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Everything I Have

Christian WritingEverything I have, from You I’ve received,
There’s nothing in my life that I’ve conceived.
Yet, I call them mine and firmly cling
To possessions that don’t mean a thing.

My life, my marriage, my job and home
All these things I do not own.
They are yours entrusted to me
To be my responsibility.

Giving these things the honor they’re due
Brings more blessings flowing down from You
Being faithful with less, much more is given
If unfaithful, what I have will be taken.

So I offer to You my everyday stuff
Knowing that just having You is enough
All I have is Yours, all I know is You
I strive to honor You in all I do.


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Blind Spot

Temptation was lurking in my blind spoChristian Writing Ministryt
Before I knew it, I was caught
I never saw it comin’, it was hiding in plain sight,
I was deceived, brought down without a fight.

So, I was caught
Caught in my blind spot
Not knowing it was there
Totally unaware

Of our blind spots we need to be aware
Because satan’s attacks happen there
We have blind spots when driving a car
But, we adjust our mirrors to see far

Don’t be caught
Caught in your blind spot
Not knowing it’s there
Totally unaware

These mirrors are God given tools
The use of them, has no rules
Use them as God leads
According to your needs

So you won’t be caught
Caught in your blind spot
Not knowing it was there
Totally unaware

Our relationship and in our time alone
With God, it will be shown
How to use and adjust
The mirrors He’s given us

So don’t be caught
Reveal that blind spot
Know it’s there
Be totally aware

God will show us what we can’t see
Follow His guidance to be free.
Widen your sight line, broaden your view
Hold tight to Jesus, He’s holdin’ tight to you.

 

 

 


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My Prayer

Christian Writing MinistryEvery thought, word and deed I do
May it bring honor and glory to You
For all I am or ever will be
Is what You form me to be.

For I am limited in this body of mine
Limited by ability, space and time
There is nothing that limits You
Only what I allow You to do

My prayer is that I open my heart
To the Holy Spirit to do Your part
For me to work on what I’m shown
So in my life, Your glory is known.

I want my life to be one of worship to You
One that I live faithful and true
In humble surrender and offering
All I have and know is the sacrifice I bring.
To you, my Lord and King.


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Free

Spiritual WritingYou mended my broken heart,
When it was torn apart.
Because of the work You’ve done in me,
From my bondages I’m now free.

Layer by layer You peel them away,
You show them to me and You say
“My child it’s time to face this one,
The healing process has begun.”

You refine me so tenderly,
From the inside You’re changing me
Free of bitterness, money and it’s chains.
The hold of unforgiveness and the pain

Every obedient step I take in the light,
Matures and blesses me with new insight
Day by day, hour by hour
I see the release of Your power.

These blessings from You that I receive
I put on the altar as a seed


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Growing Pains

Growing painsChristian Writing Ministry
they are so hard,
But such a necessary part
of life

In one year
Seems ten I’ve grown
I sometimes feel
so all alone
in strife.

But in my loneliest
times
Is when I always
find
The face of Christ

The arms of Jesus
reach for me
Everyday, but I best see
in darkness


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Broken

Christian Writing MinistryYou bind up broken hearts,
Well mine is broken apart
In my mind, I do believe,
Yet I can’t seem to receive.

Receive and walk next to You
Involve You in all I say and do,
I’m isolated and so alone,
My life is empty as is my home


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Reduce Me to Love

Reduce Me to Love

It’s been on my heart lately to really work on my love walk. To be Jesus in the skin in this world. I allow my pride and impatience to get in the way many times. I’m always in such a hurry, I don’t really need to rush anywhere, I just want to be efficient. I have that type of personality. I’m a person who can be thinking about one thing, talking on the phone about another, and writing something completely different. I am efficient. This leads to impatience and I know that impatience is a manifestation of pride.

Pride shows itself in my life these ways: (1) impatience, like I already pointed out; (2) being critical or judgmental, someone is not doing something as well as I think they should, or as well as I think I could; (3) being late frequently, I’m important, they will wait for me before they start; (4) arrogance, being insensitive to other people

I’m sure that pride shows up in many other ways, conceit, bragging, haughtiness, etc. But, pride in my life is mostly this list of four. I don’t really mean to be cold or insensitive, I just come off that way because of my impatience and that drive that’s in me to be perfect and efficient.

I’m reminded of Mark 8:22-25 “And they came to Bethsaida. And (people) brought to Him a blind man and begged Him to touch him. And He caught the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands upon him, He asked him, Do you see anything? And he looked up and said, I see people, but (they look) like trees, walking. Then He put His hands on his eyes again; and the man looked intently (that is, fixed his eyes on definite objects), and he was restored and saw everything distinctly (even what was at a distance).

I’ve been seeing people that look like trees lately, I find myself looking right past them or through them. I am not focused on definite objects, I am focused on what task I am doing at the time. I see many people daily in my job, and I’m not being sensitive to them as people. I’m not being Jesus in the skin and I’m not walking in love, I am just doing my task.

The following poem is my prayer.

Reduce Me To Love

Lord reduce me to love,
The love that’s from above.
Let there be nothing left inside of me,
Except Your love, for others to see.

I pray Your love shines so bright,
That others are attracted to the light.
That we may all have love for each other,
And not hide continually under cover.

Reduce, refine, workout the changes,
To be made until we are blameless.
A church without blemish or spot
Is what Your blood has bought.

You paid by dying on the tree,
Long ago at Calvary.
For believers, You promise to return,
For that day we all yearn.

Until then, Reduce Me to Love…


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Beauty for Ashes

Beauty for Ashes

God will give us beauty for ashes, joy for mourning and praise for
heaviness.

My job as a Housing Inspector II gives me many hours in my car. In
fact, most of my day is spent driving from inspection to inspection
in my district. This gives me lots of time for prayer, worship and
listening to teaching tapes, which I do over and over and over!

Today, I was out in my car driving around, listening to my favorite
Christian Contemporary radio station; K-LOVE and I heard a song that
I haven’t heard for a long time, “Beauty for Ashes” by Crystal
Lewis. I love this song, and I love the Bible verses that inspired
it.

The following is from Isaiah 61:
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed
Me to preach good tidings to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the openings
of the prison to those who are bound. To proclaim the acceptable
year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort
all who mourn, to console those who mourn in Zion, to give them
beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise
for the spirit of heaviness. That they may be called trees of
righteousness, the planting of the Lord that He may be glorified.
(Vs. 1-3)

And they shall rebuild the old ruins, they shall raise up the former
desolations, and they shall repair the ruined cities, the
desolations of many generations… (Vs. 4)

Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, and instead of
confusion they shall rejoice in their portion, therefore in their
land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be theirs.
(Vs. 7)

These promises are so rich to me. God WILL rebuild all of the ruins
in our lives, He WILL give us double honor instead of our former
shame, everlasting joy WILL be ours. He WILL give us beauty for
ashes, joy for mourning and praise instead of heaviness. We WILL be
solid righteous people that He may be glorified! This is so
inspiring to me!

I started thinking about these promises and realized that in order
for us to fully experience the joy, praise, honor, and beauty; we
need to give to the Lord our shame, ashes, mourning and heaviness.
We cannot experience all that the Lord has for us and still carry
around with us all of our junk! We need to give it up, make it
ashes, and die to it! We need to take it all and lay it down at the
foot of the cross, and LEAVE IT there. Give it to Jesus, that’s the
reason that He died–for all that stuff, for our shame, our
heaviness, our mourning, all of it!

Here is a poem that the Holy Spirit inspired in me to write. It
speaks of some things that I needed to make into ashes and give to
Jesus. I pray that you be blessed by it.

 

BEAUTY FOR ASHES

Have you ever felt you’re crossed off someone’s list?
Just tossed aside – never to be missed.
And you thought you were so close,
A relationship that was unlike most.

One day you see them at a restaurant,
With old friends and what you really want,
Is to be accepted by them again,
And return to being a close friend.

The cold reality of it all sets in,
You realize it’s just somewhere you’ve been.
They’re moving forward – not looking back,
You’re part of the past, that’s a fact.

You shared your life, you feel betrayed,
You pray that feeling will somehow fade.
You turn to God; you want to know,
How to forgive and let this go.

You fear having close friends again,
You don’t want to let new one’s in.
The friends you have are precious and few,
You know (pray–hope) that they are really true.

Giving God our ashes brings beauty in return,
It’s a Kingdom principle we must learn.
Only when we lay our ashes down,
Does God provide beauty all around.


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Everything I Have

Everything I have, from You I’ve received, There’s nothing in my life that I’ve...
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Blind Spot

Temptation was lurking in my blind spot Before I knew it, I was caught I never saw it...
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My Prayer

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Free

You mended my broken heart, When it was torn apart. Because of the work You’ve done in...
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Growing Pains

Growing pains they are so hard, But such a necessary part of life In one year Seems ten...
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Broken

You bind up broken hearts, Well mine is broken apart In my mind, I do believe, Yet I...
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Reduce Me to Love

It’s been on my heart lately to really work on my love walk. To be Jesus in the skin in...
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Beauty for Ashes

God will give us beauty for ashes, joy for mourning and praise for heaviness. My job as...
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