My first day of school as a child began in first grade with everything out of step. Apparently school started on a different day, so when I arrived for my first day, I was the only one who was "new".
Besides that, I had come in jeans, which apparently wasn't considered proper school attire at that school--dresses and skirts only for girls.
The teacher asked other girls to help me get acquainted. They tried, but a mindset had taken hold in my thinking that said I was different than everyone else, that they didn't like me and wouldn't like me, and that even if they did talk to me, I wouldn't know what to say
Unfortunately that thinking pattern took hold and often, when encountered with a new situation with unfamiliar people, I unconsciously freeze up and put up walls, choosing to isolate myself and stick out rather than mingle. Having recognized this, I am resolving to tell myself that I'm not that little girl on the playground anymore, and that I can choose to be friendly. What a relief to be free!
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Favorite Songs
Today, I realized three of my favorite songs have a common theme--the steadfast love of Jesus, His presence with us throughout all of life's ups and downs and the provision of His righteousness.
From In Christ Alone by Stuart Townend:
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
From Our Great Savior by J. Wilbur Chapman
Jesus! What a Strength in weakness! Let me hide myself in Him;
Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, He, my Strength, my vict'ry wins.
Jesus! What a help in sorrow! While the billows over me roll;
Even when my heart is breaking, He, my comfort, helps my soul.
From The Solid Rock by Edward Mote
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name.
On Christ, the solid Rock I stand--All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness veils His lovely face, I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale my anchor holds within the veil.
His oath, His covenant, His blood support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives ways, He then is all my hope and stay.
The Solid Rock came from the 19th Century, Our Great Savior from the early 20th Century, and In Christ Alone from the late 20th Century--a witness from generation to generation of the blessings of His steadfast love and constant care.
From In Christ Alone by Stuart Townend:
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
From Our Great Savior by J. Wilbur Chapman
Jesus! What a Strength in weakness! Let me hide myself in Him;
Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, He, my Strength, my vict'ry wins.
Jesus! What a help in sorrow! While the billows over me roll;
Even when my heart is breaking, He, my comfort, helps my soul.
From The Solid Rock by Edward Mote
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name.
On Christ, the solid Rock I stand--All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness veils His lovely face, I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale my anchor holds within the veil.
His oath, His covenant, His blood support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives ways, He then is all my hope and stay.
The Solid Rock came from the 19th Century, Our Great Savior from the early 20th Century, and In Christ Alone from the late 20th Century--a witness from generation to generation of the blessings of His steadfast love and constant care.
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