Hold me tighter because I fear I might slip
Keep me near because I get lost easy
Let me know your love because sometimes I feel unlovable
Show me your grace because I am stained and broken
As I need these things, so does everyone else
Let me show grace when people disappoint me
May I love when people feel unlovable
Let my heart be ready for the seekers who can't find their way
And may I encourage and hold out my hand for those who lose their footing
As you have loved, show me how to love
As you give grace, show me how to hand it out
Let my heart, mind and body be so full of You that
I am overflowing love, joy, grace, truth, and peace to the world around me.
I will need help,
I am human, but I am also the home of Christ
and the hope of Christ
And I want to choose to be different
changed
renewed


"In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. And everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved." Acts 2:17-21

My angel of hope had to move on
There are larger callings
Greater outcomes
And buckets of blessings
Just waiting around the corner for her
She is missed
I keep reminding myself that
She is where she is needed
But she is not in "her normal spot"
and she is "not by my side"
so it is hard
And while I mourn at my loss
Others are jumping for joy
at their gain.
My pride for her grows with every
Word she writes
She has grown so much and She will always be my angel of hope.
I love you Mary
Ray, Ryan, and I will always have a spot saved for you no matter what.