What I need...

What I need is...
1. Time to get more sleep
2. Time to just enjoy the moment
3. Time to spend outside
4. Time for friends
MORE TIME!!!!

....or maybe less to do.....

A response

Crying eyes, void of tears.
Desperate cries, no one hears.
A sea of displaced children
Roaming naked in the sand.

Did God grow tired and look away?
Will their sighs be heard today?
Father to the fatherless
Will you guide these children home?

Look and see.
Say a prayer.
Act and be the answer.
We are called to go and tell and love.

Whatsoever things are true

I just finished watching a documentary, 'God grew tired of us.' I want to call it good, but it wasn't...I cried a solid 10min at the beginning. I want to call it terrible, but it was true. It was the story of the lost boys of Sudan. It was heart wrenching, just another horrible thing that men do to others in the name of power, money and religion. In the beginning of the movie the show pictures of these boys as they walked from Sudan to Ethiopia... little boys, some just babies, 27,000 of them. Hunted, starving, scared and alone.
What must the heart of out heavenly father feel as He sees these things? If I being a self-centered person am moved and grieved, how much more is the loving creator? I think about how the Bible says that because man loved his sin, God gave him over to his own depravity. I also think of a popular thought in our society that says; mankind at its core is good, and if given the right conditions that goodness will come out. I think this is an idea that can only incubate in a society like ours, where we live in a comfortable prosperity...I think if you ask anyone who is victim to the many horrible things that have taken place in our lifetime they would tell you different.
When I see this kind of brutality, I see so clearly what the Bible is saying....and then I thank God for hope, for Jesus Christ. That we don't have to be subject to that depravity. I thank Him that this world isn't all that there is and that there will be a day when death, sorrow and sin will be done away with.

Can you hear the Music?

I've hit kind of a dry spell in my song writing, I thought I would try to express without the music. The problem is that as I write I have to sing in my head...I'm not sure this is working. Hmmm, I don't like it any better sans music. What do you think?

Shades of red, a purple hue
Colors crafted by You.
Dancing in a setting sky
As your glory delights my eye.

Who can compare to you?
Who would try?
Your glory and majesty
No man will deny!

A child's cry, a mothers arms
A fathers hug, a lovers charms.
All designed by God on high,
He is the one who gives us life.

Who can compare to you?
Who would try?
Your glory and Majesty
No man will deny!

Opinion Shminion

Sometimes I find the discussion of doctrines both mentally stimulating and mind numbing at the same time. There are times when hearing someones opinion of a subject, it is apparent that they have made up their mind on the matter and then mold all information to fit that opinion. I guess this goes well beyond Biblical doctrines and on into every other area of life. Then that makes me wonder how often do I do this very thing? How often am I blinded by my preconceived notions and not so humble opinions? I'm not a person who embraces relativism I believe in truth, in The Truth. I believe that to every question there is an answer, a right answer. I search for answers, even if on occasion my answer might not be a crisp black and white. I don't believe that answers always have to be either/or, it may at times be both/and. I'm OK with that, what I'm not OK with is being blinded to truth by my own prejudice and opinion.

Its the little things

When life gets so crazy and my thoughts are so loud in my head, its at those times I love being a nanny the most. Kids are so completely in the moment and in order to connect with them I need to be too. What would I do without tickle time and book reading, snack time and little adventures (that are really just trips to the mall.) My favorite thing is when one of the kids will come up to me and wrap there little arms around my leg and give me a hug, just a spontaneous show of affection. Sometimes I think I have the best job in the world.

Runaway life

Do you ever look at your life and wonder where YOU fit into it? Sometimes I feel as if life is living me and not the other way around! How can I stop and be still? How can I make every day count when I'm losing count of the days?