I used to be the optimist in the crowd,
always holding out hope that one day the ship would be
coming in. Then as life continued to beat me down my
optimism just started slipping away, I finally gave up ship
and stretched out my hand. It was not the people around back
then that took hold of my hand, but a Hand much Mightier
than any of them. It was Our Lord who took me in and cradled
my heart’s pain and hurt away. Since that day, when I truly
released and realized that it was God who was looking out
for me; I have met the most wonderful people, other
Christians who are searching and praying just like I am for
the Promised Land.
Life is not easy that is for sure, but holding out for
earthly success and position is not all what it is cracked
up to be. A few years back I thought I was doing just fine,
then the world came crashing in. Most of people from those
fairly decent years a while back, are not the ones I have in
my life today. I have found a different breed of people;
they are not the ones that measure you by possessions or by
what you can do for them. They much rather see what is
underneath and measuring you to any standards is not part of
their game plan. Matter fact they don’t even play games
about life in anyway; they just plainly tell it like it is.
Yeah, I used to be, but no longer am I quite an optimistic,
I am more so a realistic. Is optimism still a part of my
life, well maybe in a way, but not in the same way it used
to be! I now know more of what is coming ahead and know if
you don’t stretch out your hand to the One that Truly
Matters, it is not going to do you any good to be optimistic
or even matter if you have an alternative plan. The day is
going to come, when I will be answering for my mistakes
right along with you and everyone else. I don’t claim to
have the answers, I am so far from prefect, but who I am and
what I am doing is and always was all in God’s Plan. I may
not like what is happening for the time being, but I plan to
live each day the best I can no matter the way it turns out.
All in all I used to be, just what I am today, and always
will be. I am follower of Jesus, Child of Christ, and wee
portion of the Heart & Soul of Our Amazing God Above. If you
find yourself just wondering when your break in this world
will happen and being optimistic of the ship coming in. You
may want to be a little more positive than that, trust that
the wealth ship will one day truly come in. But it will not
have diamonds, rubies, or emeralds on it. It will not even
have any gold or silver. But if you have done your home-work
and stretched out that hand, there is going to be a Ship to
the Promised Land for you, me, and all the others who
figured out to put their faith into Him!
2 Corinthians 13
1This is the third time I am coming to
you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word
be established.
2I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present,
the second time; and being absent now I write to them which
heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come
again, I will not spare:
3Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to
you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth
by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we
shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your
own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus
Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
6But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
7Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should
appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest,
though we be as reprobates.
8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
9For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and
this also we wish, even your perfection.
10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being
present I should use sharpness, according to the power which
the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to
destruction.
11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good
comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love
and peace shall be with you.
12Greet one another with an holy kiss.
13All the saints salute you.
14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
“Reach For the Hand That
Cares”
The dirt beneath the soles of other’s feet
Sometimes you can find yourself there
None there have a value to any other soul
But maybe to just one who longs to share
Many lost hearts cry out for love and care
Their souls have dwindle to transparent air
No others want to claim they know of them
They’re hearts and souls the world has forgot
If you ever find yourself among the unwanted
Reach for the kind hand that can be found
The one who gave is His life for you and me
None other than God's beloved son “Jesus”
Reach for the generous hand that cares
Embrace the warmth of undying support
Treasure the grace of unconditional love
For there is no other Savior but "Jesus"
Written By: Diane Iverson
Date: June 10, 2006
“Your Love Never Fails” by Jesus Culture – made by
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