What Love Really Mean-JJ Heller
He cries in the corner where nobody sees
He’s the kid with the story no one would believe
He prays every night “Dear God won’t you please
could you send someone here who will love me?”
Who will love me for me
Not for what I have done or what I will become
Who will love me for me
‘Cause nobody has shown me what love
What love really means what love really means
Her office is shrinking a little each day
She’s the woman whose husband has run away
She’ll go to the gym after working today
Maybe if she was thinner then he would’ve stayed
And she says…
Who will love me for me?
Not for what I have done or what I will become
Who will love me for me?
‘Cause nobody has shown me what love
What love really means what love really means
He’s waiting to die as he sits all alone
He’s a man in a cell who regrets what he’s done
He utters a cry from the depths of his soul
“Oh Lord, forgive me. I want to go home”
Then he heard a voice somewhere deep inside
And it said “I know you’ve murdered and I know you’ve lied
And I have watched you suffer all of your life
And now that you’ll listen I’ll tell you that I...”
I will love you for you
Not for what you have done or what you will become
I WILL LOVE YOU FOR YOU
I WILL GIVE YOU THE LOVE, THE LOVE THAT YOU NEVER KNEW
I WILL LOVE YOU FOR YOU
NOT FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE OR WHAT YOU WILL BECOME
I WILL LOVE YOU FOR YOU
I WILL GIVE YOU THE LOVE, THE LOVE THAT YOU NEVER KNEW
She's the girl, who tried so hard for so long to be perfect and never let anyone down. She prayed every night for God to bring her the love of her life and reveal to her His perfect plan for her life. She's waiting on God to show her His plans for her life but what she's realizing is that she cannot wait, her life is going on now and she can't just wait for God to reveal His plans for her future just yet, because she has a job she is suppose to be doing right now. Yes, she does need to prepare for her future and wait on God to reveal His plans for her future but she cant just wait around for that and in the mean time do nothing. God's plan is unfolding right in front of her right now, she just has to realized that God's plan for her life does not being when she graduates from school, her life is now and she doesn't have to wait to do big things with her life she is doing big things now! The people around her need ministering to, the children she leads need help beginning their faith and all around God has filled her life with people who need Jesus and He placed her in their lives for just that, to help show each one of these people where their real hope can be found ,in Christ!
Furthermore, what she realized further was that the love of her life was with her all along! He has been there every second of everyday! He has not missed one event in her life and never will. And He love Her for Her and not what she has done or what she will become. He loved her before she even entered this world! He loved her at her worst and at her best, He has been there through the tears and laughter. He loved her when she wanted nothing to do with Him and in the moments when she couldn't get enough. Now that is true love!
I now realize I can pray for God to bring me my true love and love of my life every single day, but in reality this has already been answered. He IS my true love! He IS the love of my life! and even if He never brings me a husband, I will be okay. I know that no man on earth can fulfill me life Christ does. And everything I can dream up in my perfect man can be found in Christ, cause He is enough for me and if I search in other place it is just like me telling Christ He is not enough and I have to search in other places to find love, when Christ is the only one who can and will completely me. People on earth will let me down and break my heart, but not Christ cause He is the only one who can offer me the perfect love I am searching for.
So this Valentine's Day I am choosing to look at it differently. I don't need a card, box of chocolate and roses to complete me(although I do love them all!)and make me happy. I am not going to sit around and wallow about not having someone to spend it with. I have a true love who can satisfy my every need and desire!And I am trusting that God will bring me someone to share my life with in His timing, but also if He chooses not to I know I can be complete because I have God as my focus!and His love is enough for me! This verse will be my focus this Valenntine's Day:
Psalms 16:5-8,11
"Lord you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;SURELY I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL INHERITANCE.I will praise the Lord who counsels me;even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord ALWAYS BEFORE ME.Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken...You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence,with eternal pleasures at your right hand."
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Who am I Welcoming?Encouraging?Loving?
To all who are looking down
Holding on to hearts still wounding
For those who've yet to find it
The place is near where love is moving
Cast off the robes you're wearing
Set aside the names that you've been given
May this place of rest in the fold of your journey
Bind you to hope
You will never walk alone
We will live
We will live (Never walk alone)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (Your arms are all around us)
If our hearts are turned to stone
There is hope we know the rocks will cry out
And the tears aren't ours alone
Let them fall into the hands that hold us
Come away from where you're hiding
Set aside the lies that you've been living
May this place of rest in the fold of your journey
Bind you to hope
We will never walk alone
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (In the shelter)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (You will never walk alone)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (In Your arms are all around us)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (In Your arms are all around us)
If there is any peace
If there is any hope
We must all believe
Our lives are not our own
We all belong
God has given us each other
And we will never walk alone
"Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone"- Andy Stanley
We are called to serve one another. We are called to encourage and lift up one another.and we are called to serve God. What better way to serve our God than to lift up those He has surrounded us with. He has place certain people in our life for a reason at a specific time. My question is what can I do for them to better serve God? We are not meant to take this journey of life alone God has placed people in our lives so that we can take this journey together. We cant do it on our own we need each other!Life is never easy and He never promised it would be sometimes we go through things that no one understands why, but we just have to trust that God has a plan through it all. I want to be someone who encourages, loves and welcomes any one around me.I hope that when the people around me are in pain they can count on me for prayer,encouragement and just to be someone who will love on them.Mark 2:1-12 Is the story of Jesus healing the paralytic man, his friends heard that Jesus was in town so THEY BROUGHT THEIR FRIEND TO JESUS TO BE HEALED.I pray that I am that type of friend when those I have been surrounded with are weak and unable to come to Jesus, that I will bring them to Jesus by lifting them up in prayer and by showing then God's love and hope. I want to be a shelter for the people in my life, I want them to know that they never have to walk alone because I am someone they can count on to be there for them not just when life is easy, but when it's hard,really hard.I may not have all the right words to say or know exactly what they should do, but I know God has a plan for everything and that when I don't know what else to do , just lift our requests up in prayer, God will answer them in His timing!Psalm 40:1-2 says "I waited patiently for the Lord and He heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand".He will lift them out of the pit and set their feet on solid ground. I know there is far to much suffering in the world for me to eleaveate everyone suffering and i wish i could sometimes its just so overwhelming all the pain that goes on in the world and I feel like I could just be praying forever for all the need there is ,but what we need to focus on is the select God has placed in our path and do for them what we wish we could do for everyone.I am not saying that we should not pray for all the pain and suffering in the world we should, but lets focus our time and energy on those specifically He has place in our life, He has them there for a reason. So Reach one for Christ, then another, then another.Who specifically has God placed in your life, at this time that needs your encouraging?loving? or lifting up in prayer?
Holding on to hearts still wounding
For those who've yet to find it
The place is near where love is moving
Cast off the robes you're wearing
Set aside the names that you've been given
May this place of rest in the fold of your journey
Bind you to hope
You will never walk alone
We will live
We will live (Never walk alone)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (Your arms are all around us)
If our hearts are turned to stone
There is hope we know the rocks will cry out
And the tears aren't ours alone
Let them fall into the hands that hold us
Come away from where you're hiding
Set aside the lies that you've been living
May this place of rest in the fold of your journey
Bind you to hope
We will never walk alone
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (In the shelter)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (You will never walk alone)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (In Your arms are all around us)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (In Your arms are all around us)
If there is any peace
If there is any hope
We must all believe
Our lives are not our own
We all belong
God has given us each other
And we will never walk alone
"Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone"- Andy Stanley
We are called to serve one another. We are called to encourage and lift up one another.and we are called to serve God. What better way to serve our God than to lift up those He has surrounded us with. He has place certain people in our life for a reason at a specific time. My question is what can I do for them to better serve God? We are not meant to take this journey of life alone God has placed people in our lives so that we can take this journey together. We cant do it on our own we need each other!Life is never easy and He never promised it would be sometimes we go through things that no one understands why, but we just have to trust that God has a plan through it all. I want to be someone who encourages, loves and welcomes any one around me.I hope that when the people around me are in pain they can count on me for prayer,encouragement and just to be someone who will love on them.Mark 2:1-12 Is the story of Jesus healing the paralytic man, his friends heard that Jesus was in town so THEY BROUGHT THEIR FRIEND TO JESUS TO BE HEALED.I pray that I am that type of friend when those I have been surrounded with are weak and unable to come to Jesus, that I will bring them to Jesus by lifting them up in prayer and by showing then God's love and hope. I want to be a shelter for the people in my life, I want them to know that they never have to walk alone because I am someone they can count on to be there for them not just when life is easy, but when it's hard,really hard.I may not have all the right words to say or know exactly what they should do, but I know God has a plan for everything and that when I don't know what else to do , just lift our requests up in prayer, God will answer them in His timing!Psalm 40:1-2 says "I waited patiently for the Lord and He heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand".He will lift them out of the pit and set their feet on solid ground. I know there is far to much suffering in the world for me to eleaveate everyone suffering and i wish i could sometimes its just so overwhelming all the pain that goes on in the world and I feel like I could just be praying forever for all the need there is ,but what we need to focus on is the select God has placed in our path and do for them what we wish we could do for everyone.I am not saying that we should not pray for all the pain and suffering in the world we should, but lets focus our time and energy on those specifically He has place in our life, He has them there for a reason. So Reach one for Christ, then another, then another.Who specifically has God placed in your life, at this time that needs your encouraging?loving? or lifting up in prayer?
Sunday, January 2, 2011
New Year's Resolutions
Psalms 16:6+8 "The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;surely I have a delightful inheritance.I have set the Lord ALWAYS before me .Because He is my right hand I will not be shaken."
Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded you Be strong and courageous.Do not be terrified;do not be discouraged,for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
Proverbs 16:9 "In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps"
1 Timothy 4:7 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
These are a few verses I want to focus on this year.This year as I go through the Worship the King devotional I want to discover what worship really means to me and what does a true worshiper look like in God's eyes? How do I worship the King? and What does it mean to present myself as a living sacrifice? This is going to be a year of great change and I have no idea what is ahead of me but God knows every detail and I am just going to trust His plan and wait and see what He has in store for me, all I know is this is going to be the year that changed m life...
Resolutions:
1.Do bible lesson 365 days- and spend 30 minutes in the morning starting the day out right
2.Read a leadership or spiritual growth book a month
3.Read through the bible chronologically
4.Do inductive bible study with five books of the bible
5.Only watch TV shows on tivo and facebook after dark- no useless time watching tv or on computer
6.Run 2 races (5k and 10k)
Bring on the year that is going to change my life! Lead the way God I will follow!
Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded you Be strong and courageous.Do not be terrified;do not be discouraged,for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
Proverbs 16:9 "In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps"
1 Timothy 4:7 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
These are a few verses I want to focus on this year.This year as I go through the Worship the King devotional I want to discover what worship really means to me and what does a true worshiper look like in God's eyes? How do I worship the King? and What does it mean to present myself as a living sacrifice? This is going to be a year of great change and I have no idea what is ahead of me but God knows every detail and I am just going to trust His plan and wait and see what He has in store for me, all I know is this is going to be the year that changed m life...
Resolutions:
1.Do bible lesson 365 days- and spend 30 minutes in the morning starting the day out right
2.Read a leadership or spiritual growth book a month
3.Read through the bible chronologically
4.Do inductive bible study with five books of the bible
5.Only watch TV shows on tivo and facebook after dark- no useless time watching tv or on computer
6.Run 2 races (5k and 10k)
Bring on the year that is going to change my life! Lead the way God I will follow!
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