Sunday, December 4, 2016

Merry Christmas!

Hello everyone! Merry Christmas!

I wanted to share my latest poem with you guys. This poem is called, "All I Need." Part of the poem is based off of this passage in the Bible.

Matthew 7:24-27 ESV

"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."

This poem is also based off of an imaginary place of mine. It's a place that I like to go to if I feel overwhelmed and stressed. It makes me feel calm. This place is a meadow full of flowers, and I lay in the grass under a blue sky. Jesus is next to me, and no, I don't get sunburned.

Here is the poem.


All I Need

As I lie here in this place
As the sunlight hits my face
I close my eyes and feel the breeze
As it slowly blows on me
I can feel Your hand in mine
When I look, I can see Your smile
Every time that my heart beats
I can feel Your peace

As it washes over me
I know that You are always with me

Under the sky
In a field of flowers
There's nowhere else I'd rather be
It's just You and me
You hold me close, You never let me go
You hold my heart, You warm my soul
And when I pray, You speak to me
You are all I need

All my worries and my fears
I give to You because You care
I put my faith, and my trust
In the One who showed me love
Jesus died, and rose again
Now I give my life to Him
I put my head on His chest
As He gives me rest

As it washes over me
I know that He is always with me

Under the sky
In a field of flowers
There's nowhere else I'd rather be
It's just You and me
You hold me close, You never let me go
You hold my heart, You warm my soul
And when I pray, You speak to me
You are all I need

And when the storm rages on
You are the rock I stand upon
When the winds and waves grow strong
You will be with me through it all

As it washes over me
I know that You are always with me

Under the sky
In a field of flowers
There's nowhere else I'd rather be
It's just You and me
You hold me close, You never let me go
You hold my heart, You warm my soul
And when I pray, You speak to me
You are all I need

Jesus, You are all I need


Every year, around my birthday and Christmas, I always get asked the same questions. "What do you want for your birthday?" and, "What do you want for Christmas?" Every year, I always have the same answer. "I don't know." Well, this year I have an answer to both questions.


What I want for my birthday is for Marla to be adopted. Because adopting her would take time, I know she can't be out of the institution before Christmas. However, I do hope and pray that someone will commit to adopting her soon. Then she can spend next Christmas in a home full of love and laughter around her, instead of in the institution.

So I want to ask you a question. Will you consider adopting Marla? If not, can you tell people about her? She is not going to last very long in the institution. She needs to get out of there and get into the arms of a family that loves her. Then she can live her life happy with her family.

I hope you guys have a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year!


Wednesday, October 5, 2016

"You"

Hey everyone! I hope you guys are having a good week!

I have written a poem that I wanted to share with you guys.

This poem is called "You." I wrote this poem in a way that kind of follows the idea of my first poem, "Forever and Always." I wrote that poem from God's perspective as He tells us that He is always with us. I wrote the poem, "You," from our perspective as we praise God  when He helps us.

Here is the poem.

"You"

You made the sky
And You made the sea
You created every part of me
All I want
Is to be with You
I want to draw near to you

Your Love is so amazing

You hold me close when I'm afraid
You take all my fears away
You softly whisper that You love me
When I cry you hear my prayer
You come and tell me that You're here
You never let me go
And I am not alone

When I fall apart
You speak right to my heart
Lord, You give me peace
I am held in Your hand
Because of You, now I can stand
And I can see

Your Love is so amazing

You hold me close when I'm afraid
You take all my fears away
You softly whisper that You love me
When I cry you hear my prayer
You come and tell me that You're here
You never let me go
And I am not alone

Every time I have cried out to You
You have come, and You have pulled me through
I put my hope, and my trust, in You

Your Love is so amazing

You hold me close when I'm afraid
You take all my fears away
You softly whisper that You love me
When I cry you hear my prayer
You come and tell me that You're here
You never let me go
And I am not alone

You've never let me go
I am not alone

Please keep praying and sharing Marla and Darina. They need to be adopted soon.

Friday, July 8, 2016

Poems and Encouragement

Hey guys! I wanted to share two more poems that I have written lately.

The first poem was inspired by something that happened to me last year. I was playing in my church's gym when I lost my balance and fell. I hit my cheek and broke my two front teeth. A few months later, I got my teeth capped with permanent caps. Now I can eat and smile like I did when my teeth were normal.

When I thought about that, it made me think about these verses.

Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV
"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness."

Ephesians 2:8-9
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast."

We are broken people. We need someone to put us back together, but we can't do it by ourselves. We need Jesus. We need Him to come and make us whole. That is where the title of this poem came from. It's called, "Whole Again."

Whole Again

I am broken
And I am bruised
I have fallen down again
I am bleeding
And I am praying
Trying to stand, but I don't think that I can

When You saw me
You came to help me

When I
Was lost in the pain I was in
You came
And brought me back to life again
You picked up
All of the pieces of me
Put me together and then
You made me whole again

I hit so hard
And I fell so far
And I was hurting
But Your love
And Your mercy is never-ending
They're new every morning

When You saw me
You came to help me

When I
Was lost in the pain I was in
You came
And brought me back to life again
You picked up
All of the pieces of me
Put me together and then
You made me whole again

You turned my sorrow into singing
You turned my weakness into dancing
You have always held on to me

When you saw me
You came to help me

When I
Was lost in the pain I was in
You came
And brought me back to life again
You picked up
All of the pieces of me
Put me together and then
You made me whole again

When I
Was lost in the pain I was in
You came
And brought me back to life again
You picked up
All of the pieces of me
Put me together and then
You made me whole again


The second poem was inspired by the verses in the Bible about the potter and the clay. The verses can be found in Jeremiah 18:1-6.

Jeremiah 18: 1-6 NIV

"This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord. "Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message." So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said, "Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?" declares the Lord. "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel."

About two weeks ago, I was thinking about the potter and the clay from those verses in Jeremiah. I was thinking about how the potter makes his different bowls and pots from the clay. He puts the clay on the potting wheel and molds it into the shape he wants the bowl to look like.

God does the same thing to us. We are the clay, and God is the potter. He is molding us into a "bowl" that looks like Jesus.

The Potter

When I see this place
I hear the cries of pain
Will You lead me Lord?
When You call me, I will answer
When You tell me, I will speak
I want to share Your love, the love You've given me

You are making me
Into a masterpiece

Teach me
To be more like You, and less like me
Mold me
Into the person You want me to be
I am a child
And You are my Father
I am the clay
And You are the Potter

The old man is dead
I have been born again
Lord, You are changing me
When You lead me, I will follow
When You stop, then I will stay
I want to live like You, every day

You are making me
Into a masterpiece

Teach me
To be more like You, and less like me
Mold me
Into the person You want me to be
I am a child
And You are my Father
I am the clay
And You are the Potter

I have been saved
By grace through faith
I want to show the world
There is hope in You, alone

You are making me
Into a masterpiece

Teach me
To be more like You, and less like me
Mold me
Into the person You want me to be
I am a child
And You are my Father
I am the clay
And You are the Potter

I am a child
You are my Father
I am the clay
You are the Potter

As far back as I can remember, I have always been a writer. I used to write little stories and poems in notebooks. Now that I'm older, I want to write things that will encourage people and point them to Jesus. I hope and pray that God will use what I write to do that.

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Thoughts and a Poem

I wanted to share what I've been thinking about today.

For the past few years, we have heard about the deaths of many well known people. (Robin Williams, Michael Jackson, Prince, etc.) These people had everything they ever wanted/needed. They had become famous, and everyone knew their name.

When they died, everyone in America mourned the loss of these people. The news of their deaths spread like wildfire across the news stations, the tabloids, and the internet.

Meanwhile, in other countries around the world, children with disabilities are being neglected and left to die. They are not being cared for because they were born with a disability.

  Marla

Marla is one of those children. She, along with millions of other children around the world, want to know the love of a family.

No, these children are not as popular as the pop stars and the movie celebrities. No, we don't take a moment of silence to pray for them on national television. We pray for them, and we advocate for them, but who will take a step of faith and go adopt them?

(I know a lot of you who read my blog have advocated and adopted kids overseas. Please, keep advocating. Keep adopting.)

God has not forgotten these children. And He has called every Christian to, "look after orphans and widows in their distress." James 1:27 NIV

It is our job to care for the least of these. Yes, the deaths of celebrities is sad, (I hope they asked Jesus into their hearts before they passed away.) but the deaths of these children is also sad.



God made these children to be loved by families. They were not made to lie in beds alone and forgotten. They were made by a Heavenly Father who loves them deeply.

And God does not make mistakes. Many people might look at people with disabilities and think that they are mistakes. God is perfect. He never makes mistakes. He's the one who made the people with Downs Syndrome, HIV, CP, etc.

I also wanted to share another poem that I wrote in the beginning of April. It's called, "Hope in the Lord."

I wrote this poem while I was thinking about a couple of Bible verses. I was meditating on these verses and God gave me the words for another poem. Here are the Scripture verses that I was thinking about.


 Isaiah 40:29-31 NIV
"He gives strength to the weary
And increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint."

Philippians 4:13 NIV
"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
"
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

"Hope in the Lord"

I want to be like You,
But I don't have the strength
To do Your Will on my own
So You show Your Mercy and Grace
I know You'll help me
I will follow You every day

So I will sing
And I will dance

I will run
And not grow weary
I will walk
And not be faint
I will soar
On wings like eagles
Though I stumble and I fall
I will put my hope in the Lord

God, You know the plans
 That You have for me
I can do everything
Through Christ who strengthens me
Through the cross of Christ
I have been set free

So I will sing
And I will dance

I will run
And not grow weary
I will walk
And not be faint
I will soar
On wings like eagles
Though I stumble and I fall
I will put my hope in the Lord

Everything I do
I will do it for You
Every day I see
How much You love me
With everything I say
I will speak of Your Holy Name

So I will sing
And I will dance

I will run
And not grow weary
I will walk
And not be faint 
I will soar
On wings like eagles 
Though I stumble and I fall
I will put my hope in the Lord
                                     
               Darina            
Please keep sharing and praying that families will adopt Marla, Darina, and all the other orphans in the world.

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Stuff I've Been Writing

Hey guys!

It's been a while since my last post. Last year, I had planned on getting back to blogging, but I got busy writing other things. I wanted to share what I've written with you guys if that's okay.

Back in August, I decided to start playing my guitar again. I only knew a couple chords when I started, but then I found a program that has been teaching me how to play guitar. I've been using it to learn new notes and chords on the guitar.

When I started playing again, I messed around with different chord combinations on the guitar. While I did that, I wrote lyrics to the melodies I was playing. I sat on my bed for a month and a half writing and playing. These songs are what I wanted to share with you guys. They could also be considered poems.

I wrote these songs/poems back in August to mid-September. In all honesty, I didn't like the songs enough to share them for a while. Then I thought that God can use them to encourage someone. So I decided to share them here.

The first song is called, "Forever and Always." While I wrote the melody for this song, I asked myself this question. "What is something God would say to His children when they need His help? Then God gave me the words.



Forever and Always

I have seen you cry
As the tears fall down your face
You don't have to be afraid
When you really want to hide
I will be here by your side
Every day

You're not alone
Draw near to me

I love you
I will always be with you
Forever
I care about you
I will walk beside you
Always

In the middle of the night
As you lie wide awake
Just call my name
In the times when you can't move
Know I'm holding on to you
Today

You're not alone
Draw near to me


I love you
I will always be with you
Forever
I care about you
I will walk beside you
Always

You're not alone
Draw near to me


I love you
I will always be with you
Forever
I care about you
I will walk beside you
Always


The next song I wrote is called "In My Father's Arms." I thought about myself when I was younger while I wrote this song. I had questioned God on why He gave me Cerebral Palsy. I didn't understand why God would give it to me, especially when I was going through therapy.

This song/poem talks about being safe in God's arms when you question the things He does in your life.


In My Fathers Arms

Lord forgive me
Because I can't see
How this can be Your plan for me
I've cried so many tears
And I've wrestled with these fears
And voices that just keep on telling me lies

You said you'd never leave me
Or forsake me

Help me believe
That you are always next to me
Watching over me
And when my strength is gone
Help me know I'm not alone
And I'm safe in my Father's arms

I have asked you why
A hundred million times
Every day it's Your face I'll seek
You say, "My child, wait and see
You'll bring glory to me
I am all you need."

You said you'd never leave me
Or forsake me

Help me believe
That you are always next to me
Watching over me
And when my strength is gone
Help me know I'm not alone
And I'm safe in my Father's arms

Every time I fall
I will seek your face
And when I stand up tall
I will run towards your embrace
There's nothing more beautiful
Than your amazing grace

You said you'd never leave me
Or forsake me

Help me believe
That you are always next to me
Watching over me
And when my strength is gone
Help me know I'm not alone
And I'm safe in my Father's arms


The third song I wrote is called "Your Light." This song talks about looking for God's light to help you through dark and bad situations.


Your Light

I am walking
Through the valley
And I can't see, anything
The fear of the unknown
Oh, it has taken hold
Of my heart

I'm reaching for Your hand
Lord, will you help me stand?

Who do I run to
When the sky falls down?
Who do I turn to
When the lights go out?
I can't do this by myself
So I will call for Your help
As I go through the night
I will look for Your light

Now I see
Who's in front of me
Jesus, you are leading me
I will hold on to you
I know you'll help me through
Jesus, I love you

As I reached for Your hand
You came and helped me stand

Who do I run to
When the sky falls down?
Who do I turn to
When the lights go out?
I can't do this by myself
So I will call for Your help
As I go through the night
I will look for Your light

You are my hope
You are who I live for
You are my strength
Every day
Even in the darkness
I will sing Your praise

As I am holding Your hand
I know You're helping me stand

Who do I run to
When the sky falls down?
Who do I turn to
When the lights go out?
I can't do this by myself
So I will call for Your help
As I go through the night
I will look for Your light

Yes, as I go through the night
I will look for Your Light


I hope and pray that God can use what I write to encourage people.





Please keep praying for Marla and Darina. They need a family to adopt them.