Believe Me Now | Steven Curtis Chapman

I watch you looking out across the raging water
So sure your only hope lies on the other side
You hear the enemy that's closing in around you
And I know that you don't have the strength to fight
But do you have the faith to stand and...

Believe Me now
Believe Me here
Remember all the times I've told you loud and clear
I am with you and I am for you
So believe Me now
Believe Me now

I am the One who waved my hand and split the ocean
I am the One who spoke the words and raised the dead
And I've loved you long before I set the world in motion
I know all the fears you're feeling now
But do you remember who I am?
Do you..

Believe Me now
Believe Me here
Remember all the times I've told you loud and clear
I am with you and I am for you

So believe Me now
Believe it's true
I never have, I never will abandon you
And the God that I have always been
I will forever be
So believe Me now

I am the God who never wastes a single hurt that you endure
My words are true, and all My promises are sure

So believe Me now
Oh, believe Me now

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Pulling Weeds

[ One Week Ago... ]

I've discovered that I need a little weed-pulling in my life. I love living in the country but so often I love it from inside our house. I justify this choice by saying there is so much to do inside, its more comfortable, etc. But it is spring, we have flower beds and they are filling up with weeds. So after a brief walk with one of the dogs I settled down near a corner of a flower bed and started to pull up one weed at a time.

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After awhile I found that the garden was starting to "reappear", my soul was quieted, the birds were starting to think of me as part of the landscape and so were out about their business without fear, and the more I pulled, the dirtier my hands got, the more I found myself to be at the feet of Jesus. There I gained perspective, peace, joy, challenge, pain, strength, and refreshment.

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There isn't anything special about pulling weeds. Today that is where I met with the good King, it's where He gave me peace in place of questions and joy in place of a discontent and downcast spirit.

To wait is to have faith in the One waited for.

True Love | Christ's Love

Journal Entry [Poem]

abide

Chelsea Mills | Apr 15, 2012

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"I in You, and You in Me,"

Jesus to the Father said. 

Leaving heaven willingly

He was welcomed by a manger bed. 

"I in You, and You in Me,"

Jesus to the Father said. 

Though bound by flesh, while abiding free,

Better did Son know than any scholar had. 

"I in You, and You in Me,"

Jesus to the Father said. 

All of God in all of man, saw we,

Yet nothing on His own He did. 

"I in You, and You in Me,"

Jesus to the Father said. 

"For kingdom and the glory

I know what must be had."

"I in You, and You in Me,"

Jesus to the Father said. 

"Depraved man I will bring

To abide with the God-head."

"I in You, and You in Me,"

Jesus to the Father said. 

"Such a price to redeem 

A people who may not be led."

"I in You, and You in Me,"

Jesus to the Father wept. 

Surrendering oneness upon Gethsemane. 

The promise would be kept. 

"Why hast Thou forsaken  Me?"

Jesus to the Father cried. 

"Man's sin has separated Him from Me."

And without His Life, He died. 

"I in You, and You in Me,"

Jesus to the Father said. 

Rising up in victory,

The Spirit now could be sent. 

"I in You, and You in Me,"

Jesus to the Father said. 

Now I can live as I was meant. 

The Trinity invites, "Abide in Me."

I've been thinking...

Lately I have been thinking about:

- Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
- Hope Chests
- The Lost Arts of Dinner Parties, Sewing, and Gardening (to name a few)
- Homeschooling and Classic Literature
- Preparing to be a Wife (not because there is someone pursuing me but because its a good employment in singleness -- part of doing him good all my days!)
- Living in the Country
- Raising Children
- Dressing with Elegance and Modesty (and some ladies, and gents too, who did/do it well!)
- Keeping House
- Learning from the Christian Men and Women of the Past
- Nobility and Dignity

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Ladies, what do you think? Does the idea of keeping a house and entertaining and raising children on a farm the way it used to be sound refreshing or dreary to you? What women in history have inspired you as examples of godly femininity?
Gentlemen, if you've dropped by for a visit, what are your thoughts? Who are the men in history whose godly manhood inspires you to greater heights?
Feel free to offer suggestions for good books, etc if you'd like. Erika, I'd love to pick your brain! :)

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