Faith For the Journey

I have thoroughly learned the importance of having an enemy. Thank you for every lie that was told and for the lies that you continue to tell. I even thank you for the spirit of division that was cast and for the remnants that are still scattered. Thank you for every person you brought into your web of deception but was made to believe that I was the spider. Thank you for every laugh and giggle projected at my pain. Thank you for doubting the validity of my walk with God. Thank you for every word that you spoke against God’s purpose for me. Without resistance, strength is seldom gained…. and really, I just want to say… thank you.

From July 2012:
Life is so funny…just when I think I have something figured out another twist and turns come about in the road.Can’t say that I am too mad about this turn, yet I am left standing, grasping to faith while completely humbled in the presence of the unknown….sigh

Why are people so cruel? Saw a woman at lunch who obviously has more issues than me and most other people. Tattered clothes, missing teeth, bright pink ratted hair, her head hung low…people were laughing at her and they weren’t even trying to be discreet about it. She walked up to a table of a group of laughing women… she said “its okay I saw you laughing at me, my hair was supposed to be red but it turned pink instead, I saw you laughing” then she walked away from them. The women of course reacted totally repulsed that she even came near their perfect little bubble. This woman ordered a bagel and started walking back out the same way she came in, with people still looking at her is disbelief all the while chuckling among themselves. She stopped by my table and said ” my hair was supposed to be red not pink” I didn’t even see her hair at that point, all I saw was hopelessness in her eyes. I have NEVER seen that depth of hopelessness, this woman was lost and my heart literally ached for her. All I could say was. ” you are not your hair, you are not what you wear. God doesn’t want any of that, he wants your heart. your thoughts, let him take care of your heart. ” She looked at me with the same hopeless look and said, “K” and walked away.

I am not sharing this to pin roses on myself. I am not so great and most days I am a step away from the edge …. but God is s keeper!!! I love this song by Casting Crowns, Does Anybody Hear Her?  People are hurting in the world, Lord knows I have experienced my own, perhaps you are hurting right now, and this woman….this woman with the pink ratted hair…….well I wonder wherever she is ….does anybody see HER? Not her hair, not her clothes, but does anybody SEE HER??????
Helen

“Your destiny is not tied to the person that left” …challenge to myself and others is to get the gift of good bye. Good bye, not only with the presence of people in our lives but within our hearts, get rid of the graveyards of lost loves and disappointments that are laid up in hearts and minds as well. This is not easy when you truly love someone, but it is necessary in order to truly begin to “live” again. Peace Helen

Romans 8:38-39New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 139

¹ You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
² You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
³ You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
⁴ Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
⁵ You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.

Amen.

I so completely love this song. I don’t have a lot to say the words of the song says it all…….

I so completely love this song!!!! Take a read and listen – Helen

FRANCESCA BATTISTELLI LYRICS
He Knows My Name
Spent today in a conversation
In the mirror face to face with
somebody less than perfect
I wouldn’t choose me first if
I was looking for a champion
In fact I’d understand if
You picked everyone before me
But that’s just not my story
True to who You are
You saw my heart
and made
Something out of nothing

[Chorus:]
I don’t need my name in lights
I’m famous in my Father’s eyes
Make no mistake
He knows my name
I’m not living for applause
I’m already so adored
It’s all His stage
He knows my name oh, oh,
He knows my name oh, oh

I’m not meant to just stay quiet
I’m meant to be a lion
I’ll roar beyond a song
With every moment that I’ve got
True to who You are
You saw my heart
and made
Something out of nothing

[Chorus]

He calls me chosen, free forgiven, wanted, child of the King,
His forever, held in treasure…
I am loved

I don’t need my name in lights…
I’m famous in my Father’s eyes…

[Chorus]

Reflection: Loyalty is not always a good thing, especially when it changes you as a person. Sometimes the things we keep silent about to avoid revealing the true character of others, can really end up destroying our own.

What is the purpose of salt if it only stays in the shaker? Amen? Amen.