Home is where He is...

Since getting married and moving 1500 miles from my "home", I've been in a time of transition. I learned many years ago that I can't depend my security on a place (home), because God tends to move me around. But, now I'm learning that it can't be in places OR people. My security needs to be in the Lord. HE needs to be my home. I can't claim my family as home any more - I'm not with them now. I can't even claim Isaac as my home - we're only promised "til death do us part". Sure, that's great for now, but I might not always have that. At the very bottom line, my home needs to be that my heart is at peace before the throne of God. That's what I'm learning... it's going to take a while.

"You Will Never Walk Alone" Lyrics
Words and music by Lowell Alexander
Performed by Point of Grace on their album: Free to Fly
Listen to this song here

Along life's road
There will be sunshine and rain
Roses and thorns, laughter and pain
And 'cross the miles
You will face mountains so steep
Deserts so long and valleys so deep
Sometimes the journey's gentle
Sometimes the cold winds blow
But I want you to remember
I want you to know

You will never walk alone
As long as you have faith
Jesus will be right beside you all the way
And you may feel you're far from home
But home is where he is
And he'll be there down every road
You will never walk alone

The path will wind
And you will find wonders and fears
Labors of love and a few falling tears
Across the years
There will be some twists and turns
Mistakes to make and lessons to learn
Sometimes the journey's gentle
Sometimes the cold winds blow
But i want you to remember wherever you may go

You will never walk alone
As long as you have faith
Jesus will be right beside you all the way
And you may feel you're far from home
But home is where he is
And he'll be there down every road
You will never walk alone

Jesus knows your joy, Jesus knows your need
He will go the distance with you faithfully

You will never walk alone
As long as you have faith
Jesus will be right beside you all the way
And you may feel you're far from home
But home is where he is
And he'll be there down every road
You will never walk alone

Mercy

This is my story. Praise God for the mercy of our Christ!!!


CeCe Winan's "Mercy Said No"
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I was just a child, when I felt the Savior leading
I was drawn to what I could not understand
And for the cause of Christ
I have spent my days believing
That what He'd have me be is who I am
As I've come see the weaker side of me
I've realized his grace is what I need
When sin demanded justice for my soul

Mercy said "No, I'm not gonna let you go
I'm not gonna let you slip away
You don't have to be afraid"
Mercy said "No, sin will never take control"
Life and death stood face to face
Darkness tried to steal my heart away
Thank you, Jesus
Mercy said "no"

For God so loved the world that He sent His Son to save us
From the cross He built a bridge to set us free
Oh, but deep within our hearts
There is still a war that rages
And makes the sacrifice so hard to see
As midnight fell on crucifixion day
The light of hope seemed oh so far away
And as evil tried to stop redemption's flow

Mercy said "No, I'm not gonna let you go
I'm not gonna let you slip away
You don't have to be afraid"
Mercy said "No, sin will never take control"
Life and death stood face to face
Darkness tried to steal my heart away
Thank you Jesus
Mercy said "no"

And now when Heaven looks at me
It's through the blood of Jesus
Reminding me of one day long ago

Mercy said "No, I'm not gonna let you go
I'm not gonna let you slip away
You don't have to be afraid"
Mercy said "No, sin will never take control"
Life and death stood face to face
Darkness tried to steal my heart away
Thank you Jesus
Mercy said "no"

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The Voice

"Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live." -Jesus in John 5:25.

All humankind is born dead in sins - death is separation from God. For centuries the voice of Jesus the Messiah has been ringing out in a world of dead souls. "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost." -Jesus in Rev 21:6.

Have you heard the voice of the Son of God?

And when I'm weary and overwrought...

"When the Saints"
by Sara Groves

Lord, I have a heavy burden of all I've seen and know
It's more than I can handle
But your word is burning like a fire shut up in my bones
and I can’t let it go

And when I'm weary and overwrought
with so many battles left unfought

I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard
I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars
And when the Saints go marching in
I want to be one of them

Lord, it's all that I can't carry and cannot leave behind
it all can overwhelm me
but I think of all who've gone before them and lived the faithful life
their courage compels me

And when I'm weary and overwrought
with so many battles left unfought

I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard
I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars

I see the shepherd Moses in the Pharaohs court
I hear his call for freedom for the people of the Lord

And when the Saints go marching in
I want to be one of them
And when the Saints go marching in
I want to be one of them

I see the long quiet walk along the Underground Railroad
I see the slave awakening to the value of her soul

I see the young missionary at the angry spear
I see his family returning with no trace of fear

I see the long hard shadows of Calcutta nights
I see the sisters standing by the dying mans side

I see the young girl huddled on the brothel floor
I see the man with a passion come and kicking down that door

I see the man of sorrow and his long troubled road
I see the world on his shoulders and my easy load

And when the Saints go marching in
I want to be one of them
And when the Saints go marching in
I want to be one of them
I want to be one of them
I want to be one of them
I want to be one of them

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"Everything to Me" by Mark Schultz

Are you ready? Go here. Watch the music video. It's okay to cry.

God is writing my love story

When I was 13 years old, my father gave me a heart necklace that has a keyhole and a separate key... and he asked me to allow him to keep the key. He told me that the key (in his safe-keeping) was to be a symbol of the fact that I was allowing him to keep my heart in trust for the man I would one day marry. To a young, idealistic thirteen year old girl, this idea sounded quite romantic. I excitedly agreed. During the last 11 years, I have often pondered exactly what it meant to "guard" my heart for my coming knight. For 11 years, I strove to honor my future husband by saving my romantic love for him.

After these years of waiting and praying and trusting, the time has come. As of November 4, 2007, Isaac Alan Wardell has the key to my heart on a chain around his neck. The key was officially given to him by my parents with their full blessing... and I am sublimely happy. At this point I have full release to fall in love with him and begin to develop a bond that will sustain us for the rest of our lives. And so we are committed, and I'm excitedly awaiting his proposal.

Tomorrow!!!

TOMORROW!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow tomorrow tooooooooooomorrow tomoooooooooooooooooooooooooorroooooooow! Yaaaaaay! In case you can't tell, tomorrow is the big day -- Lord willing, I will be landing in Salt Lake City at 3:00PM CST. That's 2:00PM whatever-Utah-time-is. I can't believe it's aaaalmost here! The next 23.5 hours are goin' to be looooong though. *tries not to look at the clock* Hehe. :D Yaaaaay! :D