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    Shimonoseki Port
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    I’ve decided to post some of the newsletters I wrote while I was in Japan.  I’m doing this for a two-fold reason.  One, I have been asked by several people recently about my experiences in Japan and, frankly, my memory has become rather rose-colored and hazy.  I want to give a true account and what better way than to share what I wrote, often, the very week of things happening.  Two, I’m afraid that I may, at some point, lose those emails in my inbox.  I don’t want to lose that at all, so this will be a great way for me to keep the memories written down.  And, I guess, there’s a third reason:  I’ve been feeling stagnant and ungrateful to God.  I don’t want to feel this way…I need to be energized and sometimes the best way to do that is to go over what God has done in your past.  So, here you go…I’m not sure if they will come over on Facebook/Twitter much, but I will be posting them for the dates when they were sent out an under their own category, I believe I’ll use “Shimonoseki ’08” (since God may send me back at some point.  Always thinking ahead! lol)

    I don’t have many who subscribe to this blog to their emails, so hopefully it won’t overwhelm anyone.  Enjoy!

  • Poem: Spring Expects Growth

    May 29, 2011

    Spring expects growth,

    new life and an increase.

    While Winter ran rampant across the earth,

    we expect God to work in the soil,

    in the trunks of the trees,

    in the hearts of men.

    Spring brings disappointment when the Winter is over

    and nothing has changed.

    The garden is empty,

    The trees have no leaves

    and the heart is unsteady.

    No blame is afforded to God –

    only to the stubbornness of the soil.

    It is my fault that I am the same.

    Sarah ><>

    I reviewed this poem.  Check it out here.

  • Lyrics, “Love Song for a Savior” – Jars of Clay

    In open fields of wild flowers,
    She breathes the air and flies away
    She thanks her Jesus for the daisies and the roses
    In no simple language
    Someday she’ll understand the meaning of it all
    He’s more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
    As close a heartbeat or a song on her lips
    Someday she’ll trust Him and learn how to see Him
    Someday He’ll call her and she will come running
    and fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and she’ll pray,

    “I want to fall in love with You”

    Sitting silent wearing Sunday best
    The sermon echoes through the walls
    A great salvation through it calls to the people
    Who stare into nowhere, and can’t feel the chains on their souls

    He’s more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
    As close a heartbeat or a song on our lips
    Someday we’ll trust Him and learn how to see Him
    Someday He’ll call us and we will come running
    And fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and we’ll pray,

    “I want to fall in love with You”

    It seems too easy to call you “Savior”,
    Not close enough to call you “God”
    So as I sit and think of words I can mention
    To show my devotion

    “I want to fall in love with You”

    “My heart beats for You”
    ————————————————

    I’ve been sitting silent and waiting for God to speak to me, and I revive my heart.  I love that He uses all sorts of things and that this song is my sentiment in words and music.

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