Hero

A hero is still a hero, even when he's lost his shine
Even when his cape is gone and his hair isn't all in line
A hero can learn to fly again, even if he faced defeat
All he needs is a helping hand, to pull him to his feet
He's not a hero for personal gain
But a hero for all the ones crying in pain
While he may have spent some time pondering what to do
One day he'll find help, and you'll find the hero in you
A speeding bullet shall not kill him and make him bleed
He has The Shield of Love protecting him in times of need
When the poison sinks in, he'll find it hard to resist
But the hero in you helps him; will always insist:
That Love will overcome the evil that festers inside
That the Hero has rules that he must abide
A hero with a hero is two-fold strong
Solid as a diamond, always ready to fight a wrong
When you fall, he'll be there as you were
Standing by your side, so ready to serve
The Shield of Love is not ever to be felt by touch
But is the bond of heroes, it's love abounding much

The only Me

I'm not the smartest girl out of the bunch
And I'm not good at geometry
I hate most green foods as well as most beans
My favorite words to say are "I don't know"
And "Like".... but, like, whatever... I don't know
I'm not sure of what life is going to be like in twenty years
Or if I'll always have bunions
I know that I have some rad curly hair
And rosy red cheeks
I can't stand hypocrites
And that means that I sometimes can't stand myself
I'm happy with who I am
I don't need to lose 20 pounds to be happy
If I do, I'll just look better in a swimsuit!
I like peanut M&M's and gummy bears
Along with cookie dough ice cream
My sisters drive me crazy
And I can't play guitar hero
All I know is that my God is ALWAYS going to be there
And that I can talk to him about anything
Things get tough, but I'll deal with it
I'm just plain and ordinarily Me

I have found my silver lining in Jesus

For a while now, my life has been nothing but messing up and asking for forgiveness from God. It's exhausting, following the same pattern every week... never making things right like you've been telling yourself you would. Hawk Nelson has a song with a line in it that says "Nothing from nothing gets you nothing at all", and while that song in general has nothing to do with what I'm going through, the line does. I've been struggling a lot with the same sin, and I kept telling myself that I wanted out of it... but I kept going back to it. In my heart (though it may damage the image some people have of me), I never wanted to sever all ties with it. A couple of weeks ago, I met my breaking point: get away from this sin... or die inside. God gave me a smack in the face then and made me realize that I was tearing apart the piece of art that He had made me.Where had my real faith gone? Why did I follow Satan's path, when I had proclaimed my love of Jesus Christ only a few years before? I don't have any bible verses for you in this blog... but God told me to write about it. Is the person you are now, the person you want to be? I've finally let go of what held me so tightly... and the silver lining has appeared. Just putting your heart in the hands of God changes things so dramatically that it feels like you can breathe better, see better, believe in more things... just let it go, once and for all.

This is for the anyone who has gone through the same thing.