Good-bye and So Long

Hello uninvited guest.  It's been a while since you emerged.  I actually thought you were gone.  I had said goodbye to you a long time ago.    

Since you have shown your raw face again, please don't make yourself at home.  You can't stay.    

Don't make yourself comfortable.  You are not welcomed here anymore.

You see...once you came to live when I wasn't looking.  You made quite a little nest in my heart.  You took up residence.  You anchored deep.  

But you were not invited.  You wedged your way in.  And I don't like you.  

Your words hurt.  I have allowed you to say things that do damage.  

Please.Stop.Go.

Please take your hater-aide somewhere else.  Take away your spewing words that destroy.

Even though I can see my hand prints impressed in your frame, they will not call my name.
  
The fact that you will miss me is not enough to keep you near.  You lie.  

What has changed you ask?  I got stuck in this truth.....

Psalm 139: 14  "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that fully well."

Listen to this....God created me and my inmost being.  Verse 15 says that my frame, my being was not hidden from Him.  God knew me when I was being formed in my mother's womb.  He knew me as His before I was anything, before I was something, before I was formed, and before I was someone.  

Before...when I was just a substance...God knew me.  

So...knowing that...and understanding what this means makes all the difference.  

You see....you big "ugly" stick... you like to slam my self-esteem with harm.  Now, you will not have a presence here. Not in my heart or mind.  Nope, not welcomed.  No permits issued.  I don't belong to you.  I belong to God.  I am His.

You have caused enough pain.  It's time for new beginnings..for some heart repair to begin.  

I am loved.  
I am loved by the One who creates.  
I am loved by the Only One who cared about me before I had breath.  
I am fearfully and wonderfully made, I am wonderful! 
I am loved by the One who knows a perfect love.

Hey Big Stick, cruelty and God's wonderful don't mix.  And honestly I want all of God's wonderful I can get.  

There is no room for you anymore.  End of story...you big-stick-in-the-corner-of-my-mind that I have been carrying around for years to pulverize.   

Good-bye.  And so long.  I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  

Here's some great news....so are you.

Great Awakening

Leeland has a song entitled "Great Awakening".  It speaks of the ripple effect that can happen when one person of faith tells another and then that person tells another and so on and so on.  You get the picture.  Ever wonder how this all starts?


With one.  It started with a touch.  In reading the adventures of Jesus and his disciples, they encountered many who needed him to heal, or fix or feed.  I love to read the life accounts as he went about his Father's business taking care of everyone he met in a way that only he could.  Jesus saw their needs and gave them more than what they asked for.  Most times he touched them.


Jesus wasn't overwhelmed with the numbers of the crowds or the magnitude of the problems.  He didn't shy away from the crazy or the irrational.  He simply just talked to them, or touched them, or prayed over them.  He was the Perfect Healer, but also willing to meet them where they were at and change them.


Once you have encountered Jesus in a real way you can't help but be changed.  Having been touched by His  mercy and grace, it starts a great awakening and awareness in your soul.  And you will want to tell what He has done.  

   Matthew 5:16 "Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."


Jesus lead by example to make a difference in the lives of those he met.  He saved.  He touched.  He took time, he made an effort, He impacted.  He shined the Light of his Father.  His Easter Sunday awakening stirred souls.  Let His great awakening ripple in our lives.  

Music Monday [Forever Reign]

With this worship song, I land at the heart of Jesus every time.

You are good, You are good

And there's nothing good in me

You are love, You are love

On display for all to see

You are light, You are light

When the darkness closes in

You are hope, You are hope

You've covered all my sin

You are peace, You are peace

When my fear is crippling

You are truth, You are truth

Even in my wandering

You are joy, You are joy

You're the reason that I sing

You are life, You are life

In You death has lost it's sting

(Chorus)

I'm running to Your arms

I'm running to Your arms

The riches of Your love

Will always be enough

And nothing compares

To Your embrace

Light of the world

Forever reign

You are more, You are more

Than my words will ever say

You are Lord, You are Lord

All creation will proclaim

You are here, You are here

In Your presence I'm made whole

You are God, You are God

Of all else I'm letting go

 It speaks my heart's cry.
Yes, God you are more than
my words ....will ever say....speechless.
Wow...