I waited patiently for the Lord;
He turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the deep pit,
Out of the mud and mire,
He set my feet on a rock
And gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth,
A hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
And put their trust in the Lord.
Blessed is the man
Who makes the Lord his rock,
Who does not look to the proud,
Or turn aside to false gods
Is Your servant.
Many, oh Lord my God,
Are the wonders you have done.
The things You planned for us
No one can recount to You;
Were I to speak and tell of them,
They would be too many to declare.
Sacrifice and offering You required
And I gave them.
I said I have come, o my King!
I desire to do Your Will,
Your law is written in my heart.
I long to serve no one but You!
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Redemption
Friday, September 5, 2014
Writing for me
I've forgotten to write. I thought it was my passion, but no words flowed through my pen. I hardly know what or how to even we write now. I've felt like I've been under water not breathing as of late. I haven't wanted to write. I was angry about too much. I wasn't reading either. I couldn't say the last book I read. I don't dream any more.
What's the matter with me? What have I lost to get to this point? I'm so empty. No stories were bursting within me to be writ. What has become of me? I forgot why I wrote.
It's who I am- what I am. No more sorrow, it's so behind me. My anger too. What was lost has found me. I've found my reason for the pen. Its my story of what I make of myself. I don't care anymore. These are my words~ part of me. A piece the world can't take away. It makes me stronger, wiser, and powerful.
This is me!
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Another Story in the making: Desire for Freedom
I stared at the gun in my hand. It was warm from firing the bullet. Tears streamed down my face as I looked into the cold, dead eyes of the woman I had just murdered. Yes, this was murder. I don't even know who she was or why I was supposed to kill her. They don't tell me anything except that I have a job to do and where. I know nothing about these people. I'm just a pawn in a bigger war. I hate it.
The job was finished. After this one I have to quit, but I don't know if they'll let me. I know too much and I'm a danger to everyone I know. I know at least 500 ways to kill someone, be it sword, dagger, guns, or physical. God! I need to get out! But how?
I turned away from the corpse as I put my gun back into my purse which had fallen to the floor in the struggle. I stayed too long. A minute longer and I'd have someone else to deal with. In 48 hours I could go home, or so I believed.
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"What? You Want to quit? You're way too valuable an assassin. No, No, NO!" My handler nearly shouted at me. He hated losing his people.
"But I want out. I"m tired of killing innocent people and being a pawn in this war." I was sick and tired of what he had to say.
"Emma! Must I remind you that they are NOT innocent and you're not a pawn? You're a warrior and they deserve to die." He was adamant.
"And how can you decide who dies? How can you justify death? How can you give out life? In my favourite movie someone says something like this: 'Many who have lived deserve death and many who have died deserved life, but can you give it them?' No! You can't! I don't want to take another life as long as I live! Do you think I can sleep at night without seeing their faces? Do you think I can live with myself without this agony? To STILL hear their screams? To lie awake at night and wish so hard i could have chosen a different path? It is painful. I need to get out. I have to go before I go insane! And when I go, don't you dare send someone after me like I went a Jason Bourne. Cause I didn't! I'm begging!"
"Who's Jason Bourne? my handler had a stupid puzzled look on his face.
"That's all you got from that?" I shook my head. "Jason Bourne is a fictional assassin in the trilogy called The Bourne Trilogy. He lost his memory after an assignment and his employers sent men after him to kill him because he fails his mission, etc. Except Jason kills the assassins sent after him and disappeared in the end. Now please let me go!" I rushed the plot of the movies I liked. I was determined to be released.
"No, you're in too deep." My worst fear came to life as he uttered the words I dreaded. Maybe I should go Jason Bourne. "You're in hot water, Emma. If you do go Jason Bourne we will be after you. Don't you remember how we found you? Lost, no family... shall I go on?"
"NO! I can't believe this! Don't you people care that I have nightmares? Don't you care that I have to see those faces every night? Oh, those faces of every single man, woman, and child I have killed! Just shoot me now if I can't go!" I shouted hysterically.
"Here's a prescription for a new drug. Take it every night. Maybe the hallucinations will go away." He didn't care.
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Too be Continued!!!!!!
Raw Outlinings of the deeper mindset
There is laughter in the crowd and there are so many liars. There is turmoil in the midst. One answer is told but then changes quite suddenly. How come deceit has been allowed to endure? How can man not care, I so wonder?
Surely there is Hope! Surely there is Love! There must be more to this world than total destruction. Will there ever be Peace? Surely God meant more for man than this? Do we forget what He has done for us?
One day there will be Peace. It shall be when my King triumphs over all and calls home His children who have suffered. Until then, my brothers, let God be Praised!
