Unbound

We live unbound. [MOBILE VIDEO]
The words in this video is so awesome, take a moment and listen to them. We can do just about anything we ever set our minds to doing. What limits us is our own fears.

Granted I do not ever want to climb a large mountain. Setting a fear of heights aside, I have no interest in it at all. But on the same token, I want to write a book. That is a climb, a feat I have yet to accomplish. Why is that? Largely because of my own fears. Really, who would ever want to read what words I have to say? A royal waste of time. So I don't do it. My fear is that great that it keeps me from doing something I have wanted to do my whole life. Now isn't that pretty silly? I need to live unbound, set aside those fears and reach above and beyond them. In some way this silly randomized blog is me trying to put those fears to rest. Not so successful but I am trying little by little.

Anyhow the words in this video is touching and some of the visualization is stunning. Enjoy.

Mishelle

Insomnia

Just having one of those nights again where sleep is totally eluding me. I dread this for I know what it is going to do for the rest of the day. Randomly waking up after two hours of sleep is not restful. Wah, maybe I should give up and find something to do. Problem with that idea is
the fact I am too tired to want to do anything. Duh!

Aren't you glad you read this? Just some more randomness to add to my thoughts. But you see that is how the mind works, in the middle of the night. It wonders and jumps from this idea to that thought making it very hard to finally rest.

Light em up

I just used Shazam to discover My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark by Fall Out Boy. http://shz.am/t79579365

I like the fact I can find a song I like on the radio every once and again. This one had a pretty good beat so I'm sharing it with you. Yup you, reading this right now.

Arms Wide Open

I have told a few people of my experience, but not that many. There was a time in my life that I was in my darkest hour. I felt such complete and utter loss. The darkness filled my entire soul and life for a long time. I searched for small rays of light in my life, and the only way I could see anything was to look upward. I realize that sounds so cliche' but its so very true. While I was going through all of this, I needed counsel. Just someone to talk to that could maybe part some of the darkness and shine more light in my life. There was this one person, a minister but he was just a man that God used to speak to me. This man was dealing with loss in his own life, and struggling with his own health knowing that illness was going to put a time limit to his years. (He knew he was dying, but he was still doing what he was called to do)

This one afternoon during the first part of a new year. I believe it was either the end of January or the beginning of February I had gone to his office. We spoke for awhile about the struggles I was dealing with, and the loss I was feeling so painfully deep in my heart. What was talked about I can't remember. We were there for a couple of hours, but there were two things that has held a long lasting impression on my life.

The first was:

He shared a parable that jesus spoke off. The birds of winter do not reap or sow through out the year. Though God always provides for them, and that we are more important to Him than those birds are. Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

This was a good story, and it made me think.

WHen we were done talking this man asked if he could pray with me. Praying out loud has always made me feel uncomfortable. I don't ever have flowery words to speak. I'm more of a straight shooter, and if I don't quite get my point across, I will try again. I know my words are good enough, but sharing them with others in prayer is not something I do. I'm more of a pray in the closet type person. He knelt in front of me and clasped my hands. His prayer, I can not remember the words he spoke. I heard some of them, but I don't remember what they were. I just remember the tears that started flowing so freely from my eyes. My heart was so broken and hurting. As I was sitting in a chair, backed into a corner, it felt so metaphoric. My life at the moment was backed into a cold corner. That was when it happened. I could suddenly feel warmth wrapped around me. Before there was a chill in that corner the chair was in, but then I was warm. I felt arms wrapped around me as if GOd was standing behind me, leaning over to hug me. Even now the thought of it brings "chills."

Several hours later, I was feeling that overwhelming emotion of loneliness. I stopped at a fast food place, and was eating my meal alone, wishing that someone was there with me. When out the window I see a baren bush, a bunch of twigs that suddenly was moving. When I look a bit closer I see hundreds of small birds, sparrows I believe. So many of them all over this bush, fluttering about from branch to branch. Then I knew, He was telling me to remember I am never alone.

Biblical words for a new believer

I have this pocket New Testament in King James Version that was given to my father by his uncle and aunt Cleo. I don't know when my father got this bible, for there was no date written in it.

In the front cover of this bible it directed him to turn to a particular page and then she had underlined a verse passage. This bible is falling a part and is so brittle. So what I did was wrote down the pages she referred to along with the verses. Then I used my bible reader ( from OliveTree) to copy all the verses. The parts in parenthesis is notations she wrote in the margins of the pages she referred to. She also used the letter C for the word see, and I just thought I would keep it the same.


C page 351
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
C page 356

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
C page 437

Ephesians 2:8
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:it is the gift of God:
C page 185

Luke 18:13
....... God be merciful to me a sinner.
(Sinners pray a prayer like this)
C page 214

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
C page 360

Romans 8:38-39
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
C page 412

2 Corinthians 6:2
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee:behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
C page 288

Acts 8:35-39
Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water:and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still:and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more:and he went on his way rejoicing.
(Accepting Christ is being saved)