If I should ever lose my sight
No longer seeing through these eyes
I still will gaze upon the prize
For my eyes have seen the truth

If words no longer fill my mouth
If what I had to say did not come out
Never would there be a doubt
I would continually sing praise to you

If both my legs they were cut off
I still would stand for the cause
Continuing in my faithful walk
Where each day in you I stand anew

If for a moment or two I lose heart
It still will know how Great Thou Art
To the very end from the very start
Sweet Jesus I will always be in love with you

I carry a concealed weapon
I have since I was young
Sharp as a knife, used a lot in life
My weapon of choice it is the tongue

It has the power to cut you down
Bring you to your knees
But also strong enough to lift you up
Both it does with ease

Yes it can lift you up
Or it can bring you down
For the latter I use it far to much
Stabbing at the slightest sound

The problem with this weapon is
The lack of self control
It comes out slicing and dicing
As if backed against the wall

I've even at times turned it on myself
And carved like I was a piece of art
Left not a mark upon my flesh
But wounded deep the heart

I've talked of using it as a knife
It also doubles as a gun
Firing from long distances
My weapon of choice, beware the tongue

God came one day to Abraham
Saying Abe my son I have this plan
See all these stars up in the sky
To your kin folk I will give life

So Abraham being a righteous man
Had two sons all in Gods plan
But being old he and his wife couldn't wait
So he laid with a female slave

Miracles from above
Ishmael and Isaac grew up
But a test came for his love
God had asked for his trust

Hagar was left behind
As father and son travelled the dessert
Where he had been called to testify
How he could pioneer and turn to right
Bring civilisation to God's light

Now we all know the test was passed
Or we wouldn't be here today
Speaking of the saviours who brought us to God's way

From Abraham came his sons
The messengers forever honoured
In Christianity, Judaism and Islam
Jacob, Moses, Elijah and Jonah

Zechariyah, John, Soloman and Noah
From them came Jesus and Mohammed
So we say peace be upon them all
And peace be upon this world

United we stand
For our ancestors were one
From the same blood we began
For the same Lord we bow...

(And Reasons Why I Have It Pretty Good)*


2. Starving people in Africa who have nothing that even resembles a stable govermnent to keep them safe and fed and alive. 

3. Couples going through divorce or recovering from divorce, and their poor children. =\

4. Drug addicts living on the streets without a family or a hope. 

5. Women and children caught up in human trafficking and slavery who have no one to save them. 

6. Would-be-mothers who cannot have children. This is heartbreaking for many women. 

7. Children abused by their own parents who then have to go through foster care and withstand the constant reminder that they do not have parents that love and care for them. 

8. People who have no hope and who believe a bottle of pills is the only way to take away their pain. Life is never a curse, and it is not one's responsibility to take when it becomes unbearable. 

9. Fathers who can't find a job in our economy and who feel like a failure because they can't support their family's needs. 

10. People who sit in a church and believe they are being good enough to go to heaven, when they've never heard the true gospel spoken to them before. 




1. And most importantly...the great number of individuals who have not heard and those who have rejected the Good News of Jesus Christ. It's nothing that I have done that makes me any different than them, but only the grace of God that I took hold of. I won't stand by while my fellow man lives on less than I do every day. I am blessed with food, a better government than many in this world, and parents who love each other and the Lord. I have a life of hope that sustains me better than drugs, a life worth living, and the financial support that only God could supply. And I have a church that preaches the gospel each Sunday and reminds me of how much I need Him. 

Lord, never let me forget Your many blessings. Self-pity, worry, and depression keep me from my true potential as Your daughter and servant. Show me how to share my blessings with others, so that I can spread Your Word to everyone I meet.
Amen.

If you would be still...
Close your eyes and wait for Me...
Then you would see truth.