Beauty from Ashes - A Continual Process

I run.  ( But.  There's.   HOPE.)   But I can't run from it.  ( But.  There's.  HOPE.)   It is a sad reality.  ( But.  There's.   HOPE.)   If you are not wanting to read about this I understand.  ( But.  There's.  HOPE.)   But it's out there, every where.  ( But.  There's.  HOPE.)   And the "awareness" month for it is September.  ( But.  There's.  Hope.)   Awareness and prevention of suicide.  ( But.  There's.  HOPE.)   I hate the word suicide, I hate seeing it, I hate bumping into it in a post unaware.  ( But.  There's.  HOPE .)  And who doesn't?! Especially if you've lost some one you love to it.  ( But.  There's.  HOPE.)   But I write as a way to give ( But.  There's.  HOPE.) to even one person. Listen,  There's  HOPE! Hope to those who have lost someone, and hope to those w...

Beauty from Ashes - A Continual Process: Reviving the Soul - I need it daily, do you? : Most days I ask God to place people in my path, Divine appointments.  I'm pretty sure that more often than not, I miss those Divine ...

Most days I ask God to place people in my path, Divine appointments.  I'm pretty sure that more often than not, I miss those Divine appointments by steeping in my own thoughts.  Do not over-steep the tea or it will become bitter. I get tired of my own thoughts!  That is why I find so much refreshment in the book of Psalms and Proverbs.  The verses relate to where my thoughts often start, but they take me to the place I want them to land...in the hands of Jesus.   2 Corinthians 10:5 even warns us to keep our thoughts in check, "... take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."  As God's children, we fight our battles with His Divine power, as talked about in the verses leading up to verse 5.  So why do I often wield my own sword?! During my deepest grief I had a counselor who wisely suggested that I read Psalm 119 because it is so repetitive with truth - 176 verses!  It would prove to help me jump off the "merr...