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Then Sings My Soul – It’s a Small World!!
March 6th, 2010
Sunday we leave on a family vacation. We have chosen to go to the “Happiest Place on Earth”. So I have chosen to represent Disneyland with the most well known song ever!!
OK This is a super long video but it was the best I could find with an authentic feel!!!
Have a great week!!! I am going to Disneyland!!
Head on over to Amy’s at Signs, Miracles and Wonders for more great songs!!
Broken and Useable?? YES
March 3rd, 2010The next time you feel like GOD can’t use YOU, just remember. . .
Noah was a drunk
Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer
Jacob was a liar
Leah was ugly
Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem
Gideon was afraid
Sampson had long hair and was a womanizer
Rahab was a prostitute
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
David had an affair and was a murderer
Elijah was suicidal
Isaiah preached naked
Jonah ran from God
Naomi was a widow
Job went bankrupt
John the Baptist ate bugs
Peter denied Christ
The disciples fell asleep while praying
Martha worried about everything
The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once
Zaccheus was too small
Paul was too religious
Timothy had an ulcer. . .
AND Lazarus was dead!
No more excuses now!! God can use you.
Besides you aren’t the message, you are just the messenger.
I received this in an email today. It reminded me that I don’t have to be perfect to be used by God. I hope that this reminds you as well!
Monday Meditations – Seeds of Peace
February 22nd, 2010
And those who are peacemakers will
plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest
of righteousness. -James 3:18
This scripture grabbed me a while ago. I have been pondering it.
I love this promise, a Harvest of Righteousness.
It makes me want to be a Peacemaker.
It makes me wonder what I will harvest if I chose not to be a Peacemaker.
So I ask….
What seeds are you planting?
What are you reaping?
Then Sings My Soul – Love Songs for a Savior
February 20th, 2010
In this season leading up to Easter I think it is important to remember who we should be singing Love Songs too!! Therefore this song from Jars of Clay is a perfect song for TSMSS! Please enjoy!!
The lyrics are beautiful!!
“Love Song For A Savior”
In open fields of wild flowers,
she breathes the air and flies away
She thanks her Jesus for the daises and the roses
in no simple language
Someday she’ll understand the meaning of it all
He’s more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
As close a heartbeat or a song on her lips
Someday she’ll trust Him and learn how to see Him
Someday He’ll call her and she will come running
and fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and she’ll pray,
“I want to fall in love with You”
Sitting silent wearing Sunday best
The sermon echoes through the walls
A great salvation through it calls to the people
who stare into nowhere, and can’t feel the chains on their souls
He’s more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
As close a heartbeat or a song on our lips
Someday we’ll trust Him and learn how to see Him
Someday He’ll call us and we will come running
and fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and we’ll pray,
“I want to fall in love with You”
It seems too easy to call you “Savior”,
Not close enough to call you “God”
So as I sit and think of words I can mention
to show my devotion
“I want to fall in love with You”
“my heart beats for You”
Join us at Amys at Signs, Miracles, and Wonders for more Great Songs! Have a Blessed Weekend!!!
Bright Sadness – Lent
February 17th, 2010
I have always been interested in Lent. It is not something that I have ever observed before. Upon doing some reading I realized that it is not all about giving up food, fasting and/or stopping a specific behavior (smoking, drinking, gambling, etc.). It can also be about adding things to your life. Things like journaling, solitude time with God, prayer, volunteering, any number of things.
To me Lent will be about being more conscious of my relationship with God. I am going to use this time to celebrate in the sadness of the time leading up to Easter. “In the Orthodox Church, Lent is called the season of Bright Sadness, because it is a time of both celebration and mourning.”*
Easter is my holiday. More than Christmas, Thanksgiving and any of the others combined. It isn’t about the Bunny or the Chocolate. It isn’t about the baskets of goodies or the pretty new dresses. It isn’t even about the church building. It is about celebrating the most amazingly precious Gift that I have ever received. It is about a Gift that rose from the grave after enduring the most painful of deaths. A death that was suppose to be mine. It is All about Jesus and His love for me.
When I consider the Joy of the Resurrection, how can I not think about the 40 days of temptation that Jesus endured. Or the painful events of not only being betrayed by a “friend” but being tortured for my sins.
Here are a couple of links that offer some information and devotions regarding Lent.
Bright Sadness by David Maddalena *Quoted from this Source
66 Love Letters by Dr. Crabb
Whether you observe Lent or not. I pray that your relationship with our Loving Heavenly Father grows during this time. Also consider this scripture if you chose to fast. I am so looking forward to having a secret with God. For he is the only one that will know if I am fasting or adding….
16 “And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get. 17 But when you fast, comb your hair and wash your face. 18 Then no one will notice that you are fasting, except your Father, who knows what you do in private. And your Father, who sees everything, will reward you. -Matthew 6:16-19 NLT
