Monthly Archives: March 2013

Blogging Course

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Blogging Course


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This week I begin a four-week journey to help me find and develop my voice in the blogging world. This is truly an adventure that I am looking forward to and feel that this course will help me fulfill my heart’s desires: to write from my heart as the Lord allows and to reflect “the beauty of Jesus” in my life to everyone that I come in contact with. This is what it is about; not to puff ourselves up but to listen to His voice so that He can speak through us.

If any of you have ever watched “The Cat In the Hat Knows A Lot About That”, you will note that there is always a jingle that the cat and his two friends sing as they begin their adventures which simply says, “go, go, go, go, go on an adventure.” At the beginning of 2013, I prayed that the Lord would give me many new opportunities throughout the year and to do something different that I have not done before. This blogging course is one of the many opportunities He has planned for me, and it will definitely be a new adventure.

Perhaps you have always wanted to go on a new adventure but haven’t had the courage to begin. There is never a right or wrong time to start–just do it and begin! He has so many adventures waiting for each and everyone of us; and once we recognize them and begin the journey, He will bring more opportunities along to help us grow and mature into the persons He wants us to be.

Happy adventures to you today!

Blessings,
Yvonne

Still Waters

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Psalm 23:2: “….He leads me beside still waters….”

Calm

Serene/peaceful

Quiet

For the past two weeks, I have been playing and singing a beautiful song entitled, “Still Waters” by Milton Carroll. As a musician, I allow music to fill my ears not only with the melody but with the lyrics. This song has more than spoken to my heartstrings, and I hope to share it on Sunday morning during our worship time. This song speaks about how we go out on a ledge all on our own and realize that we can’t do everything ourselves without God’s help. We cry out to Him, He hears us, and leads us to the still waters once again so that our souls can be restored. We often leave a place of peace and tranquility and experience those storms in our lives, sometimes willingly and sometimes not so willingly. Although these storms are to help us grow and mature in our relationship with Him, they can be difficult and painful to endure. But it is the recognition that once we are going through the storms of life, that we can call out to God and He will guide us through.

There is a “quietness in the stillness”. We need to just listen for His voice and forget about our own will and allow Him to show us His.

I’ll leave you with the words of the song that has spoken to my heart over and over again and may you find that peace and calm during whatever storm you are experiencing. Just let go and allow God to walk you through it.

Still Waters

Trembling on this ledge I’m standing on, please hear my call.
I need to be secure in who You are, please break my fall.
I missed Your will, and followed mine.
So now I’m asking one more time.

Lead me to the still waters. Lead me to the still waters.
Lead me to the place of serenity and grace by still waters.

I left that place of peace and found this storm, all on my own.
I need to hear Your voice to lead me back, where I belong.
I need Your will, I don’t need mine.
And now I’m asking one more time.

Lead me to the still waters. Lead me to the still waters.
Lead me to the place of serenity and grace by still waters.

This song can be found in the 4th Edition of the “Praise Hymns and Chorus” Class Songbook, published by Doulos Publishing, A Division of Maranatha! Music.

May the Lord richly bless you as you go through the storms of life with the realization that He is carrying you.

Blessings,
Yvonne