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Name: Kimberly
Country: United States
State: Missouri
Metro: St. Louis
Birthday: 1/16/1986
Gender: Female
Interests: Sermons; Reading--I like to read outloud too; I love Hymns--only the good ones though; British people--I love all kinds of accents; Tea; Coffee; Outdoors--I mean I really, really like outdoors; Soccer; Traveling all over the world; Roasting Marshmellows; skipping; smiling and laughing; and playing "Honk-and-Wave,"--And Oh yeah, I'm rather skilled in embarrassing people just like a mom would!
Expertise: I live in Awkwarditity!--I coined the term!
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
3/9/2005
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| And so I sit at my desk with pen in my hand.
The days of the past and the days at hand, and even those yet to come are echoing in my soul.
There have been days where I have played as a child;
Splashing in the water, lying in the sun, running through the grass with my friends.
And I look upon these days with such a longing delight--How these days have been So Good.
Then there have been days as cold and dead as the midnight, where I have known the warmth of Love & Friendship light upon me as bright as the noonday.
I have sat in front of fires in the forest & felt as weathered & ancient as the Oak trees about me,
And I have known deep fellowship to burn within my heart like the fire blazing before me.
And I look upon these days with such a longing delight--How these days have been So Good.
Now there have been days when my ears have heard the gladdening sound of Glory to the Lord.
I have heard His children sing with union of heart;
I have heard them proclaim the Bounty of His Grace--O How I hear them tell of the Goodness of the Lord!
And I look upon these days with such a longing delight--How these days have been So Good.
So Even, Shall there be days unto the Honor of the Lord,
And He will make His people play, & He will make His people sit & weep--
He will make them know youth, & He will make them know age;
They will be young & they will be old throughout the moments of their lives.
So they will look back & know the Lord's Everlasting Faithfulness toward them,
And they will sing as the Morning Stars sang on the day the World was given Life.
O They will sing of His Gory; they will sing of His Grace; they will sing of His Right Arm.--
Yes, we will tell of the Goodness of the Lord: As we play & as we sit; As we rise & as we fall; As we join with one another & as we go our separate ways.
In this, the Lord shall be Our Glory, & the Lord shall be Our Rock & Shelter;
He shall guide us as Our Shepherd & we shall be Eternally Satisfied.
And I look upon these days with such a longing delight--How these days have been So Good.
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| Friends and All, Today is the mark of my end of xanga. I leave you with these words: For those who love the Lord, be of good courage, the Lord Jesus Christ reigns and shall soon come riding victoriously for the cause of truth and righteousness! And for those who have neither love for God nor His Law, may the Lord be gracious to open your eyes and your heart that you may know the coming wrath that is stored for the children of men--flee safe to the Refuge of Jesus Christ, for there never was nor shall there ever be a sinner that did not find forgiveness of sins and peace with God through Jesus Christ the Lord! And PS--Don't feel compelled to leave a note. | | |
| (Yet another Preface: It has been a long while since my spirit was quickened with love for the Lord of glory; yet now, in grace I rise to sing a new song of Life!)
O heart, ignite thy flame;
Burn with an holy zeal;
Awake to wonder at God's love
And glory in His grace!
Sing with a ravished tongue
The praises of the Lamb;
O heart, o'erflow with pleasing theme--
The beauties of the King!
Walk in the Righteous Way,
Though Narrow be the Road.
Thine eyes keep lifted to the skies;
Look to thy Heav'nly Home.
Though pressed with doubts and fears,
And storms assault thy soul;
O Look to Christ, thy Surety;
His peace then wilt control.
Press on in faith and love;
Continue now in grace--
Soon, great shall be thy rejoicing
To see thy Saviour's Face!
Amen!
(PS--Stace, I am still working on rhyming. It would probably help if my vocabulary were increased...but I am glad to even have a rhythm to these words. And then I am even overjoyed to have a heart that is turned to the Lord...And you too!)
How great is our God in everlasting mercy and loving kindness! May the Lord grant Life and Strength to His children, that we may walk in Love and Praise!
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| "Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched, weak and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus ready stands to save you, full of pity joined with power."
Today I had many doubts as to my Salvation. This was brought on because of these latter-days of sin that I have turned to. And so it is that while my heart is in such a dull state that I loose my confidence and assurance. Where is the promised victory? What is this rest that is mine in Christ? When will I spring up with living water so that I overflow? I am weary of my sin yes, but I am also weary of my fight to walk unto the honor of the Lord. Am I seeking a righteousness of my own apart from Christ? Am I defeated seemingly over and over again because I am all the while striving to appease the Law which will only be my death; or is this the heart of the righteous fight of the Christian?
Now I say, "Flee to Christ, my soul. No longer look to thyself. There is only condemnation and guilt apart from the One whose blood washes away every sin. Quick…safe to the Rock that is higher than me."
O Father, save me unto Thy righteousness. Remember me in Thy mercy. Redeem me by Thy Everlasting Love. And empower me by Thy Spirit to walk in the joy of Salvation and Life in Christ Jesus.
The Father says, "Come, everyone who thirsts."
The Son says, "Come unto Me, all who are weary and heavy laden."
The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come."
And I cry, "I am coming…only save me!"
Whisper Thy peace to my soul and let me to walk in Thy ways.
This Lord’s Day was also the Lord’s Supper. All the while I was plagued with the enormity of my sin and guilt—Oh how my heart has been so hard—the things I have done in secret, the thoughts I have harbored in my heart, the words I have spoken without love, the worldly pleasures that have given me empty amusement, and how I have abstained from the only spring of Truth as I have neglected the reading of the Word of Life. These sins have brought me turmoil; these sins have made my spirit to shrivel and have made my bones to rot. And now as I approach the holy Table of the Lord, my guilt rises, my spirit shrinks and doubts arise to condemn me in my sins. I look to the table, and shall I take of these elements to salve my soul with deceptions? "No!" I cry, "No more shall I trample the blood of Christ, for by my returning to sin after sin after sin, I only prove myself to be as a dog that returns to its own vomit. No more shall I come to the Supper—I am a sinner." But it is the Spirit of Christ who speaks to me, "Sinners I came to save. Take and eat; this is My body broken for you. And take and drink; this is My blood that does wash thee from thy iniquities so that I will remember thy sins no more. Thy sin, indeed, is great, but where thy sin abounds so much more does My grace abound to cleanse thee from every spot and to present thee pure and blameless before the Throne of Glory! Take…and Live."
Whisper to me Thy peace, Oh my Lord and my God, for Thou dost know that I love Thee. Restore me in Thy mercy and love that I may bless Thee in my life.
"In the arms of Christ my Savior, Oh there are ten thousand charms!"
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| (Preface: I write these things knowing that it is the faithful few who love me dearly who are to read this and to rebuke me and encourage me in godliness and faith. May all be done to the praise of the glory of God’s grace wherewith we are blessed in the Beloved!)
There has been a deep groaning in my spirit these past couple of days for companionship. Mainly for that bond which goes beyond effort and is rooted in pure love. I long for that unity between a man and his woman that is only upheld by the grace of God. Oh I do feel that there is one that I love beyond other flesh; I do feel that there is one whose reproof would be such a sweetness and a kindness to my soul and whose approval is not sought for but rather whose love far exceeds the limits of approval and is an ever-flowing stream of admonition and encouragement; he is not my life’s-blood but this one presses me on in holiness and godliness and breathes my hopes with a ravished tongue that is kissed by glory and quickened by grace—he comes up from the valley whence he has been richly fed by our Lord and he then does lead me to the same place whence his soul was made fat on the bounty of our God and then we rest there together and cry aloud, “How great is our God! Behold, it is in the Lord that our souls are satisfied!” I long for those nights spent, joined in bitter weeping that we may wake to that morning of joy as the God of Whom we cried so desperately to has graciously mounted us upon His wings that we may soar in the heights of His mercy and love. My soul cries out, “Oh to walk in love with this man; to know my love as patient and kind; as not a love that envies or boasts, neither to have a love that is arrogant nor rude. But to love this man by not insisting on my own way; neither shall I be irritable nor resentful. I want to sorrow with him in wrongdoing, and through love, rejoice with him in the truth! Oh, for a love that bears all things, and believes all things, and hopes all things, and endures all things; for surely this love is lighted from On High, and this love never ends!” And again I cry, “Oh, to humble myself unto the meekness and quietness of spirit that well befits a woman graced in the righteousness of Christ; and to live with this man in the gentleness of so holy a faith as is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord!”
I am but a child.
But this one knows me, and this one is known by me. His prosperity is my delight, and his strength in the Lord makes my soul to rejoice.
Now he is my lord on earth as by the will of our God, but through the mystery of the power of God, he leads me to rest more and delight evermore in my soul’s Beloved and High Lord of heaven and earth! My satisfaction is not in this man of flesh (though I count him as the greatest of earthly ties and blessings), but my glory and chieftest delight is in the Altogether Lovely One, in Whom there is no shadow of turning nor tarnish in His splendor. Our God is bedecked in the radiance of His glory and dazzling in the beauty of His goodness!
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