Standing Strong

This is a very encouraging song! One of my new favorites :)

1 O God, have mercy on me,    for people are hounding me.    My foes attack me all day long. 2 I am constantly hounded by those who slander me,    and many are boldly attacking me. 3 But when I am afraid,    I will put my trust in you. 4 I will praise God for what he has promised.    I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?    What can mere mortals do to me? 5 They are always twisting what I say;    they spend their days plotting to harm me. 6 They come together to spy on me-    watching my every step, eager to kill me. 7 Don't let them get away with their wickedness;    in your anger, O God, bring them down. 8 You keep track of all my sorrows.    You have collected all my tears in your bottle.    You have recorded each one in your book. 9  My enemies will retreat when I call to you      for help.      This I know; God is...

Change - Verb: to make or become different. Noun: the act or instance of making or becoming different.  Change. This word has been coming to me a lot lately. I feel like God is changing me from the inside out. He has been using my parents and others around me to see all the things in me I need to change. I have struggled with change my whole life. I hated change. I didn't want to move across the state. I didn't want to have to make a whole new set of friends. I didn't want to change anything. Most people don't. Recently, I realized I needed to start growing up and welcome change instead of running from it. I have been changing my attitudes and my habits. I have had to ask God to help me because I cannot change on my own. He has been showing me things I need to change everyday! The Bible has a lot to say about change. Here are just a few verses: "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and gi...

"I said to myself, 'I will watch what I do and not sin in what I say. I will hold my tongue when the ungodly are around me.' But as I stood there in silence- not even speaking of good things- the turmoil within me grew worse. The more I thought about it, the hotter I got, igniting a fire of words; 'Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered- how fleeting my life is. You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.'" - Psalm 39:1-5 I have been meditating constantly on these verses lately. The reason for this is because I feel like there are things that I have wasted my life away with. I have been doing these things instead of encouraging others, praying, reading the Bible, and spending time with God. As I look back at some of the things I did, I am saddened. It's not that all these things are ungodly; it's just that t...

I know I haven't posted anything in a while, but I promise I will post SOON!! In the meantime, I have been listening to this song a lot lately. It is really encouraging!! It's one of my new favorites! Be blessed!