Praise HIM, Glory be unto the Lord!

We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.

In him our hearts rejoice

for we trust in his holy name

May your unfailing love rest upon us O'Lord

even as we put our hope in You.

Psalm 33:20-22

Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens,

your faithfulness to the skies

Your rightearouness is like the mighty mountains

your justice like the great deep

O Lord, you preserve both man and beast

How priceless is your unfailing love

Both high and low among men

find refuge in the shadow of your wings

They feast on the abundance of your house

you give them drink from your river of delights

For with you is the fountains of life

in your light we see light.

Psalms 36:5-9

 and sang the song of moses

the servant of god and the song

of the lamb:

Great and marvelous your deeds

Lord God almight

Just and true are your ways

Kings of the ages

Who will nto fear you, O lord,

and bring glory to your name?

For you alone are holyd

All the nations will come and worship before you

for your righteous acts have been relvealed.

Revelations 15:3-4

2 Samuel 22

David’s Song of Praise

1 David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 2 He said:

“The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

 my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation.

He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior—

from violent people you save me.

“I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise,

and have been saved from my enemies.

The waves of death swirled about me;

the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

The cords of the grave coiled around me;

the snares of death confronted me.

"In my distress I called to the LORD;

I called out to my God.

From his temple he heard my voice;

my cry came to his ears.

The earth trembled and quaked,

the foundations of the heavens[c] shook;

they trembled because he was angry.

Smoke rose from his nostrils;

consuming fire came from his mouth,

burning coals blazed out of it.

He parted the heavens and came down;

dark clouds were under his feet.

He mounted the cherubim and flew;

he soared on the wings of the wind.

He made darkness his canopy around him—

the dark rain clouds of the sky.

Out of the brightness of his presence

bolts of lightning blazed forth.

The LORD thundered from heaven;

the voice of the Most High resounded.

He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy,

with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

 The valleys of the sea were exposed

and the foundations of the earth laid bare

at the rebuke of the LORD,

at the blast of breath from his nostrils.

“He reached down from on high and took hold of me;

he drew me out of deep waters.

He rescued me from my powerful enemy,

from my foes, who were too strong for me.

They confronted me in the day of my disaster,

but the LORD was my support.

He brought me out into a spacious place;

he rescued me because he delighted in me.

“The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness;

according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

 For I have kept the ways of the LORD;

I am not guilty of turning from my God.

 All his laws are before me;

I have not turned away from his decrees.

 I have been blameless before him

and have kept myself from sin.

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness,

according to my cleanness in his sight.

“To the faithful you show yourself faithful,

to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

 to the pure you show yourself pure,

but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

 You save the humble,

but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

 You, LORD, are my lamp;

the LORD turns my darkness into light.

 With your help I can advance against a troop;

with my God I can scale a wall.

“As for God, his way is perfect:

The LORD’s word is flawless;

he shields all who take refuge in him.

 For who is God besides the LORD?

And who is the Rock except our God?

 It is God who arms me with strength

and keeps my way secure.

He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;

he causes me to stand on the heights.

 He trains my hands for battle;

my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

 You make your saving help my shield;

your help has made me great.

You provide a broad path for my feet,

so that my ankles do not give way.

“I pursued my enemies and crushed them;

I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

I crushed them completely, and they could not rise;

they fell beneath my feet.

You armed me with strength for battle;

you humbled my adversaries before me.

 You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,

and I destroyed my foes.

They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—

to the LORD, but he did not answer.

 I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth;

I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.

“You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples;

you have preserved me as the head of nations.

People I did not know now serve me,

 foreigners cower before me;

as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

 They all lose heart;

they come trembling from their strongholds.

 “The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!

 He is the God who avenges me,

who puts the nations under me,

who sets me free from my enemies.

You exalted me above my foes;

from a violent man you rescued me.

 Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations;

I will sing the praises of your name.

“He gives his king great victories;

he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed,

to David and his descendants forever.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CeBoSQsBR0&feature=related

Give Glory to Him who reigns. Give Him GlORY!

Simplicity



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 Here's how to simplified your life...relent to Jesus! Give Him your all, the great, the good, bad, and definatly the ugly. Give him your hopes, your dreams, your fears, your anger, your pride, and well all of you. Life wiould be heck lot of  simplier if we would just stop trying to control our own life and let Him at it. Don't go locking those doors in your heart, don't go throwing away those keys, and don't go hiding secrets. For if you do, you will never ever be free unless...you truly allow him to utterly and completely take over you. To call you His and You call Him Yours.

Try a little excitment with whole lot of simplicity...let go of  yourself and get lost in Christ. Don't beat yourself up, give yourself grace to do the things that which desperatly needs attending that have been lacked for so long. Let your heart be free in grace with the love of Christ who has made you whole within himself. Simplify your life and run, dance, weep, skip, sing, play, whatever it is that makes you turn fully to Christ. It is all after all about Him and aren't you glad? That means you're not fighting the battles alone nor the majority of the battle. He is.

Caught by the Heart

God has caught me by the heart. I haven't quite fallen to my knees yet. But I suspect not in too near feature he'll have me weeping. Which is good, because I can't remember the last I wept. For joy and for sorrow. It is good for me to weep...because it draws me nearer to my Savior and Lord. My heart is so full of longing that if I was not sitting in bed at this moment I could fall to my knees. Yes, indeed he has caught me by the heart.
He has lectured me, He has disciplined me, and He has loved me. The concept of grace He has start to engrave in my soul. For about two months he has been teaching me of the Holy Spirit and speaking in togues. He has held my tongue in frustration of people not using common sense reminding me I don't know all that is going on. Give me courage to speak things I haven't wanted to say to people in love. Given me grace to give others and myself grace. Now among all these things I am diving into the World of Romans.
I have been sick for four days now. Yesterday I shouldn't have gone to church, but I couldn't stay home. Not with my soul and heart longing to hear the Word. No...I haven't ever been this hungry and I pray that it lasts forever. Perhaps I haven't absorb all of what Pastor Tim as said, but it doesn't matter. I got something. I got time with my Beloved. I was encourage. And I came home exhausted and happy. He gave me strength the strength I didn't have. Yes...I am paying for it today. But not much. I suspect he is still holding me in his arms like always.
He has given books to read that I can hardly keep up. But they are vitual to me. With him, I will learn and i will finish those books whether on my own or with people. I rejoice, oh I rejoice. As a wise man said( the author of Freed by Divine Degree) "Until you reliezed that you are fully lost without Christ, can you truly fully be found," This is now more than a treasure to me, it is now becoming a part of me. Life...in Jesus Christ is a life worth living for and worth fighting for. Indeed I am caught by the heart.

Packing up

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This weekend I get to go visit my grandparents. It is the three of us girls, while the guys stay home. I am laughing...because for once they're going to have to take care of the house. But before my laughter gets the better of myself, I am reminded that I get to pick curry. Oh well. 

     But these weekend I am determined to take pictures of my sister Kate. So look for those within the next two weeks or two in my photography blog. Just maybe, maybe, maybe I'll get a keeper. She too beautiful not to take pictures anyways. I am excited. Hopefully, Kate and I can steal away for some sister sister time in an old park. There we'll remised back to our childhood years and make new ones. Perhaps we'll stop by my favorite restaurant before we head home. Who knows what is in store. But I am thankful to be away...it has been a long season, a good one, but a long one for me. I am looking foreword to seeing my grandparents. Although I do not think I will have much time since we have a reunion the day after we get there which is the the day we might be coming home. It isn't much of a vacation, but never-the-less I am happy for my super mini one. 

By the by I hope that you enjoy the photograph up above. I dearly love old suitcases. If I wasn't taking my camera along, I'd be packing in my lil old 70s or '80s suitcase. You'll get a picture soon, she's a beaut. Just need a tad bit fixing up, but that's alright she works for me.

Father's Day



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 Dear friends.
    What an amazing day! Father's day a day that is not to be taken lightly. Whether you have a great dad or not, he is and always will be your dad in essence.
     My dad seemed like he was always gone when I was little. Although I hardly spent time with him, I jealously guard my time with him. He is my dad. I love him dearly.
      I can't imagine life without him. He is kind and very caring. We have had  our disagreements, and still don't see eye to eye. Most likely there will be some things that we will never, but that is alright. As long as I give him respect and obey him, then it is perfectly fine to disagree. It is when I harden my heart and make the choice to bull headily unrespect him that I error. My dad is great.
     He sacrifices a lot so that we can have food on our plates, a roof over our head, and give us some comforts. God has blessed him with the ability to do so. He's there for me and I respect that...a lot.


Even if I do not spend quality time with him often as I would like, he has helped me grow up. Fathers play an important role iand most of the time sadly they go unrecognized more unrecognized then mothers. Their impacts while just as important as the mothers, are greatly, greatly felt whether good or bad. Fathers in a sense hold the burden of family on his shoulders. It is father's that is responsible for the spiritual, emotional, and physical welfare of his family as well as himself.
               
So here's to Dads around the world:
          Happy Father's Day! May you be richly blessed.

Waiting

Sometime waiting for dreams to come true isn't fun. But still I must wait...and I long to be truly patience and enjoy this season I'm in. Funny, I enjoy my life and yet I want something more. Which is precisely why when I am intensely dissatisfied I dive into spending with my dear Beloved and making my relationship deep with him. Today has been one of those intensely unfavorable day and so guess where I have been trying to keep a good outlook on my unblissful day in my usual blissful life...that's right. Spending time with Him. My day might have been a wreck or to others more like series of small bumps, but it is still a very good day.

The Death of Osama Bin Laden

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                                 The Death of Osama Bin Laden.

When  I first heard the news, I felt punched in the stomach. My heart hurt. But at the same time I rejoiced. An evil man is dead and justice served. Perhaps our men and women are one step closer to finishing off the war. Yet, I am sadden by the news.
        It is most likely safe to say that he rejected Christ no matter how much I wish it the opposite. I am sad because he will be forever be in Hell. There is no other chances for him. Satan had him wrapped around his little finger and used him as a puppet until he was useless.
      Such a man as he was, he needed to die. He was destroying far more than just our lives. Justice had to be served and action correctly so was taken. Having said all this, I rejoice at the fact that the terrorist is dead, but sad that he will NEVER rest in peace, but live in burning fire as he gnash his teeth.
    I end this post being thankful that such a man no longer roams this earth, but sadden as well.