I have been thinking about this sone for a couple of weeks. This song that George Younce sang...he wasnt the first one to but he is the first one that I heard sing it...called "Thanks to Calvary"!! This song has got some great lyrics to it!! I love this song...because it makes me think of my Daddy!! For those who dont know...my Dad is a reconvering Alcoholic!! And growing up for me was not as good as most people think it was. But "Thanks toCalvary" remids me how far I think my Dad has come!! Here lately it has reminded me even how I am not the same as I was. I have grown in amy ways, but still struggle with many of the same things, but I know there there is someone out there who is Bigger then I am and can take car of all of it! Its the letting go thats ther hard thing. But enough of that... I hope you enjoy the lyrics!!

Thanks to Calvary

1. Today I went back to the place where I used to go,
Today I saw the same old crowd I knew before.
When they asked me what had happened, I tried to tell them,
"Thanks to Calv'ry I don't come here anymore."

CHORUS:

Thanks to Calv'ry I am not the man (dad) I used to be,
Thanks to Calv'ry things are different than before.
While the tears ran down my face, I tried to tell them (him)(her),
"Thanks to Calv'ry I(we) don't come(live) here anymore."

2. And then we went back to the house where we used to live,
My little boy(girl) ran and hid behind the door;
I said, "Son(Honey), never fear you've got a new Daddy,
Thanks to Calv'ry we don't live here anymore."

Myself Without You

Introducing the Great...

I have been thinking a lot lately about what I am good at. I can do lots of things, I am good at some of them, but I am not great at any of them. I love to sing and I am an ok singer. I am no Sheila Walsh, but I can carrya tune and half way harmonize, but I am not great. I love to make people laugh and I am ok at it. I am no Chonda Pierce, but I think that I am funny and other peple do too, but I am not great. I love to write and am ok at it. I am no David W Pierce or Ted Dekker, but I can poor my heart out in a poem and write songs, but I am not great.

Complete

Here I am oh, God

I bring this sacrifice

My opened heart

I offer my life

I look to you Lord

Your love that never ends

Restores me again

So I lift my eyes to you lord

In you strength will I break through Lord

Touch me now let you love fall down on me

And I will be complete in You

Here I am oh God

I bring this sacrifice

My opened heart

I offer up my life

I look to you Lord

Your love that never ends

Restores me again

So I lift my eyes to you Lord

And by faith I will walk on Lord

Then I'll see beyond my Calvary  one day

And I will be complete in

I look to you Lord

Your love that never ends

Restores me again

So I life my eyes to you lord

In you strength will I break through Lord

Touch me now let you love fall down on me

I know your love dispels all my fear

Through the storm I will hold on Lord

And by faith I will walk on Lord

Then I'll see beyond my Calvary one day

And I will be complete in You

This is one of my favorite songs of all. Chonda Pierce sings it. More and more I understand what it is saying. There are things in my life that have shaped me into what I am today. There are things that I am not proud of, but I have been working on breaking down some of these walls. I have become a stronger person, but none of this is possible without God's help.

God is the one who can fully strip all of the "stuff" off and make me into a "new creation"! This weekend I have had some amazing realizations. One of which is the fact that even though recently God has closed some doors in my life, HE has been faithful to open some newdoors that I never thought possible! By digging and working though my past, God has given me a new future, one where I will be complete!

Angel's Goodbye

She was beautiful in her own way

         Always smiling through the day

She never gave a second thought

         When by her friends she was sought

She gave all she had to any one

         ‘Til one day she no more could she run

From one day going off to play

         To the next gone without delay

She flew home with her own wings

         Leaving this world below to sing

Never again to feel the hurt and pain

         That life had given her in vain

Now and forever happy and free

         She now rides life on the breeze

She left me alone with no one around

         Where pain and sorrow forever abound

Though time marches on from day to day

         I must continue to grow come what may

Knowing she is with me cheering me on

         Helps me to keep moving towards the dawn

The hurt still deeply remains for me

         But forever my friend will be free

She flew home with her own wings

         Leaving this world below to sing

Never again to feel the hurt and pain

         That life had given her in vain

Now and forever happy and free

         She now rides life on the breeze

Time can’t go back to before

         Life will forever be sore

Sometimes bleeding sometimes bare

         The scab on my heart is still there

But Angel my Friend there you fly

         Gone before I could say goodbye

She flew home with her own wings 

Leaving this world below to sing

Never again to feel the hurt and pain

        That life had given her in vain

Now and forever happy and free

         She now rides life on the breeze