Christmas Prayer

Dear one,

There are no gifts I can give you which will fill your heart with all the special things you deserve. So this Christmas I offer this prayer, asking the One who knows us all to give you His very best.

In His great heart of love He knows all we need, and in His love He longs to give us many treasures of the spirit.

Firstly, I pray for your happiness. Not the kind that comes from events or longed-for acquisitions, but deep abiding happiness that will be there even if you have nothing else special going on. The Bible calls it joy, so that is my prayer for you—joy that lasts even when things aren't going just right.

Next I pray for peace in your heart. Now that can sound boring, but I don't mean a lack of excitement, an empty feeling, or surcease from activity or challenge, but rather a sweet knowledge that God is in control, and that He won't let anything happen to you that you and He can't work out together—a quiet certainty that gives you rest inside, even when you are working hard or the pressure's on. Deep peace.

My prayer wouldn't be complete without praying for you to have faith. Some people think faith means blindness to reality—an overly optimistic outlook that denies the facts. But real faith, the kind I wish for you, is based on the most wonderful realities of all—God and His love and His promises to you. That kind of faith that knows that God wants only the very best for you and has the power to bring it to pass. That kind of faith comes from reading His Word and finding in your heart that you know it is true. That's the kind of faith that moves mountains.

I pray for you to have wisdom and understanding, so that you can look at life around you and then to Heaven above, and find there the answers and explanations and guidance you need—God-given wisdom that gives you patience and faith for others and points the way in difficult moments.

And last but not least, I pray for you to experience love—great love, overflowing love, patient love, wise love, sweet love, fun love, exciting love, purposeful love, abiding love, strong love, encouraging love, God's love in all its wondrous forms.

For all these reasons, God came down at Christmas in the form of a little baby to give us all these things—happiness, peace, faith, wisdom, and most of all, love.

So my prayer is that this Christmas, you will experience these in a greater way than ever before. That you will let that little baby and His message into your life. That you will take the Christ child into your heart, believe His promises, and experience all the wonders He has for you.

I pray all this for you, because I know that Jesus wants to give you these things anyway, because He loves you—and I do too.

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Destiny has a lifetime...

"We stand on the promise of destiny, I will not fail, it claims, it is meant to be; You walk as was preordained, and there I see you; searching still, as though you know not your path. I say this, and yet... I am there also, wondering where it is I shall find you again. It is written in the depths of the heart where destiny takes note, and yet as a puzzle, intriguing, for the end is there, but... how to reach it? That is the dilemma, and the reason for the searching. On the roads lay out before us, we travel, a step at the time, each our own way, until the time is right... for destiny has a lifetime to fulfill." –Dan Frenette

Close your eyes
Block your ears
Ignore your fright
Ignore your fears
Dark as night
Hot as tears
Words that bite
Words that sear
Prove them wrong
Make them hear
All along
You were near
Tell them now
We're both in pain
All that's left
Is what remains
Let them know
Let them see
It was I for you
And you for me

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The battle lines have been drawn,
And all are choosing sides.
Some will switch sides at dawn,
And some will change at dusk.
But when the war is over,
Those who died can't change.
The place they go will welcome them
Whether for good or bad.

So, will you choose the winning side,
The side that I am on?
Or the side that goes to hide?
That will cause them to loose.
Victory will not come unless
You choose to live the cross.
If you say "yes" then come with us,
And victory will be yours! ~Gulden-Angel

See You When I See You...

A dear friend of mine just left Romania,--I love you, Bunny... you are dearly missed! But I know that the Lord is taking good care of you. And we are all praying for you with all our hearts!
I wrote something for you so you don't forget us over here in the land of dreams...

Farewell, my friend
Remember this is not the end,
Nor is it a good-bye
For Jesus is holding us side by side.
And one day, not too far from here,
We'll look back and smile through our tears.
These burdens which we now bear,
He'll turn them to the cross we'll wear.
Smile, don't you cry. He is right there by your side.
And in those times when you feel alone,
Don't forget:--Just don't let go!