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| LEELA JAMES IS AWESOME.
remake of Sam Cooke
I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die
Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
I go to the movie and I go downtown somebody keep telling me don't hang around
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
Then I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees
Ohhhhhhhhh.....
There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
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| Dear Lord, pull me out of self and into Your service. Help me to love those who are available to be loved and blessed by me. Show me those who have needs around me that I can fill. Help me as I give my life away to find a new dimension of honoring You through reaching out to others. Let me be blessed through being a blessing to others. Fill my life, Lord, with Your purposes and Your desires for me. Manifest Your goodness to others through me, and help me to discover the joy of Your salvation as I pour my life out to those around me, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
So I decided I am definitely going to volunteer more. I am not a selfish person, but I think there is always room for improvement, and I would like to be even more selfless than I am. I love helping people, and there are a billion oppurtunities to do so, and I rarely take them! I can't believe I waited this long to really pursue these oppurtunities....but better late than never. So many oppurtunities and I have them all listed and I will vow to do as many as possible. I have a lot of free time that is just dying to be filled up with this kind of stuff! | | |
| "Self-justification in the face of harmful habits can be the absolute worst deciever and robber of our happiness. In a society that spends much of its time looking for others to blame, the concept of needful change is often overlooked. But I present the idea of change to you from another perspective. Let's look at change as growth, which is what all spiritually-minded women should do. Actually, this is something that all smart and effective people tend to do. And the Bible certainly backs me up on this one. Proverbs 12:15 says, "The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice."
-Michelle McKinney Hammond | | |
| You must feel safe when you fall in love / Equal in, the time you and I share together / Compromise, try and see eye to eye / Cause love's not blind / It knows when you care / Always kiss your lady / Tell her that you love her / Pray and make a baby that was made of love / Show her she's important / Bring flowers for her / And build on the truth / If you take a lil walk with me / Girl I'll lead you to the truth / And if you never give up on me / Girl I'll share it all with you / Show directions when I've lost my way / I'll be around to stay to show you the truth / If you trust me I'll make sure to build you up / Through all your dreams / You and I will grow together / Forget your past, the love you had that never last / God knew your heart, and I was made for you / Girl I won't mistreat you / Always make love to you / Go to church together / even get baptized too / We can read the bible / Play mom and father / This marriage is true / This love is the truth....This love is the truth.....
I love the music of Anthony Hamilton.
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| anthony hamilton is the real truth
"pass me over" - anthony hamilton
Another day, chance to make another chance / A fragile place running on empty / A smile so faint barely even break the space / World's on shoulders now / Don't be afraid he who knows will make a way / His word alone is what has kept me / Born the Son, King of eternal peace / Lay your burdens down CHORUS - If you catch me dreamin', please don't wake me til' I'm done / Just leave me sleepin' til' the mornin' comes / Just pass me over, make believe that I'm not there / Just leave me be until the Savior comes / Another night, makes a way to the morn / Sleep in peace, joy come early / A covered child steps away victorious / Salvation holds joy for all of us
THINGS YOU WOULDN'T KNOW................
I went to a spiritual summer camp in the 3rd grade for a few summers. One of the most traumatic experiences of my life occured here. Looking back on it, I see things clearly and it makes me realize a lot....but at the time, being only what 9 years old?.....it was one of the cruelest things anyone has ever done to me.
The came was basically all children the same age as me, and it lasted for about 3 weeks. We didn't have contact with our parents via phone calls, only letters. Same thing with the outside world really, we didn't watch tv or listen to the radio, so we didn't know what was going on outside of camp basically. One day, we were gathered together and the leader of the camp had something important to tell everyone. All of the campers gathered (about 100 or so) and we anxiously awaited what seemed like really somber, important news. The camp leader announced to us this : The president of the United States had announced a ban on all forms of praise. There were to be no church services, no bibles, no music, nothing. Literally no praise whatsoever. It was completely banned. Now of course this is extremely unlikely and drastic, but being only 8 and 9 years old, everyone believed it of course. Everyone broke out in outrageous tears. We continued to cry, and cry, and cry. All we did was cry hysterically for almost 2 whole days. That is how long this went on. After 2 whole days, we were gathered again to be told that it was only a "lesson". They wanted us to see what our lives would be like, had we not had the freedom to praise like we do. They wanted us to experience the gravity of our freedoms, and truly appreciate them. They wanted us to truly appreciate our ability to praise and worship. Well at the time, it was a completely cruel lesson, and many campers either decided never to come back, or were told they couldn't go back, by their parents. My strength and faith grows stronger each and every day. If I reacted like this at only the age of 8....I don't know how I would react if something like that were to happen today. Yes I know its drastic and unrealistic but think about it. It happens in a LOT of places around the world. We have so much freedom....and so many privelages that we take for granted. I can say this though, and I say this with complete confidence....I would die before someone told me I could not praise him...or could not worship him.....or could not believe or love him....etc etc. If that ever happened, if there were ever a "ban" on all such things....you best believe I am going straight to jail to worship up in there....or put to death....and then I will be with God again. Nothing can stop me from loving him. Nothing! | | |
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