A Woman's Hurt

What causes a woman to hurt
To feel pain within her heart?
A pain she hides from the world
Though tears flow in the dark.

What causes her to hurt
To feel like no one cares
As she curls in the fetal position
And bathes her pillow with tears

She cries, she prays, she questions God
As she shows him all her wounds
Then she looks to him for answers
For all the bruises on her soul

Did no one ever look behind
The smiles she shows the world
And see the teary, pained filled eyes
She hides behind the smile?

Did no friend reach out a hand
To help lift her downcast heart
To let her know that she is loved
And God cares for her soul?

There are so many smiling faces
Which hides the tears of pain
So take a closer look today
At the woman next to you

Give her a smile, lend her an ear
Let her tell you why she hurts
Your concern may be what’s needed
To make a difference in her life

Inspired by Pastor Monvella McIntosh’s
Hurting Women’s Conference August 7, 2000

Choose Him More

I don’t usually post to my blog on Sundays. However, on Sunday Jan 16th, some thoughts came to mind and I quickly wrote a short post, entitled “Just Do It” and pressed publish. It could have been my last post. The following evening I was in a car accident. Thankfully no one was hurt.

At the moment before impact my life didn’t flash before my eyes as people often say it does. It happened too quickly. There was much time for reflections afterward however.

As I sat at home later that night, still quite shaken I thought about my day, weekend and the previous week. Thoughts of, “Am I living in readiness for His coming?” and “Were my decisions in those previous days pleasing to my Lord?” flew through my mind.

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Trusting Him,
~Bernadine~

Just Do It

 

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The Bible is sitting there waiting to be read…

Scriptures to be memorized

Words to be hidden in our heart

Strength to be found

Revelation to be discovered

Relationship to be forged with Jesus our Lord

But often times we choose the next thing,

A favorite television show,

A phone call from a friend,

An interesting book,

Housework

Busyness…

Hence, our spiritual life wanes

Becomes dry,

Joy fades,

Hunger subsides

All the while the Holy Spirit whispers,

Choose me,

So in the words of the Nike’s slogan

I say

Just do it…

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Choose Him first,

Choose Him consistently and

Interest in other things will

wane,

fade,

subside

Then we’ll hear the quiet whisper,

Well done my child.






Trusting Him

~Bernadine~