Struggles of the Heart

 Why have I struggled so much, with your words that I read to those that I hear. Why is this so hard to understand. 

For me it hasn’t been easy… for my life has been hard but not because I chose it. It was how things were. So why do I struggle with things that are so easy for others and harder for me.

Why do I struggle with the past and the present. For the past is over and the present is here.  And still I struggle.

Life is hard for me at times I forget why I’m here.. to carry out your word and live my life according to your will. So why do I struggle with so many things.

It seems that I have struggled for a long time. Wondering what’s coming next! But I know that you will be there every step of the way.When I was little I knew you were there to comfort me and guide me along life’s highway.

I struggled then as well, not knowing the real answers  to everyday life. Like “Why are we here”?…”Where did we come from”?….but we all know the answers to those questions  for you made us who we are.

You gave us life so that we could follow your plan.  The only plan. We as people need to understand the way we came into being here on this earth. You created it, you made us, we are your creation. You gave us life so that we may live to carry your word in our hearts. And to share what we know with others.

You breathed into us a new revelation. You died on the cross so long ago for us. So that we would be forgiven. You forgave us.

Everyday so many of us struggle with day to day things. We pray and ask for help and then wait for your answer to come.

For it will come when you know it is time for us to accept your plan. Yes we are going to struggle from time to time..but in the end youwill always be there to show us the way back to you.

For even today I struggled not knowing what the future holds for me.For I wait on your words to come to me. For I know in my heart you are there and will always be there no matter what happens in my life.

You have been there deep within my heart just waiting for a chance for me to say “I’m ready Lord;  teach me your ways.”

For as of today I will struggle no more.  For thou art with me.Your words of wisdom comfort me. You have given me a new purpose in life. To live and rejoice in your name. For now I have your loving embrace upon my soul.

Wriiten by :

Kim C Meeks

6/16/2009

Dedicated to my Dad

James Mack Moore

March 23, 1937—-June 16, 2008

What makes a Christian heroine?  Is it the stoic bravery of a Nancy
Reagan?  The unassuming friendship of a Laura Bush?  The tireless
service of a Mother Theresa?  Perhaps it is the amalgamation of all
these traits into an electrifying character that remains with you
throughout your life. As I sit considering who represents a Christian
heroine to me, I realize that the list is actually very long indeed.
Who can know the ultimate effect of lifting up a persons spirit in a
time of turmoil, it may have saved their life or inspired them to save
others. I am not surprised that my heroines do not inhabit other
peoples’ lists.  Nobody else was there when my Spanish teacher exhorted
me to stand out from the crowd and appreciate my intellect. Nobody else
was there when my  English teacher told me to talk to myself when I
write so that my ink pen wouldn’t embarrass me.  Nobody else was there
when my physics teacher told me that if I never understood why, I could
never understand how. All of these women in one way or another are
heroines to me. Guiding lights on the path to enlightenment. The
ultimate Christian heroine, however, is my mother. Raising us four kids
whilst flitting back and forth around the world yet keeping us close in
Gods loving embrace even through today.  Such awesome strength can never
be matched for me. Thank you God, thank you Mom.

John Elliott Young
“TheGroundsquirrel”

My mom is the greatest mother in the world. She has been there for me all my life. When times were tough and I was wandering into things I should not have been, she never stopped supporting me. She has always put me and my 2 sisters ahead of anything in her life. In the darkest hours of my life, she was the light that kept me from getting lost. Mom is the reason I am alive today. Her prayers kept me safe no matter what path I was going down. I am far away from her today but I know I am near to her heart as she is always near to mine. I love you Mom!

How does the Bible present the women who have marked the destiny of Jewish people and later Christians.

We all know Sarah, the wife of the patriarch Abraham. If you remember Sarah was barren and she proposed to Abraham to have a child with her maiden servant Agar.  When Agar had Ishmael she became arrogant toward Sarah; and when Sarah notice how badly Ishmael conducted himself toward Isaac, she asked Abraham to send Agar and Ishmael away. At first Abraham refused, but God told him: “ Listen to Sarah voice, she has a vision superior to yours, it is the descendants of Isaac who will bear your name”.

This tells us that Sarah was also a prophetess, and it is as such that she figures prominently as one of the matriarch of the Bible, because she could see the future.

Among the matriarchs we find Rebecca, the women whom Isaac married, she chose to have Isaac and his descendants blessed by Jacob instead of Esau the legitimate heir. She too could see the future.

The Bible tells us that another woman put her stamp on the destiny of Jews and Christians: Myriam, Moses’ sister who saved him from death but placing him on the waters of the Nile that took him to Pharaoh’s sister. 

When Egyptians started to kills all the boys born to the Jews, men decided to leave their homes and wives in order to stop procreation. Women said: “we would be worse than Pharaoh if we accepted this. Even if we must die we will never accept it”. It was in that spirit that Myriam came to face her father’s misconceived idea and that Moses was saved

The Bible praises many other women of valor like Deborah the prophetess, Yahel the warrior, Hannah mother of the prophet Samuel, Esther who became the wife of Ahasuerus. 

Esther dared to go in front of the king without an invitation, to ask him to save her people, who were going to be killed throughout the land. She knew that such an indiscretion could cause her to lose her life, she risked it anyway and was rewarded by the king’s agreement. That is how the people were saved. 

This shows us clearly that the Bible shows much consideration towards women, that they are placed on an equal footing with the patriarchs and other people who marked our destiny, long long ago.

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