Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord...

NOBODY SEES HER
She's sitting huddled in the corner of the building shivering in the cold

NOBODY SEES HER
She's sitting in the back of a greasy cafe' hunched over a cup of coffee

NOBODY SEES HER
She's waiting for a John to pick her up

NOBODY SEES HER
She's sitting on a filthy floor covered with used pints, garbage and empty beer bottles

NOBODY SEES HER
She's lying on the cold hard ground some John has dumped her on

NOBODY SEES HER
She's puking as she slaps and prods her veins so that the rig can give her a moment of feeling good

NOBODY SEES HER
She's a junkie people say; she's nothing

NOBODY SEES HER
She's a missing, fogotten and lost girl

STILL, NOBODY SEES HER
But today, everybody sees her. She is found in an unmarked hole in the ground.


Written by Betty Nordin

First printed in Songs of the Street Poetry Anthology

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
-Martin Luther King Jr.


If you wnat peace, you must work for justice.
-Pope Paul VI


It is essential that justice be done, and it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different.
-Oscar Aria


No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big.
-Unknown


The willow knows what the storm does not; The power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
-Blood of the Martyr


The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
-Unknown


Obstacles are the frighful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
-Unknown


What does the Lord require of you? To act justly and love mercy and walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8


Justice does not come from the outside. It comes from inner peace.
-Barbara Hall



Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
JESUS



The shell must breat before the bird can fly.
-Tennyson

hey hey!

i've started to work at a video store. it really is quite a story how i ended up there, feel free to ask me how it all started. this past weekend i was trained on the cash and how to make popcorn. i like it. it's really different. i've found a fellow brother there. tis a blessing. i also have gotten a job on the island, at a gorgeous beach where i have fond memories.
God is so good.

zzzzzzz i was playing pool earlier, was so fun, and a really cool God-thing happened! ! !

He never ceases to amaze me.

Forgiveness..............

No Worries

Eternal

Peace

Choices

Life

Freedom

Love beyond imagination

Chance

Decisions

Ballots

Ballads

Chains broken

"just as there are no little people or unimportant lives, there is no insignificant work." ~ Elena Bonner


"a great teacher never strives to explain his vision- he simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself."
~The Rev.R.Inman


"The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers."
~Arthur Koestler


"spring is nature's way of saying, "let's party!"


"If you believe in yourself, no one can hurt you."
SUPERSTAR
~Robin Williams


"kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
Mother Teresa


"correction does much, but encouragement doees more."
Goethe


"Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take many small steps."
Helmut Schmidt

"i rest in the shelter of Your love and i rest in the wonder of Your grace, i rest in the wonder of Your love, i rest in the wonder of You. taking the old and You're making it new, everything i give to You, You're the hope that can pull me through, halleujah.." Skillet-Rest

i got a cool revelation about this while i was in toronto, but i think i've moved out of it, sooooooooo, time to embrace it once again. REST--hmm, sounds good hey? soaking is the best way, i think... laying down, listening to music that is unto God, something that helps us focus on Him, quiets our minds down or listening to Scripture. i'm choosing to choose it again. i desperately need it and Him! and i believe He'll bring rest and peace to us as we cast our anxiety on Him, and what they taught us in georgia, to take back our peace (when we lose it) as we chew on the Word, because it's powerful and He'll give us revelation and rest as we're seeking Him and what He wants to tell us.

When the promises are mixed with faith

for as long, then, as the promise of resting in him pulls us on to God's goal for us, we need to be careful that we're not disqualified. we received the same promises as those people in the wilderness, but the promises didn't do them a bit of good because they didn't receive the promises with faith. if we believe, though, we'll experience that state of resting. but not if we don't have faith. remember what God said,
Exasperated, I vowed,
"They'll never get where they're going, never be able to sit down and rest."

God made that vow, even though he'd finished his part before the foundation of the world. Somewhere it's written, "God rested the seventh day, having completed his work," but in this other text he says, "They'll never be able to sit down and rest." So this promise has not yet been fulfilled. Those earlier ones never did get to the place of rest because they were disobedient. God keeps renewing the promise and setting the date as today, just as he did in david's psalm, centuries later than the original invitation:
Today, please listen, don't turn a deaf ear...

and so this is still a live promise. it wasn't canceled at the time of joshua; otherwise, God wouldn't keep renewing the appointment for "today." the promise of "arrival" and "rest" is still there for God's people. God himself is at rest. and at the end of the journey we'll surely rest with God. so let's keep at it and eventually arrive at the place of rest, not drop out through some sort of disobedience.

God means what he says. what He says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon's scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. nothing and no one is impervious to God's Word. we can't get away from it- no matter what.

Hebrews 4:1-13 The Message

Please give wisdom, revelation and protection God.

"so long self well it's been fun but i have found somebody else, so long self there's just no room for two so you are gonna have to move, so long self, don't take this wrong but you are wrong for me- oh well goodbye, don't cry- so long self." ~Mercy Me

All of us, then, reflect the glory of the Lord with uncovered faces; and the same glory, coming from the Lord who is the Spirit, transforms us into his very likeness, in an every greater degree of glory
2 Corinthians 3:18

Child of Mine,

I am calling you to walk closer to Me than you have done before. This means you are going to have to reevaluate your priorities and you will need to give Me a larger portion of your leisure time. You will need to change your schedule around so that you can spend quality time with Me each day.

Child, we must have that daily time together, and it must be quality time. I want you to come to Me when you are fresh and alert, not when you are tired and exhausted and unable to concentrate on the things that I want to show you. I want you to seek Me for My will for the dya and I want you to grow in your knowledge of Me. We can't build a closer and deeper relationship together if you do not spend time with Me.

I want to show more of Myself to you, I want to teach you more of what My nature and character are like. I want you to get an idea of how big and capabe I am. I want you to understand how much love I have fore you. I want you to experience Me, to know Who I am so that you can begin to trust Me at the level that I need you to trust Me at.

I want to talk to you about the things that are going on in your life, and I want to show you what My will is regarding them. I want to strengthen you and I want to transform your heart and your desires to be more like Mine. I want to walk with you throughout your day, and I want you to invite Me into it. I want you to recognize My voice when I am speaking to you, and I want you fully committed to obey the things I tell you to do.

I want you to spend time in My presence and get to know My ways better and better. YOu have to invest yourself into our relationship, it cannot be one sided. I have already given of Myself to you, and now I am asking you to give yourself to Me. I want to build a closer and deeper relationship with you-- I desire that we be dear friends. I want you to experience more of Me, I want to show you more and more of My glory. I want to release a greater measure of supernatural experiences to you; I want to bring you before My throne in Heaven more often, to give you visions of Myself and to allow you to come tangibly into My presence. I also want to surround you with My love and I want to radiate My glory upon you.

Child you are the apple of My eye, and I love you dearly. That is why I am willing to include you in what I am doing, and to allow you to participate in it with Me. That is why I am willing to place My Spirit within you and to place My annointing upon you. THat is why I allow you to reflect My glory to those around you. I don't want you to just have head knowledge about Me--I want you to experience Me with every fiber of your being. And to do that, we must spend time together. You must seek Me and come into My presence. You must linger bfore My throne so you can get to know Me better. Child, are you willing?

This word is submitted by Teresa S.

I met God in the morning
When the day was at its best
And HIs presence came like sunrise
Like a glory within my breast.

ALl day long the presence lingered
All day log He stayed with me;
And we sailed in perfect calmness
O'er a very troubled sea

Other ships were blown and battered
Other ships were sore distressed
But the winds that seemed to drive them
Brought to us a peace and rest.

Then i thought of other mornings
With a keen remorse of mind
When i too, had loosed the moorings, with His presence left behind

So, i think i know the secret
Learned from many a troubled way
You must seek God in the morning
If you want Him through the day.

Spiritual Hilltops Ralph S. Cushman

i know it's been a while..............

summer break is here for my course!! yeah!!! ! ! !

thanks everybody who comes here.

God is so faithful... even when i'm not.

i've become a mary kay lady! i'm very excited!

www.marykay.ca/rlaird1

quotes are beautiful things

spring is incredible.

new life, new growth, flowery trees

creation SO SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Zoey and Little Bud now have homes!