A Friend Is....

Someone who is always there for you,
Doesn't care what you are like
And loves you no matter what.
Lends a hand when you have fallen,
Lends a listening ear when there is no one else.
It loves you for being you
And knows no limits when you need help,
Makes you laugh when you feel like crying,
And when you cry it always gives a comforting hug.
Knows what you like, even when you say you don't.
When you're sick, they're always the first one there.
Knows when to cry with you
And knows when to make you laugh.
Thanks God for you, even when you've done something terrible.
Knows when your heart is broken...
Only a true friend will understand...
--E. E. V.

This is to all my dear friend who have been with me through ups and downs. Thank you for your prayers, for you words of cheer and for your tender hugs. I know I don't say it enough, but without you, I really could not, would not make it. YOU are the best thing that He's given me. Thank you for your samples of love, faith, endurance, praise...and I could go on and on about you...yet, my words would not be enough.
Today the 28th of Nov and tomorrow the 29th, some of my closest friends will be starting a new year full of challenges and new beginnings-- I wish you the best with all my heart and hope that in some measure I can be the help that you have been to me.
Thank You, Jesus for these my co-workers and friends. I LOVE YOU!
--Debbie

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

You are Enough!

When once I thought this void could never be filled,
You gave me a gift and so my wish fulfilled.

I wished that it would be forever true and real,
But You asked, "My love, would you give him up and in My love your faith seal?"
How could I not when You Who gave me this love asked with such loving and understanding eyes? You once gave all you had for one such as I.

So here he is, the gift which You brought into my life, I willingly give You back and thank You that in those short yet sweet months I learned and experienced true love.
And when I think the pain is just too much to bear,
You're always there to stroke my tear-stained face and lovingly comfort me saying:
"It will all pass away. It's but a test. Hold on to Me, it won't be long till you are blessed."

As time has gone by, I have come to realize,
Only in Your can this love be immortalized.
For it is You Who has given me this love,
You, who is love and loves me most of all.

Though there are times when the memories revive
And they are not so easily pushed back,
I try not to think about those things I "lack",
But humbly ask, "Do with me as You like, my dearest Love.
Help me to be brave and not look back,
To follow You and on Your promises stand.--You, my Love, are all I ever need."

During these months that I have felt torn apart,
Because my earthly love and I are apart,
You have never left my side
And with Your love I have found a new start.

Instead of trying to fill the void,
Help me to hold on to You ever closer and my times spent with You never avoid.
For You are the real love of my life. --The One I wanted and have long searched for.
Only You can heal the wounds of loss.
... For YOU truly are enough!

---Eunice

True Love

True love is the candle that burns in the night,

Outshining the stars glow, because it is so bright.

True love is the flower that carries spring's song

Through the cold, and dreary winter, when the day seems so long.

True love is the echo of summers refrain;

It's the smile of the sunshine, the kiss of the rain.

True love is the blessing that gives life it's birth,

It hallows God's beauty in all it's worth.

"Love is eternal---the aspect might change, but the essence remains."

Beloved let us love;

For love is light,

And he who loveth not

Dwelleth in night.

Beloved let us love;

For only thus

Shall we behold that God

Which loveth us.

-Horatius Bonar