YOU are always on my mind.
YOU change the way I see.
Put my focus onto CHRIST,
And pull my eyes off ME!
YOU have granted me all things
To live a godly life.
It's only as I yield to grace,
I'll overcome the strife-
That comes from trying to achieve,
CHRIST- likeness on my own.
YOU give me YOUR promises.
I'll never walk alone.
Sin made me a broken mess.
Perfection's all YOU see.
You're delighting in YOURSELF.
YOUR SPIRIT lives in me!
YOU see JESUS' righteousness,
And not the times I fail.
YOU heap no condemnation,
And know that I'm so frail.
YOU forgive my former sins,
And give the faith I need.
You'll press me to repentance,
And cleanse each evil deed.
YOU are love; YOU'LL make me love.
You're truth; YOU"LL make me true.
By grace and for YOUR glory,
YOU'RE making me like YOU!
HAPPY, ELATED, DRIVEN, IN LOVE, BLESSED, A WONDERFUL MOTHER!
NOW DON'T GET ME WRONG,
IT'S NOT ALL PERFECT, BUT FATHER THIS HAS BEEN MY PROGRESS
FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS!
YOU HAVE BLESSED ME IN WAYS
THAT I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR.
YOU HAVE GRANTED ME THE FAMILY THAT I ALWAYS WANTED
SINCE MY TEENAGE YEARS!
FATHER, YOU HAVE PLACED A GOD FEARING MAN IN MY LIFE
AND I COULDN'T ASK FOR ANYONE ELSE.
MY HEART SMILES WHEN I THINK OF HIM
AND MY SOUL CRIES OUT WHEN I THINK OF WHERE
I COULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT HIM
WITHOUT YOU.
I LOVE YOU FATHER!
YOU HAVE BLESSED ME WITH 4 BEAUTIFUL KIDS.
I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR LIVES OTHER THAN MY OWN!
CHANGE IS GOOD.
STILL THOUGH I HAVE MANY MANY MORE BATTLES TO FIGHT THROUGH
I KNOW YOU WILL BE THERE BACKING ME
AND KEEPING ME SAFE,
SAIN,
CAUGHT UP IN YOU,
CONTINUOUSLY LIVING IN YOUR WORD,
YOUR WORLD,
BECAUSE I AM NOT OF THIS ONE.
THANK YOU FATHER!
I'LL BE IN TOUCH SOON.
SHANA P.
ANGER, FRUSTRATION, PARANOIA, DEPRESSION, BETRAYED, STUPID.
IT GOES DOWN THE LINE.
GOD IS THIS WHAT YOU HAVE PLANNED
FOR ME? MY KIDS?
I'M A SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO. WHAT WILL
THEY THINK OF ME? THEY DESERVE SO
MUCH BETTER.
EVERYTIME I MAKE THREE STEPS FORWARD,
I TAKE THREE BACK.
I'M 22 AND I HAVE NOT BEGUN TO LIVE
MY LIFE.
I CANNOT CONTINUE TO DEPEND ON
OTHERS. THATS MY MISTAKE.
MY HEART HURTS. MY BODY ACHES
NONSTOP. MY HEAD HURTS. I'M LOSING
MY SOUL.
WHEN I CRY IT RELEASES SOME OF MY
STRESS, BUT NOT TODAY. PUTTING MY
WORDS ON PAPER TODAY WAS WHAT I
THOUGHT WOULD WORK. IT HASN'T.
IF I HAD MY WAY HONESTLY,
I WOULD HAVE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL.
I PROBABLY WOULD BE FINISHING UP COLLEGE
BY NOW.
GOD PLEASE SHOW ME THE RIGHT WAY
TO GO. CAUSE I CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
PLEASE.
I KNOW I DON'T TALK TO YOU LIKE I
SHOULD. I ONLY COME TO YOU WHEN I
NEED SOMTHING. THATS NOT RIGHT. I'M
HONESTLY GONNA WORK ON THAT. I
PROMISE...
TO BE CONTINUED....................................
SHANA P.
