Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Strength and dignity are her clothing.

To everyone who's lost someone they love
Long before it was their time
You feel like the days you had were not enough
when you said goodbye.
There is hope for the helpless
Rest for the weary
Love for the broken heart
There is grace and forgiveness
Mercy and healing
He'll meet you wherever you are
Cry out to Jesus, Cry out to Jesus. ( Third day. )

A dear lady went home to be with the Lord, A Godly woman whom many loved. Her love for the Lord showed in everything she did, and many looked up to her. She battled cancer long and hard, and very solemnly gave up hope. She was an example of a true woman of faith, a courageous woman, a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother. An " Aunt " to many of us. Her love for each person that crossed her path was remarkable.

 Words cannot describe all she did for me, She has a spot in my heart none can fill. The Love she showed me, and other teens was never gone unnoticed. It pains me to know shes no longer here, yet my heart leaps for joy remembering that she is in no more pain, in a place so wonderful that we cant even imagine it.  Thank you, for all you did for me Kay.
 "10 An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
13 She seeks wool and flax,
and works with willing hands.
14 She is like the ships of the merchant;
she brings her food from afar.
15 She rises while it is yet night
and provides food for her household
and portions for her maidens.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
17 She dresses herself with strength
and makes her arms strong.
18 She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
Her lamp does not go out at night.
19 She puts her hands to the distaff,
and her hands hold the spindle.
20 She opens her hand to the poor
and reaches out her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of snow for her household,
for all her household are clothed in scarlet.
22 She makes bed coverings for herself;
her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates
when he sits among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them;
she delivers sashes to the merchant.
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the time to come.
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women have done excellently,
but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands,
and let her works praise her in the gates." ( Proverbs 31: 10-31) 
~KayK 
                  Dedicated to Kay King, a true, Proverbs 31 woman.


Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Broken dreams and new creations.

I, myself am a dreamer. Whether at night or in day I find myself contently dreaming.
The hard thing is, filling the the gap of reality and dreaming. Are dreams part of Gods plan, or my plan? are my dreams bringing me closer to God, or farther apart? I wish I had an answer.
Dreaming is part of me, as a child I always had what one might call an overactive imagination. I have since brought that trait into my teen years.
God gives dreams, I believe that. I believe he places desires in our hearts. When Godly desires, we should follow them.

But what happens, when we think we are fallowing our dreams, and Gods plan, yet all of a sudden find yourself lost, not knowing reality from a dream? not knowing what to do, or where to go?
  What happens when we build up so much hope on one dream and when that dream is not fulfilled, or we soon find out we should let go of that dream? where do we turn? what do we do? You see everywhere, from bill boards to Disney princess movies " follow your dreams." " Listen to your heart."
"The heart is deceitful above all things,
    and desperately sick;
    who can understand it?" ( Jeremiah 17:9) 
The heart can lead one astray quicker than you think. 
Yet the bible also says.
"Delight yourself in the LORD,
and he will give you the desires of your heart" ( Psalms 37:4)
What I think that verse means, is that if we just surrender, let go of all our dreams, as hard as it may be. Give it all to God. And he will give you the desires of your heart.
Its so simple, yet so hard. But even when we fail, even when we have dreams that we think are great, and true, when we have broken dreams, God will pick up all the brokenness in our lives, in our dreams, and create something new and wonderful. Better than anything we could ever dream of.
"“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." ( Isaiah 43:18-19)
KayK