A Prophecy for Dennis

The following was written by Lou Kassouf, then a neighbor of ours (from this community we live in called North Hill). She noted that she wrote it after he had played piano for a neighborhood gathering she had at her home.

It should be explained that when we first moved here back in late '86, we hadn't met any of the neighbors. We were busy, what with winter setting in and the next spring and summer saw us busy with Dennis' playing engagements. Then came that long battle. It was after Dennis had recovered that we found out many in this community of 65 homes, had prayed for him! We were told that regardless of their spiritual traditions, many prayed for "the jogger"(as some related to him). So when Lou and her husband invited us to a gathering at their home, Dennis thought the least he could do was not just show up, but maybe make a little music for them, too. As you will read later, she notes that after he left "the following came to her". Funny, too, is that although she lived on the next street and often passed our home, she mailed it to us and it got postmarked for Valentine's Day. So when Dennis got it, he thought it a poem or set of lyrics. Here's that special "Valentine" given via dear precious Lou...

AS YOU PRAY IN THE SPIRIT
YOUR EAR IS TRAINED TO HEAR
WHAT THE LORD WOULD SAY AND DO
AS HE SHARES HIS ABILITY WITH YOU
RECORDING SESSIONS WILL BE A BREEZE
A BROAD SPECTRUM OF STYLE
HONING THE WORD TO A FINE POINT
MUSIC IN A NEW SUPERNATURAL DIMENSION
WHY?
BECAUSE I CAN TRUST YOU
I KNOW YOUR HEART
INNOVATIVE, FREE FLOWING AND EAR-CATCHING
WITH A WIDE, VARYING APPEAL
EXTRAORDINARY, FAR ABOVE YOUR PEERS
WHY?
BECAUSE I TRUST YOU, THAT'S WHY
A NEW PIONEER MUSIC
A NEW STYLE
CAPTIVATING MINDS & HEARTS
MUSIC WITH INTRICATE NUANCES
YET SO SIMPLE
A STYLE ALL YOUR OWN
NONE LIKE IT BEFORE
A BIT OF HEAVEN'S CREATIVITY
TO BRING THOSE ON EARTH TO ME
ELEVATING THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS
SETTING THEM FREE
FROM INNER STRIFE UNITING THEIR HEARTS WITH MINE
WHY?
BECAUSE THERE IS A HARVEST TO BRING IN
AND YOU I TRUST
TO DO IT
YOU I TRUST
THERE'S A VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A JET
AND A SPACESHIP
YET THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IS HONED IN THE PAST
INTO A NEW DIMENSION
SOME FOR SALE
SOME ARE NOT
COMMERCIAL SONGS YOU'LL SELL
MINE YOU'LL SOW INTO THE HARVEST
AND I'LL BE YOUR REWARD

(Signed) "Dennis, the above came to me after you left,

Lou Kassouf

May the good Lord see fit that this comes to pass. Amen.