Abba Father, fill me now With Thy Sacred Spirit Sweet, O'er my being make to flow Waters of cleansing, I entreat Oil of anointing touch my brow, Blood of Jesus make me pure Balm of Gilead from head to toe, Heal me, Cleanse me in Thy fire. Feed me on the bread of life, Transfuse me wholly in every cell. Give peace from all my earthly strife, Precious Jesus, make me well. Make me new even in my mind, A new creature in Christ would I be, Heal my past and in me find, The kind of person you'd want to see.
-By William Standish Reed, M.D., M.S
If you are a doctor, nurse, or other health professional. You may have concerns as to how to incorporate your faith with your career, as an RN I have experienced this. I have found a few very helpful and inspiring sites that I pray may help us all be better stewards in our professions: Christian Medical Fellowship Christian Medical Foundation Christian Medical & Dental Society Christian Nurse Network I believe with the many technologies the Lord has allowed us, we are still ultimately dependent on Him and we have no cure for everyone's eventual fate: death. Only God can secure that and only He has full power over the afflictions of this world. Today, if you are hurting, turn your life and your heart over to Him and ask Him for the healing of your soul and the healing of your body. You will be blessed both in this life and the next!
We Are Not As Strong... As We Think We Are Well, it took the hand of God Almighty To part the waters of the sea But it only took one little lie To separate you and me Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are
And they say that one day Joshua Made the sun stand still in the sky But I can't even keep these thoughts of you from passing by Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are
We are frail, we are fearfully and wonderfully made Forged in the fires of human passion Choking on the fumes of selfish rage And with these our hells and our heavens So few inches apart We must be awfully small And not as strong as we think we are
And the Master said their faith was Gonna make them mountains move But me, I tremble like a hill on a fault line Just at the thought of how I lost you Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are
And if you make me laugh I know I could make you like me 'Cause when I laugh I can be a lot of fun But we can't do that I know that it is frightening What I don't know is why we can't hold on We can't hold on.
It took the hand of God Almighty To part the waters of the sea But it only took one little lie To separate you and me Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are
When you love you walk on the water Just don't stumble on the waves We all want to go there somethin' awful But to stand there it takes some grace 'Cause oh, we are not as strong As we think we are
No, we are not as strong As we think we are
Walk on the water Walk on the water If we could just hold on Just hold on -Rich Mullins
I felt compelled to add this excerpt from one of Rich Mullins concerts into this page, because it was so much like him and is so very true. I hope to create a Rich Mullins memorial page in the near future, but I haven't decided yet how to do it justice. For now, I wanted to put down a few thoughts of mine on this since his death has required a point of healing for me in my life. Who would have thought someone I never met, could have impacted me like this, I certainly didn't. My husband and I have listened to together, (almost exclusively) since 1988. His music was a part of us like the old college chapel where we met. But in Rich's death I was strangely inspired and strengthened in my walk with Christ. He was at the peak of his ministry and was doing all the things that I dreamed of doing! Ministering through Compassion International to Native American kids, teaching music to them, forming little communities and brotherhoods, even among his own band members (in a situation where there is often discord) called "the kid brothers of St. Frank". He went with Team Expansion to Ireland the year before I was preparing to go there, he spoke God's Word in new and profound ways and got to share it with the world. What a gift! His last concert he was thin and bronzed as could be, not from lying on a beach, but from working and playing with the Indian kids, moving out of his home to live with them. He didn't take the full wages he earned from his increasing success, instead he had the board at the Kansas Church (name withheld) take "all but a working man's salary" out and the rest given to several charities. (Can you imagine the good that was done with all that?!) He encouraged everyone to give themselves fully to God as he used to sign every autograph: "Be God's". I hope we all may be true for all of us. May we all find our healing in Him. Rich you are missed.
This is Rich's own words on homosexuality:
"I remember one time, Beaker and I were hiking in the Appalachian trail and he met some friends of his and they all went in...(Rich immediately rewords himself)...they were all talking about school which I didn't want to talk about because I've been in school for so many years it's not interesting any more...(Rich pauses while audience laughs)...and uh, of course that happened after third grade...(more laughter from audience as Rich continues)...so I walked into town. It was about a five mile walk from the campsite down in...down the trail...down into town...and when I got there, I went in and was having a steak, and this guy started talking to me and we had this great conversation; we were having a good time and he said, "Hey look, it's dark and it's five miles up the road to your campground. Why don't I drive you up there?"
And I said, "Hey, great!"
And uh, so we got in his car and just as we pulled out from under the uh, last light in that town the guy said, "You know what, I should probably tell you that I'm gay."
And I said, "Oh!...I should probably tell you that I am a Christian."
...(audience applauds, but Rich continues...)
"...and Christians and gays are really a lot more alike than most people think."
And he said, "Well, what do you mean?"
And I said, "Well, I think that gay people are people who desperately need to be loved. And I think Christian people are pretty much the same."
...(audience applauds loudly)
And he said, "Well if you want out of the car..."
I said, "Why?"
And he said, "Well, I'm gay and your Christian."
I said, "It's still five miles and it's still dark."...I'm not crazy.
...(laughter from audience)
And he said, "I thought Christians hated gays."
I said, "That's funny, I thought Christians were supposed to love. I thought that was our first command." ...(audience applauds loudly again)
He said, "Well, I thought God hated gays."
I said, "That's really funny, because I thought God was love."
And He said, "Well uh, do think uh, God sent AIDS down to punish gay people?"
And I said, "Well, in the same sense that he sends bankruptcy on farmers and presidents on voters."
...(audience laughs at presidential remark and Rich pauses before saying...)
"...that there are consequences for our choices and sometimes we have to bear the consequence of other people's choices."
And then he asked me the big one. He said, "Do you think I will go to hell for being a gay?"
Well, I'm a good Hoosier...(audience laughs)...and I puckered up to say, "Yes, of course you'll go to hell for being gay." Now folks, I will tell you the truth. I got ready to say, "Yes, of course you'll go to hell for being gay," and when I opened up my mouth it came out, "No,...of course you won't go to hell for being gay." And I thought, "Oh my god, I've only been in New Hampshire for one week and I've already turned into a liberal."...(audience roars out loud in laughter)...What am I going to tell this guy now?
You know there are times when we think we are God's messengers, when we think we are the mouthpiece of God. And God really needs fewer mouths than he needs ears...(audience cheers approvingly)...And there are times when we think we've got it all together. And we meet somebody. And they ask us the right questions. And we get to find out something about God that we learned when we were little because our moms and dads read it to us, and because they took us to Sunday school and we were told over and over the great truths of the scriptures. But we forget them because we get all caught up in how cool we are.
(Getting back to his story, Rich concludes...)
I said, "No, you won't go to hell for being gay any more than I would go to hell for being a liar. That nobody goes to hell because of what they do. We go to hell because we reject the grace that God so longs to give to us...(audience applauds)...regardless of what we do."
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