Monday, January 16, 2006

Snug as a Bug

Sorry I haven't wrote for so long. But why is a praise in itself.

WE MOVED INTO OUR NEW HOUSE !!!!!!! So therefore we don't need to use my aunt and uncle's washer and dryer because we have our own. It's been so awesome to be able to do normal things without all the trouble. To have real showers, etc. The only bad thing has been not being able to blog nearly as much. Oh, well. But we moved in to at least sleep on Christmas Eve and have been slowly moving other stuff in as the weeks have passed. I absolutely love my bedroom. If I could I would put pictures but I doubt that will be happening any time soon.

I hope all of you have been doing great in your lives too. Mine has been great despite the things I am learning. Some lessons just don't stick as well as they should. But God has been revealing new things about me to myself. And you know that gate that wouldn't stay closed? (see past articles, The Inept Gate Closer and The Gate that Won't Stay Closed) Well, it is doing much better and staying closed the majority of the time. Some days it still swings open, but one step at a time is all that can be expected. And Jessica has been back for the past few weeks which has been nice even though I haven't seen her nearly as much as I would like. She is so busy. Another "oh, well."

I'll try to do better with writing.

Read 1 Thessalonians 1. It has been an encouraging chapter for me lately. Especially verses 3-5.

Monday, December 19, 2005

"Let Me Love Thee"

No, I haven't been watching Jane Austen movies, although I would like to. It is a poem...

So here it goes.

"Let me love Thee, Thou are claiming
Every feeling of my soul;
Let me love, in power prevailing,
Render Thee my life, my all;
For life's burdens they are easy,
And life's sorrows lose their sting
If they're carried, Lord, to please Thee,
If they're done Thy smile to win.

Let me love Thee--come revealing
All Thy love has done for me;
Help my doubt,so unbelieving
By the sight of Calvary;
Let me see Thy love despising
All the shame my sins have brought,
By Thy torment realizing
What a price my burden bought.

Let me love Thee, love is mighty,
Swaying realms of deed and thought,
By which I shall walk uprightly
And shall serve Thee as I ought.
Love will soften every sorrow,
Love will lighten every care,
Love unquestioning will follow,
Love will triumph, love will bear.

Let me love Thee, Savior,
Take my heart forever,
Nothing but Thy favour, Lord,
My soul can satisfy!"

William Booth-Clibborn