The Love of God stays the same

♬  NO ONE BUT YOU
      by Leslie (Sam) Phillips

Who will love me through change, good or bad
And stay true if I win or I lose,
Who won't forget me when I hide my face,
Who will forgive me when I'm accused?

No one but You
No one but You
No one but You

Who will tell me the truth to my face
And not use it to run me down?
Who will lead me to water, and lead me to drink
But not leave me to drown?

No one but You
No one but You
No one but You

Who do I have in heaven but You?
And on earth there's no one as true,
Who have I in heaven but You?
And on earth there's no one that's true

Who lets mercy come dance on the graves
Of the pleasures we've strangled with greed?
Whose dreams can shatter the real world
And drive out the darkness so I can see?

No one but You
No one but You
No one but You
No one but You
No one but You
No one but You

From Just A Friend on Facebook

I wanna always remember this post. That it's okay to be sensitive. That it's a good thing. That it's not something that must be avoided or overcome.

Posted by Just A Friend on Sunday, March 29, 2015

The Warrior is a Child (Raya Stuiver)

Friends inevitably have to fake it sometimes

I have here an animation from The Wizard of Oz. I imagine most of you have seen it. This here is where the wizard is discovered to be a timid old man, and nothing like the frightening image he presented himself as when Dorothy, the scarecrow, the tin man, and the lion first walked in.

I chose this to say, guess what? I am no expert in friendship. This evening I've been feeling very very lonely. I couldn't get a hold of my boyfriend. Think he was either asleep, or run out of minutes on his phone. And many of my online friends, if not all of them can be very very cold towards me. It's like pulling teeth to get them to mark "like" on anything or reply to anything. People here where I live? Many of them are nice. But the higher ups don't like me. And so when someone behaves unfairly towards me, there is basically nothing I can do about it. I'm stuck.

Then, recently I did something that I think, although I could justify it, the bottom line is, it did not please God. I was unkind to a young girl who thought the world of me. I want to say, if I am going to represent friendship, you just don't do that. A real friend makes it one of the things she expects of herself: that she does not repay kindness with unkindness.

And so, friendship can sometimes be made impossible because we have to consider strategy, and things we would like to tell people, probably should tell people, we don't. We know that though we long to be able to communicate better with everyone, there are those who don't see love and friendship in the same way as we do.

This evening I purchased from Amazon a song to celebrate Easter. It can be seen as a song about the practice of Communion, and/or the song can be understood to be about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Myself, I do not go out to church, so I never receive communion. Hopefully the Lord will still raise me up on the last day. Every time I choose obedience over sin, it could be stated that He raises me up.

♬    I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE
        by Marilla Ness
   

Glaze your plans with prayer

♬   KIRIE
       by Mr. Mister

Kýrie, eléison
Kýrie, eléison
Kýrie

The wind blows hard against this mountainside
Across the sea into my soul
It reaches into where I cannot hide
Setting my feet upon the road

My heart is old, it holds my memories
My body burns a gem-like flame
Somewhere between the soul and soft machine
Is where I find myself again

Kýrie, eléison
Down the road that I must travel
Kýrie, eléison
Through the darkness of the night

Kýrie, eléison
Where I'm going, will you follow?
Kýrie, eléison
On a highway in the light

When I was young, I thought of growing old
Of what my life would mean to me
Would I have followed down my chosen road
Or only wished what I could be

Kýrie, eléison
Down the road that I must travel
Kýrie, eléison
Through the darkness of the night

Kýrie, eléison
Where I'm going, will you follow?
Kýrie, eléison
On a highway in the light

Whoa, oh, oh
Whoa, oh, oh
Whoa, oh, oh
Whoa, oh, oh

Kýrie, eléison
Down the road that I must travel
Kýrie, eléison
Through the darkness of the night

Kýrie, eléison
Where I'm going, will you follow?
Kýrie, eléison
On a highway in the light

Kýrie, eléison
Down the road that I must travel (will you follow?)
Kýrie, eléison
Through the darkness of the night

Kýrie, eléison
Where I'm going, will you follow? (will you follow)
Kýrie, eléison
On a highway in the light

Kýrie, eléison
Down the road that I must travel (yeah)
Kýrie, eléison
Through the darkness of the night

Kýrie, eléison
Where I'm going, will you follow? (will you follow?)
Kýrie, eléison
On a highway in the light

Kýrie, eléison
Down the road that I must travel (will you follow?)
Kýrie, eléison
Through the darkness of the night

Kýrie, eléison
Where I'm going, will you follow? (will you follow)

In the Cross of Christ I Glory (Raya Stuiver)

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