So How 'Bout This...

Just keep on, My little one,
And someday you will know
Why all the trials and the grief
Were sent to try you so.
There never was a brighter day
Than this you now can see,
There never was a sweeter song
Than the one you sing to Me.
I've loved you through the darkness,
And loved you in the light;
Whenever you needed Me,
I've always been in sight.

I never left you to yourself
To battle all alone.
I've given you your sweetest joys
When you My will have done.
I do not call you servant,
I do not call you friend;
I call you My Beloved,
And I'll love you to the end.
I'll love you when the way is hard,
And when the night is long;
I'll give you strength, I'll give you hope,
I'll sing to you a song.

I'll tell you that I love you,
I'll tell you that I care,
I'll walk along beside you
And all your burdens bear.
I'll give you hope and courage
When your strength is almost gone.
We'll travel on together
Till the day that we are one...
The day I call you yonder
To heavens open skies
When I'll gather you unto Myself
And dry your tear-filled eyes.

I'll rid your heart of every pain
And heal your every loss.
I'll give you joy and peace and life
In place of every cross.
And what seems now an arduous way
Will be forgotten there,
For in My presence all is new,
And all is good and fair.
So lift your head and smile again,
And let you heartaches go;
They only cause Me grief and pain,
Because I love you so.
I love you with a tender love
That is not changed by time,
And is not less for all thy sins,
Nor could be more sublime
If though an angel's form didst bear,
Or thou a saint could be;
I love thee, not for what thou art,
But what thou art to Me.
I see thee in the holy light
Of my own deity;
I love thee with the total love
Of all eternity!

(The new )...I Love This Book

LINDSEY!!! I am so happy that you told me to buy this book. It is the most beautiful peice of literature I have ever read in my life.
This is a part of the first devotion, chapter, lesson.. whatever it is called.
Our time together is like a garden full of flowers, wheras the time you give to things is like a field of stubble.

I think that that is exactly where I am at right now. I long for my time with God and grieve the time when I am not with Him. I have seen many opportunities lately to minister to people and to help them through hard times and I am starting to see Gods purpose for me. That as to live devoted to him, while uniting all christians in service and in love. ( a little quote there from the pledge to the christian flag) But ya I mean that is what we are all called to do. To go and make disciples of every nation baptizing them in name of the father the son and the holy spirit.

I love you all,
marc