A Heart's Lonely Cry

Here lies this heart, broken and battered

It’s calling for help, it’s saddened and shattered

I see the pieces but what can I do?

I look towards the Heavens, can I trust You?

I attempt to see what’s before me but the way is shadowed

How I would like to know what the future holds or who’s steps must I follow

Maybe some things are just left to wander the unknown

But it frightens me to see what I reaped from what I’ve sown.

Will this heart be pleased with the deeds it’s done?

Can it live and be free once again to run?

The problem seems too big but what can I do?

I look towards the Heavens, can I trust You?

A still small Voice is heard above this lonely cry

The Voice of the One who’s life paid a price

A price far too great than I could ever bare

Why little heart do you doubt… do you fear?

“Let me pick up the pieces and mend them together”

Says the God of all things created,

From the tiniest flower to the change in the weather

“Yes, you can trust Me! And you I will never leave!”

A heart’s cry is no longer lonely or grieving

But fully reliant on the peace it’s been given

Yes the sun always comes after the rain

And this thing doesn’t last forever, this thing called pain.

Amaris I. Nazario

May 1, 2009

Invest your money, not your life.

  This is the slogan I received from a bank. It is good to invest our money, to provide us with security and create good retirement plans and all that. None of which is a bad thing, it's realistic for the time we mortals live on this earth, what we need to get by. How long we will be here, we don't know. However, to have the mentality that that's all there is to life, work hard and invest our money, so we can have nice houses, cool cars, and great clothes, then we are missing the main point and that advice to "Invest your money, not your life." isn't the best out there to hear and put into practice.

Beautiful Praise

  As I watch my mum praise Jesus with her old records on a new turntable, it is a beautiful sight. I am reminded of when I was very young and how we used to spend time listening, singing and even dancing together in our kitchen. Good times. As we do the very same thing now, God is so good and worthy to be praised through whatever you can do and give. Even with some very old records =].

A lesson with Jacob. Encouragment from Hosea.

"Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint as He wrestled with Him. And He said, 'Let Me go, for the day breaks.' But he said, 'I will not let You go unless You bless me!' So He said to him, 'What is your name?' He said, 'Jacob.' And He said, 'Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.' Then Jacob asked, saying, 'Tell me Your name, I pray.' And He said, 'Why is it that you ask about My name?' And He blessed him there." -Genesis 32:24-29

Notes:

  The Man is identified by Hosea as an angel.

Something New

  Wow, I know it has been a long while since I've written but a lot of things have happened and sometimes hard to keep up with a blog. However, my inspiration for this new year of 2011 is found in a couple of my favorite verses.

  "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you." Isaiah 43:2

  That was the Lord's promise to His people when they were to leave Egypt. All they had to do was trust in Him and let Him fight their battles as they followed in His will. Because of God's promise here I also want to be able to go where He leads and trust that regardless of what I may pass through, that it won't consume me. I serve a BIG God.

  One of my other favorites is this:

  "Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert." Isaiah 43:18-19

  This also I will be applying for the new year. I'm excited to see what He will do and where I will go. Yesterday is gone, today is here and tomorrow isn't promised, so it's important to live in the now and live it for His glory because how can I not praise Him for all He's done seeing all the wonderful things He has blessed me with this past year? The scriptures say that even nature itself praises Him.

"Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them." -Psalm 69:33

"And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints." Psalm 89:5

  This is my prayer for the New Year. There is always talk of what new year resolutions you have and they are nice, I just like to make them and submit them in prayer. If I'm not successful, the Lord's grace is sufficient to wipe away all of what I do wrong and give blessings even when I don't deserve them. The latter is what amazes me always, how I can be so very undeserving and He is still constant, faithful, loving, giving and embracing. What a God, what a Savior, oh be still my heart... it's been stolen by my Jesus and how I love Him. ♥