WE ARE ALL MAD HERE

WE ARE ALL MAD HERE,
CRAZY I MEAN.
ME?
I AM MAD,
CRAZY DIFFERENT I MEAN
BECAUSE I AM OWNED
BY THE MOST HIGH KING.
JESUS, I MEAN,
NOT HE-WHO-SHALL-NOT-BE-NAMED,
LUCIFER,
NOT THE BAD GUY IN HARRY POTTER,
WHOSE NAME SOMEHOW NOW ELUDES ME,
BECAUSE I MUST CONFESS
I HAVE WATCHED THE FIRST HARRY POTTER
ONE TOO MANY TIMES.
HEY, IS IT A SIN
THAT I WISH I HAD RECEIVED
JUST ONE INVITATION
TO STUDY MAGIC
AT A PLACE LIKE HOGWARTS?
BE HONEST, NOW.
HAVE YOU NOT WISHED THAT YOURSELF?


SO, YES, I AM MAD,
CRAZY,
BECAUSE THIS ABOHORENT, ABUSIVE,
REUPLSIVE, DISCOURTEOUS PLACE
IS NOT WHERE I BELONG.
(ARE YOU GETTING THE MESSAGE?
DID I USE ENOUGH ADJECTIVES?)
I WANT TO GO HOME.
IT'S NOT TOO SOON.
AFTER ALL, I UNASHAMEDLY ADMIT
THAT I AM SIXTY-ONE.
THAT'S ONLY NINE YEARS SHORT,
LORD.
COME ON.


YES, I AM MAD HERE.
THIS PLACE MAKES MY HEART ACHE,
ESPECIALLY AFTER BEING IN THE ER LAST NIGHT,
AND SEEING NO SMILES.
SO I TRIED MY HARDEST TO PUSH DOWN MY FLESH,
WANTING SO BADLY TO FROWN BACK.
I RATHER AND BECAUSE OF ALL THE PAIN I WAS IN
PRAYED AND LISTENED TO MY JESUS MUSIC,
BLASTING HIGH OVER MY COOL HEADPHONES.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMED AS IF
I JUST MIGHT HAVE BEEN
THE ONLY JESUS FREAK THERE
LAST NIGHT IN THE ER,
I TRIED TO SHINE MY LIGHT,
AS IRRITATED AND HURTING AS I WAS.
AS, I'M SURE, WE ALL WERE.
HURTING, I MEAN.


WE ARE ALL MAD HERE,
AT LEAST US TO THOSE THAT BELIEVE.
AND I WILL ONLY REALLY BE HAPPY
WHEN I GET TO SEE MY KING FACE-TO-FACE.
O, WHAT A WONDERFUL, BEAUTEOUS DAY THAT WILL BE.

So, yeah, happened again.  I love how God works.  I was going to use a completely different verse, so I go to BibleGateway.com (that and my thesaurus--best tools ever) to look up the verse I wanted to use, but this was the verse of the day that I knew I had to use:


MATTHEW 7:12--SO IN EVERYTHING, DO TO OTHERS WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO TO YOU, FOR THIS SUMS UP THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.


Finally found scriptures showing how much God wants us to be happy:


PSALM 68:3--BUT MAY THE RIGHTEOUS BE GLAD AND REJOICE BEFORE GOD; MAY THEY BE HAPPY AND JOYFUL.


ECCLESIASTES 3:12--I KNOW THAT THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR PEOPLE THAN TO BE HAPPY AND TO DO GOD WHILE THEY LIVE.


ZECHARIAH 8:19--THIS IS WHAT THE LORD ALMIGHTY SAYS: "THE FASTS OF THE FOURTH, FIFTH, SEVENTH AND TENTH MONTHS WILL BECOME JOYFUL AND GLAD OCCASIONS AND HAPPY FESTIVALS FOR JUDAH.  THEREFORE LOVE TRUTH AND PEACE.


JAMES 5:13--IS ANYONE AMONG YOU IN TROUBLE? LET THEM PRAY. IS ANYONE HAPPY? LET THEM SING SONGS OF PRAISE.




We find happiness when we rejoice in God and all of the storms He has brought us THROUGH and how He loves us unconditionally and how much He has blessed us, despite our sins and unforgiveness in our hearts.