D3 Boston Mission Trip

Hey guys! Please pray for our friend Alyssa (www.becominghislily.blogspot.com) and the rest of the team going to Boston this week as they spread the Gospel.. Boston is only like 2% evangelical Christian, so please pray that God would use them in a great way this week for His glory and pray that lost souls would be saved. They are surely on a mission for Christ :) You can see what they're up to on their trip by going to www.d3boston.tumblr.com. Please pray for them and for the people in Boston. ~J

Hey everyone! We have not forgot about our blog, we promise!! I know it's been a while since the last post, but Jaime and I have been swamped working on  a Christian Worldview class. I'll be writing something else soon!
     Love in Christ,
               ~S

Be Still

This is somewhat of a poem. I wrote this for a wonderful woman who God put in my life! She showed me what it is to be truly strong and faithful in the Lord. She has an absolutely amazing story! The Lord never ceases to amaze me with his love, kindness, and faithfulness! I know that God has put her in my life for a divine reason! I love her dearly and her life is such a blessing to me and a true testimony to what true joy in the Lord is! 

Thousands of tears my eyes have shed

Thousands of prayers my heart has said

I keep asking why and no one has answers

O Lord why did they have to go? 

How could you choose to take them so?

A thousand more tears my eyes will cry

A thousand more prayers in this heart of mine..

Day by day, in each passing moment

I wonder of your plans divine..

As the voices in my head keep talking, 

Your still small voice is saying...

"Just be still, I'm right here - Look up at me!"

Be still and know that I adore you

Be still and know that this is my plan

Be still and know that I am with you

Be still and know just who I am!

This struggle within me, to understand Your sovereignty..

Is fading.

I surrender my all to You - I have joy! Unspeakable joy!

Though there's tears, and there's pain - 

I'll sing praise to Your glorious name!

So let Your blessings fall 

Like droplets of rain! 

When all seems impossible, 

No I won't be afraid!

As life's icy winds blow - You speak again!

At Your command, warm breezes flow!

And they comfort me!!!

Lord YOU comfort me!!!!

Heal Me

This song comes from Luke 13. I actually wrote it during youth group class as my teacher was reading us this story. This story just began to remind me that God is big enough to do anything! God can heal your sickness. He can heal your disease. He can give you peace that surpasses all understanding! Most of all knowing that NOTHING is impossible for God! Knowing that God already has each step of my life already planned gives me such comfort! Because i know that everything I go through in my life, God has a specific purpose for it! 

Jeremiah 29:11 

For I know the plans I have for you says the Lord; plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.

James 1:2

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

Luke 13

HEAL ME 

Bent and bowed down, humbly I stand.

I know what I've heard is true~ 

So Jesus I'm calling out to you! 

It's only by Your power. Only by Your love so GRAND!!!

O Lord, heal me! heal me! 

By faith I will stand, I'm wanting only Your hand Jesus.

My hope, my rock, my salvation! 

I will not be shaken!! 

When my heart is burdened and low

Only Your love will render me clean

It is my life to You I owe ~ Lord guide me! Teach me!

Until with Your Glory I gleam!

You layed down Your life

You bore my strife ~ 

You were hung upon a tree

And all to rescue me! 

You said "PAID IN FULL" 

It was FINISHED at Calvary!!

Love in Christ
   ~S

Resting At the Feet of Jesus

I'm down on my knees, my face at Your feet and all I can do is weep in Your presence. Your grace has overwhelmed me, Your love has made me whole. There are no words to say here--compared to Your works, all my words are dark and dull. You reach down and hold me up. You look me in the eye and tell me You're enough. You tell me "It is finished", and I can't mess it up. You still my heart and speak truth to my soul. You teach me to take refuge in You alone. There's no one greater and no one higher. Only You, Lord. Only You. You are my heart's desire.    ~J

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it full well. ~Psalm 139:14

 

These are just a few pics of me that my lovely friend Alyssa McDonald took of me with her new camera! 

Love in Christ,

     ~S

From My Heart to God

This is somewhat of a prayer that i wrote down during a time in my life when I felt really far from God. A time when I just felt like I couldn't find Him. This poem represents a time in my life when I was in a dark place and I came to realize that Jesus does hear my prayers, that God is big enough to forgive even what I think is my worst sin and that because of what Jesus did for me I can see the light.

LIGHT

As I lie here, awake in the darkness

I'm longing just to hear ~ Your comforting voice

Because I knew it was wrong, but it felt so right ~

So now I wait for the dawn, so I can see light!

Cuz right now I feel jaded ~ and Your voice is faded

In my heart I know you're there

It is my prayers I know You hear.

Tonight I lift my sins

Tonight I lift my burdens

I give EVERYTHING to You God

My heart is no longer heavy

You have forgiven my iniquities

You have taken away my burdens

The sun has arose out of the darkness

I SEE YOUR LIGHT! 

                                       Love in Christ,
                                                   ~S