Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, powrer, glory, and victory,..
With prayer we invite God in, He who is already there. Through prayer, we speak to God, with Miracles, He responds.
I believe...
I Believe...
God promises to deliver us from our troubles and is always with us. It doesn’t matter how real or intense our adversities may be; nothing can ever separate us from His love. He promises He will be with us in our trouble. Problems are never a highly welcomed event; but whatever it may be, whether exhausting, irritating or causing weakness, it will not separate us from His love.
Problems are a part of life. So are solutions. I believe that nothing happens by accident, there is a lesson in all adversity and in every situation. None of us are immune from problems and troubles, they are all apart of our lives. We all have them. But we are more than our problems. Even if our problems come from our own bad choices.,
Every problem has a solution and I think that I have solved exactly the problems I have needed to solve to become who I am today. When we hold on to God’s love when the odds are totally against us, logic is silenced in the face of each of these things which come against us. There’s only one thing we can count on – the love of God. “Out of the wreck I will rise everytime.” When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: Either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly today!
My Background...
My life has not been easy, no one’s has. I have tried and struggled and failed miserably at times, most from my own “best thinking” and bad choices. I have spent the better part of my life chasing dragons, outrunning speeding bullets and being chased by bears. It has been a life of survival for me. It has been a life of running. Unfortunately, when we run, we must take ourselves with us. My life has been shattered into a thousand pieces. I spent a good part of my life feeling alone, betrayed, and hopeless.
There came a time in 2003, that I was in so much emotional pain, I knew I couldn't bear it anymore.
I became so desperate I was willing to do anything to be free of the all the shame, guilt, and pain of my past and my present. It was then, that in desperation I cried out to God and reached for a hand that had been there for me all the time.
There my journey of freedom and redemption began. God began to lead me out of that deep darkness into the Light of His love and grace. It didn’t happen overnight, and I am still a work in progress, and I know that it will continue until I return to my Creator.
My Philosophy...
There is something formless and perfect before the universe was born. It was Serene. Empty. Solitary. Unchanging. Infinite, and Eternally present. I believe that we all have a need every day of our lives, even though we don't acknowledge it, to be related to and connected to something bigger than ourselves, more alive than ourselves, something older, something more eternal, something greater and more powerful than ourselves, and something that will endure for all time...call it our Creator, our Source, a Higher Power, or the Mother of the Universe...for lack of a better name, I call it God.
Faith unfolds by leaving everything in God's hands and by beholding His hand in all things. It is in this faith that we find happiness, fulfillment, contentment and peace in our lives because we know that God is in control.
“His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden” (Habakkuk 3:4).
(Hubble Space Telescope Photo, taken in 1995 called the "Pillars of Creation", which reminds me of the Hand of God)