Tag: peace

Why Do I Worry

by atozmom, posted in Lissette's Lyrics

Why Do I Worry

To trust You, O Lord, is to say I love You
I wish I could say that I always do
To say I don’t worry would not be the truth
The desire of my heart is to always please You

Trusting is easy when things go my way
But O how I stumble when things go astray
You prove Your faithfulness time after time
Instead of thanking you I ask for a sign

I think back at my life and all I can see
Why did I worry, You were right there by me
A life without worry, how great that would be
A life without worry, than I’d be free

Your love kept me always from falling apart
I know I can trust You with all of my heart

You keep my paths straight
You guide me through life
My life I now celebrate
Worry or not

By:

Lissette Trahan

COMMENT ON WHY DO I WORRY

Worry seems to be a part of human nature.
I can say I will not worry but when the
problems come I do worry.

Worry is such a waste of time,
it doesn’t fix the problem.

When I worry I am not trusting God.
Even knowing that, it doesn’t keep
me from worrying.

God tells us not to worry, to give Him
all our concerns. I know deep in my heart
that there is nothing I am going through
that He is not attentive to.

When I go to Him in prayer, He promises to
give me the peace that passeth understanding.

What a wonderful promise. Peace is what erases
worry. Trusting what He promises is the answer.

1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your anxiety on him,
because he cares for you

Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in
everything byprayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known
to God. And the peace of God,which passeth
understanding, will guard your hearts
and your minds in Christ Jesus

Trust

by atozmom, posted in Lissette's Lyrics

TRUST

When I trust I can be strong
Courageous, not afraid
At times easier said than done
That is when I need to pray

You provided every time
When finances were not there
I keep asking for a sign
You keep proving that you care

When tragedy struck my life
And I thought that You were gone
I felt completely paralyzed–

You were with me all along

After so many times
When I thought there was no way
You were there, but I was blind
Why do I still hesitate?

No matter what I face in life
Whatever I go through
Trusting You I can survive
Surrendering to You

How can I not trust You, Lord
You are always there for me
I trust in your unfailing love
That is enough

I am at peace

By:

Lissette Trahan

COMMENT ON TRUST

Everyday I find more reasons to trust Him.
He has proven to me that I can trust Him in
every circumstance of my life. I have tried
trusting in myself and it always ends in
disaster.

One of the best examples that I read in the
Bible is of David. He had to trust God to
stay alive. The Lord always came to his aid.

I am finding out in my life that the more
I trust the more I am able to trust.

His Word tells me that though I may stumble.
I will not fall. He will uphold me with his hand.
I have experienced His presence and comfort
in the hardest moments of my life.

But I can also say that trusting in those
moments is not always easy.

I am learning to put God first in my life.
I have learned when I do that I am not alone.
Whatever I face in life as I turn to Him,
He is there. The Holy Spirit comforts me
and guides me.

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he
will make straight your paths

Lessons From Editing

by atozmom, posted in Writing

I have learned two things from finishing my umpteenth edit of my novel:  1) I could do it.  I didn’t believe in my heart that I even wanted to go there again–experience once more what my character experiences and re-live some of those events through her eyes.  But I did do it!

2) A peace has overcome me as I finished the last stroke.  It’s as if, finally, the story has been told and my work is complete.  I feel God has spoken all He can through this novel and it’s ready to be unleashed on the world.

Now, getting someone else to believe the same thing is the task at hand.

“If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing.”  Benjamin Franklin

“Let everything you do be something beautiful for God.”  Mother Teresa