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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday March 01ST 2026, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

Volume 9, Number 1, Edition 401
“Saved By God”

I was recently asked if one could be saved by God and not know it. The answer is yes. I am a prime example of that. I was rescued and saved by God at a particular moment at dawn during the latter portion of August of 2006, and I didn’t realize it until weeks later. Songs about Christ began playing on my car radio as well as Bible verses. I searched those Bible verses online. Yahoo and Google were my first Bibles before I was given a physical Bible. The more I heard song lyrics about God – the closer I got to Him. The more I searched and studied those Bible verses online – the closer I got to Him. Salvation started before I knew what it meant. But it didn’t take very long to realize it, as I was immersed in God’s Word.

19½ years later – at Thursday Night Bible Study here in my neighborhood – we’re currently reading and discussing 1 Peter. We hit one of my favorite verses – 1:23 – this past Thursday night. It was one of the earliest verses of Scripture that I heard on the radio and searched on the Internet in 2006:

For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal living word of God.

Once I understood that verse – I knew that I had been rescued and saved and born again.

My testimony is featured each week here on #SundayScripture – whether it’s part of a sermon, a testimony, or just me writing about the events of the past week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord – and get closer to Him with each new day.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know – then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

All rights reserved (c) 2026 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Charles F. Weigle House Museum & Gift Shop

Welcome back to #TravelThursday. Last week I wrote about my discovery of the Sebring Historical Society on a cloudy and drizzly Wednesday morning in February of 2021. Last week was my 5TH anniversary with the organization.

This week I’m writing about our museum – the Charles F. Weigle House Museum & Gift Shop. (“Weigle” is pronounced “WHY-gull”.) It’s located lakeside in downtown Sebring at 1989 Lakeview Drive. If you know where the Sebring Public Library is – then we’re across the parking lot from them in the yellow house. (Remember – that’s how I discovered the museum 5 years ago.) You can either park in the library’s parking lot and walk over, or you can park in our parking lot directly in front of our house. We’re open 4 days a week – Wednesdays to Saturdays – from 10 AM to 3 PM. Your docents are Mardie on Wednesdays, Elaine on Thursdays, and Gordon on Fridays and Saturdays. (I served as a docent on Tuesdays for much of 2024, but we – Board Of Directors – decided early in 2025 to scale back and stay closed on Tuesdays due to a lack of visitors on that day.)

As you enter our historic 1922 house you’ll walk into our Weigle Living Room. It’s the original living room of Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Weigle for over 40 years from when the house was brand-new until the mid-1960s. (Dr. and Mrs. Weigle lived in the house year-round from 1922 to 1951, and then when they moved to Chattanooga Tennessee in 1951 it became their lakeside vacation home.) There’s an antique piano in the living room, but it’s not the original piano that Dr. Weigle sat, prayed, and wrote and performed hymns at while facing the lake (Jackson) out back. Today – our docent Elaine plays that piano on Thursdays in-between visitors.

Next to our Weigle Living Room is our Sebring Dining Room. It’s the dining room that overlooked Mr. and Mrs. George E. Sebring’s house. The Sebring Public Library and its parking lot sits where the Sebring house stood until the mid-1960s. The Sebrings and the Weigles were next-door neighbors and best friends. Dr. Weigle had his house built next door at Mr. Sebring’s request. Mr. Sebring died unexpectedly of acute indigestion in January 1927. Dr. Weigle fell into a deep depression after that. (He had also lost his first wife to the glitz and glamor of Hollywood California. She no longer wanted to be the wife of an Evangelist.)

Our docents will share these stories with you in their own personal unique ways as you tour our historic house. You can also visit our Military & Racing Room saluting Major Thomas Buchanan “Mickey” McGuire Jr. – our World War II Medal Of Honor recipient – Sebring High School Class Of 1938. Also – two former bedrooms. One is our Grayce McCoy Room. (Wait until you find out about her. She was quite the Sebring Socialite !) The other former bedroom now serves as our Gift Shop where you can buy unique gifts not found anywhere else.

We are 1 of 11 museums here in Highlands County Florida. The next time you visit the area as a tourist – come check us out for a look back at the early decades of Sebring Florida history. If you’re a local – then come see what you’re missing – whether it’s our museum or another 1 of the 10.

As the Social Media Director of the Sebring Historical Society – I invite you to check-out our Facebook page. (Search for Sebring Historical Society.) I usually post early in the morning – one post per day – every Tuesday to Saturday. That’s where you’ll find the latest (and most accurate) news and information regarding our historic house museum and all of our activities and events there and elsewhere.

Next #TravelThursday – I’m going on a Publix run. Let’s keep traveling together.

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 471

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back almost 50 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday February 22ND 2026 – the 471ST week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 6 Where Would I Be
[4TH week @ # 1]		 Peter Burton
2 2 6 Finished Caleb & John
3 5 6 Homesick For Heaven Phil Wickham
4 3 19 How Good It Is Chris Tomlin
5 4 30 Can’t Steal My Joy Josiah Queen X Brandon Lake
6 6 8 Heaven On My Mind TobyMac X Forrest Frank
7 8 5 The Love I Have For You Colton Dixon
8 7 20 Dusty Bibles Josiah Queen
9 9 4 Make It Well MercyMe
10 10 3 Good Matthew West

# 1 This Week In:
2025 – “In The Name Of Jesus” – JWLKRS Worship Ft. Maverick City Music
2024 – “Strong” – Anne Wilson
2023 – “My Story Your Glory” – Matthew West
2022 – “Weary Traveler” – Jordan St. Cyr
2021 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Maybe It’s OK” – We Are Messengers
2018 – “Gracefully Broken” – Matt Redman Ft. Tasha C. Leonard
2017 – “Love Broke Thru” – TobyMac

STAYIN ALIVE – I’ve been humming and singing Bee Gees songs for the past week. I saw the Canadian-based Bee Gees tribute band Stayin Alive last Tuesday afternoon LIVE in concert here in Avon Park Florida. Once again – they were fantastic. They performed 23 Bee Gees hits from 1967 to 1979. They sort of look like Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, and they definitely sound like them as well (except when they talk – as Canadians). I was singing along to every single song, and I probably brought down the average age in the arena simply by being almost 59. I appreciated the 95 minutes of music that I grew up with during the first 12 years of my life. I previously enjoyed the band 4 years ago in Coral Springs Florida, and I’ll see them again the next time they return to Florida.

ONE-HIT WONDER – It’s hard to believe that Mr. Jason Crabb is a one-hit wonder on my chart, but he is. His “Good Morning Mercy” is currently my 34TH biggest hit over the past 9 years. It spent 6 weeks at # 1 and 20 weeks on my chart from August to December 2022. It was my # 3 hit of the entire year. Such a great song that year !

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 10 Hits” anytime by accessing my CountUp playlist on Spotify. All 10 hits are there from top to bottom. You can hear them in order from # 1 to # 10, or you can shuffle them. My playlist will be updated every weekend (usually before the actual chart is presented here on Mondays). You can link to it here.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. God used loud music on the radio in South Florida to reach me in August of 2006. I’ve been testifying about Him ever since.

Be blessed my friends !  May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

All rights reserved (c) 2026 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday February 22ND 2026, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

Last week was Anniversary Week here on my blog, and I observed it with #SundayScripture, #MusicMonday, and #TravelThursday. I’ve got one more anniversary to share with you today. This is the 8TH anniversary of #SundayScripture. It started 8 years ago on the final Sunday of February of 2018. This is also the 400TH edition of #SundayScripture.

But the origins of #SundayScripture actually go back to 2007 – when I previously wrote about my journey in Christ and my Sunday morning church experiences on MySpace, WordPress (this blog), Twitter, and Facebook.

And I’ll continue to do just that as I enter my 9TH year and into the 400s of #SundayScripture.

I was recently asked “what religion are you ?”. The quick and simple answer is that I am of no religion. I am not religious. I do not follow a set of manmade rules, regulations, and rituals to get to Heaven. Instead – I have a personal relationship with my Lord + Savior Jesus Christ that began 20 years ago in 2006. That’s when I called on His name to rescue me, save me, and come into my heart. That’s when I was born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. My new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal living word of God. (1 Peter 1:23)

Going to church will not get you to Heaven. Being nice to people will not get you to Heaven.

Jesus told Nicodemus – a Pharisee – this:
“I tell you the truth – unless you are born again – you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” (John 3:3)

Are you born again ? Have you been saved ? Do you know what that means ? I’ll continue to share in the weeks and months to come.

My testimony is featured each week here on #SundayScripture – whether it’s part of a sermon, a testimony, or just me writing about the events of the past week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord – and get closer to Him with each new day.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know – then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

All rights reserved (c) 2026 Christopher M. Day, CountUp