Stay

You did not dare say a single word
I did not dare ask for something more
I’ve kept my questions secret deep inside
But I wish I could have let you know about
A time when I would have said

Wait, and please stay
Did you mean to push me away?
Please wait and just stay
Did you want it to be this way?

Would you want to know what I've been through?
Would you want to know I have missed you too
And you've been and you will be a part of me
That I can't find
And you've been forgiven for your silence
All this time when I would have said

Wait, and please stay
Did you mean to push me away?
Please wait and just say
Is there a way that could replace
The times you never said
How've you been?
Do you need anything?
Want you to know I'm here?
Want you to feel me near?

Yeah...and I hope
I hope that you will find your way
Yeah...and I hope
I hope there will be better days

Please wait, and just stay
Please stay
Did you mean to push me away?
Please wait, and just stay
Wait, just stay
Did you want it to be this way?
Wait, please say
Yeah, and I hope
I hope that you will find your way
Please wait, and just stay
Wait, and I hope
I hope there will be better days

Hey hey...

Wait
Please stay
Just stay
Please wait

2011

New Years Resolution

to love Jesus Christ and to make him known to others

truly that's all that matters when I die

my life is but a breath, and i don't know when my day of salvation will come.

i trust in his love and will.

God loves you. Yes you reading this right now, he loves you so much that when you mess up and make mistakes he's already paid the price and he's already forgiven you. He loves you so much that he sent his only Son, Jesus Christ to come and live on earth only to die a gruesome death so that you could be forgiven and set FREE. Today can be the day you accept his love and sacrifice. It's been done for you, his blood was shed out of pure love. Call on the name of the Lord and you shall be saved.

truth in me

"In the search for me, I discovered truth. In the search for truth, I discovered love. In the search for love, I discovered God. And in God, I have found everything." - unknown author

so far apart

If I could wrap my head around,
why you won't hear me now,
you tend to break my heart.

Keep my eyes close long enough,
or maybe just wake up without a soul so fall apart

Everytime I pick you up, you find a way to fall
don't you know a conversation doesnt mean ignore me.

Like a father living as a ghost,
and like a lover leaving when you need the most
And like a son you love, but can't quite reach anymore.

If I could figure out what you want from me,
I'm always open, and you can come on in.
Give you room to breath in hope, that part of you that's so cold, we melted, we can be friends again.

Everytime I feel I'm getting closer, things get worse,
But I know how the story goes because you're not the first.

Like a father living as a ghost,
and like a lover leaving when you need the most
And like a son you love, but can't quite reach anymore.

And even though you're thinking you don't need me and you're missing out on everything you should know.
Like a daughter, I pray.
Like a lover, I wait.
and Like a mother I'll be here when you fall.

stars

"what do you see when you look at the stars?" he asked. she said "i see three things: something more, beauty, and God" he looked into her eyes and responded softly "that's what I see in you".

Dear friend, you may never read this or never know how thankful i am for you. but the Lord has blessed me because I know you. I was blind at first to the fact that God would show his love through you, or any person for that matter. But now I see, that through your eyes and through your heart I am that much closer and in love with my heavenly father. Thank you. Blessings over you and your amazing heart. With Love, Maryse

arms wide open

If anybody’s looking for love in all the wrong places,

If you’ve been searching for love, come to Me, come to Me,

Take up your cross, deny yourself, 
Forget your father’s house and run, run with Me
,
You were made for abandonment, wholeheartedness

You were made for someone greater, someone bigger, so follow Me

And You’ll come alive when you learn to die

My Exchanged Life

Another morning, Another day in this broken, fallen, and dark world. Another day facing trials, fighting temptation, fighting for truth while throwing out lies. "You're not good enough, You're useless, You're ugly, You're full of bloody scars, You're hopeless, you'll always fail, and you will never be happy." Another day on earth, pushing through depression, finding a smile, accepting confusion and accepting the mysteries of life.

I am so messed up and so is this world, yet you've called me to live in it and serve you. I don't know how to go on, I don't know what to say or do. So Lord, I give it all to you. Today in the brokenness, in the frustration, and in the desire to see you face to face I will focus on you no matter what and serve you wholeheartedly. In all the chaos may I live, move, and breath for you. I may not always want to be here but Lord I'll give you my heart, I'll worship and serve you. I realize that nothing in this world matters when I don't have you.

Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

It's time that I die, so I may live for you. Lord no longer I, but Christ in me. I can't live the perfect Christian life. I am broken and nothing without you. I am humbled by you Lord, You are so good and I desperately need you. I see how much I've fallen apart Lord, instead of me trying to figure it out and find favour by my own works I have decided to die to my flesh. Lord help me fully rely on you, it's only by your grace and nothing else that I can serve you. Thank you that every time I think I have it together you break me.

My identity is in you and you alone. I am a new creation in Christ, crucified with him, now living with him. My identity is not locked in my old self and sinful ways, for that has died and been buried. Colossians 3:1-4 "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory."

Christ lives in me and I in him. I am a part of the heavenly realms and have access to the kingdom of God. I am a part of the royal family and am a princess, daughter of the King. Through my Saviour, Lover, Father, and Friend Jesus I am set free. In the Spirit I am free, free to move where it's winds blow me. I am white as snow and through him I am worthy to be used for his glory. Lord I abide in you, you are the vine and I am a branch. I only produce fruit in you. "Christ in me the hope of glory" Colossians 1:27

My value, perfection and holiness is not dependent on me and what I do for Christ, but it is dependent on Christ who is blameless, beautiful, and perfect in his fathers eyes. In you Lord I have these qualities and you see these things in me. I have your presence and power.

I'm walking my life with Jesus, as one. Christ is in me, the hope of glory.

This is my exchanged life.