Sunday, July 19, 2009

Listen

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
~ Jimi Hendrix

Taking in the sights and sounds, and translating the perplexed thoughts into words.
It may never be simple, and it may never see the truth. It will always be pure and full of peace. For when the voice crackles and murmers the words from the soul, she will take the moment...to listen....and respond with clarity.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Molding Perfection

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded. ~ Antoine de Saitnt-Exupery


The essential part of life...is grasping the beauty of its mold- even if it's messy. Accepting the mess, and finding that the beauty will always shine forth....always. Teaching the soul how to shine the truth even when the mold is a complete and utter mess. Hope reaches down, and sets the mold free...for when perfection comes, the imperfections disappear.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Settlin'

...I ain't settlin' for just gettin' by... had enough of so so... for the rest of my life.... tired of shootin' to low.... so raise the bar high.... just enough ain't enough this time...I ain't settlin'.... for anything less than everything....

~ SUGARLAND

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Second Chances

Second chances... are always fun with a slight timidness within the heart.

Lately, thoughts have swarmed my mind about second chances and how often one takes the beauty of this life to make a mess of it.

Well, the truth is...life is messy, and there are going to be times that one will miss their boat. That boat may take them to another shore and allow them to see what could have been...but when one becomes timid and finds it hard to move on...there will always be a hand to guide the way. It's moment of clarity will strike and the anchor will set beneath the sand.

There is peace when the second chance is granted...and no matter how hard one tries to escape the timidness, it must be embraced...to find the pureness and fate behind the beauty of having a second chance granted.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Plans

For I know the plans I have for you; declares the Lord
Plans to prosper you and not harm you,
Plans to give you a hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Sky of Hope

In moments where the memories fade and the darkness creeps in and the questioning begins...

These are the moments to believe...

Believe and lean not on your own understanding....but follow the path that the Creator envisions for you to walk...no matter how treacherous or how enduring it may seem...there is destiny written in the sky of hope.

It's the rainy day... and the storm clears...and the biggest and brightest rainbow appears...leaving a memory that hope and love will always prevail.

The sky of hope has a beauty and luster that captures the soul and gives the heart the courage and magic to believe...

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Glimpse of Encouragement

Earlier last week a friend sent me a text with some verses out of Lamentations to encourage me through my world wind of transition. I sat to read them after she sent me the text, and really thought that the whole chapter reflected my entire walk the last several years. Exactly a week later, tonight...the verses that my friend had sent me a week prior were read aloud at a bible study that I attended.



God sends us the words that we need to hear....when we need to hear them. He is working when we can't see...and loves us even in His time of silence. During those times we must listen closely and feel His love through the glimpses of encouragement.



I think many people feel that at certain times in their lives they have been afflicted...simply besieged and surrounded by hardship. Hardship can be different for everyone, for what might be easy for one person is a mountain for another person.



I believe that these verses from the book of Lamentations reflect how hope will shine through the hardship.



Lamentations 3: 1-9



vs 1: I am a man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

vs 2: He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light:

vs 3: Indeed he has turned his hand against me again, and again, all day long.

vs 4: He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones.

vs 5: He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

vs 6: He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead.

vs 7: He has walled me in so I can not escape, he has weighed me down with chains.

vs 8: Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.

vs. 9: He has barred my way will blocks of stone; He has made path crooked....



Lamentations: 3: 25-26; 28-29; 31- 33



vs 25:The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;

vs 26: It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.



vs 28: Let him sit alone in silence for the Lord has laid it on him.

vs 29: Let him bury his face in the dust there may yet be hope.



vs 31: For we are not cast off by the Lord forever.

vs 32: Though He brings grief he will show compassion, so great is His unfailing love.

vs 33: For he does not not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men.