Thursday, June 26, 2008

FIVE FOR FRIDAY







Link: Supernatural Christian


Link: DE PAILAS Y PONITES


NOTE: FIVE FOR FRIDAY is a weekly feature on this blog that is meant for the SOLE purpose of calling attention unto sites that I think that many would find interesting. There are 5 more sites to see at FishHawk Droppings.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

WhiteHeart Wednesday

Link: Highlands

Link: To Play Song

Link: WhiteHeart

Once And For All
WhiteHeart

Oh won’t you come with me
To a hill called Calvary
See the face
Of a bruised and dying man

Can anyone explain
The mystery beyond the grave
Of this place
Where love is born again

Once and for all
That He gave His life
He bled and died
The sacrifice for all
Who will take His name
Once and for all

Oh won’t you come and see
The tide of all humanity
Every race
They come on bended knee

We cannot close the door
There is a why He fought the war
Of this place
Everyone can be free

Once and for all
That He gave His life
He bled and died
The sacrifice for all
Who will take His name
Once and for all

Open wide the doors
There’s room for more
To all the world
That a heart can sow
When you call upon His Holy name

Once and for all
There is freedom
Once and for all
There is freedom
Love’s here
Love conquers all

Once and for all
Who will take His name

Once and for all
Call upon His name

Once and for all
It goes on and on
Unto everyone
When you call upon His name

Once and for all
End time will tell
How much fruit you yield
In a heart that loves in His name

Once and for all
It goes on and on
Unto everyone
When you call upon His name

Once and for all
End time will tell
How many wounds will heal
In a heart that burns with His name

Once and for all
It goes on and on and on
It goes on and on
Once and for all
Oh I want to feel it
Once and for all
It goes on and on
Unto everyone
Once and for all

Monday, June 23, 2008

A Blast From My Past

There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. {Proverbs 14:12 NAS}


There I was again: sitting next to my younger brother in between our parents on a wooden pew in a small country church. That is: at least that is what I was imagining when I listened unto that sermon.

Well, almost. For I do not recall hearing any sermons about the evils of dating, nor the virtues of arranged marriages in my younger years; but the countless sermons upon the evils of dancing that I was subjected unto most definitely came from the same source.

No, I was not raised in some weird cult. For that country church was a proud member in good standing of the Southern Baptist Convention; and it was not the only one in the area where such a sermon could be heard at the time.

In fact: dancing was considered as being a detriment unto society by many in the area—especially unto youth; and it was not until around 1980 before the Senior Prom was allowed to be held on school property by the good Christian people on the school board of the Cassville R-IV School District. My own Senior Prom was held in the local American Legion Hall in 1976; and it took several more years before Purdy High School was allowed to hold their Senior Proms on school property.

Just in case you are having trouble connecting their dots: dancing invariably leads unto sex, with drug and alcohol abuse often being involved (but not necessarily required); and I must admit that they do have a point. That is: at least unto a certain extent. For in my own case: dancing has always been like a mating ritual unto me.

Not everyone is as sexually depraved as I naturally am, however. Proof of this could be seen on the faces of many a fair young maiden that I mistook for honky tonk angels all across this land during my drinking days.

On the other hand: many are just as depraved. Some are even much worse; and if this is not enough motivation to lock your daughters away in basements until they are too old to [two-step]: I don’t know what would be. For who in their right-mind would want a lecherous degenerate like I was anywhere near the apple(s) of their eye???

The operative word of that last question being: “was”. For our Heavenly Father delivered me out of that way of life; and He has revealed unto me that every step that we take is in order to accomplish His purposes{1}.

Hence: the part that was left out of all of those sermons about the evils of dancing; and the same thing is being left out of that sermon about the evils of dating. For our Heavenly Father really is in full control of all that happens{2}; and He always provides a means of escape from everything truly harmful{3}.

No, there is nothing wrong with a parent wanting to protect their children from harm; but it is the work of the devil to get us to take things too far{4}. For the more we seek to focus our attention upon what we think are our own responsibilities: the less we can truly have faith in the One who truly is fully responsible for the circumstances of our lives{5}; and I stand as a witness unto the pain that can come from this{6}.

Yes, I am quite sure that many will think that what I have been given to say about this is about the most ridiculous thing that they have ever heard; and in all fairness: I cannot naturally blame them a bit. For I felt the same way about such things before I was allowed and enabled to truly hear{7}: This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the Lord. He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.”{8}

{1}Romans 8:28-30; {2}Proverbs 16:33; {3}1 Corinthians 10:13; {4}John 10:10; {5}Proverbs 19:21; {6}Hosea 4:1-14; {7}1 Corinthians 2:14; {8}Jeremiah 17:5-7 NIV.

Friday, June 20, 2008

FIVE FOR FRIDAY







Link: forChrist - contra mundum


Link: The Witchy Woo


NOTE: FIVE FOR FRIDAY is a weekly feature on this blog that is meant for the SOLE purpose of calling attention unto sites that I think that many would find interesting. There are 5 more sites to see at FishHawk Droppings.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

WhiteHeart Wednesday

Link: Hotline






In His Name
WhiteHeart

The eyes of the young are crying
Sorrow is an old familiar tune
But with a light in our hearts
We can shine through the dark
There is so much that we can do

In His name, His name
We can dry the child’s tears
Calm the widow’s fears
In His name

In His name, His name
We can feed those who are hungry
Listen to the lonely
In His name
In His name
In His name

He is the vine, we are branches
The power that we have comes from Him
It is His hope we live
It is His love we give
Apart from Him we are just men

In His name, His name
We can dry the child’s tears
Calm the widow’s fears
In His name

In His name, His name
We can feed those who are hungry
Listen to the lonely
In His name

In His name
We’ll give hope to the hopeless
Find homes for the homeless
In His name

In His name
We’ll overcome the darkest mountains
Love will flow like fountains
In His name
In His name

In His name, His name
We can dry the child’s tears
Calm the widow’s fears
In His name

In His name, His name
We can feed those who are hungry
Listen to the lonely
In His name
In His name
In His name
In His name

Friday, June 13, 2008

FIVE FOR FRIDAY







Link: Breath of Life Photography


Link: An Artful Journey


NOTE: FIVE FOR FRIDAY is a weekly feature on this blog that is meant for the SOLE purpose of calling attention unto sites that I think that many would find interesting. There are 5 more sites to see at FishHawk Droppings.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

WhiteHeart Wednesday

Link: Inside

Link: To Play Song

Even The Hardest Heart
WhiteHeart

Draw a little closer now
Take somebody’s hand
Everybody knows someone
Who just can’t find their way
Gotta keep on prayin’
Believin’

Even the hardest heart
Even the hardest heart
Will break like the dawn and be changed by the song of love
Even the hardest heart

Destiny years go by
Wonder why or when
There can be no judgment here
‘Cause He knows where we have been
Remember all the loneliness
Then we felt the fire
Someone else was prayin’
Believin’

That even the hardest heart
Even the hardest heart
Will break like the dawn and be changed by the song of love
Even the hardest heart

For those who have gone astray
And those who have fallen away
Will exalt together and pray for a shower of love
Even the hardest heart

Shine shine oh Holiness
Fill their hearts of emptiness
Just the way that you did for us
Prayin’
Believin’

That even the hardest heart
Even the hardest heart
Will break like the dawn and be changed by the song of love
Even the hardest heart

For those who have gone astray
And those who have fallen away
Will exalt together and pray for a shower of love
Even the hardest heart

Even the hardest
Even the hardest heart
Even the hardest
Even the hardest heart
Even the hardest
Even the hardest heart
Even the hardest
Even the hardest heart
Even the hardest
Even the hardest heart
Even the hardest
Even the hardest heart
Even the hardest
Even the hardest heart
Even the hardest
Even the hardest heart
Even the hardest
Even the hardest heart
Even the hardest
Even the hardest heart

Link: WhiteHeart

Friday, June 6, 2008

FIVE FOR FRIDAY




Link: Art Blessings


Link: DOLLS BLOG by Linda Walsh Originals


NOTE: FIVE FOR FRIDAY is a weekly feature on this blog that is meant for the SOLE purpose of calling attention unto sites that I think that many would find interesting. There are 5 more sites to see at FishHawk Droppings.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

WhiteHeart Wednesday

Link: Highlands

Link: To Play Song

The Flame Passes On
WhiteHeart

Fire on the arena floor
The sultan drum, hear the lions roar
The Coliseum laughs and screams for more

They tried to crush this mutiny
In the crimson tide of history
But when people have seen the Truth it sets them free

And the flame passes on
The flame passes on and on

From the heart of the people
Comes love for the people
Love that is burnin’ strong
From one to another
This dream of forever
The flame passes on

Because of them we know His name
So let’s split the cost and do the same
Unbroken line of believers building a human chain

And the flame passes on
And the flame passes on and on and on

From the heart of the people
Comes love for the people
Love that is burnin’ strong
From one to another
This dream of forever
The flame passes on
Oh the Light of the ages
Who moves on some pages
Words of an ancient song
Faith is a fire
That burns ever higher
And the flame passes on
Hot as the sun

Pass it on!
Won’t you pass it on?

From the heart of the people
Comes love for the people
Love that is burnin’ strong
From one to another
This dream of forever
The flame passes on
Oh the Light of the ages
Who moves on some pages
Words of an ancient song
Faith is a fire
That burns ever higher
And the flame passes on

Link: WhiteHeart