I love my country with a patriot love, but I love Africa with a love from God.
You shot an arrow into my heart. It burns deep and it can't be quenched. A groan rises up from deep in my soul. I'm crying out Lord ... Don't put this in me just to make me burn. Set me on fire ... let me DO something.
In my town, my voice falls on deaf ears, blank faces. They think I'm obsessed, and wonder when I'll talk about something different. You've ruined me for Africa.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
My REAL Feelings EXACTLY . . .
Months ago ... September 27th, 2010 to be exact, I posted a long time coming, heart felt post, describing what I had been going through the past 6 months, after adopting 3 children from Ethiopia. I was actually doing great, yet upon feeling wonderful, I realized I had been just coping for 6 months. It was like being in a fog or a storm for so long, you just adjusted to the weather and it was normal. Yet when the sun appeared I realized, wow, I guess I've been in a storm, cause this sunshine is wonderful! Kind of like when we lived in Washington for years and it rained for months. You just coped, adjusted, adapted. Then we moved to Montana ... Big Sky Country and ... Oh. My. Gosh. How did I stand it for so many years with the dark and dreary skies? I felt like a mole emerging out of the ground. I could see the light! It was like taking a breath of fresh air!
So, back to my post ... at the time, the Lord had just starting to talk to us about adopting again. I recognized his voice. It was the same as when after 9 months of my first pregnancy, and me wondering "How does ANYONE do this twice!!" I felt the nudging of the Lord to have another baby. Thus my son. But then again .. I had always said I will have 2 children. It was a vow I think I had made as a youth. But never more than 2. One for each parent to deal with, right?
So for a year ... literally, the Lord would talk to me ... urging me, asking me ... "Wouldn't you like to have just one more? Just one more?" "NO, LORD!!!" I can't believe that was where I was at back then, 10 years ago. It took a year of nudging, of pressing me, wooing me. And finally I gave in and said "Yes Lord." And this time, without months of trying and false pregnancy tests .... BOOM . I was instantly pregnant... with Anna, sweet spirited Anna. She was prophesied over and it was said that she would be like Anna in the temple worshipping God day and night, and her spiritual beauty would draw many to God. It is all over her.
OK, so now I was on a roll. God had changed my heart. Years later after much grief and many failed attempts at more pregnancies, we began our adoption journey and brought our 3 children home from Ethiopia. One boy, Gezaw Joshua, and 2 sisters, Bethlehem Hope and Zakeya Joy. We read all the books, did all the research. All about the children and how their lives are affected. But NO ONE told us about the aftermath, what WE might go through! About what happens after you bring them home and all the waiting and hoping and praying was actually over. And real life begins and now you try to find what we called, "The New Normal".
So we muddled through it. For us, really it was not that bad. My new daughter tried to bite me once or twice, but I think that was the extend of the uglies. Thank God for Facebook Friends and online Adoption Groups, because really no one we knew had any good things to say to encourage us. No one had a clue. And if they did, they weren't talking. But Praise God, we made it through with his help and one day I was feeling extra wonderful and I realized ... wow, I just made it thru the dark season and now I'm beginning to see the light of day again! It took about 5 months.
Right about then, when I was just catching my breath, I heard God say, there were two little boys that needed to be added to our family. I could not believe it. No way. Not happy God. But true to form after getting over the shock I jumped and just embraced it and started moving in that direction. We called our homestudy agency and told them the great news, and when they came to do our homestudy update, the gal broke the news to me. We were not ready to adopt yet. We needed to stop pursuing this until one year had passed. Huh? I had a Both Hands Widow Orphan project scheduled for the next month! We knew we had heard God. This was a bitter pill. I found out later she had read my honest blog post from September 27th http://wildprairiefarms.blogspot.com/2010/09/are-you-sure-you-dont-want-just-one.html and decided if I had gone through all that, perhaps I was not ready to adopt yet.
I WAS FURIOUS!!!! I was trying to be transparent about what adoptive parents go through, and I was even sharing it AFTER THE FACT, and I was being judged. People, don't you realize what you do to others when you judge them when they are honest about their wilderness experience. When they get REAL and honest about how it REALLY is and you blast them? I makes people quiet. It's not acceptable to say what's really happening. We have to smile and say things are great and suffer in silence.
Adoption is wonderful. And hard. And glorious. And exhausting. And enriching. And draining. And God is all over it, loving every minute of it as he changes us into the likeness of His Son. It is like a picture of marriage, joining lives together from 2 different worlds, with one common purpose. To be family. Why do we make it NOT OK to talk about it and be REAL????
So, the other night on Facebook, someone posted this AWESOME blogpost from Jen Hatmaker
http://jenhatmaker.com/blog/2011/09/06/after-the-airport
So, back to my post ... at the time, the Lord had just starting to talk to us about adopting again. I recognized his voice. It was the same as when after 9 months of my first pregnancy, and me wondering "How does ANYONE do this twice!!" I felt the nudging of the Lord to have another baby. Thus my son. But then again .. I had always said I will have 2 children. It was a vow I think I had made as a youth. But never more than 2. One for each parent to deal with, right?
So for a year ... literally, the Lord would talk to me ... urging me, asking me ... "Wouldn't you like to have just one more? Just one more?" "NO, LORD!!!" I can't believe that was where I was at back then, 10 years ago. It took a year of nudging, of pressing me, wooing me. And finally I gave in and said "Yes Lord." And this time, without months of trying and false pregnancy tests .... BOOM . I was instantly pregnant... with Anna, sweet spirited Anna. She was prophesied over and it was said that she would be like Anna in the temple worshipping God day and night, and her spiritual beauty would draw many to God. It is all over her.
OK, so now I was on a roll. God had changed my heart. Years later after much grief and many failed attempts at more pregnancies, we began our adoption journey and brought our 3 children home from Ethiopia. One boy, Gezaw Joshua, and 2 sisters, Bethlehem Hope and Zakeya Joy. We read all the books, did all the research. All about the children and how their lives are affected. But NO ONE told us about the aftermath, what WE might go through! About what happens after you bring them home and all the waiting and hoping and praying was actually over. And real life begins and now you try to find what we called, "The New Normal".
So we muddled through it. For us, really it was not that bad. My new daughter tried to bite me once or twice, but I think that was the extend of the uglies. Thank God for Facebook Friends and online Adoption Groups, because really no one we knew had any good things to say to encourage us. No one had a clue. And if they did, they weren't talking. But Praise God, we made it through with his help and one day I was feeling extra wonderful and I realized ... wow, I just made it thru the dark season and now I'm beginning to see the light of day again! It took about 5 months.
Right about then, when I was just catching my breath, I heard God say, there were two little boys that needed to be added to our family. I could not believe it. No way. Not happy God. But true to form after getting over the shock I jumped and just embraced it and started moving in that direction. We called our homestudy agency and told them the great news, and when they came to do our homestudy update, the gal broke the news to me. We were not ready to adopt yet. We needed to stop pursuing this until one year had passed. Huh? I had a Both Hands Widow Orphan project scheduled for the next month! We knew we had heard God. This was a bitter pill. I found out later she had read my honest blog post from September 27th http://wildprairiefarms.blogspot.com/2010/09/are-you-sure-you-dont-want-just-one.html and decided if I had gone through all that, perhaps I was not ready to adopt yet.
I WAS FURIOUS!!!! I was trying to be transparent about what adoptive parents go through, and I was even sharing it AFTER THE FACT, and I was being judged. People, don't you realize what you do to others when you judge them when they are honest about their wilderness experience. When they get REAL and honest about how it REALLY is and you blast them? I makes people quiet. It's not acceptable to say what's really happening. We have to smile and say things are great and suffer in silence.
Adoption is wonderful. And hard. And glorious. And exhausting. And enriching. And draining. And God is all over it, loving every minute of it as he changes us into the likeness of His Son. It is like a picture of marriage, joining lives together from 2 different worlds, with one common purpose. To be family. Why do we make it NOT OK to talk about it and be REAL????
So, the other night on Facebook, someone posted this AWESOME blogpost from Jen Hatmaker
http://jenhatmaker.com/blog/2011/09/06/after-the-airport
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Rivers of Living Water ~ a Reality
Well that dream I had back on Feb 15th is becoming a reality. http://wildprairiefarms.blogspot.com/2011/02/rivers-of-living-water.html
We are in the process of starting a Non Profit Organization, called Rivers of Living Water - Helping Orphans and Widows in Need.
Our desire is to help place clean water wells in orphanages and villages of adopted children. Our first project is to place a well in The Kamashi Orphanage in Kamashi, Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia. This is the orphanage that our daughters came from. For more information, take a look at our new website.
http://www.rivers-of-living-water.org/.
Please pray for us as we begin this new adventure!
We are in the process of starting a Non Profit Organization, called Rivers of Living Water - Helping Orphans and Widows in Need.
Our desire is to help place clean water wells in orphanages and villages of adopted children. Our first project is to place a well in The Kamashi Orphanage in Kamashi, Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia. This is the orphanage that our daughters came from. For more information, take a look at our new website.
http://www.rivers-of-living-water.org/.
Please pray for us as we begin this new adventure!
Saturday, March 5, 2011
A Day of Fasting and Prayer for the Orphans of Ethiopia
Hi Y’all ... and I’m not even from the south ... it just seemed appropriate.
We are declaring a fast. At our house we fast from sundown to sundown, therefore it would be from sundown tonight to sundown Sunday night. If you care to join me, do it whenever you want.
This article was posted on Voice of America yesterday concerning Ethiopian Adoptions. They are about to cut adoptions by 90%. A very sad day for the estimated 5 million orphans of Ethiopia.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/-Ethiopia-to-Cut-Foreign-Adoptions-by-Up-to-90-Percent-117411843.html
Let’s pray for the captives to be released...
For the devil’s hands to be bound ...
For the schemes of the enemy to fail ...
For there to be confusion in the camp ...
That justice will be done for the children who wait now, and the ones who are coming ...
That compassionate leaders will step up and step in and put an end to these plans ...
that children who need a home will have one ...and not wait any longer ...
The Lord is TOTALLY for the Orphan and the Widow. So, none of these wimpy “if this is your will, Lord.”
Justice and compassion for the Orphan are completely in His will. Pray with faith that the walls will come tumbling down and these little captives will be set free.
Will you join me?
Quoting 2 Chronicles 20:6-23
“LORD, the God of our ancestors, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you. 7 Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend? 8 They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your Name, saying, 9 ‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’
10 “But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them. 11 See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance. 12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”
13 All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the LORD.
14 Then the Spirit of the LORD came on Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph, as he stood in the assembly.
15 He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the LORD says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16 Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the Desert of Jeruel. 17 You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.’”
18 Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the LORD. 19 Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the LORD, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
20 Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the LORD your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.” 21 After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of his[c] holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying:
“Give thanks to the LORD,
for his love endures forever.”
22 As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. 23 The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
Amen.
We are declaring a fast. At our house we fast from sundown to sundown, therefore it would be from sundown tonight to sundown Sunday night. If you care to join me, do it whenever you want.
This article was posted on Voice of America yesterday concerning Ethiopian Adoptions. They are about to cut adoptions by 90%. A very sad day for the estimated 5 million orphans of Ethiopia.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/-Ethiopia-to-Cut-Foreign-Adoptions-by-Up-to-90-Percent-117411843.html
Let’s pray for the captives to be released...
For the devil’s hands to be bound ...
For the schemes of the enemy to fail ...
For there to be confusion in the camp ...
That justice will be done for the children who wait now, and the ones who are coming ...
That compassionate leaders will step up and step in and put an end to these plans ...
that children who need a home will have one ...and not wait any longer ...
The Lord is TOTALLY for the Orphan and the Widow. So, none of these wimpy “if this is your will, Lord.”
Justice and compassion for the Orphan are completely in His will. Pray with faith that the walls will come tumbling down and these little captives will be set free.
Will you join me?
Quoting 2 Chronicles 20:6-23
“LORD, the God of our ancestors, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you. 7 Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend? 8 They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your Name, saying, 9 ‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’
10 “But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them. 11 See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance. 12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”
13 All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the LORD.
14 Then the Spirit of the LORD came on Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph, as he stood in the assembly.
15 He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the LORD says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16 Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the Desert of Jeruel. 17 You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.’”
18 Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the LORD. 19 Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the LORD, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
20 Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the LORD your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.” 21 After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of his[c] holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying:
“Give thanks to the LORD,
for his love endures forever.”
22 As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. 23 The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
Amen.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Alaska to Africa Project - March Blitz for Schilling Family and Drawn from Water
During the month of March, The Alaska to Africa Project is donating all the proceeds from their sales of beautiful hancrafted artwork, their Africas and Crosses, to both The Schiling Family Adoption Fund and Drawn From Water. Please check out their website for samples of their pieces. They are beautiful and would make an awesome gift to anyone who has a heart for Africa or for the cross of Jesus.
Thanks for your support!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Even YOUNG men will dream dreams ...
Last night my Ethiopian son, Gezaw had a dream ....
"The whole family was walking, taking a LONG walk, trying to go somewhere. And we saw HUGE water coming. And we looked and we saw Noah's boat was coming for us. And then we get on it. And then after that, we get on it and we have animals, too. Our animals get on the boat, too. And then, one day we saw no more water and we saw land and we come out of boat."
I believe this is a dream from the Lord.
"The whole family was walking, taking a LONG walk, trying to go somewhere. And we saw HUGE water coming. And we looked and we saw Noah's boat was coming for us. And then we get on it. And then after that, we get on it and we have animals, too. Our animals get on the boat, too. And then, one day we saw no more water and we saw land and we come out of boat."
I believe this is a dream from the Lord.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Rivers of Living Water . . .
I had this dream yesterday morning.
We were invited on a vacation with some old church friends of ours, who live in Oregon and have just recently adopted an adorable, baby girl from Ethiopia. When we got there, we were all sharing this HUGE room, that was like, 30 feet long, and had partitions in it. Along the one wall was this 30 foot long picture window, floor to ceiling, that overlooked this huge, wide, white-water rapids, gushing river. We were about 5 stories up overlooking this river, but it still looked violent and ominous.
Both of our families were there. They now have 5 kids, we have 6. I went and looked out this other window on the corner and saw a red suspension bridge, that resembled the Golden Gate Bridge, then on the other side I saw this huge mountain/rock. Masses of people were climbing up the side of the rock and were hanging on by holding on to the rocks jetting out from the wall.
Then suddenly, like someone turned on this huge faucet, water gushed out over the mountain like a mighty, rushing waterfall. The people hung there, reveling in it. Then after about a minute or so, the water turned off again. The people were laughing and thoroughly enjoying the fresh, cold water. It happened again and again, like someone was turning on and off a huge faucet, a massive waterfall of white-water. There was a huge pool at the bottom and people were swimming and playing in the pool, in the cool, clean, fresh water.
Then I woke up.
I've been waiting to blog about this .. but I feel like I might just burst if I keep it in any longer. We believe the Lord is birthing a ministry through our family. We have this strong desire to place water wells in the orphanages of, not only our adopted children, but in those of other families who have adopted from Ethiopia. In the orphanage where 2 of our kids are from, they take a truck into the river a mile or so away, and hand fill big containers full of the dirty river water. Then they haul it back to the orphanage. The ones who have been adopted are the blessed ones, but still they come to us with parasites and worms, skin disorders and malnutrition. The ones who remain still continue in this life ....
"Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God who keeps our hearts and weighs our souls, knows that we know and holds us responsible to act." Proverbs 24:12
We have been doing a LOT of research in the past few days. Asking LOTS of questions and knocking on LOTS of doors. There are many wonderful Water Organizations out there, even some doing water campaigns to help villages in Ethiopia, but they all have their own partners and work in their own specific areas, and are unable to help us fulfill this vision we believe we have from God: water for the orphans. I am beginning to get discouraged. But as my friend, JT told me today, "Keep on asking ... all you need is one 'Yes'."
Seems like we will need to start a non-profit organization, or perhaps partner with an existing organization who might want to help us fulfill this vision from the Lord. Please pray for us as we continue to look for that one, open door. If you are an adoptive family and are interested in our project, please let us know!
Thank you and Blessings
We were invited on a vacation with some old church friends of ours, who live in Oregon and have just recently adopted an adorable, baby girl from Ethiopia. When we got there, we were all sharing this HUGE room, that was like, 30 feet long, and had partitions in it. Along the one wall was this 30 foot long picture window, floor to ceiling, that overlooked this huge, wide, white-water rapids, gushing river. We were about 5 stories up overlooking this river, but it still looked violent and ominous.
Both of our families were there. They now have 5 kids, we have 6. I went and looked out this other window on the corner and saw a red suspension bridge, that resembled the Golden Gate Bridge, then on the other side I saw this huge mountain/rock. Masses of people were climbing up the side of the rock and were hanging on by holding on to the rocks jetting out from the wall.
Then suddenly, like someone turned on this huge faucet, water gushed out over the mountain like a mighty, rushing waterfall. The people hung there, reveling in it. Then after about a minute or so, the water turned off again. The people were laughing and thoroughly enjoying the fresh, cold water. It happened again and again, like someone was turning on and off a huge faucet, a massive waterfall of white-water. There was a huge pool at the bottom and people were swimming and playing in the pool, in the cool, clean, fresh water.
Then I woke up.
I've been waiting to blog about this .. but I feel like I might just burst if I keep it in any longer. We believe the Lord is birthing a ministry through our family. We have this strong desire to place water wells in the orphanages of, not only our adopted children, but in those of other families who have adopted from Ethiopia. In the orphanage where 2 of our kids are from, they take a truck into the river a mile or so away, and hand fill big containers full of the dirty river water. Then they haul it back to the orphanage. The ones who have been adopted are the blessed ones, but still they come to us with parasites and worms, skin disorders and malnutrition. The ones who remain still continue in this life ....
"Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God who keeps our hearts and weighs our souls, knows that we know and holds us responsible to act." Proverbs 24:12
We have been doing a LOT of research in the past few days. Asking LOTS of questions and knocking on LOTS of doors. There are many wonderful Water Organizations out there, even some doing water campaigns to help villages in Ethiopia, but they all have their own partners and work in their own specific areas, and are unable to help us fulfill this vision we believe we have from God: water for the orphans. I am beginning to get discouraged. But as my friend, JT told me today, "Keep on asking ... all you need is one 'Yes'."
Seems like we will need to start a non-profit organization, or perhaps partner with an existing organization who might want to help us fulfill this vision from the Lord. Please pray for us as we continue to look for that one, open door. If you are an adoptive family and are interested in our project, please let us know!
Thank you and Blessings
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Asleep in the Light . . .
The Lord is birthing something ... deep within me ... there is a crying out for justice for the orphan and the widow, for the oppressed ...
"Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God who keeps our hearts and weighs our souls, knows that we know and holds us responsible to act." Proverbs 24:12
I'm feeling like Keith Green when he sang the words of this song ...
WARNING: This song will either convict you or offend you.
Do you see, do you see, All the people sinking down
Don't you care, don't you care, Are you gonna let them drown
How can you be so numb, Not to care if they come
You close your eyes, And pretend the job's done.
"Oh bless me Lord, bless me Lord", You know it's all I ever hear
No one aches, no one hurts, No one even sheds one tear ...
But He cries, He weeps, He bleeds, And He cares for your needs
And you just lay back And keep soaking it in,
Oh, can't you see it's such a sin?
Cause He brings people to your door, And you turn them away
As you smile and say, "God bless you, be at peace"
And all heaven just weeps, Cause Jesus came to your door
You've left him out on the streets
Open up open up, And give yourself away
You see the need, you hear the cries, So how can you delay
God's calling and you're the one, But like Jonah you run
He's told you to speak, But you keep holding it in,
Oh can't you see it's such a sin?
The world is sleeping in the dark, That the church just can't fight
Cause it's asleep in the light
How can you be so dead, When you've been so well fed
Jesus rose from the grave, And you, you can't even get out of bed
Oh, Jesus rose from the dead, Come on, get out of your bed
How can you be so numb, Not to care if they come
You close your eyes, And pretend the job's done
You close your eyes, And pretend the job's done
Don't close your eyes, Don't pretend the jobs done
Come away, come away, come away with Me my love,
Come away, from this mess, come away with Me, my love.
Pretty harsh, right? Or is it?
"Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God who keeps our hearts and weighs our souls, knows that we know and holds us responsible to act." Proverbs 24:12
I'm feeling like Keith Green when he sang the words of this song ...
WARNING: This song will either convict you or offend you.
Do you see, do you see, All the people sinking down
Don't you care, don't you care, Are you gonna let them drown
How can you be so numb, Not to care if they come
You close your eyes, And pretend the job's done.
"Oh bless me Lord, bless me Lord", You know it's all I ever hear
No one aches, no one hurts, No one even sheds one tear ...
But He cries, He weeps, He bleeds, And He cares for your needs
And you just lay back And keep soaking it in,
Oh, can't you see it's such a sin?
Cause He brings people to your door, And you turn them away
As you smile and say, "God bless you, be at peace"
And all heaven just weeps, Cause Jesus came to your door
You've left him out on the streets
Open up open up, And give yourself away
You see the need, you hear the cries, So how can you delay
God's calling and you're the one, But like Jonah you run
He's told you to speak, But you keep holding it in,
Oh can't you see it's such a sin?
The world is sleeping in the dark, That the church just can't fight
Cause it's asleep in the light
How can you be so dead, When you've been so well fed
Jesus rose from the grave, And you, you can't even get out of bed
Oh, Jesus rose from the dead, Come on, get out of your bed
How can you be so numb, Not to care if they come
You close your eyes, And pretend the job's done
You close your eyes, And pretend the job's done
Don't close your eyes, Don't pretend the jobs done
Come away, come away, come away with Me my love,
Come away, from this mess, come away with Me, my love.
Pretty harsh, right? Or is it?
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