SOUL RESTORATION

Lord, I look to you to restore my soul
You fill me up and make me whole

I look only to you and no other
As you are my father and your son is my savior

I want to do your will and walk in your ways
I want to feel the drops of your amazing grace

Forgiving, loving, miraculous, and breath-taking
Always on my side and never forsaking

Walking next to me every step of the way
Your arms around me and never going away

I feel your overwhelming love inside
You are everything I need; You always provide

Broken, I came to you and raised up my hands
Feeling worthless and lost with no where to stand

At times I may fall from your path and stray
But I just look up at your face and you show me the way

Blessed, I am for everything, even for experiencing strife
You sacraficed your only son so that I could sin and now Choose LIFE!

Jan Bagwell

God Bless

Honoring Our VeteransOn Veterans' Day, we try to honor
The veterans who served our nation.
I am thankful for their service,
Transferring from station to station.

Some veterans fought on front lines.
Many veterans served in harm's way.
Special honors are due these veterans.
Let us give them honor on this day.

Some fought in fox holes and trenches
In some foreign lands across the sea.
Others protected our dear home front,
Providing safety to you and to me.

Let us be thankful to all our veterans,
And let us pray for our nation too.
May God bless America, our great land,
And for God, may Americans stand true.

The Theater

The Theater

A villager came to the big city for the first time in his life.

He was amazed at the many wonders in the big city. He wanted to

buy something to bring back to his village. Most of the items

needed electrical connection and his village didn't even have

any electricity. He was delighted when he found a flashlight.

He bought the flashlight, which fascinated him every time he

pushed the switch and a bright light came on.

As he continued on his way, he noticed people waiting in line.

He inquired what this line was for and was told that they were

waiting to enter a theater where there was a movie playing.

He had no idea what a movie was, but decided to wait in line

too. He paid for a ticket and was ushered into a dark room.

After a little while, a picture started playing. He was

fascinated to see the beautiful scenery and all the action on

the screen.

Then he remembered the flashlight in his pocket.

"I will shine the flashlight on the picture, so I will see it

even better." He took out the flashlight and shone it straight

at the screen, but to his amazement the picture became faded.

From all sides people started shouting that he should turn off

the light!

"But I only wanted to get a better view of the picture," he said

to the one sitting next to him.

"Don't you know? Here, we see only in the dark!"

replied his neighbor.

The moral of the parable:

The same is in the theater of this world. Many of the pleasures

and values which people pursue have value only because we find

ourselves in spiritual darkness. When we bring spiritual light

into our lives, these values and pleasures fade, for they are

only imaginary and temporary.

Jan Bagwell

God Bless !!

Abba

“Abba, Father,” Jesus said, “Take this cup from me”
whilst praying in the garden of Gethsemane.
“I know that all things are possible for You
and that there is nothing that You cannot do.”

“Yet not what I will but what You will,” He said
as in deep anguish great drops of blood He bled.
Then He went on to complete salvations plan
agreed by the Godhead before time began.

“Abba, Father,” like Jesus we too can cry
as we pour out our soul to the Lord on high.
For sons and daughters of Mighty God are we
and never more in slavery shall we be.

The Spirit of Christ is dwelling in our heart
and causes all the dread and fear to depart.
For our Lord Jesus drained that bitter cup dry
when He bowed His head upon the cross to die.

“Abba Father,” the Spirit has testified
that we’re the children for whom He has died.
We’re heirs of God and co-heirs with Jesus Christ
sharing in His suffering and sacrifice.

No more as orphans for the Father we know
we’re in His family where life's riches flow.
Led by the Spirit we gaze upon His face
and His love floods into our soul by His grace.

We are sons and daughters of the living God
when we walk the same pathway that Jesus trod.
We’re saved by His grace and purchased by His blood
and trusting in the promises of our God.

3D

3D
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When I took my kids to see their first 3D movie, I was blown

away with how the glasses altered my vision.

Not like I expected though.

I was not overly impressed with the 3D effects in the movie

itself; what really surprised me was what happened when I exited

the theater.

When I came out of the theater and removed my 3D glasses,

I experienced the greatest parable of life.

"Life is how we view it."

After wearing glasses where one lens was red and the other was

blue, my eyes had adjusted to the colors.

Now with my naked eyes, out of one eye the world had a blue tint

and out of the other eye the world had a red tint.

I could not believe my eyes, I had never heard of that

phenomenon before. I rubbed my eyes and closed one eye and

alternated them over and over. Everything looked redder, then

everything looked bluer, over and over.

I had enough scientific knowledge and common sense to know the

whole world was not changing colors, timed perfectly to the

instant I shut one eye and opened the other.

This was the most altered my vision had ever been, yet it was

perhaps the clearest I had ever seen the world.

I now saw the argument between the optimist and the pessimist

solved, it depends on which eye you have open.

In your life, do you focus on those who have more than you or

those who are less fortunate than you?

Do you focus on how bad your job is or that you have a job?

Do you focus on the smallness of your closet and house, or do

you see that you have so many clothes you don't have room to

store them?

What eye are you looking out of?

If you want the world to look differently, it may be easier for

you to open the other eye than to paint the world.

Jan Bagwell

God Bless !

Remember we serve a Big God .

C.W. Wilson needs your prayers .

 

What's Under Your Robe?

Sin isn't just the kind,
observed with the eyes
there can be so much more
no matter the disguise.

People may point out,
the obvious sin in our life
but it's the sin that's unseen
that will cause eternal strife.

Sin that can't be seen,
that we keep deep within
doesn't go unnoticed
though we think it's hidden.

For God sees our hearts,
the sins we're harboring
He knows every deep secret
that we are nurturing.

We need to check our robes,
look under what it covers
there may be sin in us . . .
He wants us to discover!

Bleeding Hearts

We search for love,
in all the wrong places
we seek acceptance
in strangers faces.

We go to chat rooms,
join a dating service
hoping our soul mate
comes to the surface.

We go to dances
we party, we dance
scanning the crowd
for a little romance.

We wish and we hope,
we beg and we pray
our truest of loves
will come our way.

We are often foolish,
unwise and soft-hearted
and our bleeding-hearts
are often discarded.

So, if you are looking,
for someone to eternally love
just open up your heart
and look up above.

Jesus loves you,
like no one else ever will . . .
the emptiness in your heart
His grace will quench and fill!
Jan Bagwell
God Bless

Hallelujah! It May Be Today!

I'm gazing toward the eastern sky
And wishing that maybe today,
Jesus will meet us in the air
And will rapture His church away.

I'm not attached to this world.
I can leave everything behind.
I won't need to take anything,
Not any baggage of any kind.

All my problems will be solved
As I leave them all here below.
I will abandon all my sorrows,
Along with my troubles and woe.

It really would be nice to avoid
The services of the undertaker.
I would like to go home today
With my Savior, the upper taker.

Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus!
Come quickly and take us away!
I'm watching, waiting, and working.
Hallelujah! It may be today!

Jan Bagwell
God Bless

I want Myself to know

        I want Myself to know

 I have to live with myself and so
I want to be fit for myself to know.
I want to be able as days go by,
always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don't want to stand with the setting sun
and hate myself for the things I have done.
I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
a lot of secrets about myself
and fool myself as I come and go
into thinking no one else will ever know
the kind of person I really am,
I don't want to dress up myself in sham.
I want to go out with my head erect
I want to deserve all men's respect;
but here in the struggle for fame and wealth
I want to be able to like myself.
I don't want to look at myself and know that
I am bluster and bluff and empty show.
I never can hide myself from me;
I see what others may never see;
I know what others may never know,
I never can fool myself and so,
whatever happens I want to be
self respecting and conscience free.

Jan Bagwell

God Bless !

My Prayer

"God give us men and women to match our mountains,

God give us men and women to match our plains ,

Men and women  with empires in their purpose

Men and women with throbbing , conquering brains .

 

 Give us men and women to lead our nation ,

Give us men and women with holy zeal ,

Men and women aflame with truth and wision 

Men and women who bear the heavenly seal .

 

Give us men and women who love the Bible ,

And it's percept do obey ,

Give us men and women who have convictions

And are Christians all the way .

 

Give us men and women  who follow Jesus

Give us men and women who love their Lord ,

Men and women with hearts pure and courageous

Men and women led by God's Eternal Word "

Amen

In Christ Jesus

I am so very happy and glad today,
For all my sins are washed away!
They are under the blood of the Lamb.
I stand justified before the great I Am.

I am in Christ, my Lord and Savior.
I am happily living in God's favor.
I will witness for Him in every place,
Telling others of His saving grace.

I love Christ Jesus with all my heart.
For Him, I want to always do my part.
I strive to be more like Him every day
In how I behave and in what I say.

For my Lord, I want to be on fire,
For serving Him is my utmost desire.
The inner joy I have will not cease.
Being in Christ gives wonderful peace.

Jan Bagwell

God Bless

The Move
In order for God to take you to another place,

He must first move you from where you are.

The move often seems like disaster,

but it's only the creaking and groaning of a reluctant door.