Show me Lord
God I’ve never cried out so loud for you
Tears of pain and loneliness drip inside of me
I scream out your name; Nothing
Just shallow echoes repeating my words
Have you forgotten about me
Have you forgotten about one of your children
I yearn so bad to become close to you again
I want you in my life Lord, leading and guiding
I can feel you there, but for some reason I won’t let you in
Your presence is like the crash of ocean waves on a rocky cliff shore
This is me God, look inside me. See, there is nothing there
Because without you Lord, I am a worthless vessel
You are the light that gives me life
You are the word that shows me the way
I’m done with what I have Lord
What I have is selfishness and greed
I want you now God, I want you in my life once again
I’m breaking the barrier of my heart open for you, only you
Come inside me Lord and show me your way
I’ve had enough of myself....
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Friday, December 29, 2006
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Devotion
Today was like no other day…
I’ve been back in Oregon for the past two weeks or so visiting my friends and family over the winter break. For the most part I have been pretty busy meeting up with old friends, and spending time with family members that I only get to see a few times a year. For the last two weeks I have had something to do every day, and it was hard for me to try and find devotional time to spend with Jesus. I always would tell myself that I want to really sit down, and take the time to learn something new. I never wanted to rush into devotion just for the sake of saying I did it. So when a new day would come and go, I would say to myself, late at night, that tomorrow I am going to take the time to sit down and devote all of myself to my Lord, Jesus Christ. Over and over this would happen to me, until I got to the point that I felt sick inside. All most like that feeling when you got when you were younger, and you would leave home for a long period of time. Homesick…. I was truly homesick. But not from being in Oregon. It was from being away from the one who has given me everything in my life. It was from me realizing how selfish I was being. It was from a hole inside of me that can only be filled with one thing. And that is the love of out Lord.
So how do I go about fixing this hole that is inside of me? Well, like I said before, today was like no other day. I finally found a day where I was sitting down, hopeless. I had not one thing to do, not one person I felt like talking to, and not one thing on my mind. At first I thought to myself, “man my life must suck. Look at me sitting here with nothing to do. I’m sure that all my other friends are up to something, and they are not just sitting here like me, doing nothing.” Then slowly but surely I felt the Lord pulling me close to him. I finally have free time to praise our Lord for all the glorious things he has done in my life. And that’s when it hit me. Like a ton of brick straight to the head… Who am I to only devote time to the Lord when I feel my life is empty? How selfish and conceded I am.
I think that a lot of people in this world are in the same position that I am in. The only thing is, they don’t realize what I have realized today. We need to all understand how awesome God’s glory is. We need to all realize that God has given us everything in our life. That billions of thank you’s, and loving comments could never make up for what God has given every person on this earth. And once we have understood that, we won’t wait for the day that we have nothing to do to Praise our Lord. We will do it everyday, every hour, and every minute, because that is what God is worthy of. We need to take the time out of our everyday selfish lives to praise our father. It shouldn’t ever be the other way around.
Devotion is a hard thing to understand for people. To me, it’s the ability to give up everything you are in order to have a profound dedication and concentration on one thing. That one thing should be the same to every person, Jesus Christ. There isn’t one other thing in this materialistic world that we should give devotion to, other then God. Because in order to devote ourselves, we have to give ourselves up to that thing we are concentrating on. And if we are concentrating on anything else besides God, there is no way of giving ALL of who we are up. This might be confusing to some people to I will break it up for you.
We belong to God. We do not have the power to give ourselves up to anything, without it being God’s will. And God wants us only to love him, and praise his name all over the earth. Therefore, we can only devote our time and give all of ourselves up to God. Nothing else.
We need to understand that everything in our lives comes from God. Once we understand that, devoting time to him will be routine. So take the time now, after reading what I have wrote you, and LOVE GOD, because he loves you so much….
Here are some tips on devotion, hope they help....
http://mydevotion.com/whatwedo.htm
I’ve been back in Oregon for the past two weeks or so visiting my friends and family over the winter break. For the most part I have been pretty busy meeting up with old friends, and spending time with family members that I only get to see a few times a year. For the last two weeks I have had something to do every day, and it was hard for me to try and find devotional time to spend with Jesus. I always would tell myself that I want to really sit down, and take the time to learn something new. I never wanted to rush into devotion just for the sake of saying I did it. So when a new day would come and go, I would say to myself, late at night, that tomorrow I am going to take the time to sit down and devote all of myself to my Lord, Jesus Christ. Over and over this would happen to me, until I got to the point that I felt sick inside. All most like that feeling when you got when you were younger, and you would leave home for a long period of time. Homesick…. I was truly homesick. But not from being in Oregon. It was from being away from the one who has given me everything in my life. It was from me realizing how selfish I was being. It was from a hole inside of me that can only be filled with one thing. And that is the love of out Lord.
So how do I go about fixing this hole that is inside of me? Well, like I said before, today was like no other day. I finally found a day where I was sitting down, hopeless. I had not one thing to do, not one person I felt like talking to, and not one thing on my mind. At first I thought to myself, “man my life must suck. Look at me sitting here with nothing to do. I’m sure that all my other friends are up to something, and they are not just sitting here like me, doing nothing.” Then slowly but surely I felt the Lord pulling me close to him. I finally have free time to praise our Lord for all the glorious things he has done in my life. And that’s when it hit me. Like a ton of brick straight to the head… Who am I to only devote time to the Lord when I feel my life is empty? How selfish and conceded I am.
I think that a lot of people in this world are in the same position that I am in. The only thing is, they don’t realize what I have realized today. We need to all understand how awesome God’s glory is. We need to all realize that God has given us everything in our life. That billions of thank you’s, and loving comments could never make up for what God has given every person on this earth. And once we have understood that, we won’t wait for the day that we have nothing to do to Praise our Lord. We will do it everyday, every hour, and every minute, because that is what God is worthy of. We need to take the time out of our everyday selfish lives to praise our father. It shouldn’t ever be the other way around.
Devotion is a hard thing to understand for people. To me, it’s the ability to give up everything you are in order to have a profound dedication and concentration on one thing. That one thing should be the same to every person, Jesus Christ. There isn’t one other thing in this materialistic world that we should give devotion to, other then God. Because in order to devote ourselves, we have to give ourselves up to that thing we are concentrating on. And if we are concentrating on anything else besides God, there is no way of giving ALL of who we are up. This might be confusing to some people to I will break it up for you.
We belong to God. We do not have the power to give ourselves up to anything, without it being God’s will. And God wants us only to love him, and praise his name all over the earth. Therefore, we can only devote our time and give all of ourselves up to God. Nothing else.
We need to understand that everything in our lives comes from God. Once we understand that, devoting time to him will be routine. So take the time now, after reading what I have wrote you, and LOVE GOD, because he loves you so much….
Here are some tips on devotion, hope they help....
http://mydevotion.com/whatwedo.htm
Thursday, December 21, 2006
What should i write...??
There isn’t anything in my head right now that i want to put down in writing. But i know i want to put something down. I want to reach out to people and be able to teach them what i know, and tell them what i have been through. I want to help people understand what life is about, and how i can make it so much easier for them if they would just take the time to sit down and listen to me. I want to be able to praise our Lords name to people who don’t believe in him. I don’t want to be afraid of anything that crosses my path or anyone that rejects me. It sounds so easy to do, but when i try to put it into action, it never turns out how i want it to. I think the main reason i have a problem is because of my lack of confidence. But who do i lack confidence in?? Am i doing this for our Lord, Jesus Christ?? or am i doing this for myself?? Because if i am doing this for Christ, then i should have a worry in the world. Because he is always with me. Guiding me. Giving me words and wisdom on my journey through life. But if im doing this for me, then everything i am typing is nonsense. But its not. I know its not. And that’s why i am writing. Because if it was nonsense i would get the better of myself and you wouldn't be reading one word of what i am typing, because i would never post it. I don’t know if what i am writing down is going to be good or bad. I don’t know if anyone will even read it. But i do know that i am writing it down.... I am praising our God, Jesus Christ. I am worshiping him though my words.
I am going to try something out for the next part of my life. I am going to dedicate at least one day a week to this blog. I have no idea what i am going to write every week, but i know that i am going to write something. Just for the sake of praising his name. I know i have something to offer the world. Sometimes its just not as clear as i would like it to be.
Dear Lord,
Please give me strength and confidence in your words. lead my life in the direction of salvation, and use me for your will. I believe in you and your love father, and i want to make a difference. I want to change peoples lifes and bring them into your glorious kingdom. Your love is enough, Lord, and i praise you every second of my life for it.
Amen
I will give thanks to the Lord because of his rightousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
- Psalm 7:17
I am going to try something out for the next part of my life. I am going to dedicate at least one day a week to this blog. I have no idea what i am going to write every week, but i know that i am going to write something. Just for the sake of praising his name. I know i have something to offer the world. Sometimes its just not as clear as i would like it to be.
Dear Lord,
Please give me strength and confidence in your words. lead my life in the direction of salvation, and use me for your will. I believe in you and your love father, and i want to make a difference. I want to change peoples lifes and bring them into your glorious kingdom. Your love is enough, Lord, and i praise you every second of my life for it.
Amen
I will give thanks to the Lord because of his rightousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
- Psalm 7:17
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