discoveringdesaray

Rise up and seek His face  Bathe yourself in His grace  Work hard day in and day out  Forming relationships throughout  Grow, flow, adapt  Diligently study that map Where haven’t we gone? Who hasn’t heard His song?  Time is of the essence  Too many are without His Presence  Strive—everyday to see them thrive  Preach and Teach Lead and Heed  Guide and Abide  Pray and Slay  Run the race  Set the pace  Exemplify and Simplify  Praise and Raise  New believers  New leaders  New torches  To lead the forces  God’s Army is marching  In sync, in step  Are you ready for what’s next?  Dream a dream See a vision Write it down—make it plain  Now live the mission  Work for Him and not in vain  Seek the souls  Suffer the fools Don’t waste a minute  He could be here in an instant

Infected with deception At the moment of my conception Thank you, Father Adam and Mother Eve For that birthday gift within my seed Little girl full of joy and surrounded by love Content to lie and watch the clouds drifting above Until confusion struck And my innocent petals started to be plucked He didnt mean to hurt us Surely that was our fault, he is blameless I hear the mattress in the next room squeak And I know that he is coming for me I try to close my eyes and hang on to sleep Sleep that has already escaped me Shame bursts! Vengeance thirsts He desires more But I will never let him touch my core A decade of intrusions A decade to create life-long confusion Suddenly I am safe and free But never worthy Never good enough Never clean enough I’ll never measure up Not when so much was stolen as I was developed I began to give away what was left Ocassionaly there was even an outright theft But what could I do? When all I wanted was to desperately undo.....

Blessed is she who believes what the Lord has promised her. Blessed is she who believes. Blessed is she. She. She is blessed. She who believes is blessed. She who believes what the Lord has promised her is blessed. Blessed. She is blessed. She who believes is blessed. Blessed is she who believes. She who believed she would carry the seed The seed of God delivered unto the earth She was blessed She who believed as she held that broken seed As His love poured out onto the mercy seat She was blessed She who believed as tears stained her face and blood stained her dress Used, broken, torn, and thrown away As she cried out to Him for help He reached out with a word to quiet her distress And she was blessed She who worked hard and gave her all She who studied, memorized, networked, and pushed herself beyond herself She who proved she is just as strong, just as capable, and just as smart as all She who achieved because she believed She is blessed She who arose ...

I hate when you show up like that Out of the blue, you step out of the black One moment I'm fast asleep and life is fine  The next you're there and almost mine My heart starts racing and my head begins to spin  We’re embracing and the spiral never ends  Will I ever be free from you?  Free from my thoughts and dreams of you? Free from the fight to keep you at bay Free from an unspoken desire for a never-coming day  Every time I think I've let go Every time I find a way to say no  You find a way in  Tormenting me again and again  Why won't you let me be free  Why won't you stop haunting me Each dream reveals me more  Tormented mind and soul torn Divided desires  Resistance and raging fires  Opposition  Skewed vision  Split in two  By the longing I have for you  Your arms around me are oh so right  Wrapping me up in the dark of the night  Moon ca...

I want to reflect the One who restores The One who opens impossible doors I want to reflect the One who cleanses The One who exists in past, present, and future tenses I want to be a reflection of unconditional love Reflecting undeniable power from above I want to be a reflection of redemption Reflecting peace in moments of tension I want to be a reflection Of His deep affection I want to be a reflection That always points in His direction I want to see the seed of His greatness Blooming when I see this face in... A mirror, a window, a puddle on the ground Or in the eyes of one who was lost, but now has been found Select Him Project Him Respect Him Reflect Him

Intro:  "Let me slide in here for just a minute" That’s what the moon said to the sun Before eclipsin’ it Lookin’ for a little fun "We don’t have to stay here long Matter of fact, before you even know it I’ll be long gone And you’ll be chasin’ me around the planet" Narrator: The moon just wanted to test the heat See what it could stand It had no idea the challenge it would meet The flames that would be fanned A few well versed lines were spoke And that was all it took For endless passion to be awoke And the universe was shook Moon:  I see what you’re going through I see the shame that marks you like spots The painful pox others are painting on you They mar your surface, darken your thoughts Let me block out this harsh world awhile Let me help you forget the way it hurts, the way it lies Come hide behind my hypnotic smile Come hide with me as we perfectly align Forget the world behind me   Forget y...

Dear Family, We are coming up on the one year anniversary of Meme's passing. This past year has been a difficult one for our family. Each of us feeling her significant loss in our own ways. We don't talk about it with each other much--other than the ocassional comment about how much we miss her. We laugh over memories sometimes and smile sadly as the conversation is left to drift away before the pain has a chance to overwhelm us. We keep that part to ourselves. At least, I know I have. I've felt like I couldn't lay this immense weight on anyone else, especially as everyone else that could even understand how precious she was was hurting too. I've held my pain close, swaddled in a cloak of busyness and misleading smiles. I tried to dive into my kids' activities and our pre-planned trips, and visiting friends to cover the truth. I was dying a slow death of my own. Only Ivan really saw ugly it was, how bad I got. I felt responsibility weighing on me. The respon...