I am blessed

To the lover that blesses my soul,
Your face to me is more radiant than the sun.
My soul cried out for infinite love
And true love is with what You responded.
You filled the emptiness that sadness left behind
And replaced the yearning in my heart.

Jesus, You are all the beauty in my life.
The light in my eyes is a reflection of You.
Without You my soul will cease to exist.
You are both my air and my strength.
My hope is to conquer Your heart.

You are the author of the music in my heart.
My most precious and with what most care I have is Your heart.
What would have become of me if I never knew You.
Where else could my soul have found rest.
My tears would have been my only food
And disgrace would have been my flag.

But today my spirit dances to the rhythm of Your heart.
And I sing along with the angels that adore You.
Today my life has begun again.
And my happiness is renewed each day in You.

With Your sweet voice in my ears,
You whisper poems that enamor my heart.
All Your elegance fascinates me.
You are the beginning of all my passion.

I have learned to fly.
I soar higher than the clouds.
Above the stars and above the galaxies
Above time and anything called space.

I see the world through different eyes.
I am safe where ever I am, because my heart is safe
Because my soul is saved and I am free.
All things are possible through Christ my strength.

I know peace, I speak to Him everyday.
I have called him by name.
I know where joy comes from,
I have followed Him home.

I know the great author and designer of life.
I have watched Him at work.
I have seen His hands move.
I have witnessed His incredible designs.

My heart feels fortunate to love You.
You are all the justice that I need.
You who stores my spirit.
You who keeps my heart .

To know You is to love You.
To love You is to obey You.
All things done in the name of love.

Love so infinite

My life began with you.
With just one taste I knew
You were for me.
How sweet you have made my life .
How blessed I am to know you.
From the first day you looked my way
I have been yours.

You touched my heart
And there I knew
Nothing else can feel this good.
You changed my life
And there I realized
Life will never be the same.

You showed me places in my heart
I never knew existed.
I thought I knew what love was
But love with you is limitless.
Who else has hands as big as yours
To catch all my tears?
Whose shoulders are as big as yours
To carry me?

You put up with my childish ways.
You wait patiently through my fits of rage.
You remain merciful through my mistakes
And embrace me when I’m ashamed.
When I stomp around in foolish pride
You reply faithfully to my crawling back.

I sit for hours just to ponder the levels
Of your love and mercy.
I try to understand this love of yours
But only limitless comes to mind.
With no beginning and no ending,
You love.

I have come to know that sensitive part of you.
My heart has come to feel the most sensitive areas of you.
I have swum in your eyes and tasted your tears.
I’ve felt your zeal and thirst for justice.
Your love is pure.

You open up your heart to me.
You tell me to explore it.
All that I have seen in you is good.
There are no such things as flaws  with you.
No imperfections, no things to change.

To know you is to love you, this is all I need.
I don’t ask for riches, those things are not for me.
I just ask for you by name, this is all my heart needs.
My greatest blessing is this,
Life will end just to begin again with you.

To the knights

REFERENCE:

1 Samuel- 17:45  David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 

Hebrews- 4:12  For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. 

Numbers- 10:9  “When you arrive in your own land and go to war against your enemies who attack you, sound the alarm with the trumpets. Then the Lord your God will remember you and rescue you from your enemies. 

I am shattered.
Still, You hold all the little pieces together.
You carry me on Your mighty wings
And we soar over mountain tops.

My enemy strikes again.
He bites my heel, but I wound his head,
May the Lord rebuke him.
He comes against me with a spear
But I go against him in the name of the Lord.(1Sam- 17:45)

Glory be to the name of the Lord.
The name of omnipotent power.
My shield and my deliverer,
Whom flaming arrows shall not pierce.

So I tell You, Arise.
Arise in all your powerful splendor.
You will put my enemies to shame.
Those who oppose you shall run for cover.
Who can detain the hand of God?

Weary eyes, look and behold.
Your salvation comes in like the waves of the sea.
Like the rolling waves of a great ocean.
As swift as the rain and as strong as the wind.
Who can tell the currents to stop flowing?

Above my head stretches an open sky.
And at my command chariots of fire.
Winged creatures, able and ready.
To my left and to my right,
Men and women of authority and power,
Suited in armor and drenched in anointing.
Equipped with swords sharp enough to separate
 soul and spirit, bone and marrow.(Heb. 4:12)

Did you hear?
The trumpets of war have sounded.(Num:10:9)
The time for war has begun.
Be bold, take courage and press on.
For even though your enemy is strong,
The One who goes before you is stronger.

Your foundation is stronger than any storm.
Do not fear the lion’s roar
Or the approaching tempest.
Your tower will not sway or give way to the wind.
The victory was purchased with holy blood.
And the reason was to set you free.

"It’s funny how God can take what we think is a mess - and turn it into a message."

- Bradie James (via dancewmoonlight)

Out of the Desert

There is a message in the rain,

Carried by the wind.

From east to west, from north to south.

Many hear but do not listen.

They look, but do not see.

God’s tears flow like a river.

His spirit is sad and grieved.

He weeps over His creation,

For His people to listen to Him.

Like the Jews of old,

Like the ones he chose,

All turn away.

What pride is this?

My creation has been stricken with blindness,

With blindness of the heart.

They run around in circles

And they think the dessert is their friend.

They think they know it well.

But new walls rise in strange places.

And their vacation soon becomes a snare.

They pitch their tents and choose to stay.

The earth, tossing and turning on its foundation

Is disturbed by all it sees.

I gave you what you asked for,

A sky of bronze above your head

and a ground of iron bellow you feet.

From unhealed scars and bleeding wounds comes a cry so dark and gloom. 

A cry for help from repentant hearts.

With holy hands and pleading cries. 

Your once scaled eyes will fall away.

Replaced with ones as bright as day.

The shadows will move away.

And all your gloom will pass away.

Your open soars and unhealed wounds

Will be sown shut and remain just scars.

The seed that was planted has grown into a tree.

One that nourishes itself in thee.

The fruits of the spirit are evidence of this,

The testimony of all my storms and trials.

Of all my constructing and remodeling.

Oh beloved carpenter, if it is your children you rebuke, how you have spoiled me. 

I am a precious jewel.

Polished and shined,

Made to gleam like the stars in the sky. 

A look at Psalm 56

Psalm 56 (N.LT)

 1 O God, have mercy on me,

      for people are hounding me.

      My foes attack me all day long.

 2 I am constantly hounded by those who slander me,

      and many are boldly attacking me.

 3 But when I am afraid,

      I will put my trust in you.

 4 I praise God for what he has promised.

      I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?

      What can mere mortals do to me?

 5 They are always twisting what I say;

      they spend their days plotting to harm me.

 6 They come together to spy on me—

      watching my every step, eager to kill me.

 7 Don’t let them get away with their wickedness;

      in your anger, O God, bring them down.

 8 You keep track of all my sorrows.

      You have collected all my tears in your bottle.

      You have recorded each one in your book.

 9 My enemies will retreat when I call to you for help.

      This I know: God is on my side!

 10 I praise God for what he has promised;

      Yes, I praise the Lord for what he has promised.

 11 I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?

      What can mere mortals do to me?

 12 I will fulfill my vows to you, O God,

      and will offer a sacrifice of thanks for your help.

 13 For you have rescued me from death;

      you have kept my feet from slipping.

   So now I can walk in your presence, O God,

      in your life-giving light.

Psalms 56 is a perfect example of the persecution we ourselves face as Christians today.

David mentions in verse 1 how all day long his enemies were in hot pursuit of him. In this same way our enemies pursue us. Everyday we are under constant attack, whether spiritual or physical.

But we put our trust in God and do not fear. What are these attacks against the Holy One who is God? When we are strongly holding on to Him in spirit these attacks seem like nothing to us.

Verses 5-6

We are ridiculed when we preach Christ for this is a language many don’t understand. Many times our words are purposely twisted, for the enemy in his famous reputation is a mocker. A perfect example of this is that for some strange reason its only the Christians who are misconstruing the word of God and setting a terrible example of what it is that Jesus preached who usually receive the most propaganda. From what I have seen these are always the ones in the spot light.

Our enemies lurk and watch us, constantly waiting for us to fall or slip to point a finger. All this to the point that even if you do what is right you are persecuted for “thinking” yourself holy or not going to the rhythm of the world. And even more so if you do what is wrong. If you slip or mess up you are quickly categorized as a hypocrite and a fake.

If you preach of Gods mercy, people point a finger and say “well what about all the deaths that happen around the world?”.

And if you preach God’s justice you will hear “then why do so many get away with crime?”

To this I ask, why do people only remember God when they feel sorry for something they have done and seek mercy, or when something is done to them and they seek justice?

Someone once asked me, “if I give life to a creation, why would I want to destroy them?”

To this I answered ” if you give life to a creation, would you like it if they ignored you and slandered you and refused to have anything to do with you?”

Still to this day I don’t enjoy the persecution. I don’t know if in the near future I will come to like it at some point. But it is evident in verses 8 and 9 that David didn’t necessarily get a kick out of it either. He speaks about his misery and all his tears as well as having to cry out to God for help.

One thing I will testify about is that God has given me a lot of patience and strength to endure. This is just another cross to carry and another testimony to offer. So an Amen!!! for the trials and persecutions and glory be to God for he is still good. I know the God that I serve will see me through this one also. This is still nothing.

N.L.T- Psalms 56:9- The day I call to you, my enemies will be turned back. I know this: God is on my side.

David begins this psalm by explaining how he is constantly under attack. His enemies always plotting against him. But he knows and testifies that the moment he calls on God, on his God, his enemies have to turn back. And he knows that in any battle he encounters and any war he fights God is on his team, because He is on his side.

Like David, we are always in a battle. A constant tug of war with our flesh. And although we have chosen to submit to God, our human nature causes us to submit to our flesh in the sense that we sin everyday. This for us is inevitable.

But it is very important to understand that God is on our side. That when we cry out for help, for deliverance, for forgiveness; he listens. That he is rooting for us. That he wants us to succeed. He is our father and he loves us and even everything that he allows in our lives is because He is on our side.

Just as he delivers us he molds us and transform us. So we can trust that because he is for us all the things he allows are good for us, even if at the moment we might not fully understand or see the bigger picture.

If He is your God, then He is on your side.

He is for you. His promises are for you, his blessings are for you, his word is for you and His laws are for you.