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It's You

Written on 01/01/09 @ 5:30 a.m. I can feel Taste Touch Smell And hear I know that You are near By the calmness within me From the assurance deep within To the pigment of my skin I know that it’s You That opens my eyes to see And gave me lungs to breathe A tongue to taste indeed It’s You Who keeps on blessing me It’s You Who breathed into nostrils And created Eve and descendants And for that, we’re forever grateful Keep loving the way You do Because we know that without You Nothing in life is possible I love You We love You And it’s all YOU!

Preoccupied Martha Vs. Opportunistic Mary

Written on 12/28/08 @ 9:43 a.m. On Sunday morning I was sitting at home reading a few passages from a book called “Prayers and Promises for Women”, and there was a scripture reference in the book of Psalms. As I began to turn to the scripture within my Everyday Life Amplified Version Bible with commentaries by Joyce Meyer, I stopped to read one of Joyce’s commentaries entitled, “Seek the ‘One Thing’”. Her commentary was basically tying in David’s prayer of asking God for “One Thing” (to be able to dwell in God’s presence all the days of his life) and the story of Martha and Mary. Martha was the preoccupied, busy one; while Mary was the opportunistic one. She didn’t want to miss the opportunity of dwelling in the presence of the Lord. (Luke 10: 38-42) Although I had read and heard the story of Mary and Martha several times before, however, on this particular morning the story really resonated with me because I always find myself being a busy body. Therefore,