Day almost gone without a trace

            ..sometimes we need to "be" nothing in order to grow into something..

One day here alive vibrant important
Next day down out unnoticed insignificant
Tell me what this means
To be so fickle as my feelings
Ride up and down with the wind
As I crash into shallow ground right with
...The dreams from yesterday
Unrealized today.. grasping hopes for tomorrow
Though tainted by doubt and unbelief
The same word..is life
And today I feel life-LESS
Feel: keyword
I AM alive..don't mistake
My feelings for reality
For reality...changes NOT
My feelings..never remain constant
I am ALIVE and well
In fact today I was first alive
But not one to know tice this day
Not one to yield a thought
To the occasion that brought me here today
But He of course
Gave ME the breath to attend this event
So, thankful I remain
Through the scorching with drought of alone
For I NEVER walk alone
But He walks with me always.

06/18/12.. [special day yet unknown to the special]

It's okay to be sad and broken- in fact its completely unavoidable. It's whose hands we lay those broken pieces in that makes or breaks the experience. To whom and where do we turn? With His loving Grace, I choose to call upon my Lord to pick up my shattered remnants and piece them together molding a completely new image; one unlike the first and beyond my wildest imaginations. I surrender.

                                         

O Lord, you have searched me
and you know me.

You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.

Psalm 139: 1-2

Be So Blessed!

Ruthi

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness"

2 Corinthians 12:9

This verse has encouraged me so many times, and once again I find myself comforted by it. Do you ever get that feeling that no matter how hard you try (and sometimes the harder you do try the worse things get) you end up flat on your face in failure? I get that feeling a lot, especially lately due to a big move which has left me very stressed out on many a day. Times like these are when I've got to remember this verse, and a few others which I will list down below. This verse shows that we don't have to be hopeless even during our lowest times. There is something to be gained even when we don't feel that way. (We will get into "feelings" next time!) I KNOW for a fact that when I am down and out and there's nothing within my power I can do to better my situation, my Lord sees what I am going through and uses that brokeness to be glorified. Whether it's in opening a door that could otherwise not be opened unless I step down and get out of the way or teaching me patience- (i.e I do NOT need to throw a fit because I didn't get that thing I wanted when I wanted it) God has really been dealing with me when it comes to that. There's been several times I've struggled so hard to keep control of a certain situation, but I messed things up so bad I ended up drowning in the ocean of regret. Often times I've ended up letting go and repenting, telling the Lord I give the situation over to him- He has never failed me, a door always opens just in time (though it might not necessarily be the one I was trying to open). In hindsight it looks much like a small child struggling till they're blue in the face to lift up this "heavy" load, while her daddy is standing right there smiling gently waiting for his little girl to say "Daddy will you help me?"- Sooner or later she gets frustrated and starts whining and tearing up  finally remembers that her daddy has muscles and can lift this load with one hand easy. She didn't have to go through all that- but she wanted to do it herself. Her daddy didn't push himself in there at the first sign of struggle, but he let her learn and ask. This is so much like our Heavenly Daddy. He's such a gentleman. Our pride sometimes keeps us from asking him for help, when we know only he can handle this load in front of us. Our flesh wants to be glorified by handling this load, but then we would boast because we did it. But when we crucify our flesh and the Lord's strength be made perfect in our weakness, we can only speak of his amazing unending love, strength and grace!
Be Blessed

Ruth

Create a Blog

Hello there!
Finally, the time has come for me to make a blog. I have been contemplating, planning and preparing in my mind to do this but never really got around to it. This blog will be a combination of random events, and maybe not so random. I will be talking about my Faith, sharing scriptures that are on my heart, talking about random things on my mind and reviewing some products that I try. I enjoy makeup, hair products, nail polishes, fashion and everything girly! You will also see lots of pictures and photos, I'm very visual. Please enjoy, be encouraged and inspired and lets enjoy this life that God has blessed us with! God Bless!
Ruth