Tune My Ears

By Rhonda Adamson, copyright 2009

V1

As I shift my car into reverse

leaving my driveway, catapulting

from precious moments spent in Your Word,

this I pray, Lord, this I am praying:

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Tune my left ear

so it can hear

the truest need

of those 'round me.

Tune my right ear

so it can hear

Your solution

for conditions

in each person

that I will meet.

V2

Help me to seize opportunities,

listen extraordinarilly.

Help me to be upright, on my knees

take time to pray, right then, verbally.

For Lexi's Healing

By Rhonda Adamson

Copyright 2009

Chorus

From this central Illinois valley

Through remote stars in far galaxies

Straight to Your majestic throne of mercy

My spirit groans, my mouth moans, my tears flow

Asking Almighty for Lexi's healing.

Asking Almighty for Lexi's healing.

Asking Almighty for Lexi's healing.

Asking Almighty for Lexi's healing.

Asking Almighty for Lexi's healing.

Asking Almighty for Lexi's healing.

Asking Almighty for Lexi's healing.

Verse 1

I'm begging You, God, smother

carcinogens with Your life

So someday she'll be mother

to children and happy wife.

O God, release Your healing.

Chorus

Verse 2

Your blood unlocks sin's prison

setting true believers free.

You hold keys of death and life

bringing total victory.

Your blood releases healing.

Chorus

     Chantell Hobbs wrote Never Say Diet, which lists five decisions that enabled her to become a person who loved herself more.  So I adapted those decisions and placed them in one of my Bibles, and on my refrigerator. These decisions are on my mind constantly lately.

Five Decisions

• Be Truthful: 1 John 1:9
• Be Forgiving: 1 John 2:1,2
• Be Committed: 1 John 2:3
• Be Engaged: 1 John 2:6
• Be Surrendered: 1 John 2:28

(I read these Scriptures daily, as I get ready each morning.)

• If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
• My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense - Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
• We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.
• Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
• And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.

     Yesterday I finished reading a hilarious, yet bondage-shattering book by Tamara Leigh called Faking Grace. If you are currently dealing with issues for yourself or for others regarding forgiveness, grace or hypocrisy, read this book, laugh uproariously, and possibly, cry through a few parts.

    Today I went to church.  Rev. Gary Blanchard, Assistant District Superintendent for the Illinois District of the Assemblies of God, spoke from Jeremiah 29:1-14. 

The Choices We All Face

1) verses 5-6 Will we put life on hold or will we live life intentionally?

2) verse 7 Will we pray or will we not pray?

3) verses 8-9 Will we be a victim or a victor?

4) verses 10-14 Will we be content with our own plan, or will we rely on God's plan?

     This morning I put on one outfit, had my doubts about its suitability, and then put on another outfit.  That necessitated different jewelry.  I found a bracelet fashioned of metal, goldish looking leaves.  I found a pair of clipon earrings with leaves, featuring a tiny dimond-looking accent.  Who knows if they're real?  Then I got to thinking: This outfit is missing a necklace.  So I found a necklace that's heart-shaped gold with a large, multiple diamond star in its center.  The only problem? The ultra delicate, real gold chain was knotted, with only about one inch or less that was not gnarled with knots. 

     So, before 8AM, I decided this: There's no reason on earth why I should allow real beauty like this to stay hidden in my closet.  So I worked on the knots on the snowy drive to church.  I worked on the knots, while discussing life issues with a twenty-something, twin thirty-somethings, and one of our church's deacons.  The knotted necklace represents God's grace in my life.  He owns me.  He has the right to put me in a closet.  He has the right to take me out of the closet.  He has the right to untangle my naughty-knotty choices. Well, the necklace is not yet fully untangled.  At this point, it has a half-inch knot that prevents me from wearing the necklace.  But I plan to work on it, day after day, if need be, until the necklace is wearable. Eventually, the necklace will be wearable.  Until then, I will continue to make five decisions and four choices.