Tag: Love

In Your Eyes / A song and a message

In His eyes is the love we will not find on this earth. In this song I can sing to God that in His eyes I am complete and I am loved.

In Your Eyes/Peter Gabriel Featuring Youssou N’Dour / Producers Bill Laswell, Daniel Lanois
Sep. 2, 1986

In Your Eyes Lyrics
[Verse 1: Peter Gabriel]
Love, I get so lost sometimes
Days pass and this emptiness
Fills my heart
When I want to run away
I drive off in my car
But whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are

(Without His love we are empty without direction but when we return to Him He is always there.)

[Pre-Chorus: Peter Gabriel]
All my instincts, they return
The grand façade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

(When we humble ourselves and reach out to Him He will always be there.)

[Chorus: Peter Gabriel]
In your eyes, the light, the heat
(In your eyes) I am complete
(In your eyes) I see the doorway
(In your eyes) To a thousand churches
(In your eyes) The resolution
(In your eyes) Of all the fruitless searches
(In your eyes)
(In your eyes) Oh, I see the light and the heat
(In your eyes, the light, the heat)
(In your eyes) Oh, I wanna be that complete
(In your eyes, the light, the heat)
(In your eyes) I wanna touch the light
The heat I see in your eyes

(In Him we are made complete. He is the door to eternal life. He directs our paths. He is the Way, the Truth and the Light.)

[Verse 2: Peter Gabriel]
Love, I don’t like to see so much pain
So much wasted and this moment
Keeps slipping away
I get so tired working
So hard for our survival
I look to the time with you
To keep me awake and alive

[Pre-Chorus: Peter Gabriel]
And all my instincts they return
And the grand façade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

[Chorus: Peter Gabriel]
In your eyes (Your eyes)
(Your eyes) In your eyes
(In your eyes) The light, the heat
(Your eyes) I am complete
(In your eyes) I see the doorway
To a thousand churches
(In your eyes) The resolution
(Your eyes) Of all the fruitless searches
Oh, I see the light and the heat
(In your eyes)
(Your eyes) Oh, I wanna be that complete
(In your eyes)
I wanna touch the light
The heat I see in your eyes
In your eyes
(In your eyes)
(In your eyes) Ooh
[Outro: Youssou N’Dour]
Sa bet chi lamp, chi tangaay, sa bet maangi ci biir
Sa bet chi lamp, chi tangaay, sa bet maangi ci biir
Sa bet chi lamp, chi tangaay, sa bet maangi ci biir
Sa bet chi lamp, chi tangaay, sa bet maangi ci biir
Sa bet chi lamp, chi tangaay, sa bet maangi ci biir
In your eyes (In your eyes, in your eyes)
In your eyes (In your eyes)
In your eyes (In your eyes, in your eyes)
In your eyes (In your eyes)

More than words/repost

More Than Words

Loved this song when it came out.

This may be a secular love song but listening to the words I was inspired and was able to hear God telling me that He wants more than our words. We may talk the talk but are we walking the walk. Our works do not create faith but if we have faith and truly love God our actions prove this. If you speak a foreign language does that make you that language’s nationality? I took French in high school but that did not make me French, it just meant that I learned how to read and speak the language.

Thanks to Jesus we have been adopted into God’s family. His sacrifice redeemed us. He did more than say I love you and you are forgiven. He proved it by laying down His own life to pay the price for sins He was not guilty of. He walked this earth not to condemn us but to show us love.

How we live are lives says more about us and our relationship with Him, than the words that come out of our mouths. We say I love you, as easily as we say I love chocolate or pizza. We have watered down our relationship with worldly attitudes and do not even realize it. How we live each day matters, and what we value tells others where our hearts desires are. Scripture tells us that if we love the Lord that He will give us the desires of our heart, but what we do not read is that if you love the Lord the desires of your heart will change to what He desires us to have. Even Jesus when speaking to our Father said, “not will but Thine be done”. When you give you life to God, you are to submitt to His will, to do as He instructs. Our ways are not His, and His ways are not ours. Neither are our thoughts His. Frank Sinatra said he did it his way, but a life with Jesus means we give up our own way. We give Him more than lip service. We give Him our entire lives. We live, eat and breathe His Word. Every action speaks louder than even screaming at the top of our lungs. More than words should be how we live everyday for Him.

Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Luke 6:46 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

Colassions 3:17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

1John 3:18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

James 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

James 2:17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James 2:26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

James 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

1 Peter 2:21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

I’ll be there / a song and a message

Wow, two days in a row I woke up with a song playing in my mind. Today the song is by the Jackson 5, ‘I’ll be there’. If you can try to imagine God singing to you, in the first verse it is like He is saying that where there is love He is there. Call His Name and He is there with an outstretched arm. He has given us salvation through His Son Jesus, just call His name and He is there.

In the chorus He is there to comfort you and give you strength. He came to this world to find you. In the second verse we are being told He wants to fill us with His joy and laughter. He is there to protect you. He wants to be one with you, just call His Name, He is there.

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Romans 10:13 ESV For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Acts 2:21 ESV And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

Have you called His name? He is there.


The Jackson 5 / Track 1 on Third Album / Producer Hal Davis/Sep. 8, 1970

I’ll Be There Lyrics
[Verse 1: Michael Jackson]
You and I must make a pact
We must bring salvation back
Where there is love, I’ll be there (I’ll be there)
I’ll reach out my hand to you
I’ll have faith in all you do
Just call my name and I’ll be there (I’ll be there)

[Chorus: Jermaine Jackson]
And oh, I’ll be there to comfort you
Build my world of dreams around you, I’m so glad that I found you
I’ll be there with a love that’s strong
I’ll be your strength, I’ll keep holding on
(Holdin’ on, holdin’ on, holdin’ on) Yes, I will, yes, I will

[Verse 2: Michael Jackson]
Let me fill your heart with joy and laughter
Togetherness, girl, is all I’m after
Whenever you need me, I’ll be there (I’ll be there)
I’ll be there to protect you (Yeah, baby)
With an unselfish love that respects you
Just call my name and I’ll be there (I’ll be there)

[Chorus: Jermaine Jackson]
And oh, I’ll be there to comfort you
Build my world of dreams around you, I’m so glad that I found you
I’ll be there with a love that’s strong
I’ll be your strength, I’ll keep holding on
Hoo-hoo (Holdin’ on, holdin’ on, holdin’ on) Yes, I will, yes, I will

[Verse 3: Michael Jackson]
If you should ever find someone new
I know he better be good to you
‘Cause if he doesn’t, I’ll be there (I’ll be there)

[Outro: Michael Jackson]
Don’t you know, baby, yeah, yeah
I’ll be there, I’ll be there
Just call my name (I’ll be there), I’ll be there
Just look over your shoulders, honey! Ooh
I’ll be there, I’ll be there
Whenever you need me (I’ll be there), I’ll be there
Don’t you know, baby, yeah, yeah
I’ll be there, I’ll be there
Just call my name (I’ll be there), I’ll be there
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I’ll be there, I’ll be there

Just the way you are/a song and a message

I woke up to this song in my head this morning and it was like God was singing to me. If you have read any of my previous posts inspired by songs you can see how often the words of a song can remind me of God, His love and His Word. They do not have been songs of faith or labeled Christian, but just as His Word says the power of life and death are in the tongue.
In this song the lyrics spoke to me of His love for me and even reminded me of the hymn ‘Just as I am’. I am thankful that Jesus did not wait for me to get my act together before sacrificing His life so that I could be forgiven and redeemed. This song reminds me of that love and how He longs for us to not just believe in Him but love Him as He loves us. His love will transform us but we don’t have to wait to be perfect to receive His love, it is already there waiting for us.

“Just The Way You Are” lyrics / Billy Joel

Don’t go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don’t imagine you’re too familiar
And I don’t see you anymore

I would not leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times
I’ll take you just the way you are

Don’t go trying some new fashion
Don’t change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care

I don’t want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are

I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you

I said I love you and that’s forever
And this I promise from the heart
I couldn’t love you any better
I love you just the way you are

I don’t want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are

Writer(s): Billy Joel /Billy Joel wrote the song for his first wife Elizabeth Weber. He told the Today Show in 2005, “It was written about somebody who said, ‘I said I love you and that’s forever.’ It lasted about 10 years.”
“Just The Way You Are” is the lead single from his fifth studio album. The song became Billy Joel’s first “Gold” single in the USA.

Are you bearing fruit?

We have this Callery pear tree at the apartments where I live. The beautiful white flowers bloom for only a few weeks and then they are gone. Why it is called a pear tree has confused me since it will never produce any pears. It is an ornamental tree. This tree over the years has made me ask myself, ‘Am I bearing any of the fruits of the Spirit?’

I have to do more than just look good for a moment. I need to be the good soil that His Spirit will not only grow inside of me, but produce the fruits of His Spirit.

Galatians 5:22-23 New Living Translation
22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

Psalm 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Psalm 92:14
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

Romans 8:5
Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Remnant

I made both hat and rug out of remnants of yarn. The idea came to me after finishing a hat and having pieces of yarn that were left over but not big enough to make anything with it. I hate waste, so I started tying the left over pieces together. It did not matter what color the yarn was, just that the pieces were long enough to tie together. As I tied the yarn together, there were a few things from the Bible that kept going through my mind. Joseph’s coat of many colors for one. Then the story of Gideon and his fleece. Finally the scriptures about the remnant of Israel.

Once I had enough yarn tied together I began making hats. They were shaggy and there was no pattern in the choice of colors, and I did not cut off the ends so the hats have a shaggy look. These imperfect looking hats may not be what the average person would like or would even wear, but I like them. Especially when I thought about the wide range of colors that had been joined together. These remnants that when joined together have a purpose. Together they were first turned into hats, and then a small rug. The rug I like to use as a prayer rug to remind myself of Gideon and of how all the prayers joined together have purpose and power when in alignment of God’s love. Joined together as one, one body, functioning together even though each piece is different and came from different skeins, they create these fun, and colorful reminders of the beauty of God’s love. We are one body made of many different parts. Joined together in love.

Every hat that I have made whether it was for a buyer or for a gift has been prayed over with every stitch as I crocheted them. Probably why the idea of making them from remnants came from. Hats being a covering for the head, which made me think of the helmet of salvation. Then wanting the mind of Christ. Most important is the need for people to come to understand the need for truly being joined together in love. Not what the world considers love to be, but the love of Jesus. The love that is not just for those who love us, but to love those who even hate us. The love you have to have to lay your life down to save another. In 1 Corinthian 13 is the perfect description of love. There are a couple of things that are on my mind from this chapter; Love does not demand its’ own way and it is not easily offended. Yet as I look around the world today I see so many demanding their way and are so easily offended. So where is LOVE? Where is unity? Where is peace? There are so many topics that looking at this hat and rug that come to mind. Like Gideon I may be the least of the least, but together with Christ Jesus I have purpose and I have His love. I still have so much to learn from His love, but I will spend the rest of my time on this earth learning.

Isaiah 37:4
Perhaps the Lord your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that is left.’”

2 Chronicles 34:9
They came to Hilkiah the high priest and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the doorkeepers, had collected from Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

2 Kings 21:14
I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies;

Genesis 37:3 KJV
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors. (Read chapter)

Judges 6:36-40 NKJV /The Sign of the Fleece
36 So Gideon said to God, “If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said— 37 look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have said.” 38 And it was so. When he rose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece together, he wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. 39 Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me, but let me speak just once more: Let me test, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew.” 40 And God did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, but there was dew on all the ground.