No one here really knows me because I'm new, but I'm a VERY shy person who doesn't usually get involved out of fear and I don't usually pray with people because I get nervous and am always at a loss for words...NOT TONIGHT!
No, dear. Not tonight. You are among friends here.
{{{{big hug}}}} Thank you for your precious words of faith tonight and the beautiful songs.
I'm pretty shy too, but remember:
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Philippians 4:13
God bless you, SvdByFaith, we are so glad to have you with us!
Bless you, sweetie. This is for you.
Stand as a Witness
by Amy Benson Lacey
If you ask me what I believe
I will tell you how I've come to know
That my Heavenly Father loves me
And as I trust in the Savior I can be whole.
Though I don't know all things
I know who I am.
I'm a daughter, a child of God.
Through the Spirit, I feel a power so real
That gives me the faith to stand strong.
I will stand as a witness in all times and places,
For I know that my Savior is counting on me
To stand as His witness and build up the kingdom.
I know blessings unmeasured are waiting for me
If I can endure and live worthy to be
The servant, the daughter I promised the Lord I would be.
Through His prophets here on earth
I believe God shows the way.
In a dark and searching world
I will stand as a light in these latter days.
If you want to know too
If you'll search for the truth
You can feel what I feel.
You will know that it's real.
I will stand as a witness.
For my Savior is counting on me.
Don't feel too shy.
God uses us in how he knows it will work. He gets me to write prayers to make sure that I pray (He's sneaky that way!)
I adore thee, O Christ,
who chose to come among us,
taste the dust that you had created,
experience the poverty of the working man,
see the yearning of an unfed people,
know the joy of the wedding feast,
feel the grief of those who lose their loved ones,
see our greed,
our pettiness
our anger,
our selfishness,
and still, that night in Gethsemane,
beneath the full moon's light,
alone in the shadows,
knowing our faults,
you chose to bear our sins,
you, sinless, clean, pure,
so that we might live.
Forgive us, Lord, for our hardness of heart,
our lack of appreciation
of the miracle of your life,
and lead us at last home with you.
Amen.
I think many of us are experiencing the same thing. I normally try to figure out answers to a problem. I've spent days combing over various Florida statutes hoping I'd find something others, whose job is the law, have missed. I came in from being away at work this afternoon and got distraught at all that has worked against Terri today.
I was extremely angry and came back here to find the prayers, and to listen to those prayers going out with the occasional nudge to quiet down my soul and pray. My anger culminated in letting loose in a post against Satan that he would not have me, or have any of us here. The words tore up from my soul; that's how it felt. I let it go and was trembling as I felt the Lord tell me to calm down, that everything would be alright in the end. It reminded me of that feeling as a child with your parents arms wrapped around you after a booboo. :-)
I've been thinking this all along, and others here validated it; I've had this feeling that this is a choice we're given. God has given us an option through man's torture and mistreatment of Terri. We can choose Life or we can choose death and the forces of evil behind it. I also have this feeling that our choices will be set in stone.
God's pretty neat, huh?