The title of this blog post pretty well sums up my life as of now =D We, that is myself and a few siblings and friends, are hard at work on our next lego brick stop-motion film. Take a look at the website if you are interested, we would love you have you pay a visit! Film-making certainly is not as easy as I imagined...and we are only learning enough to know that we really know nothing about how this all works! Talk about an excellent chance to practice growing in grace and patience!! The various aspects of the project certainly keep it from getting boring in ANY sense of the word.
Ah...and a fun little note, I will be starting nursing school in August this year!!! Praise God for His provision, and opening the doors for me to pursue this.
http://monitogostudios.com/
When God says He is taking care of you...He really means it.
When God says He will never leave your side...He never does.
When God says that He will give us peace...We really get it.
When God says that when we seek Him, we will find Him...he's not kidding.
When God says no...I'm pretty sure that means NO.
When He says to trust Him...He's right, we have no reason to fear.
And when He says, everything is taken care of...Don't doubt Him.
When God says to love Him...please do...we are so unworthy to have a love like this.
When God says we are safe in His arms...Don't worry.
When God says He loves us...never hesitate to think otherwise...He does.
When He says to obey Him...just do it.
When He says to go forth and make disciples of all nations...by all means Run and do it!
When God says the end is near...our time is short, dont waste it.
When God says life will be hard at times, and we will be broken, shaken, and scared...Dont run away...He still gonna carry you through it all...He WILL catch you when you fall.
When God says He's working...watch for it...look around.
When God says we are to work together...He's right...we are the Body of Christ.
When He said we are forgiven...it true. We are forever clean and pure!
When God speaks...we listen.
When He said He would make a way...He did, He died...and now we are given LIFE.
So when He says it...He really means it.
When GOD says "It is finished"...It Is.
From a dear friend on FB.
When God says He will never leave your side...He never does.
When God says that He will give us peace...We really get it.
When God says that when we seek Him, we will find Him...he's not kidding.
When God says no...I'm pretty sure that means NO.
When He says to trust Him...He's right, we have no reason to fear.
And when He says, everything is taken care of...Don't doubt Him.
When God says to love Him...please do...we are so unworthy to have a love like this.
When God says we are safe in His arms...Don't worry.
When God says He loves us...never hesitate to think otherwise...He does.
When He says to obey Him...just do it.
When He says to go forth and make disciples of all nations...by all means Run and do it!
When God says the end is near...our time is short, dont waste it.
When God says life will be hard at times, and we will be broken, shaken, and scared...Dont run away...He still gonna carry you through it all...He WILL catch you when you fall.
When God says He's working...watch for it...look around.
When God says we are to work together...He's right...we are the Body of Christ.
When He said we are forgiven...it true. We are forever clean and pure!
When God speaks...we listen.
When He said He would make a way...He did, He died...and now we are given LIFE.
So when He says it...He really means it.
When GOD says "It is finished"...It Is.
From a dear friend on FB.
I am reading a wonderful titled "Captured By Grace"...if you ever pick it up, be prepared for brain work and heart exercise. In this chapter, the author writes about the difference between mercy and grace. Mercy is "God witholding the punishment we rightfully deserve" while grace is "God not only witholding that punishment but offering the most precious gifts instead."
Think for just a moment...Mercy kept the knife from the heart of Isaac, while grace provided the ram in the thicket...mercy hears the cry of the brokenhearted thief on cross but grace promised him paradise that very day...mercy closes the door to hell while grace opens the door to heaven.
That my dear friends, is a beautiful thought. That I, as a child of God, have not only received mercy, which I do NOT deserve, but further still the Lord God has promised me heaven and His presence!!! I am blessed, truly beyond measure.
"After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen" 1 Peter 5:10-11
Think for just a moment...Mercy kept the knife from the heart of Isaac, while grace provided the ram in the thicket...mercy hears the cry of the brokenhearted thief on cross but grace promised him paradise that very day...mercy closes the door to hell while grace opens the door to heaven.
That my dear friends, is a beautiful thought. That I, as a child of God, have not only received mercy, which I do NOT deserve, but further still the Lord God has promised me heaven and His presence!!! I am blessed, truly beyond measure.
"After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen" 1 Peter 5:10-11
This is was written by a young man who is the son of Missionaries in Haiti. This poem is his depiction of the earthquake that happened this past week, and the effects it has/is having/will have.
Hello sandman
A visit paid by the grains of time
Erases past present and future
Blink of eyes becomes mayhem
Sand man nods his head
These walls are coming down
These ceilings caving in
This world is sinking down
As we realize what were in
Death zone
And the cries of the trapped saturate the skies
As we wonder who we really are
Survivor’s guilt
Or mere thankfulness
Yet scarring images fill our minds
Our world collapses
Ground gives way like quick sand
A man from the blacker land
The sandman
Reeking havoc midst the tears and fears
Grimly grins at the helpless
Who ponder nonexistent lives
Of the crumbling
And tumbling
Lives and homes
Shaking ground
Like jell legs
Destroys all balance
Sandman fills the ground
Waves of death
Waves of pain
Waves of insecurity
Sent by the unknown and unheard
Whether natural or not
It matters none
For the remains smolder with sand
Starvation leads to innovation
New breeds of anarchy are unleashed
Sandman smiles
Lack of unity brings hate and fear
In the wake of tragedy
In the face of jeopardy
Can lives be rebuilt?
Can souls be reformed?
Can homes be rebuilt?
And families reformed
Or shall the after be a new
Is there a lesson here?
Midst all that’s ravenously askew
As these arms reach the skies
Ignoring the sandman’s shrieks
Will the heavens descend?
Or will we return to the old
And kill the spark of dependency
Lit on a God who gives and takes
Oh the hellish tragedy
Loves ripped asunder
Yet mend able
Through the grace of a father with tears
For a bruised child with fears
In the crumbling night
Is there a lesson here?
Will we recognize?
Or make like a corpse
And simply lay down to die
Through return to the past
Dancing by the light of the burning pyres
Flames of doubt and confusion
And no hope that will last
But this warning is true
Ignore the sandman
He will not last
Let go the pain
It will not last
In Christ is there new life
Remaining to be found
In the shattered remains
Of you...
Hello sandman
A visit paid by the grains of time
Erases past present and future
Blink of eyes becomes mayhem
Sand man nods his head
These walls are coming down
These ceilings caving in
This world is sinking down
As we realize what were in
Death zone
And the cries of the trapped saturate the skies
As we wonder who we really are
Survivor’s guilt
Or mere thankfulness
Yet scarring images fill our minds
Our world collapses
Ground gives way like quick sand
A man from the blacker land
The sandman
Reeking havoc midst the tears and fears
Grimly grins at the helpless
Who ponder nonexistent lives
Of the crumbling
And tumbling
Lives and homes
Shaking ground
Like jell legs
Destroys all balance
Sandman fills the ground
Waves of death
Waves of pain
Waves of insecurity
Sent by the unknown and unheard
Whether natural or not
It matters none
For the remains smolder with sand
Starvation leads to innovation
New breeds of anarchy are unleashed
Sandman smiles
Lack of unity brings hate and fear
In the wake of tragedy
In the face of jeopardy
Can lives be rebuilt?
Can souls be reformed?
Can homes be rebuilt?
And families reformed
Or shall the after be a new
Is there a lesson here?
Midst all that’s ravenously askew
As these arms reach the skies
Ignoring the sandman’s shrieks
Will the heavens descend?
Or will we return to the old
And kill the spark of dependency
Lit on a God who gives and takes
Oh the hellish tragedy
Loves ripped asunder
Yet mend able
Through the grace of a father with tears
For a bruised child with fears
In the crumbling night
Is there a lesson here?
Will we recognize?
Or make like a corpse
And simply lay down to die
Through return to the past
Dancing by the light of the burning pyres
Flames of doubt and confusion
And no hope that will last
But this warning is true
Ignore the sandman
He will not last
Let go the pain
It will not last
In Christ is there new life
Remaining to be found
In the shattered remains
Of you...
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