Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.


March 8, 2012

Ella Mae Bowen -Holding out for a hero



Wow.  What an amazing voice.

There are so many people in my life that have touched my heart.  How can one person have loved so many people in such a short lifetime.  If there's only one for me, Lord, why have I love for so many?

Some people touch your heart in a way that you ... well ... you just never get over.
For every boy or man I've ever loved - know that you touched my heart in a way that stayed.
When you really love, you love ... for life.
Love doesn't walk away.  People do.

February 28, 2012

My heart longs

My heart longs for my Father. I long to hear His voice. To feel His presence. To know what to do. I'm so scared and only He can give me the answers. Love is the most complex thing I've felt. Why can't it be simple.

February 13, 2012

Footprints...

I like to hear that I have a kind heart.
I also know that I have a selfish heart.
I know that I was given a new heart and a new life in Christ Jesus.
I know who I am in Him
 and nothing you say can take that away from me.

I have had many people come in and out of my life.
I have loved many people in my 37yrs.
I have broken hearts and I have had mine broken.

God is the only one who will never break your heart.
He is the only one who can truly fill that void we feel in the deepest depths of our hearts.
He has filled my heart with endless memories of love.
For others, from others, for Him, from Him and through Him.

When we separate ourselves from those we love
We feel an emptiness
That sometimes never really goes away
just gets tucked away in a little space
between the heart and the soul

some have come in and out
and their footprints remain

dented into my very soul.


Angel of God, 
my guardian dear, 
to whom God’s love 
commits me here, 
ever this day
 [or night] 
be at my side, 
to light and guard, 
to rule and guide.
 Amen.











February 7, 2012

Romans 12:14-21

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
Live in harmony with one another.
Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.
Never be conceited.
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God,
for it is written, "Vengence is mine, I will repay, says the Lord."
To the contrary, if your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink;
for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head."
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

February 4, 2012

Closer to you

I need a Savior

Create in me a clean heart

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.

Against You, 
You only, 
have I sinned

and done what is evil in Your sight...
... and you teach me wisdom 
in the secret heart
let me hear joy and gladness,
let the bones that You have broken
rejoice.

Create in me a clean heart, O Lord, 
and renew a right spirit within me.


Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors
You ways
and sinners
will return to You.

O, Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare Your praise.

The sacrifices of my Lord are a broken spirit,
and a broken contrite heart...

Attend to me, and answer me,
I am restless in my complaint
and I groan,
because of the noise of the enemy.

help me with my unbelief, O'LORD,
quiet the enemies voice before me.
Let me hear the sound of Your voice
in the stillness of my heart.

O God, save me by Your name,
and vindicate me by your might.
O God, hear my prayer;
give ear to the words of my mouth.

If You will, You can make me clean.
'But that I may know that the Son of Man
has authority on earth to forgive sins.'

and he said to him, "Follow me." 
And he rose
and followed him.

let me hear in the morning, 
of Your unfailing love
for I put my trust in You.
show me the way to go,
for to You
I lift up my soul.

Show me, Lord, where to go...







January 30, 2012

A spiritual death

I lie still as the water
My bitter visions are broken
Head caught in the torment
Cruel as the ocean
Dreams are made in the distance
I will not be among them
Silence is killing me
And I can hardly touch the ground

I am deep in a river
Waves above my head
Help with my spirit
We descend
We reach the end

I am deep in a river
Waves above my head
Help with my spirit
We descend
We reach the end





I am deep in a river
Waves above my head
Help with my spirit
We descend
We reach the end

We descend
We reach the end

January 22, 2012

Above All

Grace




YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO FIND ME BY FOLLOWING THE SOUND OF MY VOICE SINGING THIS IN MY CHURCH HALLWAYS AS I WALKED AROUND.

YOU PUT A NEW SONG IN MY HEART LORD, AGAIN.


January 18, 2012

IHS

Jesus H. Christ - IHS - The Christogram

In the Latin -speaking Christianity of medieval Western Europe (and so among Catholics and many Protestants today), the most common Christogram is "IHS" or "IHC", derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus, iota -eta -sigma or ΙΗΣ. Here the Greek letter eta was transliterated as the letter H in the Latin-speaking West (Greek eta and Latin-alphabet H had the same visual appearance and shared a common historical origin), while the Greek letter sigma was either transliterated as the Latin letter C (due to the visually-similar form of the lunate sigma), or as Latin S (since these letters of the two alphabets wrote the same sound). Because the Latin-alphabet letters I and J were not systematically distinguished until the 17th century, "JHS" and "JHC" are equivalent to "IHS" and "IHC".

"IHS" is sometimes interpreted as meaning Iesus Hominum Salvator ("Jesus, Savior of men", in Latin), or connected with In Hoc Signo . Some uses have even been created for the English language, where "IHS" is interpreted as an abbreviation of "I Have Suffered" or "In His Service". Such interpretations are known as backronyms . This abbreviation ("IHS") is likely the source of the joke that Jesus' full name is "Jesus H. Christ ."

One of the oldest Christograms is the Chi-Rho or Labarum . It consists of the superimposed Greek letters Chi Χ; and Rho Ρ, which are the first two letters of christ in Greek. Technically, the word labarum is Latin for a standard with a little flag hanging on it, used in the army. A Christogram was added to the flag as an image of the Greek letters Chi Rho, in the late Roman period. So Christogram and labarum are not originally synonyms.

The most commonly encountered Christogram in English-speaking countries in modern times is the X (or more accurately, Greek letter Chi) in the abbreviation Xmas (for "Christmas"), which represents the first letter of the word Christ.