Going Somewhere?

In my life there has been only one time, when I came face to face with one of a kind. I was young and she younger. The day we met, my heart knew hunger. Our first contact, a mere kiss on the hand. I couldn’t/can’t imagine what God had/has planned. I didn’t see you again for quite sometime. One night on a boat we connected via rhythm and rhyme. Our first kiss that night I haven’t forgotten. I’ve tried and tried but between day and night dreams the memory keeps hoppin’. A longer time passed, not a word was said. You grew up, I grew up, different lives we led. Then one day from out of the blue; my faint heart was reminded of the life of you. I couldn’t risk it, I needed a chance. I wished to God for another dance. We sat on your bed, and talked all night. We poured and laughed over the pages of your life. To my dismay, I was given a sign. Today I have no doubt it was divine. Actions got hot and I noticed a scary look. You looked down at the ring on your finger and questioned the good book. It was then I knew, I was not fit to lead. I had to get out, become a man you see. I made a mistake and left all to fast; fulfilling a pattern of making you my past. But you see darlin’ girl; I’m still haunted by your face. Dear God, if it be your will, one final chance, one final place. But dear Lord, if it not be so; put out the fire in my heart with endless snow.

In my life there has been only one time, when I came face to face with one of a kind. I was young and she younger. The day we met, my heart knew hunger. Our first contact, a mere kiss on the hand. I couldn’t/can’t imagine what God had/has planned. I didn’t see you again for quite sometime. One night on a boat we connected via rhythm and rhyme. Our first kiss, oh how I haven’t forgotten. I’ve tried and tried but between day and night dreams the memory keeps hoppin’. A longer time passed, not a word was said. You grew up, I grew up, different lives we led. Then one day from out of the blue; my faint heart was reminded of the life of you. I couldn’t risk it, I needed a chance. I wished to God for another dance. We sat on your bed, and talked all night. We poured and laughed over the pages of your life. To my dismay, I was given a sign. Today I have no doubt it was divine. Actions got hot and I noticed a scary look. You looked down at the ring on your finger and questioned the good book. It was then I knew, I was not fit to lead. I had to get out, become a man you see. I made a mistake and left all to fast; fulfilling a pattern of making you my past. But you see darlin’ girl; I’m still haunted by your face. Dear God, if it be your will, one final chance, one final place. But dear Lord, if it not be so; put out the fire in my heart with endless snow.

People are often,

unreasonable and self-centered.

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind,

people may accuse you of ulterior motives.

Be kind anyway.

If you are honest,

people may cheat you.

Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness,

people may be jealous.

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,

may be forgotten tomorrow.

Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,

and it may never be enough.

Give your best anyway.

You see in the end,

it is between you and God.

It was never between you and them anyway.

follow the path

do wrong suffer wrath

mourn the dead

praise the king

command is love

land came from dove

mourn the dead

praise the king

wicked sneering judges

people need leading nudges

mourn the dead

praise the king

devil be greedy

gardens surrender temptations weedy

mourn the dead

praise the king

people die tryin’

cold death meets lion

mourn the dead

praise the king

bright light quick return

fire lakes burn

mourn the dead

praise the king

hard earthy death

giant failure last breath

mourn the dead

praise the king

man attempts right

forgotten often by night

mourn the dead

praise the king

submit to Christ

believe in the life

mourn the dead

praise the king

on his knees the boy cried

raised hands to the air

caliced are his feet

on fire they stride

trembling his voice calls for serenity

death soaks the soul

trapped in demon days

from them, no anonimity

poisoning forces darken a well laid path

circle the vultures

decision time has come

live again or die by wrath

deep within an S.O.S bellows through

scrounging for life

a fight not worth losing

his fears will hold him true

strong and uplifting

the giver of life knocks

wide eyed the boy hesitates

from the fight his attention shifting

mighty a voice demands entrance

afraid and weakened by temptation

to full of pride, full of shame

out puffs his chest a stance so courageous

he cries enter and do not take leave

many evils have hold

i believe, please, release my shackles

mercy and forgiveness, are all i wish to receive

arise now boy, walk out of the furnace

no longer be afraid

i am with you always

each prayer i have heard, each one earnest

be at peace, let the world know

i am coming for them dear boy

let none be deaf, to your voice all ears

let your words be salty and your actions be aglow

raise your hands to heaven

yeah, get’em to the sky

this is a gospel rap

turn the volume up high

we’re rollin’ through town

got our hands raised to heaven

they call us Holy Rollers

lovin’ 24 7

3 6 5 i said 24 7

justified by doing

not by faith alone

Christ’s work is never done

mercy and grace will be shown

deny thyself daily

take up the cross

let dead bury dead

not afraid to pay the cost

faith hope and love

gonna bring’em to your door

cause we’re coming to your city

you’ll see what Jesus has in store

we’re rollin’ through town

got our hands raised to heaven

they call us Holy Rollers

lovin’ 24 7

3 6 5 i said 24 7

be on your guard

stand firm in the faith

stay engaged in the word

choose love, not hate

you were bought at a price

honor God with your body

don’t give in to temptation

be nice not naughty

so get’em high and sing him some praise

cause we’re rollin’ through your town

got our hands raised to heaven

they call us Holy Rollers

lovin’ 24 7

yeah, uh huh

365 i said 24 7

we’re going to all nations

makin’ more disciples

savin’ all that we can

our wisdom is from the Bible

prayer faith and worship

through him we’re born again

washed in Christ’s blood

took all my pain, forgave all my sin

praise be to God

to him be all glory

life after death

the next chapter of our story

we’re rollin’ through your town

got our hands raised to heaven

they call us Holy Rollers

lovin’ 24 7

3 6 5 i said 24 7

on his knees the boy cried

raised hands to the air

caliced are his feet

on fire they stride

trembling his voice calls for serenity

death soaks the soul

trapped in demon days

from them, no anonimity

poisoning forces darken a well laid path

circle the vultures

decision time has come

live again or die by wrath

deep within an S.O.S bellows through

scrounging for life

a fight not worth losing

his fears will hold him true

strong and uplifting

the giver of life knocks

wide eyed the boy hesitates

from the fight his attention shifting

mighty a voice demands entrance

afraid and weakened by temptation

to full of pride, full of shame

out puffs his chest a stance so courageous

he cries enter and do not take leave

many evils have hold

i believe, please, release my shackles

mercy and forgiveness, are all i wish to receive

arise now boy, walk out of the furnace

no longer be afraid

i am with you always

each prayer i have heard, each one earnest

be at peace, let the world know

i am coming for them dear boy

let none be deaf, to your voice all ears

let your words be salty and your actions be aglow

follow the path

do wrong suffer wrath

mourn the dead

praise the king

command is love

land came from dove

mourn the dead

praise the king

wicked sneering judges

people need leading nudges

mourn the dead

praise the king

devil be greedy

gardens surrender temptations weedy

mourn the dead

praise the king

people die tryin’

cold death meets lion

mourn the dead

praise the king

bright light quick return

fire lakes burn

mourn the dead

praise the king

hard earthy death

giant failure last breath

mourn the dead

praise the king

man attempts right

forgotten often by night

mourn the dead

praise the king

submit to Christ

believe in the life

mourn the dead

praise the king

People are often

unreasonalbe and self-centered.

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind,

people may accuse you of alterior motives.

Be kind anyway.

If you are honest,

people may cheat you.

Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness,

people may be jealous.

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,

may be forgotten tomorrow.

Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,

and it may never be enough.

Give your best anyway.

You see in the end,

it is between you and God.

It was never between you and them anyway.

It was a feeling I have never felt before.  It was a feeling that was darker than jealousy, yet seemed to be brighter than that of all light.  It was more than a feeling yet a force that moved inside me.  It ran hot through my veins.  It made my body shake as if it were cold.  It made my mind imagine things to wondrous and sensual to write.  It made me quiver at the thought of it, and made my emotions run haywire and rage uncontrollably.  Your touch was provoking and your voice bewitching.  This force was controlling me uncontrollably and I was not willing nor wanting to stop it.  You made my feet freeze.  Yet when called upon, I would run to your every calling.  This force you put upon me is manipulative and deceitful but also true and pure.  It put a color on me deeper red than any rose.  you made me feel desire I did not know existed in the very whim of human nature.  You made me desire the very corruption that provoked the deepest emotion and force to be recognized and scrutinized against.  This force drove me to madness and insanity over the beauty that you portrayed.  You blinded me with unmatchable beauty.  This force you brought upon was wild and mystic in the very essence of it’s name, and that name be Passion.  It was Passion that you filled me with, Passion that ran through me and seduced my very thoughts and emotions.  It was this feeling that drove me to become infatuated with every bit of you, your touch, your voice, your every curve, your personality, your whole being.  For to understand the very essence of love you must understand the force that drives us to love and that is Passion.  Passion that drives us to obsession.  It is not the slightest of weird yet not any bit of normal.  It is the feeling and force that drives us to be inseparable under the circumstances of nothing.  it is what makes those who we find the most special to us golden and undeniably attractive in every way of possibility.  It was the Passion that you filled me with that provoked the deepest anxiety and sadness ever known to those who live at the very separation of our being together.  It was a force and feeling that brought out the greatest thoughts in the power of the mind.  It was this Passion you caused with your very presence.

“Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” - 2 Corinthians 9:7

It may have come to your attention over the past few weeks, that we are in a crisis.  Who knew?  Countless hours of hard labor have been distributed from many men, women and children.  The opportunities to volunteer have increased to unfathomable numbers.  It is in a time such as this that I am reminded of what the Bible says about giving to others.

More specifically I am reminded of Pauls second letter to the Corinthians.  In 2 Corinthians, chapter nine, Paul writes to them saying, “For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action.  But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.  For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unrepared, we—not to say anything about you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.” 9:2-4 

Paul is excited and boasting to the church in Corinth that they are such cheerful givers and urges them to be so and to be prepared.  He is sending the Macedonians to Corinth to witness their unselfish willingness to give.  If they are in foul spirits and unprepared than he and the Macedonians will be ashamed of being so confident in the Corinthians.

“So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised.  Then it will be ready as a generous gift, not as one grudgingly given. REMEMBER THIS: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously”

GIVE GENEROUSLY and it shall be GIVEN BACK to you GENEROUSLY, writes Paul in verse 6. 

“…..God loves a cheerful giver.”  Verse seven says we should give happily and only what we choose to offer in order to remain happy when displaying the love of God.  We are called to put others needs before our own.  This is how we love one another. 

The volunteer services you may provide are a great insight into God’s love for all!  Be joyous for the opportunity and love your God for he has given you the gifts and abilities you will need to reach others. 

As it says in the book of James, chapter two, verse 26, “As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.”

Paul exempliefies the benefits of the Corinthians generousity when he writes, “This service that you perform is NOT ONLY supplying the needs of God’s people but is also OVERFLOWING in MANY expressions of thanks to God.  Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, MEN will PRAISE GOD for the obedience that accompanies YOUR CONFESSION of the gospel of Christ, and for your gernerousity in sharing with them and with everyone else.” - 12-13

Through your acts of generousity and selflessness, many people will see the love of God through your actions.  Though we are just planters of the seed, God will use our actions to benefit him as we continue to bring him glory.

“And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. THANKS BE TO GOD FOR HIS INDESCRIBABLE GIFT.” - 14-15

It is God’s grace, given to us by God, that we shall witness our actions carry out part of his master plan. 

In closing, I pray that all of you at some point, take the time to show your love to another by giving GRACIOUSLY and CHEERFULLY.  I pray for your actions to be seeds among moist hearts and that as you cheerfully give, may you also cheerfully receive.  For our God is great and loving and faithful.  I pray that you all be blessed and that you continue to thank God for blessing others.  I pray for your courage to not only act out your faith but speak of it during such actions in order to shead light on the true nature of your volunteerism.  I pray many blessing be placed upon all of you and those you touch.  Praise and glory be to God the Father Almighty.  In Jesus name, Amen.

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You will know when you have found the right person to spend the rest of your life with when every shred of doubt about committing yourself to that person forever is gone.  If you can do that with a smile on your face, then you’ve found THE ONE.

Eyes are saggy

Nose won’t stop running

Hair has grown shaggy

No time, never time

Friend lesson, family lesson

Learning only hurts

Nothing for certain, only guessin’

No time, never time

Songs contain ghost life

Imagination strays from reality

False language enriches close hardened strife

No time, never time

None in view self blinded

Drones of feeble spirited sacks

Un-minded enlightenment suffers

No time, never time

Cold drifting fulfilling the purpose

Bruised memories suggest no rhythm learning

Pro-choice finds damaged wisdom

No time, never time