Happy New Year!

How do I enter this New Year?
Living for my Lord.
Never leave me or forsake me.
Every day is yours.

How will I know success?
Living for my Lord.
Nothing will deter me
Endurance is the word.

Hope is ours in Christ.
Living just for Him.
Noble thoughts surrendered
Endearing love begins

Help me Lord, to be like you
Living day by day
Noting all your blessings
Encouraging on the way.


In an attempt to break free from my writer’s block, I wrote this poem by beginning each line with the first letter from my daughter’s names in the order of their births.

Heather
Lydia
Natasha
Emma

Four girls, four verses! :)

Not overly inspiring and forced but I figure writing something is better than writing nothing.

Have a Happy New Year!

Writer's block

Ever have writer's block???

Official Nativity Story Birth of Jesus Christ New Christmas Movie Trailers Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Ciaran Hinds

The Nativity Story upcoming new Christmas movie trailers about Mary, Joseph, and the birth of Jesus Christ with Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Ciaran Hinds, Alexander Siddig, and Shohreh Aghdashloo. We went to see this with the corps. I really enjoyed it.

Let it be Sung

Jack Johnson

" You gotta touch the bottom before you can come back up..."

Isaiah 59:19-20

From the west, men will fear the name of the Lord,
and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory.
For he will come like a pent-up flood
that the breath of the Lord drives along.*

“The Redeemer will come to Zion,
to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”
declares the Lord.

Footnotes:59:19 Or When the enemy comes in like a flood

Battles in the garden

Battles in the garden.
Healing the ear of Malchus


A word from the Lord
Spoken, uttered
A double edged sword
Piercing and healing
The Living word……

Sword of the Spirit,
Let me not,

Use you in haste.
As Peter in the garden

Of Gethsemane.
His intention

Was to protect,

To defend Jesus.
But Jesus healed,

The one wounded

By Peter’s sword.
“No more of this!” Jesus said
He touched the man’s ear

and healed him.

In haste Lord,
Your word is used like
A sword from our mouths
Our intentions vary:
Defending our Lord,
Rebuking someone,

Without love or in haste.
People’s ears are cut off!
Cut off or now deaf
Because of a sword
Quickly drawn.

Lord, come!

Heal again!
Heal our ears!

Heal their ears!
So that we may hear you
So that we may know you
So that we may experience

The miracle of being whole,

Restored.
Heal those wounded

by our swords.

A sword in the heart,
A word wisely spoken,
Spoken in love,

Can still hurt.
Can still pierce the soul.
Yet, healing comes,
When the word of the Lord
Is used with skill and care.
By a warrior who is fighting
The Lord’s battle,

Not his own.

Lord,
How often is our zeal misplaced?
How often do we wound instead of heal?
How often are our intentions pure?
Only to see the look in our your eyes..
As Peter did in the garden that night.
We’ve missed the point again.

Thank you Lord,
For forgiving.

Forgiving our mistakes,
Our haste.
Thank you Lord,
For healing.
For healing the ear of Malchus.

cjb

Luke 22:36-38, 47-51, John 18:10-11

Dwelling

Streams in the Desert
by L.B. Cowman

Part of the devotional thought for November 30th:
( yes, sigh...I know it's December)

"The Savior endured an especially difficult test in the wilderness while in the presence of Satan for forty days and nights, His human nature was weakened by the need for food and rest. The three Hebrew young men were kept for a time in the flames of "the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual" ( Dan. 3:19). In spite of being forced to endure the tyrant's last method of torture, they remained calm and composed as they waited for their time of deliverance to come. And after surviving an entire night sitting among the lions, "when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God."
They were able to endure in the presence of their enemies because they dwelt in the presence of their God. (The bold is mine-This is my favorite part!!)

Jumping board

For those of you who like to use this site for a "jumping board" to other sites, have I got good news for you!
I've added some more sites to the link list!
Some long lost friends and some new friends who I know you will enjoy meeting.
If you are not on the link list and want to be for whatever reason, drop me a note and I'll see what I can do! ;)
I actually use Bloglines to save time but for those of you who don't I welcome the traffic
Have fun.

Carole