When docked on the shore of unknown territory, I have found that God silences himself. It seems to me, that when He is silent we hold one obscure piece of the puzzle , and can't figure out where the rest of the foundational pieces lie.
It is as if one has their corner pieces of the puzzle, but nothing else seems to match up, nor configure. This world is trapping and only temporary and when nothing seems to fit with the God given puzzle piece....we worry and fret.
How does one put the puzzle pieces of life together? This is a problem that I have been trying to figure out for sometime. I don't think that we put the puzzle pieces all together at once...for if He gave us every puzzle piece at one time...our spirits would be overwhelmed. He gives us major pieces in His timing, and the silence...well that is in some way building and strengthening our faith. If we are faithful to Him through His silent moments....the puzzle pieces may just sit for awhile...but they will never rot nor will they give way during those times. For the silent moments...are sharpening our faith to allow the pieces to linger and give them more of a substantial foundation.
So when life has seemed to have docked the boat, and the silence of God pierces the ear, hold that obscure puzzle piece and have faith that rest of the pieces are being held by someone greater.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Vivid Light
Sometimes life is hard. The winds come upon us so strongly and the rain pours. Our hearts are overwhelmed with emotions that we are fearful to embrace. Accepting the dark clouds in the gray sky to shadow over the truth of a vivid light. We become desolate in this world and fear who we can become instead of grasping who we are.
Life and love and may shatter and cause affliction in one's soul. The utter hope may linger on, and never cease to die. For when that day arrives that vivid light shall take me home. For in that moment my soul will live on.
Oh what glory the soul will capture and the heart will sing. For at peace my soul will ring.
Life and love and may shatter and cause affliction in one's soul. The utter hope may linger on, and never cease to die. For when that day arrives that vivid light shall take me home. For in that moment my soul will live on.
Oh what glory the soul will capture and the heart will sing. For at peace my soul will ring.
Little Wonders
Sitting in a local restaurant...two girls sat and the music quietly played in the background. Conversations spoken about the little wonders of the journey's represented within both of our hearts. Integrity never questioned, for embracing life's challenges speaks volumes about a person's character.
Tragedy within life seeks a boundary of peace. In seeking peace, healing is found and capturing life's beauty is discovered.
Life is a process in which we all encounter...but the twists and turns of fate (destiny) teaches us how to capture the little wonders of life more intricately.
Little Wonders:
Rob Thomas
let it go,
let it roll right off your shoulder
don't you know
the hardest part is over
let it in,
let your clarity define you
in the end
we will only just remember how it feels
our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
but these small hours, t
hese small hours still remain
let it slide,
let your troubles fall behind you
let it shine
until you feel it all around you
and i don't mind
if it's me you need to turn to
we'll get by,
it's the heart that really matters in the end
our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
but these small hours,
these small hours still remain
all of my regret
will wash away some how
but i can not forget
the way i feel right now
in these small hours
these little wonders
these twists & turns of fate
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away
but these small hours
these small hours,
still remain,
still remain
these little wonders
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away
but these small hours
these little wonders still remain
Tragedy within life seeks a boundary of peace. In seeking peace, healing is found and capturing life's beauty is discovered.
Life is a process in which we all encounter...but the twists and turns of fate (destiny) teaches us how to capture the little wonders of life more intricately.
Little Wonders:
Rob Thomas
let it go,
let it roll right off your shoulder
don't you know
the hardest part is over
let it in,
let your clarity define you
in the end
we will only just remember how it feels
our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
but these small hours, t
hese small hours still remain
let it slide,
let your troubles fall behind you
let it shine
until you feel it all around you
and i don't mind
if it's me you need to turn to
we'll get by,
it's the heart that really matters in the end
our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
but these small hours,
these small hours still remain
all of my regret
will wash away some how
but i can not forget
the way i feel right now
in these small hours
these little wonders
these twists & turns of fate
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away
but these small hours
these small hours,
still remain,
still remain
these little wonders
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away
but these small hours
these little wonders still remain
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Brotherly Love
In the previous post I had mentioned that realizations and perilous thoughts had been swarming through my heart. I have been shadowing through these indentations of life that have allowed me to be much of who I am today.
This journey that I call "life" has given me plenty of unexpected turns. These unexpected turns have taught me how to obey, trust, have faith, hope, and most of all love. Not necessarily a romantic love...but to have a brotherly love toward the people that God strategically has allowed in my path.
Typically, growing up I loved all freely. I was very open with anyone...and always sharing a story. However, something changed in my spirit when I went to college. Not sure why or even how, but I closed off, became more of introvert than I ever expected. During those years, I really think my philosophical journey began. I began to question God about many things...including my existence. I wasn't sure of the answers of life's perilous questions, and decided that my research had to begin with me.
I had to venture far away from people whom I had loved. That meant leaving my comfort zone and embracing the unknown. For years , I knew I wanted to go to Liberty University, major in vocal performance and eventually one day teach music. So for two years, I actively pursued this life, and found myself constantly questioning the decision of attending this school. I really wanted to be there...I had made friends, knew people from home, and in reality had a fulfilled college experience. There was something missing. I couldn't quite place it, nor could I comprehend it. It was then I knew something had to change.
It was time for me to leave my path...the one that I wanted. It was time for me to embrace a bigger avenue that taught me many of life's lessons. After leaving Liberty University, I took two years off to seek the Lord about where He wanted my next step of obedience to be and what did He want for me to pursue as my career. During those two years, I found myself in the local library studying philosophers and psychologists, and different view points of human existence and questioning more about life than I ever had before.
So as the summer of 2003 approached I knew that I needed to be thinking about school. So, I began praying about colleges and where to attend. I remember it as if it was yesterday. I was sitting in my little comfy apartment in Richmond, VA watching Oprah. When I felt the spirit prompt my soul. I immediately turned off the TV and began to pray about what the Lord was speaking to me. In that moment, He recalled Lee University to my mind. I had applied there my senior of high school, but had no desire to venture that far away from home. In that moment, God called me to attend Lee University and major in Psychology. Well, it was mid June...and I figured I would apply for Spring semester of 2004. Funny how, less than three weeks later, I get a call saying I have a roommate and a dorm room for the Fall semester of 2003. I knew that this was greater than anything I could have worked out, and so I quit my job and moved out of my apartment and was in Cleveland Tn in less than 72 hours. Looking back, it was all a world wind.
The next three years, brought about every emotion that a person could face. Lee University is forever etched in my mind as my desert. A place that I was apparently prepared for, however, walked some pretty tough terrain. The next three years brought more hardship to my soul, than I ever anticipated.
I had been there a semester and was just happy to be finishing my degree. I was a junior my first year and it was my hardest academic year yet. I was trying to get caught up with transferring so that I could graduate from there in some orderly fashion...and not draw this education process out forever. This place, gave me a degree, and even gave me a firmer foundation in my beliefs. Though this place gave me some happy moments to be enjoyed, being at Lee also brought many hardships to be embraced.
I lost a close friend/roommate while attending Lee. She was a person who God brought into my life to teach me new things about His love. The truth is we sat at a local Dairy Queen one night and it was as if we instantly knew the other. Hard to explain really...but it was a moment shared by both us that remains in my heart today. We had the same promise from the Lord and we were on the path seeking His will. She was who God sent to me to give me faith and hope through waiting for His promise to be fulfilled. She knew this instantly. It amazed me how she just stated Scripture that night and believed in her soul that every promise that He had given her would be fulfilled in her lifetime. I had no idea that night...her lifetime would only be a short little while.
As the next year went on she was my roommate and ever so gently prompting me to embrace this life and accept the calling that God had upon my life. She knew I was hesitant in what He was calling me to do...yet stood behind me faithfully, encouraging me to grasp the Lord's hand in all circumstances. Meanwhile, she saw how Satan was attacking me through every bit of this journey. She and I many philosophical/ theological discussions about the ramifications of living life on this earth. Interesting, how she really reasoned with me through life's perilous questions...and sometimes it was as if she already new the answers. I miss those conversations.
So life brought me that hardship...being one that broke my spirit and at the same time relinquishing me to embrace this life. To accept the calling that God had put upon my Spirit and not waver in His promise.
The Lord had fulfilled every promise He had given to her before He took her home. I not only knew these promises...but some of them were the same that were spoken into my life...it was a friendship of faith...and one that stays with me everyday. Her fulfilled promises give me hope that every journey is written and that every promise God makes...He keeps.
Friends this is just a portion of what I walked...but if I could say one thing....having and sharing brotherly love is the essence of finding hope and faith.
This journey that I call "life" has given me plenty of unexpected turns. These unexpected turns have taught me how to obey, trust, have faith, hope, and most of all love. Not necessarily a romantic love...but to have a brotherly love toward the people that God strategically has allowed in my path.
Typically, growing up I loved all freely. I was very open with anyone...and always sharing a story. However, something changed in my spirit when I went to college. Not sure why or even how, but I closed off, became more of introvert than I ever expected. During those years, I really think my philosophical journey began. I began to question God about many things...including my existence. I wasn't sure of the answers of life's perilous questions, and decided that my research had to begin with me.
I had to venture far away from people whom I had loved. That meant leaving my comfort zone and embracing the unknown. For years , I knew I wanted to go to Liberty University, major in vocal performance and eventually one day teach music. So for two years, I actively pursued this life, and found myself constantly questioning the decision of attending this school. I really wanted to be there...I had made friends, knew people from home, and in reality had a fulfilled college experience. There was something missing. I couldn't quite place it, nor could I comprehend it. It was then I knew something had to change.
It was time for me to leave my path...the one that I wanted. It was time for me to embrace a bigger avenue that taught me many of life's lessons. After leaving Liberty University, I took two years off to seek the Lord about where He wanted my next step of obedience to be and what did He want for me to pursue as my career. During those two years, I found myself in the local library studying philosophers and psychologists, and different view points of human existence and questioning more about life than I ever had before.
So as the summer of 2003 approached I knew that I needed to be thinking about school. So, I began praying about colleges and where to attend. I remember it as if it was yesterday. I was sitting in my little comfy apartment in Richmond, VA watching Oprah. When I felt the spirit prompt my soul. I immediately turned off the TV and began to pray about what the Lord was speaking to me. In that moment, He recalled Lee University to my mind. I had applied there my senior of high school, but had no desire to venture that far away from home. In that moment, God called me to attend Lee University and major in Psychology. Well, it was mid June...and I figured I would apply for Spring semester of 2004. Funny how, less than three weeks later, I get a call saying I have a roommate and a dorm room for the Fall semester of 2003. I knew that this was greater than anything I could have worked out, and so I quit my job and moved out of my apartment and was in Cleveland Tn in less than 72 hours. Looking back, it was all a world wind.
The next three years, brought about every emotion that a person could face. Lee University is forever etched in my mind as my desert. A place that I was apparently prepared for, however, walked some pretty tough terrain. The next three years brought more hardship to my soul, than I ever anticipated.
I had been there a semester and was just happy to be finishing my degree. I was a junior my first year and it was my hardest academic year yet. I was trying to get caught up with transferring so that I could graduate from there in some orderly fashion...and not draw this education process out forever. This place, gave me a degree, and even gave me a firmer foundation in my beliefs. Though this place gave me some happy moments to be enjoyed, being at Lee also brought many hardships to be embraced.
I lost a close friend/roommate while attending Lee. She was a person who God brought into my life to teach me new things about His love. The truth is we sat at a local Dairy Queen one night and it was as if we instantly knew the other. Hard to explain really...but it was a moment shared by both us that remains in my heart today. We had the same promise from the Lord and we were on the path seeking His will. She was who God sent to me to give me faith and hope through waiting for His promise to be fulfilled. She knew this instantly. It amazed me how she just stated Scripture that night and believed in her soul that every promise that He had given her would be fulfilled in her lifetime. I had no idea that night...her lifetime would only be a short little while.
As the next year went on she was my roommate and ever so gently prompting me to embrace this life and accept the calling that God had upon my life. She knew I was hesitant in what He was calling me to do...yet stood behind me faithfully, encouraging me to grasp the Lord's hand in all circumstances. Meanwhile, she saw how Satan was attacking me through every bit of this journey. She and I many philosophical/ theological discussions about the ramifications of living life on this earth. Interesting, how she really reasoned with me through life's perilous questions...and sometimes it was as if she already new the answers. I miss those conversations.
So life brought me that hardship...being one that broke my spirit and at the same time relinquishing me to embrace this life. To accept the calling that God had put upon my Spirit and not waver in His promise.
The Lord had fulfilled every promise He had given to her before He took her home. I not only knew these promises...but some of them were the same that were spoken into my life...it was a friendship of faith...and one that stays with me everyday. Her fulfilled promises give me hope that every journey is written and that every promise God makes...He keeps.
Friends this is just a portion of what I walked...but if I could say one thing....having and sharing brotherly love is the essence of finding hope and faith.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Realizations and perilous thoughts
Thoughts of new heights and realizations are swarming through my heart. I am in the process of shadowing through these perilous thoughts to underwrite their meanings. They deal with an array of life's indentations. I feel honored to have experienced such a genuine walk of life in the past month or so. When one falls faint and feels as if he or she can't go on...there is the mere fact left...of accepting the mistakes of life as lessons learned along the beaten path . When a person comes to terms that life and love are out of their own means...and have relinquished themselves to embrace the frailty of life...something amazing happens within the soul. It's as if the caterpillar had been in a cocoon for sometime...and has truly been released to fly. The soul has been set free. What a feeling...to know that obedience, trust, faith, hope and even love have played apart to allow my soul to soar.
There are more writings coming soon that express the realizations of my heart.
Be blessed precious friends!
There are more writings coming soon that express the realizations of my heart.
Be blessed precious friends!
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Living with Heart
Life can be seen through your eyes, but it is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart. ~ Mary Xavier
If you live life with heart, rather than your eyes...you may experience the shadows of life in a whole new light. Living life with passion, embracing each moment with your heart allows you to appreciate the beauty that life encompasses. Feeling the life around you and knowing that life breathes through the light that your heart shines. Each path and avenue will have bumps, but if you bypass those and look at situations from the heart....I promise...you will feel blessed.
Simply stated...life with passion...is appreciating life through letting your heart experience the light it resonates.
If you live life with heart, rather than your eyes...you may experience the shadows of life in a whole new light. Living life with passion, embracing each moment with your heart allows you to appreciate the beauty that life encompasses. Feeling the life around you and knowing that life breathes through the light that your heart shines. Each path and avenue will have bumps, but if you bypass those and look at situations from the heart....I promise...you will feel blessed.
Simply stated...life with passion...is appreciating life through letting your heart experience the light it resonates.
Simple Smile
It began as a regular day with the same 'ole schedule. I woke up got out of bed and decided to do some errands in the early morning. Had no idea that the simplest phrase would catch me so off guard in the profoundest way.
There I was in the local Target...just trying to get some everyday things...when this pale green coffee mug caught my eye. It had an elegant, silver writing on it...that read..."Peace begins with a smile."
When we walk an everyday path, that seems so dark, and one that seems to be such a battle...It is hard to smile. Sometimes even painful. In order to smile a peace must be found in one's soul that allows the heart to flutter once again.
Recently, in the past four years, battle's have come at me...from many directions...a time of testing my strength, faith, and character. I found it hard to be at peace...within myself...let alone anyone else. There comes a time in life, where the simple smile can allow the peace to put to rest the battle in one's soul.
Peace comes from letting go of your ideals and emotions...and grasping hold of a greater hope. To genuinely smile...releases peace into the soul and allows one to know that they are alive.
After all, the simple smile lets the beauty of life unravel.
There I was in the local Target...just trying to get some everyday things...when this pale green coffee mug caught my eye. It had an elegant, silver writing on it...that read..."Peace begins with a smile."
When we walk an everyday path, that seems so dark, and one that seems to be such a battle...It is hard to smile. Sometimes even painful. In order to smile a peace must be found in one's soul that allows the heart to flutter once again.
Recently, in the past four years, battle's have come at me...from many directions...a time of testing my strength, faith, and character. I found it hard to be at peace...within myself...let alone anyone else. There comes a time in life, where the simple smile can allow the peace to put to rest the battle in one's soul.
Peace comes from letting go of your ideals and emotions...and grasping hold of a greater hope. To genuinely smile...releases peace into the soul and allows one to know that they are alive.
After all, the simple smile lets the beauty of life unravel.
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