Spiritually Healthy

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art. Thou my best Thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word; I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord; Thou my great Father, I Thy true son; Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one. Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight; Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight; Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tower: Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power. Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise, Thou mine Inheritance, now and always: Thou and Thou only, first in my heart, High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art. High King of Heaven, my victory won, May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all. Words:  At­trib­ut­ed to Dal­lan For­gaill, 8th Cen­tu­ry ( Rob tu mo bhoile, a Com­di cri­de );  translated  from  ancient   Irish  to E

Have any of you ever heard the song "My Savior My God" by Aaron Shust?  If not, here's a youtube link to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb8IpU7asRA The fist time I heard this song was probably 5 or 6 years ago and it instantly became a favorite of mine.  For those of you who just want the lyrics, here they are: I am not skilled to understand What God has willed, what God has planned I only know at His right hand Stands One who is my Savior I take Him at His word and deed Christ died to save me, this I read And in my heart I find a need Of Him to be my Savior That He would leave His place on high And come for sinful man to die You count it strange so once did I Before I met my Savior My Savior loves, my Savior lives My Savior's always there for me My God He was, my God He is My God He's always gonna be My Savior loves, my Savior lives My Savior's always there for me My God He was, my God He is My God He's always

You may be thinking that the name of this post sounds really odd...but it isn't. A few weeks two "little" sores popped up in my mouth (one on the left side of my mouth and the other on the right side of my tongue. Not the best places, I know!). At first they didn't hurt, but then as the days past, they slowly began to hurt.  Like a lot.  I battled the little rebels for almost a whole week.   I had a hard time talking - and if you know me then you know that I am a talkative person!  I felt like I was being deprived.  One of the ways I feel connected to others is through communication.  And yes, I tend to be very  dramatic - just ask any of my family members and they'll tell you. *winks*  Not talking isn't that  bad, but to me it was.  If any of you (my 4 blog flowers :p) have ever gotten sores in your mouth, and they were so bad that you weren't able to speak, then you know just what I'm talking about.  It is plan painful!  Then I got to

During the month of July I've been memorizing the Catharina von Schlegel hymn, "Be Still, My Soul". Well now its August and I'm pleased to say that I have the whole thing down (yay!!).  However, this post isn't about MY accomplishment, but rather a post about how great the Lord is (hummm, maybe that should be the next hymn I memorize; "How Great Thou Art"??), and how He used this beautiful song to open my eyes to see more of Him. I am going to be 100% honest here:  At first when I heard about memorizing this hymn, I didn't think I was going to gain anything from it.  I thought that I'd just memorize it and that'd be it. "Another hymn down." Was my thinking.  How foolish, proud, and selfish that sounds! And O how the Lord humbles us! I took each section and memorized a few lines a week.  The first week, and the first three lines of section 1 hit me like a ton of bricks!  "Ouch, God, that really hurt!"  But an ouch n

It has taken me FOREVER to write an update on my spiritual life, and my spiritual health/physical health.  The summer (plus a ladies Bible study that the women in my church are doing) has been keeping me really busy! Here is an update of my life so far and a few pictures from my iPod touch (which I LOVE BTW):    Question: "What's new with you, Sarah?"  Answer: Well, what's new is that the summer is almost gone and I feel like it just started!  I've been staying really busy with work (I clean houses/condos with my sisters), cleaning almost every weekend.  Praise Jehovah! The Provider of all my needs! =) My brother (Timothy) is coming down in a few weeks for a nice long visit!  YAY!! So excited about that; for it has been a while since we've all seem him.  Among that, and trying to stay dry (it's been raining here almost everyday for weeks!), things have been pretty much the same.   Question:  "What has God been doing in your life