A New Day

Why I Weep

My eyes were filled with tears one day
And I knew not why I was crying.
But when the news came on that night
I saw so many people dying...
I found myself feeling sad one night
And nothing was going wrong
And then I heard some rap on TV
What now passed as song.
What happened to the words of love
That once came from teens who sang
Why did they now proudly proclaim
Their hate for other human beings?
I found myself in pain one day
When I had no illness to explain
But knew it was to remind me
To pray for those around the world in pain.

Every Beating Heart

Remember that everyone with a beating heart
Has hurts and fears and pain
Some may speak of it with others
While some may refrain
And you will never hear them complain.
Some have pains so intense that they cannot bear
To mention the intensity except to God in prayer.
So when you feel God's nudge to pray
Do not ignore the Master's touch
For your prayer for those you may not ever know
Can mean so very much.
Ask God to speak to you in the midnight hours
When all is quiet and still
To stir your spirit and your heart
And give you strength, wisdom
And courage to do His will.

Our God is an Awesome God!

Doesn't that make you want to sing?  Sometimes I have so many thoughts going through my mind after the service on Sunday morning but when I try to put those thoughts into words later, I can't remember what I wanted to share. I guess I need to go back to taking notes.

Just this week God brought a wonderful Christian family back into our lives from 30 years ago. I try to think back to what we must have imagined our lives would be like 30 years down the road, but I don't rmember thinking that far ahead. We had little kids and were young families involved in taking care of life at the moment. We had not lost all of our parents at that age and now we are the oldest ones in the family for the most part.

Life moves quickly and God keeps us through it all.

There is Power in a Smile

Have you ever been having a really bad day when suddenly someone smiles at  you and you find that you feel better? Have you ever seen a child in tears whose face lights up when you extend your arms and smile?

There is a lot of power in a smile!

It Takes So Little Time to be Kind

There is so much sadness and unkindness in the world today. One person can make a difference in a lot of lives by just taking the time to be kind.

J Vernon McGee-Anyone remember him?

I used to listen to him on the radio on the way to work and he spoke about "getting on the Bible bus" each day. He told the story of a young girl who fell out of bed one night and when her mom asked why, she replied "I guess I stayed too close to where I got in!" That is the way it is with our Christian walk...sometimes we don't grow and change because we stay too close to where we got in!

Learn, read, grow and share God's love!

Learn, read, grow and share God's love!

Be a Caring Person

Care about people - let God love a hurting world through you!

Don't Judge Your Success by Others

Don't judge your succes by others

For they are not the judge of you

Just be the best "you" that you can be

And God will see you though!

Thena

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God ...

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalm 84:10

I awoke this morning with a prayer

I awoke this morning with a prayer
Asking God to keep you in His care
Wrap His arms around you today
Sending all sadness far away.

As I awoke I felt a tear
That slipped down my face as I could hear
The little whisper in my heart
That knows you hurt, even when we are apart.

But then God showed me
How by His love and grace
He would keep you in His embrace
And wipe the tears from off your face.

And then I heard a little song
That had been there all along
A song God has placed in your spirit
Ready to cheer you whenever you need to hear it.

God knows that you have had a sadness
And knows that your heart is broken
But there is comfort to be found
In every Word God has spoken.

God loves you and is with you
And He will see you through
This time of loss and sorrow
And He never will leave you.

Just reach out to Him for comfort
And know that He is there
You never have to search for Him
He's as close as the whisper of a prayer.

Love,
Thena