Storms in our Lives

I saw this about two years ago...  and I just ran in to it again...  so...  I just had to share. I really don't know if anyone runs across my blog, but I hope that, for that "one" person that is reaching out for some sort of comfort and does run across my page, can find some comfort, a shed of light in that dark storm.

Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) 

Gary Allan 

Oh so your standing in the middle of the thunder and lightning. 

I know you're feeling like you 

Just can't win, but your trying. 

It's hard to keep on keepin' on, 

When you're being pushed around 

Don't even know which way is up, 

You just keep spinning down, 'round, down... 

Every storm runs, runs out of rain

Just like every dark night turns into day 

Every heartache will fade away

Just like every storm runs, runs out of rain... 

So hold your head up and tell yourself that there's something more

And walk out that door, 

Go find a new rose, don't be afraid of the thorns

'Cause we all have thorns

Just put your feet up to the edge, put your face in the wind

And when you fall back down, keep on rememberin' 

Every storm runs, runs out of rain 

Just like every dark night turns into day

Every heartache will fade away

Just like every storm runs, runs out of rain

It's gonna run out of pain

It's gonna run out of sting

It's gonna leave you alone

It's gonna set you free 

Set you free 

Every storm runs, runs out of rain 

Just like every dark night turns into day

Every heartache will fade away 

Just like every storm runs, runs out of rain 

It's gonna set you free, 

It's gonna run out of pain, 

And set you free 

Gary Allan - Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)

I received this motivational text this morning...  Thank You dear friend. 

Dear God, I need You everyday. Every moment. Every second that I breathe. I need You. I am not strong enough on my own. 

Amen 

Laugh your heart out. Dance in the rain. 

Cherish the moment. Ignore the pain. 

Live, Laugh, Love, Forgive and Forget. 

Life is too short to be living with regrets. 

The Busyness of Life

Work has been hectic, but I can only praise God for the busyness of this. He is definitely answering my prayers.  

I prayed to the LORD, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears. 

~ Psalms: 34:4 

I have been feeling much lighter in my walk lately. Thank you Jesus...  I AM BLESSED! 

Overwhelmed and Lost

"An God I run into Your arms

Unashamed because of mercy

I'm overwhelmed, I'm overwhelmed by You" 

Read more: Big Daddy Weave - Overwhelmed Lyrics | MetroLyrics 

Here lately, I have found myself very lost, confused and overwhelmed... I'm striving so hard to hear His voice. Trying hard to quiet my thoughts to feel his guidance... I'm afraid to make a bad choice when it comes to my direction in life. I feel a strong pull to live my life for Him and Him only and live it alone. 

I feel beaten down right now, unloved by man... I realize that His love is all that really matters, but I also struggle with the fact that we were also made for companionship. In that area of life, my thoughts and dreams were completely shattered in my last marriage and is compounded with the failures of my two previous marriages that failed due to earthly struggles that involved selfishness, human weakness, society pressures and satan's pressures to live life for oneself instead of abiding by God's laws. 

I feel being led to live my life committed to only God. 

This morning's prayer

Father, I pray that You might give me a heart of wisdom. I pray that I will always make wise choices; and when two paths seem to be equal, I pray You will help me to trust You even as I make my decision. Give me a heart that is willing to obey You, to respond in faith to the wisdom You give me. 

I pray that I may have a heart of wisdom. Keep me from ungodly counsel that seems good, but which will, in the end, be destructive. Keep me from following the path of least resistance, and from friends who would lead me astray. Even as you teach me, that the wise path is often the most difficult path, but in the end, it's the most rewarding. Direct my paths, O Lord, for I am like a sheep who is prone to stray. Make me a lover of wisdom. 

In Jesus name, Amen

Like a trampled spring and a polluted well

Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. 

It is not good to eat much honey, 

Nor is it glory to search out one's own glory. 

Like a city that is broken into and without walls

Is a man who has no control over his spirit. 

Proverbs 25:26-28 

Pictures courtesy of Girlfriends Coffee Hour 

"I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me." 

Philippians 4:13 

This is my verse...  it has carried me through many storms. 

Joy Because of Family 

Jesus Christ is God's everything for man's total need. 

~ Richard Halvorsen 

Dear Father, thank You for Christ's victory 

over death. Your plan would not have been 

complete if Jesus had stayed in the grave. 

Thank You for Your power, Your love and the 

promise of eternal life with You! 

Amen 

Joy Because of Family 

Family members are the people who know you best. They know your good points and your bad ones. You can't fool family members with fancy words or bluffs because they know the real you. After all, they live with you. Most people are more completely themselves when they are at home than anywhere else. 

Family members may make you crazy and frustrate you terribly, but when push comes to shove, you would do anything in the world for them and they would do the same for you. You may get angry at them, but you would never let anyone else say negative things about them! Family members love you no matter what and the memories you share with them are priceless. Having a family is a real gift from God. Family is precious because you are connected at the heart and you belong, for better or worse. There's a sense of security in that. 

Excerpt from "Daily Inspirations of Joy" by Carol Larson

Lord, thank you for my family!! I am truly blessed!

With Valentines around the corner, I thought I would share the following today. 

Some reading material
"Love Is Patient, Love Is Kind" Bible Verse"

Happy Valentines Day to everyone 

 

Morning Prayer 

God, it's so exciting to realize that the hard 

circumstances in my life are subject to change. 

Help me to keep on trusting You as 

You work out Your good purposes in my life. 

In Jesus' Name. 

Amen 

Picture by S.Medina

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1

Letting go of Hurt 

"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice." 

Ephesians 4:31 

"For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you" 

Mathew 6:14 

Morning Prayer

LORD

Be my Vision, 

my Hope, 

my Light, 

My Way. 

~ 

Be Thou My Vision

Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart.

Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.

Be Thou my best thought, by day or by night;

Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Riches I heed not, nor vain empty praise,

Thou mine inheritance now and always.

Thou and Thou only, be first in my heart.

High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art.

Be Thou my wisdom and Thou my true Word,

I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord,

Thou my great Father, and through Thy true Son

Thou in me dwelling and I with Thee one.

High King of heaven, my victory won,

May I reach heaven’s joys, bright heaven’s sun!

Heart of my own heart, whatever befall

Still be my vision, O Ruler of all. 

Lisa Leonard - Be Thou My Vision Necklace 

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