Monday, June 30, 2008

Get the plank out of your own eye, before mentioning the splinter in someone elses...

Am I the only one who feels this way? The only one feels angry at friends that have let themselves fall, who let what they know is right inside go, who let their virtues and beliefs hang in the balance, just to "fit in" with the crowd, and you see them putting themselves in these situations and start to hang out with their old friends, who honestly did nothing good for them, and start drinking or doing drugs again or whatever and you feel hopeless for them, and you don't know what to do? I know what I'm not supposed to do: Judge and it's hard not to, especially when you see this person that you considered part of your family out in places they shouldn't be, doing things they shouldn't be doing. It's like you want to walk over and smack some sense into these persons, and scream in their face the questions that are in dire need of answers. I have a few friends who are in these situations, and I've learned [from being in similar circumstances myself] that the best thing to do is to love them, show them you still care, don't let being judgmental get in the way of your friendship, you never really know what a person is going through, and you never know, if what they really need is a shoulder to cry on, or an ear to listen, and that can make their day a lot easier...

Love is patient & kind.
Love is not jealous, it does not brag,
and is not proud.
Love is not rude, is not selfish,
and does not get upset with others.
Love does not count up wrongs
that have been done.
Love takes no pleasure in evil
but rejoices in the truth.
Love patiently accepts all things.
it always trusts, always hopes, & always endures.
Love never fails...

I Corinthians 13:4~8

Saturday, June 28, 2008

You won't relent until You have it all...

You won’t relent until
You have it all


My heart is Yours


Come be the fire inside of me
Come be the flame upon my heart



Come be the fire inside of me
Until You and I are one


I don’t want to talk about You
Like You’re not in the room
I want to look right at You
I want to sing right to You

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Don't drop your arms...

Lately, things have gotten better. I feel that hand slowly lifting me up, I feel like there's hope that tomorrow is going to be a good day. And I can finally, after a long time, I can truly laugh, without forcing it onto my face.

I was listening to one of my favourite bands, and they have this one song called The Unwinding Cable Car, and the chorus says: "This is the correlation of salvation and love. Don't drop your arms, I'll guard your heart, with quiet words I'll lead you in..." This song helped me realize alot about all that I went through or am going through, or that I'll go through. Sure it may look like a mess right now, but the thing to remember is not to drop your arms, salvation is just a teardrop away...