balistreri)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
Lord make my steps orderly.</span></div>
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Guide where I fail to see.</span></div>
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Lead me to Your desire.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-2636682159160230342023-07-14T07:50:00.004-04:002023-07-14T07:50:17.374-04:00I Was Over<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> A new life, a new soul.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A broken heart that's been made whole.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought I was finished but you made me start again.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All those things that caused me pain.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dreams of mine I couldn't attain.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought I was finished but you gave me hope again.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's amazing what love can do.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Even more that it comes from you.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I felt so unworthy but you didn't see it that way.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I want to sing, I want to shout.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And tell the world what you're about.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought I was over but you gave me life again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3ROYJK3Nnx4jG1GaOOmgdKah0dFXI5orqT79vJ9n03Wr2RgDcn3BnjhHIAQG6CEwoRR2arbzMyh36FEjsrYfXzosfNxlYBq6f4q3xo7nqbYqaNIFIoSD7Pk0BlKaJZOuZi5X6SuVecmnUu1w6fctqgsp17dSP9kcSfMqmbeXaxm_B4pwr6x6nUqws2Bc/s750/tuilips-animated-gif.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3ROYJK3Nnx4jG1GaOOmgdKah0dFXI5orqT79vJ9n03Wr2RgDcn3BnjhHIAQG6CEwoRR2arbzMyh36FEjsrYfXzosfNxlYBq6f4q3xo7nqbYqaNIFIoSD7Pk0BlKaJZOuZi5X6SuVecmnUu1w6fctqgsp17dSP9kcSfMqmbeXaxm_B4pwr6x6nUqws2Bc/w353-h394/tuilips-animated-gif.gif" width="353" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-72504555650864076932023-07-12T07:32:00.005-04:002023-07-12T07:32:48.659-04:00A Morning Prayer<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I praise you Lord for this day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Guide me please</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">show me your way.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Forgive my sin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">cleanse me anew.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Help to walk</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">closer to you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SvLRFEBdsf_amG6nWrUBsd1Bo2nXI_WtQoWOjE6JSOrDJOUMzn0Oeii354naeJ_Gc93VyjlxpJ44dpxQoyKKNSc78XannhZaNS0h0fNyWEVKjQhNlOrNzMxXpHH4VhhG-kSlIc4gmUKdvIsrb4mvOFgmHL1mEhjP5rIwm82xoCBt_2130JjfDdBTaAoG/s400/LUqJLD.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="400" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SvLRFEBdsf_amG6nWrUBsd1Bo2nXI_WtQoWOjE6JSOrDJOUMzn0Oeii354naeJ_Gc93VyjlxpJ44dpxQoyKKNSc78XannhZaNS0h0fNyWEVKjQhNlOrNzMxXpHH4VhhG-kSlIc4gmUKdvIsrb4mvOFgmHL1mEhjP5rIwm82xoCBt_2130JjfDdBTaAoG/w454-h254/LUqJLD.gif" width="454" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-44619822649342475322023-07-10T13:05:00.001-04:002023-07-10T13:05:48.045-04:00Living In Simplicity<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
To live in simplicity,</span></div>
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frees one from toxicity.</span></div>
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The burden on oneself greatly lessons,</span></div>
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when not weighed down with much possessions</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-83169960593517238332023-06-18T17:25:00.002-04:002023-06-18T17:25:22.441-04:00I Was OverThis is a song I wrote the other day.<div>I thought I'd share it with you.</div><div>Thank you for listening</div><div>Tom</div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="347" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3pr6A1mxl4M" width="481" youtube-src-id="3pr6A1mxl4M"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-17375665083455490792023-06-11T07:50:00.001-04:002023-06-11T07:50:41.106-04:00No Matter The Vice - (by Tom Balistreri)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">
No matter the sin,</span></div>
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fault or vice,</span></div>
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God forgives,</span></div>
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and has paid your price.</span></div>
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His love is sure,</span></div>
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He tames the wild,</span></div>
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and welcomes back,</span></div>
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you His child.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-14535591598140552812023-06-04T07:50:00.001-04:002023-06-04T07:51:07.398-04:00In Your Will - (by Tom Balistreri)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>
I seek to find </span><span>the correct choice.</span></span></div>
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I listen to hear Your Voice.</span></div>
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I need you Lord </span><span>to be my guide.</span></span></div>
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For in Your will I shall abide.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-35549880739015586912023-05-23T07:54:00.002-04:002023-05-23T07:54:21.825-04:00Windows To The Soul<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="font-size: 20.16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Eyes are the windows</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20.16px;">that open to the soul.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20.16px;">Giving insight into brokenness,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20.16px;">or displaying if one's whole.</span></div></span></div><div style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-size: 20.16px; line-height: 30.24px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">
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<span style="font-size: 20.16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is best to dwell one’s eyes,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20.16px;">upon that which is right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20.16px;">Then darkness will be lessened,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20.16px;">and the eyes will show forth light.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-17100730309856744662023-05-16T08:38:00.000-04:002023-05-16T08:38:00.800-04:00I Shall Stand - (by Tom Balistreri)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">
I shall stand,</span></div>
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though all alone,</span></div>
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with friends not near,</span></div>
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nor sight of home.</span></div>
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Yet I shall not fear,</span></div>
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and yet survive,</span></div>
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because my God,</span></div>
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stands by my side.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-68766487774368859152023-05-14T09:24:00.001-04:002023-05-14T09:24:13.518-04:00Through The Shadow - (By Tom Balistreri)<div style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 20.16px; line-height: 30.24px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">
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If I walk through the shadow of death,</div>
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I am at peace the Lord gives me rest.</div>
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I don't need to fear nor need to see,</div>
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God protects and comforts me.</div></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-69754743959142831412023-04-23T07:09:00.003-04:002023-04-23T07:09:35.528-04:00Making Music Season 2 episode 1<p> <span style="background-color: #282828; color: white; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And so it begins.</span></p><span style="background-color: #282828; color: white; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A second season of the musical adventures of Tom and Michael Balistreri.</span><div><span style="background-color: #282828; color: white; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="345" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yOwlAkznz70" width="481" youtube-src-id="yOwlAkznz70"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: #282828; color: white; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-6361898739382704492023-04-12T15:20:00.002-04:002023-04-12T15:21:27.125-04:00Cheek To Cheek performed live by Tom and Mike at Unity Brewing in Latrobe Pa April 11 2023<p> <span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the songs Michael and I performed last night at Unity Brewing In Latrobe Pa.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="354" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tyx7qIdoyyo" width="482" youtube-src-id="tyx7qIdoyyo"></iframe></div><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-62164007203705700002023-04-03T20:18:00.001-04:002023-04-03T20:18:39.531-04:00A Picture Of You - (By Thomas Balistreri)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a song I wrote and sing about the Shroud Of Turin.</div>
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The song is called,</div>
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"A Picture Of You."</div>
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The song is rather upbeat considering the subject matter.</div>
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But it is done in sincerity despite my musical limitations.</div>
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Thank you for listening.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-15875505609609120382023-03-29T17:22:00.003-04:002023-03-29T19:56:43.404-04:00The City Of New Orleans - Tom and Michael Live at Unity Brewing March 28 2023<div><span style="font-size: large;"> The classic song performed by Tom and Michael at Unity Brewing March 28 2023. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">It sounds better in person.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="345" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lLn7tG_jWx0" width="492" youtube-src-id="lLn7tG_jWx0"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558738533976158505.post-90908136219827116472023-03-22T13:33:00.001-04:002023-03-22T13:33:16.378-04:00Mike and Tom Balistreri at the Delmont Presbyterian Church 031923<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is Michael and my performance of three songs I wrote. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is from Sunday March 19 2023 at the Delmont Presbyterian Church.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="363" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IXr2rAM9LQw" width="481" youtube-src-id="IXr2rAM9LQw"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0