Why Do You Strike Me?

When Jesus was brought to the High Priest and to Pilate, He remained calm and said almost nothing. Saying nothing at all is not a sign of weakness but of strength and maturity. It takes a lot of self-control and self-discipline to keep one’s self from talking and fighting back. It is man’s natural tendency to defend himself, all of us have survival instincts.

But I don’t want to just survive, I want to live. My experiences right now has truly made a lot of difference in my perspective, my character and my spiritual walk with God. Meekness, humbleness, and quietness of Spirit have been granted to me. And have been tested in the midst of all these adversities.

Inside my heart:

Heavenly Father, I am praying that You still keep my mouth and my heart pure and blameless even if some people are saying bad things about me. Grant me the serenity of resting in Your presence and shower me the comfort of your embrace. Embrace me Lord, always. I need You more and more in my life.

Lord, please teach me to be patient. Give me wisdom and harnest my heart. My future is still secure. In the same way that You've brought back Peter and had used him mightily in the ministry, I believe that You'll also restore me in a secure position in Your Kingdom. Thank you for taking my brokenness and touching me with Your healing grace. I can't express how much gratefulness I am experiencing right now in my present situation because of Your love, understanding and acceptance that You have showered me through the people who have encouraged me and uplifted me along the way.

The battle is no longer mine but Yours. You are my avenger. And for the glory of Your name, I believe that You are saving me from my present distress. In the name of Your Son Jesus Christ, this is my heart's prayer...

YOU

by: Britt Nicole

I've been looking for love in another's eyes
Searching for water, but I come up dry
Thought that I could find
Happiness in the world's applause
Peace of mind in a worthy cause
Take me back, take me back
Go to trust in the simple truth
Got to trust all I really need is

[CHORUS]
You
I'm coming back to
You
The only thing I know worth living for
Will You take this heart and make it more like
You
I give it back to You
It's obvious no one could love me more
I'm Yours
I'm coming back, yeah
I'm coming, coming back

To joy that speaks to my deepest need
To arms never far out of reach
Yeah, how Your love it
Calls to me when I lose my way
Holds me close when I feel afraid
Take me back, take me back
Got to trust that I'm safe and sound
Got to trust that it all comes down to

[CHORUS]

So no more getting caught in the middle
No more waiting for what is unsure
Back to Your love so true and so simple
Don't understate it or complicate it
It's so simple, yeah, it's so simple

It's You
I'm coming back to
You
The only thing I know worth living for
Will You take this heart and make it more like
You
I give it back to You
It's obvious no one could love me more
I'm Yours
I'm coming, coming back
You
I'm coming back to
You
The only thing I know worth living for
Will You take this heart and make it more like
You
I give it back to You
It's obvious no one could love me more
I'm Yours
I'm coming, coming back

You, coming back to You, You coming back
You, coming back to You, You coming back
You, coming back to You, You coming back
You, coming back to You, You coming back

I'm Yours, I'm Yours, yeah, yeah
I'm Yours, I'm Yours, yeah, yeah

The Cure for Disappointment

by Max Lucado

Don’t ask God to do what you want. Ask God to do what is right.
When God doesn’t do what we want, it’s not easy. Never has been. Never will be. But faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and he will get us through it.
Disappointment is cured by revamped expectations.

I like that story about the fellow who went to the pet store in search of a singing parakeet. Seems he was a bachelor and his house was too quiet. The store owner had just the bird for him, so the man bought it. The next day the bachelor came home from work to a house full of music. He went to the cage to feed the bird and noticed for the first time that the parakeet had only one leg.

He felt cheated that he’d been sold a one-legged bird, so he called and complained.
“What do you want,” the store owner responded, “a bird who can sing or a bird who can dance?”
Good question for times of disappointment.

Someone To Watch Over Me

Someone To Watch Over Me - Aiza Seguerra

There’s a saying old, says that love is blind
Still we’re often told, "seek and ye shall find"
So I’m going to seek a certain lad I’ve had in mind

Looking everywhere, haven’t found him yet
He’s the big affair I cannot forget
Only man I ever think of with regret

I’d like to add his initial to my monogram
Tell me, where is the shepherd for this lost lamb?

There’s a somebody I’m longin’ to see
I hope that he, turns out to be
Someone who’ll watch over me

I’m a little lamb who’s lost in the wood
I know I could, always be good
To one who’ll watch over me

Although he may not be the man some
Girls think of as handsome
To my heart he carries the key

Won’t you tell him please to put on some speed
Follow my lead, oh, how I need
Someone to watch over me

(bridge)

Won’t you tell him please to put on some speed
Follow my lead, oh, how I need
Someone to watch over me

Someone to watch over me

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Inside my heart:

Imprinted in every woman's heart is the longing to have someone to take care of them. They are made "weak" and "needy" so that man would be compelled to protect, defend, look after and love them. I'm not "every woman". I don't have it all in me. Feeling of loneliness often creeps my door recently. I am a fragile and vulnerable soul inside a hard shell.