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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
For My Sister
Our God is an awesome God.
He reigns from Heaven above with
wisdom,
power,
& LOVE.
Our God is an awesome God.
On July first, 2003
He knew.
He loved.
He cared.
His heart broke.
He was there.
He held you.
He held Caylin.
Today, July first, 2010
He knows.
He loves.
He cares.
His heart still breaks.
He remembers.
He holds you.
He holds Caylin.
This song always reminds me of you, sister.
Two months is too little.
They let her go
They had no sudden healing.
They had no sudden healing.
To think that providence
Would take a child from her mother
While she prays, is appalling.
Who told us we'd be rescued?
What has changed and
Why should we be saved from nightmares?
We're asking why this happens to us
Who have died to live, it's unfair.
Who have died to live, it's unfair.
This is what it means to be held.
How it feels, when the sacred is torn from your life
And you survive.
This is what it is to be loved and to know
That the promise was when everything fell
We'd be held.
This hand is bitterness,
We want to taste it and
Let the hatred numb our sorrows.
The wise hand opens slowly
To lilies of the valley and tomorrow.
This is what it means to be held.
How it feels, when the sacred is torn from your life
And you survive.
This is what it is to be loved and to know
That the promise was when everything fell
We'd be held.
If hope is born of suffering,
If this is only the beginning,
Can we not wait, for one hour
Watching for our savior?
This is what it means to be held.
How it feels, when the sacred is torn from your life
And you survive.
This is what it is to be loved and to know
That the promise was when everything fell
We'd be held.
This is what it is to be loved and to know
That the promise was when everything fell
We'd be held.
This is what it means to be held...
I love you, sister.
I love you, Caylin.
I am thankful to God for holding you both.
Happy Birthday Caylin Grace.
Our God is an awesome God.
He reigns from Heaven above with
wisdom,
power,
& LOVE.
Our God is an awesome God.
Song: Held
Natalie Grant
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Four
June 24, 2006.
Four years ago today.
The Heavens were getting ready for a big party in my honor.
Little did I know, this party would be life changing, and eternity lasting.
Four years ago today,
I gave my life back to it's rightful owner.
I remember sneeking down to the prayer tent so nobody in our group knew where I was going. Up until this point, I had fooled eveyone around me (including myself). I had answers for all the Bible study lessons, I was crazy about the Christian bands that were playing, I told others of my plans to become an overseas missionary (yeah, that was my plan even before I was saved...weird huh?). I had painted a picture of myself that was not myself at all. Maybe it was someone I wanted to be? Or maybe it was who I knew I should be.
I remember tears.
There was a realization that who I was and how I was living was painful for God to see. That He created me with different plans in mind. It was then when I decided to change. To throw off my old self and be covered with Christ and all He had in store for me.
I knew it was God. Not the group I was with or the bands that were playing. Not even the speaker who moved me to go down to the prayer tent. It was all God. He definitely used those people, but they were completely oblivious to it. It was God who used them, to get to me.
He saught me out.
He chased after me.
He made real His chesed love.
Four years ago today,
I gave my life back to it's rightful owner.
I remember sneeking down to the prayer tent so nobody in our group knew where I was going. Up until this point, I had fooled eveyone around me (including myself). I had answers for all the Bible study lessons, I was crazy about the Christian bands that were playing, I told others of my plans to become an overseas missionary (yeah, that was my plan even before I was saved...weird huh?). I had painted a picture of myself that was not myself at all. Maybe it was someone I wanted to be? Or maybe it was who I knew I should be.
I remember tears.
There was a realization that who I was and how I was living was painful for God to see. That He created me with different plans in mind. It was then when I decided to change. To throw off my old self and be covered with Christ and all He had in store for me.
I knew it was God. Not the group I was with or the bands that were playing. Not even the speaker who moved me to go down to the prayer tent. It was all God. He definitely used those people, but they were completely oblivious to it. It was God who used them, to get to me.
He saught me out.
He chased after me.
He made real His chesed love.
Che-sed (heh' said) [from the Hebrew word "love"]
1. Love that sticks with us even when we leave.
2. Love that never turns.
3. Love that is committed to you in all circumstances.
4. Love that is willing to forgive even the darkest sin.
I know that I could never have that strong of a love, especially for someone who willingly, knowlying chooses to go the other direction.
I love you God and I am so much more thankful for You choosing me than I ever let You know.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
A Mother's Teachings
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
-Mother Teresa
Hakuna Matata
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