Sorry guys

I was just feeling really under the weather when I wrote that. I had to vent and it had the immediate effect I was looking for. My family rallied to the call and they came en force to support and encouage me. So yah for instant communication. I thank all who gave their time.

Love, Megan

Hymn of the week #10

1. In the church of Jesus there is love for you,
   Love most pure and tender, love most deep and true;
   Why should you be lonely, why for friendship sigh,
   When the church of Jesus has a full supply?

2. In the church of Jesus there is life for you,
   Warm as summer sunshine, sweet as morning dew;
   Why should you be fearful, why take anxious thought,
   Since the church of Jesus cares for those He bought?

3. In the church of Jesus there is work for you;
   Such as even angels might rejoice to do;
   Why stand idly sighing for some life work grand,
   While the church of Jesus seeks your reaping hand?

4. In the church of Jesus there's a place for you;
   Glorious, bright, and joyous, right and peaceful too;
   Why then like a wand'rer, roam with weary pace,
   If the church of Jesus holds for you a place.

I like this song because it reflects a fundamental truth, that Jesus has a place for all his saints and that they all have a function in His church.

Thoughts on God

I think Jesus understood that sometimes you had to be dead to be alive again.

"U.S. President Barack Obama says inaction on climate change could leave future generations with an "irreversible catastrophe."

Mr. Obama urged more than 90 global leaders gathered for a climate change summit in New York City to work together to combat the problem.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the summit, and opened the session Tuesday by saying it would be 'morally inexcusable' not to act."

This is an excerpt from a news story.

Thank goodness someone is worried about global warming besides me. I'm sure a lot of people feel relieved that the government is showing interest in greenhouse gases. We need our atmosphere!

Hymn of the week #9

1. A little bird I am,
   Shut from the fields of air,
   And in my cage I sit and sing
   To Him who placed me there;
   Well pleased a prisoner to be,
   Because, my God, it pleaseth Thee.
2. Nought have I else to do,
   I sing the whole day long;
   And He whom most I love to please
   Doth listen to my song;
   He caught and bound my wandering wing;
   But still He bends to hear me sing.
3. Thou hast an ear to hear
   A heart to love and bless;
   And though my notes were e'er so rude,
   Thou wouldst not hear the less;
   Because Thou knowest as they fall,
   That love, sweet love, inspires them all.
4. My cage confines me round;
   Abroad I cannot fly;
   But though my wing is closely bound,
   My heart's at liberty;
   For prison walls cannot control
   The flight, the freedom of the soul.
5. O it is good to soar
   These bolts and bars above!
   To Him whose purpose I adore,
   Whose providence I love;
   And in Thy mighty will to find
   The joy, the freedom of the mind.

This song is actually painful for me. Because I am that bird. And I haven't gotten used to being shut up yet. Generally, I thought I didn't believe for the longest time. But every once in a while, something about the Lord touches me and I believe. These moments stretch into minutes and minutes into hours and so on. I come to believe the Lord has shut me in. I don't really have any skills and I don't know that I'll be going back to school so it's just me and the Lord at home while every one is away living their life. So even through the pain of not being able to handle all of life's difficulties, I can enjoy shut away in my "cage."

Tip of the day #1

To rinse your toilet bowl brush, flush, then tap to get rid of excess water.

I had been rinsing it in the tub, but was torn. Doesn't that seem unsanitary? As if some of the germs from the toilet brush could now infiltrate your system. But I felt that the brush should be cleaned after use. Thus the flush method was born.

What great liturature my blog is most like

Lewis Carroll

www.basicmegan.blogspot.com moderately resembles to the writings of Lewis Carroll.

49% alike

Hymn of the Week #8

"Jesus Christ will get His kingdom
In spite of Satan and his plans;
He's getting something real and solid
By growing in the hearts of man.
It's nothing like religion teaches:
"You have to wait until you die."
For the kingdom Christ is building,
Is here on earth before our eyes."

Sometimes it's hard for me to get Jesus Christ's kingdom. A kingdom is such an abstract concept. What is a kingdom? Is it a person? It certainly is within our hearts. It's a person who loves us and wants us to come together to meet with Him and love Him. He is building this kingdom, this way of getting love to His chosen people.

Sometimes God just wants us to enjoy Him and other times He wants us to build for Him. What does this mean? God wants us to be living stones for Him. A testimony on the earth full of experiences of Him.

John 14:1

Do not let your heart be troubled; believe into God, believe also into Me.

This verse is really good. I read that to believe is just to enjoy what you receive. So if we've received a warning, a sweet message, a hard discussion from the Lord, if we just enjoy it, we'll be believing in the Lord.

Link #1

I have a link for you.

The background story is... I have a ton of bookmarks. They are all useful and unique in some sort of way or other. I want to share them with you.

This is a poem which I found amusing and noteworthy. My dad always says the Coker family is crazy, so this applies to most of us.

The Poem.