Remember, never forget to say i love you

Recently death has been showing its face
Almost as regular as the morning dew
Suffocating and taking our breathing space
Remember, never forget to say I Love You

We must stop taking for granted each breath
As our crown of life starts to become few
With Christ there is no reason to fear death
But Remember, never forget to say I Love you

Here one day and gone the next
Many with the question of Who knew
Standing or sitting our hearts vexed
Remember, never forget to say I Love You

Our time is short so make the most of it
The statement above is ever so true
When loved ones are lost our souls split
Remember, never forget to say I Love You

Whether it’s with a hug, kiss, wink or smile
The gesture of love will not itself undo
Each of these accepted is so worthwhile
But Remember, never forget to say I Love You

Every Step I Take walking with Jesus!

He always amazes me.  My relationship with Jesus is so much like many of my close friendships.  It seems even when your in the dark and pop your head out back into the light, it was like you never left.  He immediately uses the talents and blessings to bring your life back onto the path he is trailblazing.  I lack patience when it comes to something I want, I will fight the impulse buys and sometimes the risk taking urge, but in my past if I dwell on not doing those things I end up doing them.  Now, I am practicing taking things one step at a time and I realize that he is there in “EVERY STEP I TAKE!”  You see he wants to be a part of our entire life, not just when  we “need” him because that is typically when we go to him.  The norm is to go to God when something goes wrong or we are anxious or need protection.  The best description I can think of how he wants to be involved in our lives is like that of the Redwood tree and their root system.  You would think the largest Trees in the World roots would run deep, but that’s not true, they are not deep at all, rather they are entangled with one another.  That’s how I feel, for me, God wants to be in my life.  Entangled in every part.  The more overwhelmed I am with God in my life, the less I think about myself.  He has my best interests in mind and in heart.  The key is to be you! Do not let life sway you away from who God created you to be.  Every Step I Take, Every Little Step I Take, You Are There!!

One Love, One King, All Christ!

But Yet Another Chance

The past year and a half has placed many obstacles in my way, especially in the area of my relationship with the Lord.  My heart was hardened after dealing with some issues with fellow Christians.  There was a lot of he said and they said kind of stuff.  It seemed the more I was involved the harder and harder my heart became. It didn’t take long for my flesh to realize its opportunity to pounce and it sure enough did.  I found myself just living life and concerned with my prayer life.  My interactions with Christians and the church became very scarce.  I was completing my daily routines and making sure I got by.  My heart reached a point where I even handed over things that were precious to me because I did not feel close enough to God to share them. I went to some dark places and I know I have written about that before, but I was there.  The place where when your in the dark you feel safe, but its because you know nothing good is going to happen.  The type of darkness that as long as you stay numb you cant feel the presence of the lack of the Lord in your life.   Well, in being in that place it led me to feel alone and grab a hold to my own understanding.  I realized spiritually I was drained and then emotionally I was destroyed.  As a close friend almost lost his life and praying for him and his family and praying to carry some of the burdens for them to the dealing with the stuff that happened at church. I was done, but my sin, flesh and the Evil one were not.

But,Yet Another Chance… This is all I can hear and sure enough as I learn to fall back in love with my first love, I can feel the layers being pulled away of my stone heart.  God’s love is never ending and much like Peter, I feel his re-upping of my discipleship.  A desire is building to want to know more and read more.  A desire is brewing and I can feel the change. Jesus definitely came to defeat death and he did it for me.  Life will have its ups and downs, but Christ, He is the same today, yesterday and forever.  This is a truth I am learning to hold onto and a white knuckle kind of grip on this truth.  No matter how many times I have said it, preached it or advised it, I rarely listened to this truth for myself.  He holds nothing against us, but more so He wants nothing but the best for us.  We are His, His Beloved. We are so near and dear to His heart.  My prayer is that I recover from this year stepping back and in the leap forward it propels me into the front lines of what it means to be a Christ follower.  I do so desire to hear Christ call me a faithful servant.  In the end, wherever you are in your life and whatever the circumstance, The Truth of Jesus’ Love will and can free you. AMEN

One Love, One King, All Christ!