Total Eclipse Of The Heart

With the solar eclipse happening today I thought that this would be a good song to share. Listening to the lyrics made me think about how you have two people singing. Every time I heard the verse ‘Turn around’ it was like Jesus was speaking to us. He wants us to turn around and come back to Him. As the singer is singing about how she feels, like life has passed her by and she feels lonely and how she needs him. This part of the song speaks to me on how desperately we need Jesus and how we can only be right if we are with Him. When she says that he’s never coming ’round, you immediately hear the other singer sing ‘turn around’. So it is not that He isn’t there, it is up to her to turn around and He is there. Then when she sees him she know it will be okay. I could go on about how the lyrics speak to me, which I know was not the song writers message in this song, so I will end with this; We can all at one time or another feel our own eclipse of the heart for our own reasons, but no matter what we are going through or how we are feeling, Jesus will never leave you. HE is always there, you just need to turn around.

I hope you will enjoy this song.

Total Eclipse of the Heart/Bonnie Tyler: Lyrics
[Verse 1]
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit lonely
And you’re never coming ’round
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit tired
Of listening to the sound of my tears
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit nervous
That the best of all the years have gone by
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
And then I see the look in your eyes

[Refrain]
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart

[Verse 2]
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit restless
And I dream of something wild
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit helpless
And I’m lying like a child in your arms
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit angry
And I know I’ve got to get out and cry
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
But then I see the look in your eyes
[Refrain]
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart

[Chorus]
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We’ll be holding on forever
And we’ll only be making it right
‘Cause we’ll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (All of the time)
I don’t know what to do and I’m always in the dark
We’re living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever’s gonna start tonight
Forever’s gonna start tonight

[Post-Chorus]
Once upon a time I was falling in love
Now I’m only falling apart
There’s nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there’s only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
[Instrumental Interlude]
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around, bright eyes)

[Verse 3]
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know you’ll never be the boy
You always wanted to be
(Turn around)
But every now and then
I know you’ll always be the only boy
Who wanted me the way that I am
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know there’s no one in the universe
As magical and wondrous as you
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know there’s nothing any better
There’s nothing that I just wouldn’t do

[Refrain]
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
[Chorus]
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We’ll be holding on forever
And we’ll only be making it right
‘Cause we’ll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (all of the time)
I don’t know what to do
I’m always in the dark
Living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever’s gonna start tonight
(Forever’s gonna start tonight)

[Post-Chorus]
Once upon a time I was falling in love
Now I’m only falling apart
There’s nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there’s only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart

[Outro]
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around)

Ain’t no sunshine

It has been over 2,000 years since Jesus left this earth to prepare a new place for us who receive Him as Lord and Savior. So we have been waiting for His return for quite a while. When you are waiting for something you need or want it is easy to become discouraged. Life looks bleak and you can feel hopeless. Thinking about this I thought of this song and changed some of the lyrics. Without Jesus there is no light, there is no hope just darkness and despair. The hope I have is because I know Jesus is coming back to take us to HIS home. I don’t know when but HE will. even when I cannot see the sunshine because the sky is dark and grey, I know one day people will see HIM returning in the sky to take HIS people home. The other good news is HE gave us HIS Spirit and He never leaves us or forsakes us.

Bill Withers “Ain’t No Sunshine”

original lyrics lyrics when I think of Jesus
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone Ain’t no sunshine when HE’s gone
It’s not warm when she’s away It’s not warm when He’s away
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone Ain’t no sunshine when HE’s gone
And she’s always gone too long And HE’s been gone for so long
Anytime she goes away I need HIM everyday

Wonder this time where she’s gone I know where HE’s gone
Wonder if she’s gone to stay And HE’ll be back for me one day
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone Ain’t no sunshine when HE’s gone

And this house just ain’t no home And this earth is not my home
Anytime she goes away Waiting for HIM to take me away

And I know, I know, I know, I know And I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know I know, I know

Hey, I oughtta leave young thing alone HE didn’t leave me alone
But ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone But ain’t no sunshine when HE’s gone
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone Ain’t no sunshine when HE’s gone
Only darkness every day Only darkness everyday

Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone Ain’t no sunshine when HE’s gone
And this house just ain’t no home And this earth is not my home
Anytime she goes away Waiting for HIM to take me away
Anytime she goes away Take me away
Anytime she goes away Take me away
Anytime she goes away To HIS home one day

Thursday’s Child by David Bowie song and lyrics

Here is today’s song and it’s lyrics;

Thursday’s Child Lyrics
[Verse 1]
All of my life I’ve tried so hard
Doing my best with what I had
Nothing much happened all the same

Something about me stood apart
A whisper of hope that seemed to fail
Maybe I’m born right out of my time
Breaking my life in two

[Chorus: Holly Palmer and David Bowie]
Throw me tomorrow
Now that I’ve really got a chance
Throw me tomorrow
Everything’s falling into place
Throw me tomorrow
Seeing my past to let it go
Throw me tomorrow
Only for you I don’t regret
That I was Thursday’s child

[Post-Chorus: Holly Palmer]
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was

[Verse 2]
Sometimes I cried my heart to sleep
Shuffling days and lonesome nights
Sometimes my courage fell to my feet
Lucky old sun is in my sky
Nothing prepared me for your smile
Lighting the darkness of my soul
Innocence in your arms

[Chorus: Holly Palmer and David Bowie]
Throw me tomorrow
Now that I’ve really got a chance
Throw me tomorrow
Everything’s falling into place
Throw me tomorrow
Seeing my past to let it go
Throw me tomorrow
Only for you I don’t regret
That I was Thursday’s child

[Post-Chorus: Holly Palmer and David Bowie]
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
Thursday’s child
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
Thursday’s child

[Outro: Holly Palmer]
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was

I can really relate to the first verse of this song. No matter how hard I have tried things have not gone the way I have wanted and hoped for. Being good seemed to never be good enough. In the second verse I understand the loneliness and hopelessness we can feel and how easy it is to be discouraged, but the verse goes on and talks about not being prepared to see the smile on another’s face. To me this is the face of Jesus and it gives us hope. Then the chorus mentions having a chance now, and this to me reminds me of the hope we have in Christ. This song may not have been one of the more popular songs of David Bowie but it speaks to me, maybe it will speak to you.

Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2

Sunday Bloody Sunday Lyrics
[Intro]
Yeah, mm-hm

[Verse 1]
I can’t believe the news today
Oh, I can’t close my eyes and make it go away

[Refrain]
How long? How long must we sing this song?
How long? How long?
‘Cause tonight
We can be as one, tonight

[Verse 2]
Broken bottles under children’s feet
Bodies strewn across the dead end street
But I won’t heed the battle call
It puts my back up, puts my back up against the wall

[Chorus]
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Oh, let’s go

[Verse 3]
And the battle’s just begun
There’s many lost, but tell me, who has won?
The trench is dug within our hearts
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters torn apart

[Chorus]
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday

[Refrain]
How long? How long must we sing this song?
How long? How long?
‘Cause tonight
We can be as one, tonight

[Chorus]
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Tonight, tonight)
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Tonight, tonight)
Come get some

[Bridge]
Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away
I’ll wipe your tears away
I’ll wipe your tears away
[Chorus]
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (I’ll wipe your bloodshot eyes)
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday, oh
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday, oh
Yeah, let’s go

[Verse 4]
And it’s true we are immune
When fact is fiction and TV reality
And today the millions cry (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
The real battle just begun (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
To claim the victory Jesus won (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) on

[Chorus]
Sunday, Bloody Sunday, yeah, yeah
Sunday, Bloody Sunday

The song I chose for today is not an uplifting or joyful song, it does reflect the violence in this country and in the wars happening around the world today. The song’s title has roots in a real-life event. On January 30, 1972, British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilian protestors in Northern Ireland, killing 14.

The verse, ‘when fact is fiction and TV is reality’ is true for today as well. We cannot trust the news or social media. There are so many who have lost loved ones to violence and hate and it doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon.

I do like the last verse because it does give us hope; ‘To claim the victory Jesus won’.

Song and Lyrics/I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash

Today was clear and sunny so this fits in more than one way. First the weather was beautiful and it was so nice to see a clear sky and the sun shining. The lyrics of this song also speak to me about how God is working in my life. My life’s storms have not yet passed but I know God will see me through and I am seeing more clearly today than yesterday and will continue to become even clearer. I am in pain today but all the pain I feel will be gone. All of the bad feelings left by the abuse that I lived through will be gone. Every day in His kingdom will be bright, clear, and we will be in the presence of The SON, who is the Light of the world.

I Can See Clearly Now Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright, bright sun shiny day
It’s gonna be a bright, bright sun shiny day

[Verse 2]
I think I can make it now the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is that rainbow I’ve been praying for
It’s gonna be a bright (Bright), bright sun shiny day

[Bridge]
Look all around, there’s nothing but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothing but blue skies

[Verse 3]
I can see clearly now; the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright, bright sun shiny day
It’s gonna be a bright, bright sun shiny day

I Won’t Last A Day Without You Song by The Carpenters

As I listened to the words of this song I could not help but relate the lyrics to my life with God. The title of the song alone says it all, ‘I won’t last a day without you’. This is so very true. It does not mean I have had an easy problem free life, it is actually quite the opposite, but I would not still be here today if God did love me. He has been with me before I even knew who HE is. He sent His Son Jesus to save us and give to anyone who receives Him eternal life. So no matter who bleak and dark this world can be we have hope because the Light of Jesus overcomes the darkness, and we have life in Him. So this song is right, I can’t last a say without Him. I am thankful that He is and will always be here for us.

Lyrics;

[Intro]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 1]
Day after day
I must face a world of strangers
Where I don’t belong
I’m not that strong
It’s nice to know that there’s someone I can turn to
Who will always care
You’re always there

[Chorus]
When there’s no getting over that rainbow
When my smallest of dreams won’t come true
I can take all the madness the world has to give
But, I won’t last a day without you

[Verse 2]
So many times when the city seems to be without
A friendly face, a lonely place
It’s nice to know that you’ll be there if I need you
And you’ll always smile, it’s all worthwhile

[Chorus]
When there’s no getting over that rainbow
When my smallest of dreams won’t come true
I can take all the madness the world has to give
But, I won’t last a day without you

[Bridge]
Touch me and I end up singing
Trouble seems to up and disappear
You touch me with the love you’re bringing
I can’t really lose when you’re near (When you’re near, my love)

[Verse 3]
If all my friends have forgotten half their promises
They’re not unkind, just hard to find
One look at you and I know that I could learn to live
Without the rest, I’ve found the best

[Chorus]
When there’s no getting over that rainbow
When my smallest of dreams won’t come true
I can take all the madness the world has to give
But, I won’t last a day without you
When there’s no getting over that rainbow
When my smallest of dreams won’t come true
I can take all the madness the world has to give
But, I won’t last a day without you
(Won’t last a day without you, without you)

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.

Should we share our dreams and visions?

There are less than a handful of people that I have trusted in sharing certain things, especially some visions and dreams. Main reasons for this is not that I was afraid of what I saw or how real they were. It is because I don’t want everyone thinking I have lost my mind. Funny because I have no problem sharing that I can audibly hear God speak to me. So now I sit here and wonder if now is the time. So I guess I will share one dream and one vision and hope you don’t think I am crazy.

When I had this vision I was sitting on my porch in front of my last apartment. I saw at as clear as seeing my hands type these words. A person in soldiers clothing stood in my little yard and spoke to me. They said ‘I know that you would die before you would deny Jesus, but would you to save your child and grandchild?’ Then my daughter was brought before me and the person holding my daughter by her hair with a sword above their head, and they asked, ‘Will you deny Him now?’ That was it. I sat there stunned. I looked up and spoke to God and said, ‘They are right, I would die before denying You, but I don’t know if I would be strong enough to watch my child or any child be tortured or killed in front of me. I pray to be able to refuse to deny You, because I know it is better to die for you than live denying You. I pray if that day comes You will strengthen me, and I will not bow to the enemy’. That isn’t a very long vison or prayer, but a few years later I went to this thing called the ‘Apocalypse Experience’, at the Capernaum a replica town here in Texas that is used as both a studio set and for hosting experiences that take you through scenes of the Bible. The ‘Apocalypse Experience’ takes people through what the tribulation would be like. You walk through and the actors interact with you. At one point soldiers come running through and capture a woman and her son right in front of us. They hold her son down in front of her just like my vision, and ordered her to deny Christ and save her son. She refused and they were both shot (not for real) and killed.

I was shocked to see this scene played out right in front of me, even though I knew they were actors, seeing my vison play out in front of my eyes got to me. I couldn’t share what was going on with the friend I was with because I knew she would not understand. Yet this was not the first time something I had a vision or dream of played out in front of my face. Somehow things that played out in my mind somehow another person who I have never met or even spoken to managed to produce and I was able to see. You see when I was in my early 20’s which is back in the 90’s I had this dream. To my surprise in 2015 the movie ‘San Andreas’ was released which I did not see until I rented it and from the comfort of my couch began to watch my dream play out on my T.V. Not the actors and the earthquake in my dream took place in Los Angeles and spread to the Antelope Valley. Every natural disaster from the earthquake to the tidal wave that filled the cities turning the city of L.A. into Venice, Italy. Yet instead of ‘The Rock’ in a boat searching for his daughter in the movie. I was the one in the boat going from building to building looking for survivors, to get them to safety. So take out the actors and leave the natural disasters in this movie and you can see my dream if you watched this movie, you have seen my dream.

Now I know both vision and dream were played out in front of me were acts and were not actually real, but it never kept me from wondering if the day would come along when it would become reality. You see I have had some things I had dream actually happen. Nothing major, like going to a house I had never been to and doing exactly what I did there in my dream. I know the ability to dream and have visions and interpret them is a gift from God, and that scriptures speak of dreams and visions in the end times ( which I am not saying it is) but I believe why Joseph and Daniel have always been people from the Bible I can relate to. Joseph more than Daniel but that is another subject. When others have shared their dreams with me I have seen them play out in front of me as if on a movie screen, and God seems to give me their meaning most times.

I don’t know if I will share my other dreams and I am sorry that I am not giving my dream or vision’s interpretation but these two seem to be self explanatory. Hope you don’t think I am too crazy for what I have shared but as much as I would have liked to continue keeping them to myself I felt led to sharing them tonight, even though my hands are screaming at me for typing this long. But obedience is better than sacrifice.

What do you see? 1/30/2024

When you look at this photo, what do you see?

Something I have liked doing since I was a child is looking at things like clouds and seeing what shapes they remind me of. I could see faces in grains of wood. The shapes of clouds is even more because of the wide variety of shapes they form. So I ask two questions; 1) What do you see? 2) What does it make you think of?

Looking forward to reading your responses.

Thanks, and God bless!

Nobody puts God in the corner

Most people know the movie, ‘Dirty Dancing’, and remember the line when Johnny says, ‘Nobody puts Baby in the corner.’ It has been over 20 years since this movie was released, and this line is still quoted today. So this line became a quote and it is not scripture, but it made me think about how we can treat God. Some people treat HIM like a decoration that we bring out during the holidays. Others can treat HIM like an outfit that they put on to look good. The examples go on, but I am focusing on how by doing these things we are in our own ways putting GOD in a corner of our life. You have included HIM, so that you are not lying when you are saying HE is in your life. If we would be honest with ourselves we have put HIM in a corner (not that GOD could actually be put in the corner). God should always be front and center in our lives, making HIM the focal point and not the things of ourselves or the world. God is everywhere, and HE sees everything and HIS eye are focused on us. HE loves us so much HIS SON and our SAVIOR died for our sins, so that we will not perish but have everlasting life. So I ask you to ask yourself, ‘Where have you placed GOD in your life?’