a song or two.

I wouldn't go as far to say that I'm a music guru by any means, but I like good music, and I'm always game for new delicacies to add to my collection.  My most recent finding is a fantastic artist by the name of Susan Enan.  She's got a soothing voice, a fantastic guitar, and she uses an orchestra it seems to fill out the sound in her songs.  She's a female version of John Mayer with a dash of Imogen Heap.
Each song has it own distinct flavor and meaning.   "If You're Feeling Low," is my most recent fancy by Enan, so I thought I would share.  I did not make this youtube video, but it did have the song in it, so in the words of Dan Badger...you win some you lose some.
If You're Feeling Low

one final thought before I go to sleep tonight.

God has blessed me with beautiful, kind, generous, highly considerate and gracious friends and family.  

Also, still working on: 

Be merciful just as your Father is merciful.

Its my bed time.  See you soon, I'm sure :D 

Hard Lesson to learn

   Luke 6:27-42


 ²⁷ “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸ bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. ²⁹ If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. ³⁰ Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. ³¹ Do to others as you would have them do to you.

   ³² “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. ³³ And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. ³⁴ And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. ³⁵ But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. ³⁶ Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Judging Others

    ³⁷ “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. ³⁸ Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

 ³⁹ He also told them this parable: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? ⁴⁰ The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.

   ⁴¹ “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? ⁴² How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Be merciful just as your Father is merciful.  

That is a hard sentence to say.  

I'm being reminded of all of my imperfections this week.  It is a cleansing process.  

Its a painful process.

I am currently taking the plank out of my own eye.  Its painful.  Like digging for a really deep splinter.  You dig for a while that hurts.  Then you find out where it is, and that place is REALLY tender.  Then, you Pluck at it for a while till you get it out, and then there is the healing time because it is still tender.

This morning while I was pondering all of this, Doxology came on my itunes.

Praise God from whom all blessing flow!!!! Praise God all creatures here,below.

Praise Him above Ye Heavenly Hosts.

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen.

Amen-Truth.  Truth has been spoken aloud, and I agree.

Those words encourage me this morning.  

Psalm 30:5

 For his anger lasts only a moment,
   but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night,
   but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Today and as long as I'm on this earth, I am lightyears away from perfection. 

Praise God for loving me in spite of that.  

There is a quote from one of my most favored movies, Bridget Jones Diary.

Bridget is surprised, and comforted because the object of her affections tells her this:

"I like you, very much. Just as you are." Mark Darcy.

I love this part in the movie.  It is the clearest picture of love.  

My God loves me.  Just as I am.  I can tell him when I'm angry, when I'm upset, when I'm happy, when I'm crazy.

It doesn't matter .  He will always love me.  He is a good God.