Fortune Cookies

"I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever" – Psalm 86:12

When I came to the conclusion that I needed to write this blog, I had many ideas and thoughts on how to keep things fresh. One idea was that periodically I would post the lyrics to a song that had impacted me that week. I know we all know the words to that one awesome song, but sometimes actually seeing the words right in front of you can have a great(er) impact. Another idea was to possibly dig into the many notebooks I've kept over the years, and bring out a rare gem of my ingenious insight! (Just kidding, I am far from being a genius, and my sight isn't always "in"). And while I do have a Revelatious thought for this week, I would like to share something out of one particular notebook. It's one a dear sister in Christ gave me for my birthday a few years back. It's a plain brown notebook, small, nothing special. Inside the cover she wrote "Here is a sturdy journal to keep all the thoughts and songs that come to you. May God continue to send you many!" This was the first thing I wrote in that notebook, on the very next page. I called it: Fortune Cookies….

The sweeter taste of words less spoken
Trembling now my lips are frozen

Silent are my helpless cries
As tears of joy escape my eyes

A love so strong set to amaze
As bloodshed sets my heart ablaze

For Jesus now my heart is driven
The freedom truth, that all was given

For in a day the Lamb was slain
A morphine for my reckless pain

A thunder strike, a shattered veil
A risen King for all to hail

Hold the future, our decision
At the intersection of salvation

To follow straight, find streets of gold
To take the lead, our death behold

Three steps past Satan's scarecrow
My path now holds straight and narrow

New friends rise not from this place
Past allies look not at my face

"To give my life?"……I had to pause
"Yes I will!"……I know because

Cookies crumble and fortunes fade
But my future now HIS life will make

"Teach me you way, LORD, the I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name" – Psalm 86:11