YOU ARE NOT A FAIR WEATHER FRIEND – Poetry
July 22, 2017
When all hope is lost
There You are
Shining on me like a beautiful star
Though I scream
With angers rage
Not understanding the current page
It doesn’t deter You
You can handle my pain
You never leave me, You remain the same
When my broken heart
Is bleeding mad
You stay with me, Lord, just like You said
You are not fickle
Don’t run away
Like so many others, yet You choose to stay
How can you love me
When there’s ugliness there
You look right past it, see my heart laid bare
You’d rather have an honest spit
Than a fakeness that comes
From lying lips
It’s with You Jesus
That I can get real
And not be afraid that You’ll leave me still
You’re promise is
That You will stay
And see me through another day
Your love so deep
We’ve never seen
Even when we’ve been so mean
You are not a fair weather friend
Your love so deep
That it never ends
Beyond the veil
We must go
And not be afraid our truth to show
Be it bad or be it good
You will still love us
That must be understood
Our problems seem great
But to You it’s not so
Because Your commitment is more than we know
In the morning You will be there
The price You have paid
Our sins to erase
copyright 2017 Jean Chamblee
Hebrews 13:5 “For Jesus has said, ‘I will NEVER leave you or forsake you.”
Destiny – Poetry
July 20, 2017
I know You can see
The things that no one else can see
Things You’ve placed inside of me
Seems impossibility
But not in Your hands, But not in Your hands
Can you hear your Maker
Calling out your name
Can you feel the hand of the Potter
Carving out your life
Calling out your name, Calling out your name
Don’t you know you have a destiny
You were born for such a time as this
Don’t run away in fear now
This is your finest hour
Destiny, destiny
What you’re meant to be
Heed the call
Destiny, destiny
Oh rise up dear one and give it your all
copyright 2006 Jean Chamblee
JUMP INTO THE WIND – Poetry
July 18, 2017
So sorry for the days
When I would run away
I need You, I need You
Forget about my past
And make me free at last
I need You, I need You
And I need to jump into the wind
I need to trust the arms I’m in
Never so confused
I feel I’m being used
Lord, keep me,
Lord, keep me
I know I cannot see
The plans you have for me
Lord, lead me
Lord, lead me
There was a time when I thought
That life was so secure
There was a time that I thought
That I was clean and pure
I need A Savior now I know
No matter how far and wide I grow
I need to stay at Jesus feet
I need to confess to all I need
Time to take a risk
My purpose not to miss
Please guide me
Lord guide me
The time is drawing near
For You to reappear
Make me ready
Make me ready
I need to jump into the wind
I need to trust the arms I’m in
I need a Savior now I know
No matter how far and wide I grow
copyright 2006 Jean Chamblee
LEAN INTO THE STING – Poetry
July 11, 2017
Lean into the sting of things
The cutting and the knife
Let the Maker of our souls
Shape and mold our life
It’s not the pleasant things that bring
True and lasting change
But painful blows that pound our souls
With power to rearrange
Rearrange our carnal self
And bring us into light
The pounding of the anvil
Unveils and makes things right
This life it is no picnic
Our time here short and sweet
But honey comes from creatures here
That also contain a sting
If we choose not to run away
From the anvil and the sting
Let it shape our destiny
And the goodness that it brings
The beauty of the mystery
Will far outweigh the pain
As God reveals His plans for us
Our pain will bring such gain
So learn to lift your head up high
Lean into the sting
Let it shape you deep inside
God’s treasures it will bring
copyright 2017 Jean Chamblee
Isaiah 64:8 “But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.”
(Youtube channel – Jean Chamblee – Passing The Torch)
CANVAS – Poetry
July 11, 2017
Oh the canvas of my life
Painted pictures tell
What will eternity say
Did I live my life very well?
Did I live my life for eternity’s sake
Or just follow my own selfish whims
Going after earthly things
The light in me pretty dim
Knowing all things will be burned up
When the end of the age does arrive
Only things done in the will of God
Will have the right to survive
What have I done for selfishness sake?
What have I done for love?
One will turn into ashes
While the other gets rewards from above
Lot’s of time has been wasted
Can I now grow up and live right
Doing things for eternity’s sake
For the Lord, can I shine His true light
In Christ there is always redemption
My wasted days can turn gold
When given into the hand of God
He can give wisdom to replace what is old
Then wisdom is the gift we give
Once our eyes have true light
Living in the dark no more
We can stand up and do what is right
Fearing not the shortness of days
Making each moment count
Listening to His instructions
Understanding what life is about
When it is over we all will bow down
To the Lover of our souls
The jewels in our crown will be for Him
All along, He was the goal
copyright 2017 Jean Chamblee
A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
July 11, 2017
Every human being that God creates, He creates with a destiny. He has good plans in mind that are better than anything else conceived…..but each man has to seek it out for himself. There is no other person with the same exact plan. Sadly, most go throughout life seeking their own plans and never knowing what God had in mind for them.
Proverbs 25:2
“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.”
NEVER GIVE UP – Poetry
July 8, 2017
Never give up
Never say die
Though the enemy tries you
He is just full of lies
There is a future
Only God can make
A special place for you
You choose to partake
Take up a hope
That God does forgive
He’s promised us often
That’s the way we should live
Be kind to yourself
Give it a rest
Stop repeating your past
Get rid of your list
Washing can come
At the foot of the cross
As we lay those things down
And count them as loss
God is on our side
Dear one can’t you see
He’s for you not against you
He wants you to be free
Free from the oppression
The sadness, the lies
That take us down daily
Puts a veil over our eyes
God still loves you
It never has stopped
Not because what we’ve done
But because of the cross
We are His children
Can always return
His arms open wide
He just wants us to learn
Return to the Father
That so loves your soul
Let Him bring healing
And in time make you whole
copyright 2017 Jean Chamblee
RAINDROPS FROM HEAVEN – Poetry
July 6, 2017
Sweet candy raindrops from heaven will fall
Bringing blessings unexpected for things you did not call
Things from My heart to say you are loved
A moment in time with peace like a dove
I love to spend time with you
Have so much to say
Yield over your time
Your energy, your day
Peel back the veil
Between you and Me
I am happy with your progress
You reflect what is Me
So much more to go
It will be fun you will see
As we laugh in the face
Of God’s enemies
So much strength to endow
It’s all on it’s way
You will understand now
Why things happened that way
Your life like a puzzle
Will come together again
In ways so much better
Than how it began
Come to Me, seek Me
Be with Me much
And your spirit will fly free
Where no enemy can touch.
copyright 2009 Jean Chamblee
A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY – Avoiding the Plateau
June 30, 2017
God has new levels of depth prepared for us ALL….but the question is will we seek it out? It is so easy to plateau in our Christian life and get comfortable and just accept the “same old same old” and miss the next steps in our journey.
Philippians 3:13-14
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”
God encourages us all to reach outside the box for our own lives. Do something more. Open a whole new area of Bible study in our private time. But most of all, to ask God to show you where He wants you to grow! Pinpoint an area He wants you to work on. God Himself will rejoice at this request from you! He has things in mind for you that only He knows.
Isaiah 64:8 “But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.”
Lord, help us to open up to the new areas of growth that you have for us as your children. Break us out of our “plateau” and help us to see the next step You have for us as a person, and as a Christian. In Jesus name, Amen.
Growing In Trust Pt. 2
June 20, 2017
