Bring the Rain

I can count a million times/People asking me how I/Can praise You with all that I've gone through/The question just amazes me/Can circumstances possibly/Change who I forever am in You

Maybe since my life was changed/Long before these rainy days/It's never really ever crossed my mind/To turn my back on you, oh Lord/My only shelter from the storm/But instead I draw closer through these times

So I pray
Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there'll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that's what it takes to praise You
Jesus, bring the rain

I am Yours regardless of/The dark clouds that may loom above/Because You are much greater than my pain/You who made a way for me/By suffering Your destiny/So tell me what's a little rain

So I pray
Holy, holy, holy
Is the Lord God Almighty

(mercyme)

I thought I'd share the chorus with you... there's something about asking God to bring it all to you because in the long run... he is to be glorified... it's a tough request to make in sincerity, but it's possible to make. Just something to think about....

Not sure

Hello all... I am not sure if I've shared these with the public or not... I do know that after looking at them again I want to and since I've checked the blog and can't find them I'm going to... sorry if I repeat. Leaves are so awesome!

I can't do this

I woke up late.

Guess I'm never really early.

I hesitate,

Only to fail.

I get so tired

Of procrastinating.

I need a change.

I can't do this./I can't do this./I can't do this by myself.

I can't do this./I can't do this./Oh God, I need your help.

I'm standing still,

Moved so peaceful.

I can't pretend

That I'm fine.

I get so ill,

Crazy, agitated

When I'm not really dying.

I can't do this./I can't do this./I can't do this by myself.

I can't do this./I can't do this./Oh God, I need your help.

(Plumb)

Marriage

Our Bible study last night had nothing to do with marriage directly except for the word usage “commitment”… We were talking about Joshua and Caleb seeing the fulfillment of God’s promise to let them enter the Promised Land. Joshua and Caleb remained faithful and strong despite the absolute disbelief of their fellow Israelites. So at the young age of 85 years Caleb not only said he was ready to enter the land, but he was ready to take on a new challenge if God asked it of him. Wow, talk about your tested and found to be true sorts of people….

The question at the end of the section that prompted our marriage talk was: Does age get in the way of fulfilling your commitments or achieving your goals? From there it spun off into marriage. Let me give you the family dynamics of the three people sitting at the table—one whose mother left the father, another whose mother asked for a divorce when the father became involved in drugs and brought it into the house with their two little girls and the last whose parents are married, but are by no means happy. The person responding to that question first said that he was too young for all of that (25 years old), that he was too stingy and too greedy to be considerate of a family. Sadly he named the kids he grew up with at church, let me repeat that at church. Only one set of friends had married parents that had not been divorced.

How sad—how heart-breaking.

What are we doing to our children?

“Are you going to leave me in 25 years?”

The picture we are presenting is that of brokenness. Oh sure, we can say it’s a fallen world and of course there’s going to be brokenness, but where are our examples of strong Christ-centered marriages? Each one has problems—that’s life, any relationship hits a bump in the road…. But what kind of legacy are we giving our children?

The song

The song below is posted not ignoring the fact that right now I'm in the midst of a struggle.

Forgiving and loving--what it means to hold a grudge. Does a hurt change a relationship forever so that the damage is done and there is no repair?

What is expected of me when I know full well I am the only one whose attitude I can change... Am I allowed to be angry, for how long--when am I supposed to move on and live the way God wants me to... we are human, we have memory, going to touch a fire once is stupid, going to touch it twice is incredibly stupid... you know the repercussions the second time even if you didn't the first.

We Live

There's a cross on the side of the road

Where a mother lost her son

How could she know that the morning he left

Would be the last time she'd trade with him for a little more time

(so she could say she loved him one last time)

And hold him tight

But with life we never know when we're coming up to the end of the road

So what do we do then

With tragedy around the bend

We live, we love, we forgive and never give up

Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above

And today we remember to live and to love

We live, we love, we forgive and never give up

Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above

And today we remember to live and to love

There's a man who waits for the tests to

See if the cancer had spread yet

And now he asks why did I wait to live 'til it was time to die

If I could have the time back, how I'd live

Life is such a gift

So how does the story end?

Well, this is your story and it all depends

So don't let it become true

Get out and do what we were meant to do

We live, we love, we forgive and never give up

Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above

And today we remember to live and to love

We live, we love, we forgive and never give up

Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above

And today we remember to live and to love

Waking up to another dark morning

People are mourning

The weather in life outside is storming

But what would it take for the clouds to break

For us to realize each day

Is a gift somehow, someway

And get our heads up out of this darkness

And spark this new mindset and start on with life cuz it ain't gone yet

And tragedy's a reminder to take off the blinders and wake up

(to live the life)

We're supposed to take up

(moving forward)

With all our heads upCuz life is worth living

We live, we love, we forgive and never give up

Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above

And today we remember to live and to love

We live, we love, we forgive and never give up

Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above

And today we remember to live and to love

(superchick)