No stronger love exists, Jesus in the midst, peace just like a kiss
Giving our hearts rest, providing us the best, tears gone with HIS caress
Psalm 124:8
King James Version (KJV)
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Our help is in Our Father
There is no help to find, no other help so kind, your troubles to unwind,
No stronger love exists, Jesus in the midst, peace just like a kiss
Giving our hearts rest, providing us the best, tears gone with HIS caress
No stronger love exists, Jesus in the midst, peace just like a kiss
Giving our hearts rest, providing us the best, tears gone with HIS caress
Don't want this flesh
Take me Father from this place
I am ashamed to show my face
I took advantage of your grace
thoughts and actions so abase
Your faithfulness I don't deserve
to your straight road, I made a curve
Don't want to be here any more
Don't want this flesh in which I war
Just spirit is all I want to be
My Father's spirit overflowing in me
Leading me through the path HE laid
Keeping me from the life of pain
Every step I lead on my own
is a step away from my King's throne
There is nothing good in me
but the spirit you gave to be free
Don't want emotions that lie to me
or hold me captive though I plea
Don't want the flesh easily broken
to catch on words easily spoken
All I can count on is your love
perfect, eternal from heaven above
remind me often it's you I follow
The world's a pill forced to swallow
All I want to know is you Lord
Everything else, the sharp sword
the enemy that stabs you in the back
Faith in you is what I lack
Help me, father, for I am weak
Don't want this flesh, your will I seek
Don't want these feelings, this heart which beats
I have no room for its defeat
Philippians 4:13
For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength
I am ashamed to show my face
I took advantage of your grace
thoughts and actions so abase
Your faithfulness I don't deserve
to your straight road, I made a curve
Don't want to be here any more
Don't want this flesh in which I war
Just spirit is all I want to be
My Father's spirit overflowing in me
Leading me through the path HE laid
Keeping me from the life of pain
Every step I lead on my own
is a step away from my King's throne
There is nothing good in me
but the spirit you gave to be free
Don't want emotions that lie to me
or hold me captive though I plea
Don't want the flesh easily broken
to catch on words easily spoken
All I can count on is your love
perfect, eternal from heaven above
remind me often it's you I follow
The world's a pill forced to swallow
All I want to know is you Lord
Everything else, the sharp sword
the enemy that stabs you in the back
Faith in you is what I lack
Help me, father, for I am weak
Don't want this flesh, your will I seek
Don't want these feelings, this heart which beats
I have no room for its defeat
Philippians 4:13
For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Obvious
Written to my soon-to-be Ex Husband
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:12:19 -0400
I am letting go of possibilities
that you and I could ever agree
that you and I could care for each other
time to let go and seek another
I need to be loved and cared about
not stepped upon and done without
I need the guidance of a man who cares
for me and mine, not selfish wares
I need the protection of a man
who tries to do the best he can
not one who feels his only task
is to come and go and wear a mask
Many years we've mourned, a time to grieve
the death of what was never meant to be
but we forced it through, anyway
it is time to walk from its death today
It is obvious together we will never be
You don't have the will to be a we
I don't have the desire to try again
just want to walk away and let it end
I won't miss you when you are gone
you've never been here to lean on
I won't be sad or lonely because
you've never returned a shred of love
I wanted so much for the seeds we planted
to have the best, not be taken for granted
to have two parents who put them first
and withstood together through the worst
But want in one hand and crap in the other
I cannot go on like this, no love to uncover
I cannot trust that you will ever give
and allow a love to grow and live
I cannot trust that you will try to take care
of the family we are supposed to share
Your words are empty, no actions taken
I never believed anyway, so I am not shaken.
But the children are and continue to be
as long as we pretend to feel
They can see it, sense it, hear it,
The end is there, they no longer fear it.
You only care for your own fears
which only gives the children more tears
go away, they will visit often
walk away from the marriage in its coffin.
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:12:19 -0400
I am letting go of possibilities
that you and I could ever agree
that you and I could care for each other
time to let go and seek another
I need to be loved and cared about
not stepped upon and done without
I need the guidance of a man who cares
for me and mine, not selfish wares
I need the protection of a man
who tries to do the best he can
not one who feels his only task
is to come and go and wear a mask
Many years we've mourned, a time to grieve
the death of what was never meant to be
but we forced it through, anyway
it is time to walk from its death today
It is obvious together we will never be
You don't have the will to be a we
I don't have the desire to try again
just want to walk away and let it end
I won't miss you when you are gone
you've never been here to lean on
I won't be sad or lonely because
you've never returned a shred of love
I wanted so much for the seeds we planted
to have the best, not be taken for granted
to have two parents who put them first
and withstood together through the worst
But want in one hand and crap in the other
I cannot go on like this, no love to uncover
I cannot trust that you will ever give
and allow a love to grow and live
I cannot trust that you will try to take care
of the family we are supposed to share
Your words are empty, no actions taken
I never believed anyway, so I am not shaken.
But the children are and continue to be
as long as we pretend to feel
They can see it, sense it, hear it,
The end is there, they no longer fear it.
You only care for your own fears
which only gives the children more tears
go away, they will visit often
walk away from the marriage in its coffin.
Say Good-Bye
Written to my soon-to-be-ex-husband
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:43:16 -0400
Love is in actions,
not empty words
self put as last,
not as first
In addition to words,
Love can be felt,
hardships of life,
easier dealt
Our togetherness is an anchor
no togetherness found
slow suffocation
chained to the ground
teamwork displayed
in middle ground
your side, my side
no middle found
togetherness is an area
that must be sought
a fight worth fighting
not easily fought
When injuries come,
time and love can heal,
but injury upon injury
only hate is revealed
I cannot heal
this thing alone
you have to try
effort of your own
I don't have the desire
yet I am still here
hoping you will prove
away my fears
But all you have done
is confirm the past
over and over
the pain will last
no love to remember
no joy to speak of
it is about time
you learned to show love
We are supposed to join
as one together,
in all ways, at all times,
for worst, for better
Till you do,
just say goodbye
to continue on
I'd rather die
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:43:16 -0400
Love is in actions,
not empty words
self put as last,
not as first
In addition to words,
Love can be felt,
hardships of life,
easier dealt
Our togetherness is an anchor
no togetherness found
slow suffocation
chained to the ground
teamwork displayed
in middle ground
your side, my side
no middle found
togetherness is an area
that must be sought
a fight worth fighting
not easily fought
When injuries come,
time and love can heal,
but injury upon injury
only hate is revealed
I cannot heal
this thing alone
you have to try
effort of your own
I don't have the desire
yet I am still here
hoping you will prove
away my fears
But all you have done
is confirm the past
over and over
the pain will last
no love to remember
no joy to speak of
it is about time
you learned to show love
We are supposed to join
as one together,
in all ways, at all times,
for worst, for better
Till you do,
just say goodbye
to continue on
I'd rather die
Was and Could Have Been
Written to my soon to be ex-husband
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:57:54 -0400
I have always been
a support for you
when times looked like
you wouldn't get through
But you let me do too much
I provided so much love
you never would have thought
it would bend and brake
and fall apart
But then again... you never returned my love
I was a rock while you were weary
a shield while you were weak
a pillow for your comfort
a pillar when things looked bleak
But I was not supposed to be a carpet
I have so much love to give
so much joy to share
too bad it wasn't returned
and you didn't care
Guess I will give it to someone else
You have relied on me
to take care of all the tasks
and all the children
and everything you asked
But I couldn't rely on you for even one thing
What was before
could have been again
but you won't change
so now the end
It is truly time to say goodbye
I needed you
to be strong
and prove the love
you spoke of all along
But you don't want to put forth any effort
I needed to
rely on you
to push and pull
to get us through
But again, that's not really your thing
Strong words spoken
here and there
but only empty words
with no real care
I hope you find someone you can be real with and that you care to try with. Good bye.
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:57:54 -0400
I have always been
a support for you
when times looked like
you wouldn't get through
But you let me do too much
I provided so much love
you never would have thought
it would bend and brake
and fall apart
But then again... you never returned my love
I was a rock while you were weary
a shield while you were weak
a pillow for your comfort
a pillar when things looked bleak
But I was not supposed to be a carpet
I have so much love to give
so much joy to share
too bad it wasn't returned
and you didn't care
Guess I will give it to someone else
You have relied on me
to take care of all the tasks
and all the children
and everything you asked
But I couldn't rely on you for even one thing
What was before
could have been again
but you won't change
so now the end
It is truly time to say goodbye
I needed you
to be strong
and prove the love
you spoke of all along
But you don't want to put forth any effort
I needed to
rely on you
to push and pull
to get us through
But again, that's not really your thing
Strong words spoken
here and there
but only empty words
with no real care
I hope you find someone you can be real with and that you care to try with. Good bye.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
HIS way
Everything I built my life to be
was supposed to be a reflection of me
Each of my children, to lead and be a scholar
to succeed in life as measured by the dollar
But I failed in all of those measures
I put my hope and trust in treasures
I put my life in the hands of a man
who couldn't live up to it, but who can
But it was the wrong man I put my faith in
The one I was looking for was HE who had no sin
HE is showing me that HIS measure is the one that matters
All others fall short, and cause your life to shatter
The treasure that I sought was that which caused me pain
A life full of things is not a life of gain
Money and things cannot fill the gap
the hole inside, the emptiness, the lack
It can truly only be filled by the MAKER,
a constant relationship with the CREATOR,
He made us to love him, and to seek him
He made us to be spiritual, and be like him
Every time we stray from the path HE has for us
we lose more peace, we lose our closeness
He knows the way, Go we must
HIS way, HIS timing, in HIM we trust.
but HIS way is the way that leads to Glory
was supposed to be a reflection of me
Each of my children, to lead and be a scholar
to succeed in life as measured by the dollar
But I failed in all of those measures
I put my hope and trust in treasures
I put my life in the hands of a man
who couldn't live up to it, but who can
But it was the wrong man I put my faith in
The one I was looking for was HE who had no sin
HE is showing me that HIS measure is the one that matters
All others fall short, and cause your life to shatter
The treasure that I sought was that which caused me pain
A life full of things is not a life of gain
Money and things cannot fill the gap
the hole inside, the emptiness, the lack
It can truly only be filled by the MAKER,
a constant relationship with the CREATOR,
He made us to love him, and to seek him
He made us to be spiritual, and be like him
Every time we stray from the path HE has for us
we lose more peace, we lose our closeness
He knows the way, Go we must
HIS way, HIS timing, in HIM we trust.
but HIS way is the way that leads to Glory
Victory
They don't know our Father's love
how HE smiled when HE created us
They don't know how it hurts HIM still
when we follow self-centered will
HE wants us to have and be so much more
and into our hearts and lives HE wants to pour
But blinded we walk in search of our own
making wrong choices, and inwardly groan
In the image of HIM, created are we
to not be bound, but to be free
to be the head, and not the tail
not to be conquered, but to prevail
We are so much more, than we let ourselves become
And when we align with HIM, all the blessings come
HE alone knows where paths will lead
HE will make them straight, no need to bleed
The blood has already been shed, the fight already won
Just walk in that victory, all else has been done
All these troubles we have, are lies from the past
Jesus already conquered so our troubles won't last
Walk in HIS victory, don't let thing of this world hold you back from HIS glory.
how HE smiled when HE created us
They don't know how it hurts HIM still
when we follow self-centered will
HE wants us to have and be so much more
and into our hearts and lives HE wants to pour
But blinded we walk in search of our own
making wrong choices, and inwardly groan
In the image of HIM, created are we
to not be bound, but to be free
to be the head, and not the tail
not to be conquered, but to prevail
We are so much more, than we let ourselves become
And when we align with HIM, all the blessings come
HE alone knows where paths will lead
HE will make them straight, no need to bleed
The blood has already been shed, the fight already won
Just walk in that victory, all else has been done
All these troubles we have, are lies from the past
Jesus already conquered so our troubles won't last
Walk in HIS victory, don't let thing of this world hold you back from HIS glory.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Lead me back
Cover me, Father
Hide me from my shame
Protect me, Father
no more to be afraid
Give me your strength,
as I have none left
Off your path I walked
I went adrift
Lead me back,
I have lost my way
Your will be done
in my life today
This life I lead each day,
It is all yours, not mine, to live
These things you have given
are yours, not mine to give
Have patience, Lord,
as I am no more than dust
in your word, your ways
I put all my trust
Forgive me, Father,
for the mistakes I made
please don't let me suffer
for the path I laid
Just lead me back, Father,
restore me gently, please,
I cannot take any more
I don't want to be set free
Hold me, Father,
grasp me in your perfect will
no room for the flesh
or desires to fill
Keep me, Father,
from making these mistakes
Lead me back, Father
to your perfect grace.
I Love you, Father, with all my heart, soul, mind, strength, spirit, will..... with everything.
~ Sandra Jane Rinehart
Hide me from my shame
Protect me, Father
no more to be afraid
Give me your strength,
as I have none left
Off your path I walked
I went adrift
Lead me back,
I have lost my way
Your will be done
in my life today
This life I lead each day,
It is all yours, not mine, to live
These things you have given
are yours, not mine to give
Have patience, Lord,
as I am no more than dust
in your word, your ways
I put all my trust
Forgive me, Father,
for the mistakes I made
please don't let me suffer
for the path I laid
Just lead me back, Father,
restore me gently, please,
I cannot take any more
I don't want to be set free
Hold me, Father,
grasp me in your perfect will
no room for the flesh
or desires to fill
Keep me, Father,
from making these mistakes
Lead me back, Father
to your perfect grace.
I Love you, Father, with all my heart, soul, mind, strength, spirit, will..... with everything.
~ Sandra Jane Rinehart
Lord, Help Me
Lord, give me strength
When my heart turns to run
When my mind strays too far
When your will is undone
Lord, give me focus
help me to continue on
help me not be distracted
help me fight what you won
Lord, give me power
to walk the path you set for me
to not turn right or left
to find your perfect peace
Lord, give me love
your perfect overflow of grace
to cover my iniquities
so I may see your face
Lord, help me get through
the troubles of human life
the pain of human conflict
the torment of human strife
Lord, lift me up
remove me from all these fears
take me from this place
wipe away all my tears
Lord, Help Me
Without you, life is doom
dark and with no light
no love and full of gloom
Lord, Shine on Me
let me feel you close
so I may know I am safe
no harm could pose
~Sandra Jane Rinehart
When my heart turns to run
When my mind strays too far
When your will is undone
Lord, give me focus
help me to continue on
help me not be distracted
help me fight what you won
Lord, give me power
to walk the path you set for me
to not turn right or left
to find your perfect peace
Lord, give me love
your perfect overflow of grace
to cover my iniquities
so I may see your face
Lord, help me get through
the troubles of human life
the pain of human conflict
the torment of human strife
Lord, lift me up
remove me from all these fears
take me from this place
wipe away all my tears
Lord, Help Me
Without you, life is doom
dark and with no light
no love and full of gloom
Lord, Shine on Me
let me feel you close
so I may know I am safe
no harm could pose
~Sandra Jane Rinehart
Friday, April 12, 2013
My Father's Love
HE made me to love HIM
and love HIM I do
with all my heart, soul and strength
and all my mind, too.
He made me to be like HIM
and with HIS help, I will be
someday soon I will join him
HIS awesome glory I will see
Mistakes are inevitable
It doesn't matter what I've done
the Blood Of Jesus covers it
because in HIM I trust
He leads me into
Each step that I make
If I wait and I listen
no more mistakes
and love HIM I do
with all my heart, soul and strength
and all my mind, too.
He made me to be like HIM
and with HIS help, I will be
someday soon I will join him
HIS awesome glory I will see
Mistakes are inevitable
It doesn't matter what I've done
the Blood Of Jesus covers it
because in HIM I trust
He leads me into
Each step that I make
If I wait and I listen
no more mistakes
I am not going to do it
I am not going to do it
I will be strong this time
I don't need anyone else
to help me tow the line
I have far too much
in my life to worry about
I don't need to add another
to help me stress out
My life is a mess
and it is of my own doing
I need to pick it up
and finish by grooming
I need some polish
some spit to make things shine
I am not going to do it
and fall for anyone this time
I just need to be strong
and hold my head up high
and pray to my Lord
When I just want to cry
Lord, help me, and keep me,
give me strength, I pray
I am weaker than I thought
and my heart just gives way
Lord help me to focus
on the tasks for me to do
until you bless me
with someone who is from you
I am not going to do it
not give my heart away
I am going to sing praises
loneliness will go away
Lord, Give Me Strength
~ Sandra J Rinehart
I will be strong this time
I don't need anyone else
to help me tow the line
I have far too much
in my life to worry about
I don't need to add another
to help me stress out
My life is a mess
and it is of my own doing
I need to pick it up
and finish by grooming
I need some polish
some spit to make things shine
I am not going to do it
and fall for anyone this time
I just need to be strong
and hold my head up high
and pray to my Lord
When I just want to cry
Lord, help me, and keep me,
give me strength, I pray
I am weaker than I thought
and my heart just gives way
Lord help me to focus
on the tasks for me to do
until you bless me
with someone who is from you
I am not going to do it
not give my heart away
I am going to sing praises
loneliness will go away
Lord, Give Me Strength
~ Sandra J Rinehart
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