Another song that I love..
Satisfied
All my life long I had panted
For a drink form some clear spring
That i hoped would quench that burning
Of the thirst I felt within
Chorus:
Hallelujah! I have found Him
Whom my soul so long has craved
Jesus satisfies my longing
Thru His blood I now am saved
Feeding on the husks around me
Till my strength was almost gone
Longed my soul for something better
Only still to hunger on
Well of water ever springing
Bread of life so rich and free
Untold wealth that never faileth
My Redeemer is to me.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
How you Live??
So today in and of itself was a good day. I didn't work because I had another spinal injection because I've started having some pain down my leg again and I didn't want it to get as bad as it was before. The injection itself was a piece of cake compared to some of the other things I've gone through. The main reason I didn't work, was because I didn't have a ride, and I can't drive for 24 hours after the procedure. Hopefully this will completely take care of that problem!
The rest of the day was kind of just blah, nothing too exciting until I went to church tonight. A lot of thing were just brought back to the forefront for me. Eddie read Psalm 63, here's what it says.
1 O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. 3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
5 My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you. 6 On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.
9 They who seek my life will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.
11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God's name will praise him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
That just spoke to me so much it's hard really to describe how I felt. It just really made me want to shout Praises to the Lord. We were also discussing how we should have Joy for the Lord in all that we do and give Praise to the Lord in everything we do like it says in I Corinthians 10:31 "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." Also always living a constant life of worship. We also talked how we should also live like this because we never know when our life will be taken from us or when Jesus is coming back. Yes, this really rang home to me becasue of how dramatically my life changed on Aug 31, 2006. I try my best to be thankful everyday for the life I have been given and that Jesus saved me from everything! Everytime I mess up Jesus is right there to forgive me and remind me of His Amazing Grace!! I really do want to have Joy in all that I do, and to live a life that is of constant worship. It's hard though but Jesus gives us the strength to get through and live a life of worship.
I also finished my book today "Completely His" by Shannon Etheridge I recommend all you ladies read it.. Here's a few quotes from the last chapter. ''Remeber that God doesn't call us to do things that we can accomplish in our own strength. He only calls us to God-sized tasks, so that when the dream becomes a reality, we know God did tehe work, and God gets the credit."
"As you labor to bring God's dreams to life, you will more than likely experience many temptations to abort the process. Satan will try anything to get you to give up. So when you feel tired, frustrated, and ready to quit, return to your original vision of what god has asked of you. He will be faithful to do all that He has promised, but you must be faithful to submit to the process."
"Perserverance isn't a lot of fun. Yet it is perserverance that allows God to take our muddled messes and turn them into miracles. He delights in transforming the black-carbon pressures of our life into diamonds of radiant beauty. But doing all that requires a process. A process that takes time. Aroces that is sometimes painful."-Joanna Weaver
So now, meditate on all this info that I've given to you! Let me know your thoughts. !!!
The rest of the day was kind of just blah, nothing too exciting until I went to church tonight. A lot of thing were just brought back to the forefront for me. Eddie read Psalm 63, here's what it says.
1 O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. 3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
5 My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you. 6 On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.
9 They who seek my life will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.
11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God's name will praise him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
That just spoke to me so much it's hard really to describe how I felt. It just really made me want to shout Praises to the Lord. We were also discussing how we should have Joy for the Lord in all that we do and give Praise to the Lord in everything we do like it says in I Corinthians 10:31 "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." Also always living a constant life of worship. We also talked how we should also live like this because we never know when our life will be taken from us or when Jesus is coming back. Yes, this really rang home to me becasue of how dramatically my life changed on Aug 31, 2006. I try my best to be thankful everyday for the life I have been given and that Jesus saved me from everything! Everytime I mess up Jesus is right there to forgive me and remind me of His Amazing Grace!! I really do want to have Joy in all that I do, and to live a life that is of constant worship. It's hard though but Jesus gives us the strength to get through and live a life of worship.
I also finished my book today "Completely His" by Shannon Etheridge I recommend all you ladies read it.. Here's a few quotes from the last chapter. ''Remeber that God doesn't call us to do things that we can accomplish in our own strength. He only calls us to God-sized tasks, so that when the dream becomes a reality, we know God did tehe work, and God gets the credit."
"As you labor to bring God's dreams to life, you will more than likely experience many temptations to abort the process. Satan will try anything to get you to give up. So when you feel tired, frustrated, and ready to quit, return to your original vision of what god has asked of you. He will be faithful to do all that He has promised, but you must be faithful to submit to the process."
"Perserverance isn't a lot of fun. Yet it is perserverance that allows God to take our muddled messes and turn them into miracles. He delights in transforming the black-carbon pressures of our life into diamonds of radiant beauty. But doing all that requires a process. A process that takes time. Aroces that is sometimes painful."-Joanna Weaver
So now, meditate on all this info that I've given to you! Let me know your thoughts. !!!
Monday, January 21, 2008
A Poem
I received this poem in an email today thought it was really good. Supposedly the story behind the poem is that child with terminal cancer wrote it and wanted the world to know to slow down and not take life for granted. I can agree with this child, I now realize how important it is for us not to take the precious life, we've been given by the Lord, for granted. I hope you enjoy the poem as much as I did..
SLOW DANCE
Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste
,Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say,'Hi'
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
When you run so fast
to get somewhere
You miss half the fun
of getting there.
When you worry
and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
SLOW DANCE
Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste
,Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say,'Hi'
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
When you run so fast
to get somewhere
You miss half the fun
of getting there.
When you worry
and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
hey hey!
Well its Sunday and i'm just hanging out at the house! Went to church this am.. We only had an 11 o'clock service because of the snow we had yesterday. Yes, we had snow but it barely stuck but the roads were wet and they were probably icy first thing this morning. After church we went to Pizza Hut along with about umm 10 other people we had a bunch of people there. It was fun. I'm bored so I'm writing this. I think about to get ready to go back to church.. Oh yea I got this new hat from Avon and I took some pictures I'll post one below. I think I look cute!! HAHA.. Have a great Sunday!! What's left :)
Thursday, January 17, 2008
hi
Hello all.
Not sure what to write, just wanted to say hello.. I do know that i'm very thankful that it has been a year since i've spent the night in the hospital!! Kind of crazy that i'm so thankful for that @ 26, but that's how life goes! I'm doing pretty well. I'm taking a class @ church called Perspectives and it's great!!
Yup thats it for now! HAVE A GrEAT WEEKEND!!
Not sure what to write, just wanted to say hello.. I do know that i'm very thankful that it has been a year since i've spent the night in the hospital!! Kind of crazy that i'm so thankful for that @ 26, but that's how life goes! I'm doing pretty well. I'm taking a class @ church called Perspectives and it's great!!
Yup thats it for now! HAVE A GrEAT WEEKEND!!
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Love
Well, its been a week or so since I've written. Life has been good! My New Year's was wonderful! We had the traditional dinner of Ham, collards, black eye peas along with some other goodies! Work has finally settled back into "the norm" if you will. There's really nothing new to report. Kristin and I are going to Hillsborough to go hear Stacey preach his first sermon @ his new church! I'm sure it's going to be great! I'll try to tell you about that on Sunday.
I've been reading some more, trying to finish "Completely His". Tonight it was talking about how people will know we are Christians by are Love. She says this "So many people will never read a Bible to dicover God themselves. Instead, they read the believer. If someone were to read your life, what woudl they learn about God? about the Christian faith? Would they want to become like you? Would they want to get to know God better because of what they see in you? Would they feel judged and condemned, or would they feel unconditionally loved and accepted?"
So do the people around you know that you are a Christian by how you act, treat them and others? Because like i've been told several times, we as Christians are the only Bible some people will ever read. "Are you Preaching the TRUTH?"
Kim:)
I've been reading some more, trying to finish "Completely His". Tonight it was talking about how people will know we are Christians by are Love. She says this "So many people will never read a Bible to dicover God themselves. Instead, they read the believer. If someone were to read your life, what woudl they learn about God? about the Christian faith? Would they want to become like you? Would they want to get to know God better because of what they see in you? Would they feel judged and condemned, or would they feel unconditionally loved and accepted?"
So do the people around you know that you are a Christian by how you act, treat them and others? Because like i've been told several times, we as Christians are the only Bible some people will ever read. "Are you Preaching the TRUTH?"
Kim:)
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