As I watch this world around me, I become very disturbed at what I see. No one can deny the extent of evil and wrong doing that happens everyday. We've all been through storms in our lives, times when we were all alone, even if we were in a crowded room. Thats what purposed me to start this blog. I have been through an amazing amount of storms in my life. There is not much I don't understand. I feel God has blessed me on here and that I have been an encouragement to quite a few people I have met. But my heart still breaks for what I see and hear everyday. You see the only way this world will really change is if we Christians get up and get on fire for the Lord.
I often wonder why it is SO EASY for us to "forget" to share the love of Jesus. What He has done for everyone in this world. I watch the news and hear about these conflicts all over the world, like in Iraq. I don't believe we are ever going to win by force, these people are use to that, it is actually in the bible. They need to hear about the true God, to see God's love abounding in us. THATS WHAT WILL BRING CHANGE. You see, Jesus will draw them in Hiself, but He wants us to outwardly show this world His love. I think we tend to hide it for what-ever reason, whether it be fear of rejection, sneers, what will they think, will they still be my friend......... I think most of it is fear. What must it take to get past this?
Is it better to live in fear and just mind your own buisness? Or is it better to know you are doing what God wants for you to do? I work a lot with the teens in our church and I have heard some say they are scared to surrender to what God wants for them because He might send them to a different country. How sad it is to me to hear this... We have it soo good in this country, yet there is hardly anyone out "door knocking" trying to spread the Good News. I have been reading Fox's Book of Martyrs lately, and the stories in there will grab hold of you and make you test your own faith. Some of the stories that come to mind, people were hung by meat hooks by their bellies till they died for believing in Jesus, beaten and raped before being burned alive, put in leather bags with snakes and scorpions and thrown in the ocean. This really changed the way I thought of things. Would I have enough faith to stand through that?? Would you??
As I close, please know, God just wants to use you. There are billions out there who have no clue who Jesus is. Don't they deserve the same chance of going to Heaven as you and I? Jesus is the only one that can make a big enough change in this world for our children. Isn't it worth being willing to go where He asks just for that? He may just want you to go next door........ please watch this video and listen to the words. They need Jesus, just as bad as you did when you were saved. Don't block that off, Don't hide what God has done for you, let it show, God promises it will be worth it in the end.
Please, Please, Please PM me if you are unsure if you know Jesus, if you don't know 100% sure that if you died you'd go to Heaven. I'll give you nothing but Bible to show you how to know for sure and I will pray for you, listen to your heart, is God knocking right now?? Won't you answer His call??
The song I've chosen for today's post is on a very heated topic. It's one that a friend of mine has been posting on here lately and I just haven't been able to get it off my mind. Most of you already know POH, and her link is to the right in my favorite blogs titled, "a common housewife in the fast lane." The topic is on abortion, and I challenge you to check it out if you haven't already, she has done extensive research on it and is quite knowledgable.
Anyway, I was cruising around the web thinking of what to post and I came across this song. I am not really crazy about rap music, but when I saw the lyrics and looked into his story, I knew I had to post this. You see, I've met quite a few people who told me their parent(s) thought of aborting them. Funny thing is though, I have never heard a one of them say they wish they had........ If this post makes you angry, I am sorry, it's just the way I feel. Please know I pass no judgement, it's not my place to nor would I want to. As I said, it's just the way I feel.......
Here are the lyrics for those that may have a hard time keeping up like I do with this type of music.
NICK CANNON'S "CAN I LIVE"
"[Talking]
Talking Ma
I know the Situation is Personal
But it something that has to be told
As I was making this beat
You was all I could think about you heard my voice
[Verse 1]
Yeah Just think Just Think
What if you could Just
Just blink your self away..
Just Just wait just pause for a second
Let me plead my case
It's the late 70's Huh
You Seventeen huh
And having me that will ruin everything huh
It's alot of angels waiting on their wings
You see me in your sleep so you cant kill your dreams
300 Dollars thats the price of living what?
Mommy I dont like this clinic
Hopefully you'll make the right decision
And dont go through with the Knife incision
But it's hard to make the right move
When you in high school
How you have to work all day and take night school
Hopping off da bus when the rain is pouring
What you want morning sickness or the sickness of mourning
[Chorus]
I'll Always Be a part of you
Trust Your Soul Know it's always true
If I Could Talk I'd Say To You
CAN I LIVE
CAN I LIVE
I'll Always Be a part of you
Trust Your Soul Know it's always true
If I Could Talk I'd Say To You
CAN I LIVE
CAN I LIVE
[Verse 2]
I am a child of the king
Ain't no need to go fear me
And I see the flowing tears so know that you hear me
When I move in your womb that's me being scary
Cause who knows what my future holds
Yo the truth be told you ain't told a soul
Yo you ain't even showing I'm just 2 months old
Through your clothes try to hide me deny me
Went up 3 sizes
Your pride got you lying saying ain't nothing but a migraine
It ain't surprising you not trying to be in Wic food lines
Your friends will look at you funny but look at you mommy
That's a life inside you look at your tummy
What is becoming ma I am Oprah bound
You can tell he's a star from the Ultrasound
Our Sprits Connected Doors Open Now
Nothing But Love And Respect Thanks For Holding Me Down She Let Me Live...
[Chorus]
I'll Always Be a part of you
Trust Your Soul Know it's always true
If I Could Talk I'd Say To You
CAN I LIVE
CAN I LIVE
I'll Always Be apart of you
Trust Your Soul Know it's always true
If I Could Talk I'd Say To You
CAN I LIVE
CAN I LIVE [Repeat 2]
[Nick Talking]
It's uplifting foreal yall
I ain't passing no judgement
Ain't making no decisions
I am just telling ya'll my story
I love life
I love my mother for giving me life
We all need to appreciate life
A strong woman that had to make a sacrifice
Thanks for listening
Thanks for listening
Mama thanks for listening "
Wow, I have been struggling lately with posts. I think I get so much in my head, that it's hard for me to single one thing out to post. At the same time though, if I were to post it all, it might as well be a novel!! As I was getting ready for bed, I found myself praying that God would help me know what to write. This picture I found the other day popped in my head. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did when I studied it..........
The reference to this verse is wrong though, it is actually found in Isaiah 40:31 not 4:31.
I LOVE this verse!! It has helped me through some of the toughest times in my life (if I've never shared my story with you, please just ask, I'll PM anyone).
Actually I want to quote a few verses before this also. Isaiah 40:28-31 "28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, The Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of His understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
Waiting on the Lord.....
This world we live in is so fast-paced now a days. We are programmed to go go go. Even now as I look at my computer screen I realize I have 5 windows open working on different things in each of them. No time to rest, no time for anything other than our goals we have set for ourselves. Please don't get me wrong, I think it is important to strive for our dreams. I think what happens though is we carry it into EVERY aspect of our lives. This idea that we always have to go, to move, to get something done.
When I went through my "hardest year" I wanted answers right then. I didn't understand why things were happening the way they were, why God would allow such tremendous strife in my life. I first asked God to give me an answer, when I got no reply, I began yelling, and much to my dismay, still no answer. I became very angry at Him, (this is difficult for me to write about so please bear with me), left Him totally to try and find my own answers. Looking back, I have never been so alone, so lost, as I was at this point in my life. I refused to wait upon the Lord. I was tired to say the least, I had no strength. It took everything I had just to get out of bed.
God gave me my answer eventually, and it humbled me more than any words on this post could describe. And as I look back, I wish I had waited on the Lord. I mean after all, who better to understand what I was going through than the One who made me, who knew me before I was born? This is a plea to those reading, please remember to wait upon the Lord. His time may not be what we think it should be, but His time is always the RIGHT time.
You may be struggling right now, just trying to stand under the pressure this world has put on you. You may be fighting with all you have to keep your head above water with problems going on in your life. It probably doesn't make sense right now what you are going through. But God knows, He understands. And He will give you wings to fly as eagles if you just trust Him and wait..........
I speak totally from experience on this. He will let you fly if you just wait on Him.....
I racked my brain today trying to think what to post for Sat. night blog fever. I searched and searched, trying to find the perfect song for the type of mood I am in. But I could not get a topic out of my mind for todays post, I felt God telling me I needed to put this out there because there are some that need it. And then something amazing happened, He led me to this song that goes perfect with this post!! Isn't our God awesome???
I have met some amazing people in my short time here on blogstream. Some are going through some terrible times right now. It has made me think about the hard times and struggles I have been through in my own life. How uncertain things can seem when you are in the middle of a storm. Your life being tossed this way and that.........
Then there are some who break my heart. Who are just so lost to the wonderful God that I know. Their own religions changing their doctorine as they see fit (or because something was proven wrong). Yet they still hold tight to what they believe.......it just breaks my heart.
And I have to say something about this world we live in. How bad things are getting, and to face the honesty that according to the Bible, it will only get worse. I am scared for my children and my family as I watch what's going on around me. Are you? Do you possibly fit into one of these paragraphs? I think most would say "yes" to at least one.
You see, no matter what goes on around us, to us, or anything in between, there is a promise we can count on. God is still the same. He doesn't change. The same God that led Isreal out of the hand of Egypt is the same God that loves us today. The same promises Jesus made to His disciples, we can count on today. No matter how much this world (or the people in it) canges, He will not, He is constant, unmoving. He is my rock, have you made Him yours?? I love this song, and to those I have been talking to, this is for you. I may not have the answers, but I know someone who does........
Here are the lyrics for those that can't hear them......
Great is Your faithfulness Great is Your faithfulness You never change You never fail, O God True are Your promises True are Your promises You never change You never fail, O God So we raise up holy hands To praise the Holy One Who was and is and is to come Wide is Your love and grace Wide is Your love and grace You never change You never fail, O God You were, You are You will always be
I can't help, on this special day, to think of Jesus and just how much He loved us. We didn't deserve what He did for us, we never will. But in spite of myself He took my sins upon that cross, just so I could be with Him forever!! Can you imagine that?? Our God wants to spend eternity with little ole me!! How exciting is that!!!!!
It's also SO amazing to me that God, our Father loved me before I accepted Him. He sent His Son to die for my sins, thousands of years before I was born. If you notice, I take what Jesus did and His love, and I am able to claim it as mine. You can do the same, He loves us all the same. With God there are no favorites.
I cannot comprehend why God loves us so much. It blows my mind when I try and understand how far it reaches around me. Can you feel it around you too?? Just stop for a minute and close your eyes, picture what God sent His Son here to do. Not only that but consider how much beauty there is in this world for us to see and enjoy, yet God sent His only Son to die in place for our sins!! That is true love....
I have heard a lot of different people this year talk about being alone for valentines day this year. But to them I have to reply, God loves you, and who here on earth can love more than that?? I know it may still be difficult, but hang in there, God has a plan just for you, a perfect plan. Seek it out and you will find true happiness and contentment with your life.
I hope you all have a wonderful valentines day!! And always remember, God loves us everyday the same!! EVERDAY can be valentines day with God!!
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