Thank you
that the best things in life
are truly worth waiting for
there is no time too late
nothing to be anxious about
no need to worry
just relax
and enjoy
the life that you have given me
Thank you for loving me
Thank you that I can cling to you
Thank you that you are amazing
in every single way!!!
I Love You, Amen!!!
You break the glass, try to hide your face
Recorded lines that just will not erase
And buried in your loss of innocence
You wonder if you’ll find it again
Was I there for the worst of all your pain?
And was I there when your blue sky ran away?
Was I there when the rains were flooding you?
I hope that you see those were My tears falling down for you, falling down for you
Chorus:
I’m the One that you’ve been looking for
I’m the One that you’ve been waiting for
I’ve had My eyes on you ever since you were born
I will love you after the rain falls down
I will love you after the sun goes out
I’ll have My eyes on you after the world is no more
Did I arrange the light of your first day?
Did I create the rhythm your heart makes?
Could you believe when your candle starts to fade?
I want to be the One that you believe
Could take it all away, take it all away
(Chorus)
Isn’t My life a clear sign since I have crossed over this chasm
To fill the space between Me and you?
And I will do it all over again
Just look for Me, just wait for Me
The One you’ve been looking for
The One you’ve been waiting for
You won’t have to look anymore
(Chorus)
The One you’ve been looking for
The One you’ve been waiting for
(Lyrics to “After the World” by Disciple)
Thank you, dear LORD, for a new year of life. 2008 was a year of new beginnings and 2009 will be a year I will never forget. I will live each day so as not to regret the choices I make. Thank you for your provisions even in what seems some of the toughest circumstances of my entire life. Thank you for being there when I feel so alone. Thank you that you have the ultimate plan for my life and your timing is the best. Thank you that life is good and eternal life is better. Thank you for my single years and the gift they are from you. You have given me so many opportunities, forgive me for losing sight of that these past two weeks. It is hard to wait for something I want so much, but LORD, thank you for the relationship you have for me. You know what you are doing, you always have. Thank you for the man who will eventually be my future husband, it is hard to wait, but LORD, I will!!! I pray that this year I will seek you with my whole heart more than I have before. I pray you will remove anxiety from my heart and give you my best every day. Thank you for the opportunity to teach and reach out to others. Thank you for my loving and supportive family along with my amazing friends who you put in my life. I love you, and I am excited for the phenomenal year you have for me!!! Life is good, but eternal life is better—help me to keep my eyes on you—Thank you for my hopes, dreams, the desires of my heart that you will fulfill in your perfect timing!!! I am ready to trust you anew. I love you. Amen!!!
Life is good, eternal life is better
Life is good, eternal life is better
Life is good, eternal life is better
Life is good, eternal life is better
All around me smiling faces
Different people from different places
Time is short, don’t wanna waste it
No ashamed so I’ll just say it
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
All around me your creation
Brings me to my knees in adoration
Beauty here cannot compare to
What I see when I first see you
Life is good, eternal life is better
Life is good, eternal life is better
Life is good, eternal life is better
Life is good, eternal life is better
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
All around me your creation
Brings me to my knees in adoration
Beauty here cannot compare to
What I see when I first see you
Life is good, eternal life is better
Life is good, eternal life is better
Life is good, eternal life is better
Life is good, eternal life is better
Life is good, eternal life is better
Life is good, eternal life is better
Life is good, eternal life is better
Life is good, eternal life is better
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
(Lyrics to “Life is Good” by Stellar Kart)
Instead of condemning myself for all the mistakes I have made this year, I choose to thank Him because of all the opportunities He has given me in the midst of them. It could be much worse. He has blessed me so much and I can feel His strength and peace pulsing through my veins and pulling me through. He gives me the grace to love and give freely. He fills my life with so much joy in the midst of the trials. Even though everything appears to be falling apart and not going the way I might want it to go, I know that He is good and He is in control. He will pull me through. There is a light at the end of the tunnel and there is no need to condemn myself. He is greater than my heart and He knows all things. He will bring about all He has planned for my life as the writer of my story. In response, I will love Him no matter what, and I write to proclaim all He has done for me in hope that it will encourage and inspire another to keep going. My soul magnifies Him, my Spirit rejoices in God my Savior. He is So Worth it—HE is the Love of my life!!! Thank you LORD Jesus!!!
Unless you O LORD give me help by your strength, I cannot go on. I lean on you. I cling to you. Your right hand upholds me as you embrace me and draw me nearer so much nearer to you. Your Love, O LORD, is my support, my anchor. When anxiety overwhelms me from my many thoughts and selfish way of thinking, your consolation and forgiveness and your peace brings joy to my soul. You are my fortress, my rock in whom I take refuge. Prepare me, O LORD, prepare me for all you have in store. Thank you for your abundant blessings you pour forth on my life. I am so excited for how you will continue to rock my world as I go forward with you. I want to sit and absorb your words, your consolation all day because I crave it more than anything. I rest in the shadow of your wings for you have made me glad and I will flourish in your house O LORD, you are exalted and I will praise your name.
LORD, I resolve to praise you no matter what from this day forward because you have blessed me in so many ways. I cannot even contain your blessings that are so apparent in my life, so I give you my praise. Through the storms I will praise you and become stronger in the process. No matter what you have in store for my dreams and precious matters of the heart, I will praise you and as I do you will make me content with the right now since that is all I am promised. I am going to praise you and give you first place for I am wholly devoted to you. LORD, I am going to praise you no matter what you bring about because of your goodness to me. I Love you. Amen.
”The LORD your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love and He will rejoice over you with singing (Zephaniah 3:17).”
“Teach me your way, O LORD, I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name (Psalm 86:11).”
You are Amazing, my Love. You are Amazing I have known right from the start, you are Amazing because you have spoken your truth into my heart and I will never be the same again.
I was all alone on the school grounds, just the janitors and I. However, there were none in sight though they made their presence known. In room 6 the windows were dark and dreary, but the light was on. The kiddos had all returned from a day of Valentine Bliss, or not so Bliss in Miss White’s where they do not listen. The chairs were all empty and Miss White began to write. She loves each one dearly, and wishes they would catch on. She sits in room 6 and prays for these kiddos, but she will praise her LORD and Savior nonetheless. No matter what, she decided, she is going to worship because He is her love and He will never lead her astray. Of this she can count on, and she will never be afraid.
Alone in her classroom, at a school where she will have to leave, she writes and she prays, for all that is meant to be. She knows that no matter what, it is all in His hands. So, the future looks bright but it remains so much unknown.
Alone on this night, that was made to share love, she thinks about these matters and to Him rests her heart so strung with who it is He will give her to love and to cherish like none other.
Alone she writes but not really because He is with her, of that she can rely and this powerfully is not really none none too silly.
Love you all and Good Night!!!
Last night, instead of sleeping for the majority of it, I cried and I think I cried more than I have ever cried in my life.
I was overcome with emotions, with discouragement, and the inability in confined corners to sit and and cry as I wrote it all out. I didn’t want to disturb the people I was with who had entered into the deepest of sleep.
So, I lay in bed crying as the clock slowly counted the minutes. Discouraging thought after thought plagued my mind. I wished the morning would come soon. I wanted to be anywhere but the place where I was.
I woke up, feeling rested, however, I still wanted to cry cry and cry until I was all out of tears.
Then, I was finally able to write and read the only book that would give me any consolation. I felt better. He reminded me as He always does to rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and in everything give thanks—to be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.
My tears started to dry as I recalled that the only way to battle discouragement is to be thankful and praise His name at all times. I resolved to do this today.
It hasn’t been easy, seeing that I still want to cry cry and cry some more, but He has held my hand and embraced me through it all. For this I am thankful.
I am thankful for the ability and endurance to run long distances at any time, it felt so good to run on the beach the last couple of days.
I am thankful for being able to support my brother swimming this weekend.
I am thankful for the amazing friends He has placed in my life who will always be there for me no matter how physically apart we are—cause we are always close, so close at heart.
I am thankful for my three brothers and phenomenal sister in law.
I am thankful that I have grown up with two parents who have always supported me in all I do.
I am thankful for my dad’s wisdom, patience, and constant advice.
I am thankful that there is no need to be anxious or worried about anything.
I am thankful for the ability to write.
I am thankful for this time in my life.
I am thankful for the job he has given me in reaching out to kids through teaching.
I am thankful for my future husband—cause I know God is in the process of preparing us for each other.
I am thankful for the majestic and powerful nature of my God.
I am thankful that He is Faithfully in Control and I can Trust His ways.
The list goes on and on, I am so glad that I can praise Him through whatever storm I am going through. The only thing is: I have to actually do it!!!
I need to put you in your place, since you have done so much for me. You pulled me out of the pit and set my feet upon the rock, and gave me a firm place to stand. You are so good to me. All victory is yours forever.
I long for your embrace every single day; to meet you in this place and see you face to face. My hope is in you mighty God, lover of my soul. Victory is yours forever.
I have so much to praise you for, but right now the words are not coming out right. I want to shout it from the top of my lungs, I want to dance and have you catch me as I jump into the air, I want to run, run into your loving arms. You have been so good to me.
Many are your wonders you have done; the things you have planned for me no one could recount. I have come to do your will O God, thank you that you are my help, my refuge, my stronghold in times of trouble. Thank you that life is always good no matter what because you are so good.
I love you, help me to put you in your place and forever praise and glorify you.
