My Thoughts

Once there was this bright eyed and imaginative little girl full of stories and energy that many could just not fathom for her young age.  It would take many around her to occupy her attention and her exuberance, and often it was said she was too spoiled, too self-centered.  Yet, in her beautiful and complicated mind, she knew not how to temper her insatiable thirst for understanding.  Often lonely and isolated, she searched for answers in books. I dreamed a dream of compassion, love, heroism and acceptance. Life has killed all she dreamed. Ignorance of others would not rest until her own heart and mind shrunk from repeated attack.  Only in the comfort of silence have the voices quieted and the taunts subsided.  Few will ever truly understand the sacrifices made for the small tidbits of peace she finds hidden among the terror filled dreams. I dreamed a dream of compassion, love, heroism and acceptance.  I dreamed of a God who would be forgiving. ...

~Mercies in Diguise~ Showing mercy to others.............is there a message in this I need to hear? I bow my head in submission to HIS will and ask for mercy for my own transgressions. Hoping to find more clarity, I googled "mercies in disguise" and what I found were numerous blog postings about this song. Truly my amazement at only hearing it today for the first time is outdone by the amount of postings singing its praises. Lamentations 3:22-24 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him." Many times I have been told that I am harder on myself than anyone else around me. My own perceived failure comes not from reality in the disapproval of others but rather in my own disappointment at myself. As I truly listened to this amazing song just now, I wondered why it was so easy for me to show mercy to o...