THE STORM (UPDATED WITH PICTURE AND SCRIPTURE)

I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL
FOR ALL OF THE BLESSINGS
GOD HAS SENT MY WAY
AND THE OTHER ONES THAT I AM SURE TO COME.
HOWEVER,
RATHER,
I FIND MYSELF
SURROUNDED
BY A STORM OF DARK BLUE TEARS,
AND AS THE FIRST TEAR DROPS,
COLLECTED INTO A BOTTLE BY MY LORD, 
OF COURSE,
IT SEEMS TO CLEANSE MY SOUL
SOMEHOW.
AND THAT
DARK
DARK
CLOUD
THAT DECIDED TO PERSISTENTLY 
FOLLOW ME AROUND
OVER MY LITTLE HEAD
FINALLY DISAPPEARS,
JUST MIRACULOUSLY GOES AWAY
ALMOST AS IF IT HAD NEVER EVEN BEEN THERE.
THEN THE RAINBOW APPEARS,
ALWAYS REMINDING ME
OF GOD'S PROMISES
AND THAT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE
RIGHT BY MY SIDE,
SOMETIMES EVEN CARRYING ME.
GOD HAS BEEN RIGHT THERE,
HOLDING MY HAND
EVEN ALL OF THE TIMES
I UNSUCCESSFULLY
TRIED
TO RUN AND HIDE
ANYWHERE I COULD FIND.
BUT HERE I AM,
STILL STANDING,
FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING,
UPON THE ROCK,
ROOTS PLANTED DEEPLY
JUST IN CASE THAT STORM DECIDES
ON ITS OWN TO RETURN
WITHOUT ANY WARNING.
AND EVEN THO THE WAVES COME AND GO,
HERE I SHALL FIRMLY STAND
UNTIL I AM CALLED HOME.

1 JOHN 5:5

WHO IS IT THAT OVERCOMES THE WORLD?

ONLY THE ONE WHO BELIEVES

THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD.

TICK TOCK (UPDATED WITH TITLE, PICTURE & SCRIPTURE)

HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE YOU TO FORGIVE ME

FOR YOU BEING STRUCK DOWN AT THE TENDER AGE OF TWO?
WHAT DID YOU EXPECT ME TO DO?
TAKE YOUR PLACE IN THE HOSPITAL?
I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT, YOU KNOW,
IF IT HAD MEANT GETTING SOME ATTENTION FROM YOU, JUST FOR A SECOND OR TWO.
SELFISH, BUT TRUE

JUST GIVE ME SOME IDEA,

SOME KIND OF CLUE,

SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

BECAUSE, YOU SEE, I'M TIRED OF BEING KICKED AROUND  FOR SOMETHING I DID NOT

DO.

AND I'M SORRY YOU FEEL THIS WAY.

IT SEEMS AS IF I'VE ASKED YOU A MILLION TIMES,

AND FROM MY VIEW IT SEEMS AS IF IT'S EASIER FOR YOU TO FIND FAULT WITH THE PRESENT THAN  WITH THE PAST,

ALWAYS ENJOYING YOUR LITTLE LAUGH,
THEN USING ME AND STABBING ME IN THE BACK.

WELL, HERE'S A LAUGH FOR YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS -. 
I'M STUCK IN A WHEELCHAIR NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE TIME.

BUT THIS LAUGH IS ON YOU,  BECAUSE I AM TRULY HAPPY AND LOVED 
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE.
AND I AM FORGIVEN.

WE MAY NEVER BE BEST FRIENDS,
BUT GOD'S PRECIOUS LOVE IS FORGIVENESS,
AND, DESPITE OF HOW I WEAR MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE,
I AM AS GOD MADE ME,
OPEN AND FREE.
AND WHAT A JOY IT IS IS TO BE FREE,
KNOWING THAT ALL THIS TIME HE HAS BEEN WATCHING OVER YOU AND ME.
JUST TAKE A MINUTE AND THINK ABOUT THAT
I PRAY THAT YOU, TOO, CAN, JUST THIS ONCE, PUT YOUR PRIDE ASIDE 
AND BE 
 HAPPY AND FREE.
AFTER ALL, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TIME.

JAMES 4:14

WHY, YOU DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT WILL  HAPPEN TOMORROW.  WHAT IS YOUR LIFE? YOU ARE A MIST THAT APPEARS FOR A LITTLE WHILE

AND THEN VANISHES.

A Perverse Man Stirs Up Dissension, and A Gossip Separates Close Friends (Proverbs 16:28)

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1. Definition of perverse (adj)

   Bing Dictionary
   • per·verse
   • [ pər vúrss ]
1. inexplicably irrational: contrary to what is regarded as normal or reasonable, often for reasons that seem unaccountable or self-defeating
2. stubbornly unreasonable: deliberately and doggedly behaving in a way that seems contrary to good sense or your own best interests
3. cranky: cranky or peevish

Definition of dissension (n)

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• dis·sen·sion
 
• [ di sénshən ]
 

1. disagreement: disagreement or difference of opinion, especially when leading to open conflict

Synonyms: opposition · disagreement · dissent · discord · rebellion · conflict

Doesn't sound like a very happy person, does it, especially if they are secretly wanting to do these things to their best friend.  The word jealousy comes to mind, which can lead to the end of man kind.  Didn't it lead to the end of Eden?

I have a confession to make - I am a gossip.
I won't even buy gossip magazines at the check-out stands anymore, and I used to buy them religiously, if you'll pardon the pun.

A certain someone in my family would gather at the Sunday dinner table with another, bursting with gossip about another certain someone in the family.  Woops! Now I've gone and done it again!.  But this is how I was brought up, believing that gossiping was an extension of Sunday services.  But if you're on the receiving end of this gossip, it's very painful.  More painful is being the one that's gossiping.  I found myself doing that recently out of spite and jealousy, and it just led to a blackness in my heart that could only be purged by confessing it to you, my brothers and sisters.  I ask for Jesus' forgiveness, and that he continues to change me and shape me into the person that he wants me to be.  I pray that He continues to mold me until I take my last breath here on this earth and wake up rejoicing with all the saints proclaiming Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, Who Was, and Is and Is To Come.

Our God Is and awesome and forgiving God.  Don't let gossip or jealousy or any other sin take over your life.  God loves and provides for the sparrows, so how much more is He going to love and provide for you?

It can be so easy as an unhealthy person to use any excuse to continue to sin because you're having to deal with a certain level of pain that others just don't understand.  But God has allowed this to happen to me for a reason, and I'm not about to blow it now.  So get behind thee Satan.  I am a precious daughter of the King and you hold no authority over myself, my husband, nor my children.  A Christian should live as if Jesus died yesterday, rose today, and is coming back tomorrow.  Our hope, our only hope, lies in him.

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   1 Corinthinthians 10:13 - No temptation has seized you except what is common to man.  And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.  But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.