Tuesday, June 13, 2006
I'm off once again!
Well, it is that time of year! Summer has FINALLY arrived for Dawn! School is now officially over and i get a week worth of rest before i start my engines again! I am looking forward to this summer with anticipation (yes its has past the 'i am absolutely petrified' stage to where i am completely and utterly pumped to go...i like the word utterly! lol)! It is bliss... being in ministry, surrounded by great friends, family, loved ones, being stretched and used by God, pouring into other's lives, creating and maintaining friendships... seriously you CAN'T get any better than that! This is gunna be a tough summer... not gunna lie (goulet!)... but its going to be amazing! I am ALREADY being stretched and the summer hasn't even started! I have been blessed lately with people who are willing to smack me in the head *coughconniecough* and those who understand and can relate in ways *coughsashacough*! My girls have been a source of joy in allowing me to see their breakthrough, see their hearts! I have had some great suprizes that i have cherished and some honest heart to hearts with some of my dearest of friends that warm my heart! Honesty is one of the coolest things ever! I love it when people have the freedom to just talk and share what's on their heart without fear of losing one they love! mmmm... the power of the word love, the deep, invigorating meaning behind those that say it! It can change someone's day, lighten a mood... perhaps that's why God places it at utmost importance~ ... Sorry, realized i was caught on a tangent! Back to the ranch shall we? There is something different about the ranch... you feel it as soon as you cross the property line.... God is immersed in that place! I don't know how people could go there and not be changed! So many memories, so much fun, so much growth! All around good stuff! I hope y'all have a SPLENIFEROUS summer, may God bless you! Oh and P.S. If i don't update for awhile or comment its not because i have died or stopped reading your blog... its just cause i am at the ranch!
This last part is tributed to the Cawn and our glorious morning glory hair! *screams loud and off key* YOUR THE ONE THAT I WANT OO OO OO HONEY THE ONE THAT I WANT!!! lol yes! I LOVE it! Be blessed y'all!
Galatians 5:6 (this is the last part of the verse) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Breathtakingly Brokenly Whole
surrounded by a sea of people who seemed so unaware, feeling all alone and that no one cared
she sits alone'' crying at night'' with no one to help her'' through this fight
cold and shaking~no mercy is near~ no one can see~how much she fears
she silently cries out* to which no one responds*its better off that way*she might have to leave her ponds
crawling to her sheet} but finding no warmth} her toes are frost bitten} as she clutches to her only mitten
scared and alone+ thats hows shes left+ the wounds are numb+ shaking as she wept
with no one around\ not a soul in sight\ she feels the maker come down\ clothing her in rightousness\ batheing her in grace\ showing her mercy\ and His beutiful face
He wipes her tears! says that your pain is done! heals her very core! takes her hand as she starts to soar!
the next day comes# no one notices her face gone# no one but a child# a child who understands what has happened# for she too talked to the creator that very night
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This picture doesn't do the picture in my head justice... i saw a woman, cold and alone, i felt her pain, her sorrow, her tears, her vast emptyness, her lonliness.... in my head she is this extravegant woman... one who has seen her years, she is curled up along the side of the road, she has bruises, her cloths are torn.... my heart stopped. For a split second it stood still. My heart went out to her as i tried to understand the rawity of emotion in her eyes... it was beutiful, breath-takingly sad... joyus when the Saviour came and picked up her broken body, clothed her, loved her like no one else could... should i be so lucky... its almost like she looked at me and felt pity... pity that i cannot see and dont understand all that i have... all that i can do if i so choose it! wow. Thank-you Jesus... for everything, for the beauty in everything your create! For the blessings You have bestowed on me... on my life... for people who love me... for the endless opportunities i have.... for Your love in my life! After the woman danced into heaven... i saw the child... saw her love, saw her prayers, saw her faith that the woman that only she noticed had finally met with her Creator and Lover and went home. How beutiful the picture in my head... how i wish i had the talent to share it... hopefully this gives it at least some justice... wow."I have found that if i love until it hurts, there is no hurt but only more love" - Mother Theresa... Mother T... what an extravagantly breath-taking woman! Be love, be blessed!