Too Many Fish in the Sea

    This is for all the single people who are always told, "There's plenty of fish in the sea." Truthfully, I'm one of the people who never really cared about romantic relationships in the realm that they weren't something I needed in my life. That's my problem; even though I have been in more relationships than I care to admit, I didn't care to understand them and I guess it took getting hit on this week by a 40 something year old "Christian", a girl, and a co-worker who is a little confused on what he believes for me to actually start caring and realizing that I should seek more of an understanding about relationships. I would have rather done without these awkward moments and somehow my backhanded nos don't seem sufficient enough for those situations. I really try to avoid them like a plague because they're so uncomfortable to me. I should not feel bad though for the beliefs that I hold onto: my belief in God, my belief in Jesus, and my belief in the Bible.

    However, I don't want to talk about everything that's biblically wrong with those three instances. Instead, I want to talk about when you know the one is "the one". I'm going to be honest in saying that I personally don't know if there is "the one" and would love to find out if there is, but I do know that when it's the right one you will be at peace but it's so much more than that. You can find the picture perfect man or woman who has everything, and I don't mean just in the physical realm; I mean they can take care of your emotional, mental, and maybe even spiritual needs, but if their God given purpose is not somehow parallel with yours then one of you two will end up sacrificing what God called you to do. There is also the big factor of being unequally yoked.

    2 Corinthians 6:14 says, "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?" My thoughts on this verse are that it goes further than being unequally yoked with an unbeliever. I believe you can be unequally yoked with a believer these days as well. We cannot pick and choose from the Bible what we want to believe; and unfortunately we have a lot of lukewarm believers who believe they can do that, but that's the exact thing that they are - simply believers and not doers. They have no substance and are weak in their faith. Revelation 3:16 says, "So, because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth." That is a bold statement, beloveds. We either obey Him or we perish, simple as that.

    So boldly put, not everyone is on the same path as you and they will end up pulling you away, intentionally or unintentionally from your relationship with God and your individual purpose. They are not on the same page and frankly, are not God's will for your life as a mature Christian. It will be the wreck of you if you try to make it so. Know that there wouldn't be a heaven if there were no hell, honey. Matthew 7:14 says that the road is narrow and there are very few people who find it. I'm sure that this also dwindles down any option of who you might think is "the one". Thank God. I have one last thought that I want to pose: Most of the time we pray asking God about things, but we forget that a lot of times His answer, instruction, and direction was already given. It's called the Bible, and how many of us who say that we're Christians actually read it and use it? So does what your potentials say and live match the Word of God? If the answer is no then honey, know that God's got better for you and that it will definitely be worth the wait.

People of Purpose

    Truthfully there are some days where I barely can get out of bed. I have to coach myself like I'm playing football; and what I really mean is, I have to coach myself like I'm playing football for the Lions. Previously in life I've been guilty for calling off of work for being "sick", but really it was just because I was overwhelmed with feelings of depression and hopelessness. I've had thoughts that life is not worth living. I've had thoughts of leaving. I have had thoughts of sinning. If you haven't felt worthless then let's just call you what you are - a liar. Ha-ha. I am positive that almost everybody has felt worthless at least once.

    I am positive that we've all tried to cover up how we really feel inside with things whether it be weed, alcohol, buying an excessive amount of new products, blotting out our thoughts with music, or whatever else helps us to not deal with the pain that we really feel inside. It can be hard to see your purpose when you're so focused on the pain, or when you're so focused on internalizing the pain. But the day we seek God for healing is the day we can see our purpose through clear glass. We start to look to God for our identity instead of looking to our feelings of illegitimacy. Wake up. Your designer clothes can't define you. Your sports abilities can't define you. Your radical rap skills surely can't define you.

    If you think they do then you must know that eventually your clothes will get holey (not holy) and frankly, the body that your designer clothes are cladding will get wrinkly and you won't think you look as good in them as you did in your youth. Then when your body gets wrinkly, your bones get brittle, and your b-ball skills are going to drastically dwindle. Then when your body gets wrinkly, your bones get brittle, your voice is definitely going to start to diminish and in reality, your hip hop is going to start to sound like Frank Sinatra. These may be gifts and talents that you have now, but what's your reason behind doing them? You can be making a huge difference, but if you're not doing it with the right heart, a heart of love for others, then it means nothing.

    God gave you a purpose and it is up to you to fulfill it. In order for us to fulfill it He must repeatedly refine us so that it is not our purpose that defines us, but His purpose and who we are as children of promise. If our purpose ultimately defines us, instead of God then we are going to be focused on the wrong thing. Hebrews 13:8 says, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." I want to encourage you today to keep hanging onto the words God has spoken to you and hanging onto the words that have been prophesied over you that you're still waiting to see come to pass. In 1 Kings 9 God had made a covenant with Solomon that if Solomon walked in uprightness and kept His statutes then God would establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever. In other words, if Solomon did his part then God would do His. Long story short, and I encourage you to read it for yourselves; Solomon did not obey the Lord.

    The importance of obedience is great. Deuteronomy 28:1 says, "If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all of his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth." In other words, obedience brings blessings and disobedience brings curses. A good example of this is the prodigal son taking his father's inheritance, leaving his father, and wasting it on things of this world. If you're living in blatant sin I also want to encourage you to turn from it and to come back home. He's waiting for you. Don't miss out on the things He has in store for your life. I pray that whatever you're pursuing this day is not the world, but the Prince of Peace who has given you these promises.

The Power of Prayer

    I'm just getting back into praying because if I were honest with you all then I would let you know that I am exiting a season of disobeying and into a season of communicating. I've been in and out of this habit of prayer a few times in my spiritual walk with God and I cannot say that when I was out of this habit that I had a relationship with Him. I am now doing better with this, but only because I have been spending time getting to know Him all over again. I've said it several times: you cannot have a relationship with someone who you're not communicating with. It's easier said than done however. It's easier to get out of the habit than back into the habit. I want to bring to your attention Jude 1:20 - "But you, dear friends, by building you up in your most holy faith, and praying in the Holy Spirit.." So how important is prayer? Let's find out.

What does prayer do?

•  It brings you the promises of God.

1. Take note - We are not to ask with the wrong motives (James 4:3).
2. (James 5:13-15, John 14:13-14, Ephesians 1:13, Acts 2:38, Matthew 13:11)

•      It brings us into the presence of God.

1. When we call someone up on the phone we enter into their presence through conversing with them.
2. (Psalm 145:18, Luke 6:12, Exodus 3:14)

•   It brings us the wisdom of God.

1. (James 1:5, 1 Corinthians 2:13, 1 John 4:1, Proverbs 17:27, Acts 16:25)

Does God answer all of our prayers?

    God answers every single one of our prayers, but not always in the way we want him to. Sometimes the things we ask are not beneficial to us, beneficial to others, or line up with the will of God.

What are God's answers?

• Yes. (Prayer moves the heart of God; prayer with the right motive that is.)
• No. (Like I stated above not everything that we pray is in the will of God. He knows best.)
• Wait. (Sometimes our timing is off. Scratch that. A lot of the time our timing is off. When it is God's timing things will go smoothly. You won't have to push to make things happen and you won't have to pull anyone or anything on your own bandwagon.)

    I hope that this will help you get back on your knees and talk to our Heavenly Father. He yearns to have intimacy with you and me. I don't want to see believers rise up, but lower themselves in humility to the Father's teachings; because it is only then when we can rise up with the right heart and focus. If you would like to tell me all about how you're doing with this or if you simply need prayer for anything you are welcome to e-mail me at: confessionsofachurchkid@gmail.com

It's Okay To Cry

It's Okay To Cry

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

God knows every tear you've already cried,

The reason why,

The pain you've tried so hard to hide.

He knows.

It's okay to cry.

He knows the feelings you've tried to subside,

The trauma that you've internalized,

Every single escape from Him that you've tried.

Honey, He knows.

It's okay to cry.

He knows every feeling of worthlessness stemming from your insecurities,

Every heartbeat stolen by your anxiety,

Every yearn and plead for some security.

He knows.

It's okay to cry.

He knows your feelings of inferiority,

The places of your vulnerability,

The deepest cries of your heart that want to experience purity.

Honey, He knows.

It's okay to cry.

So fall to your knees desperately,

Cry out earnestly,

Sing a song expressing your calamity,

And raise your hands in honesty

Then praise the God Almighty

And brace yourself!

Because you're about to feel..FREE!

Lonely Hearts

Lonely Hearts

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

At night when we're laying in bed

 Staring up at the ceiling,

A blank canvas

In a room full of loneliness,

In the day when we're shopping for what to dress in next,

Whatever others think looks best,

Our bodies being another canvas

To address,

When we arrive home to a meaningless kiss,

Some experiencing the weight of heartlessness,

From being selfishly undressed

Causing us to think that we're not worth the respect,

Or when we go out with friends

Trying to mend or depend on them,

Causing us to remember a deep sea of forgetfulness..

When we shouldn't

Or how about when we see our family on Christmas,

Faking a smile when we're really depressed

Yet our focus is on striving to impress..whoever shows up at the door next

And by that time we've learned how to suppress it.

Well what if I told you an addiction to approval and attention

From external things and obligations

Won't fill your emptiness?

That only Jesus can fill the void of your aloneness?

Because truth is..

We all will pass away:

People, places, things

So it is only to our Saviour, the King of Kings that we cling.

You Are Who He Says You Are

    Hello. My name is Elaina as most of you know...but not because my parents named me. You see God knew my name before I was in my mother's womb. God knew what I would look like. God knew what I would be like. God knew the numbers of hair that would be on my head...and on my body. God knew how tall I would be. God knew how much I would weigh....before eating that bacon. God knew my eye color. God knew me from the inside out and that...that wouldn't stop when I was born...He knew me intimately then and He knows me intimately now.

 

    He wants me to get to know Him intimately too. He wants all of us to and we all have that choice to make, but it is so very important to be in prayer and constant communication with Him. I remember when I was in such an emotionally and spiritually abusive relationship that I didn't know how to get out of it. I couldn't at all do it on my own strength...because I had tried. I had tried many times to. It took me over a period of a year to pray the words three or more times, "Let there be light." God wanted to know how much I wanted Him and how much I wanted to get out of that situation that almost killed me. When I finally called He answered.

 

    I always knew prayer was powerful, but after that I understood it on a deeper level. He saved me from my life being potentially destroyed. All I had to do was communicate that I wanted to be free to Him. All I had to do was remember the One who I got to know through prayer and reading the Word, the only One I needed and need forevermore. When you hear people tell you to read your Bible it's for a reason. That's how we get to know Him. How do we know what is right and wrong? How do we know what steps to take? How do we know the direction to go in? How do we know Him deeper? It's the same in getting to know people deeper. We spend time with them, we communicate with them, we find out their likes and dislikes, we get to know their family, and we come to understand why they do what they do and why they say what they say.

 

    If you looked at my Twitter a few months ago you would probably have seen a lot more "don'ts" than you do now. You would have seen me giving more pointers before looking at my life first. I have come to a realization that I need to take care of my life more and that alone would be the truest message. I don't tell people what not to do anymore because I have seen people tell you what not to do and then not show you what to do. Without God we are nothing. Without love we are nothing. If I'm not pointing you to God above all else ESPECIALLY when I'm speaking don't, don't, don't then I have failed.

 

    I can't change you. I can't change your situation and neither can anybody else. Only God can change you and He changes you by grace through faith. As you let the Holy Spirit enter in and as you let Him lead you there will be evidence of change. There will be evidence of the fruits of the Spirit. There will be evidence of a heart of stone softening because of the love that only Jesus can give. There will be evidence of one living by the law of righteousness and not by the works of the law. You will experience a deep encounter with God that you cannot find with anybody else. You will experience a euphoria basking in His indescribable presence. He is called Wonderful Counselor, Everlasting Father, Mighty God, and Prince of Peace. His name is Jesus and YOU are who He says you are - a child of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. You are His.

 

   I said I wasn't going to make any resolutions that I'm not going to follow as we all head into the New Year, but let's all make one together if we're all serious: let us all come to a place where we're completely relying on God instead of anything or anybody else. We must be willing to give our lives for Him so whatever is holding you back from getting to know Him more be willing to lose. Let us all seek a deeper, more intimate relationship with the Lord our God. Let us take time to bask in His presence and to sit down and truly think about all that He has done for us - together and individually.

 

 

 

*Challenge yourself - Come up with ten things individually or as a family of what He has done for you that you are truly thankful for. Read Romans 8.

 

Ephesians 8:2-9 - "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, so that no one can boast."

 

Romans 8:4 - "That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."

 

The Reality of Innocence

The Reality of Innocence

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

Murder capital.

Sin city.

This was around when I was 

Twenty. 

Ha.

Arrested in Flint for a crime I didn't commit -

At least this time..

 A crime..that I didn't commit.

So much injustice..

In a city of violence

This time..

I was innocent.

Later my case was dismissed.

But I want to tell you about the experience.

Betrayed.

By somebody who was supposed to love me.

But all I could think of was that

Some of these prisoners were more free

Than the people you see..

Walking on the streets.

Some of the police..

Were missing their hearts

While some of these prisoners had missing body parts.

And when I say they were missing their hearts

What I really meant was..

 That their hearts were brutally dark.

Mocked.

By men in uniforms

And I surely..don't mean

Orange..ones.

But by men and women with badges that they supposedly..earned.

Who were still given grace if they could only learn..

To accept it..

And to stop rejecting it.

If they could only learn to see..

That they were no better than anybody.

In cuffs

While I was waiting to see the judge

All I could think of was the man hanging up on the cross -

Jesus.

He was betrayed by the people he walked among..

The very people that he still died for..

To love.

The ONLY innocent man who was hung upon a tree

Gave me peace.

You are my child - protected by the blood.

All things I have worked together for your own good.

You are called according to my purpose and you've got to

Forget those who are still being remorseless.

Forgive and forget the pompous.

Move on because you deserve..

Love.

Move on..

Because I have something greater.

Someone who is faithful.

Not only..

Faithful..

To you, but faithful..

To me.

Judge or Judge Not? That is The Question

   
   This is how stupid we look when we judge somebody. This is how hateful we are when we call that stripper a slut because nobody taught her she was worth more than that. This is how stupid we look when we call the homeless man a lowlife when in reality he has a home in heaven and has more faith than you. This is how stupid we look when we call that girl overly emotional yet she's being beaten at home. This is how we look when we judge others in any way, shape, or form. You don't know where they've been, what they've endured, what God could be doing in them, and where God could be bringing them. Put your finger down and if you point it again the only direction you have the right to point it in is straight into the mirror.

Matthew 7:1-6: "Do not say what is wrong in other people's lives. Then other people will not say what is wrong in your life. You will be guilty of the same things you find in others. When you say what is wrong in others, your words will be used to say what is wrong with you. Why do you look at the small piece of wood in your brother's eye, and do not see the big piece of wood in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take that small piece of wood out of your eye,' when there is a big piece of wood in your own eye? You who pretend to be someone you are not, first take the big piece of wood out of your own eye. Then you can see better to take the small piece of wood out of your brother's eye. 

Do not give that which belongs to God to dogs. Do not throw your pearls in front of pigs. They will break them under their feet. Then they will turn and tear you to pieces."

    Now let's talk about the GOOD kind of judging. Yes, I did say good. Here's a posing question: why spend your life, time, energy, or anything else you have to offer on someone who doesn't appreciate what you can bring to the table? For example, this teaching is something I'm sharing with you. But why would I if you're going to take it and find a way to stomp all over me, what I say, or even twist it? Yes, God teaches us to give. He teaches us to believe the best in people. He teaches us to give with the right heart. AND God also teaches us wisdom. So here are some more questions for you to answer: have you ever spent time with someone where the both of you were being lifted up? Have you ever given someone something, and then they ended up doing something amazing with it that you wouldn't have done? Have you ever given someone godly advice, and then they put it into practice and later became a man or woman full of wisdom? OR perhaps once you've spent time looking at a "leader's", ex's, or a gossiper's Facebook or Twitter page. Perhaps once you've spent time hanging out with somebody who dragged you down. Maybe you gave somebody something and they were ungrateful. Or maybe you gave someone advice and then they started talking about you because they didn't like what you said, or even the fact that they were being confronted in the first place. Or maybe they started twisting the Bible or taking a Bible verse out of context to fit it to what THEY wanted it to say. Guys, your time is precious. Your gifts are treasures. Let's choose to be wise and let the Lord lead us to who He says to give to in those moments. Remember, God rested on the seventh day after creating the very universe you live in so don't burn yourself out and especially don't burn yourself out on people who frankly don't care about you. Judge wisely and with compassion. This will keep us walking in humility and it will also keep reminding us WHO really gets the glory.

Peace Through Persecution

Peace Through Persecution

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

Thank You, God that even in my dreams

You can renew my mind to find..

Forgiveness and peace 

Through persecution..

That attribution..

Goes to You.

Honestly, my flesh wants prosecution.

Then I was reminded..Your love was restitution of my worth..

Now here's a word..

For those who are hurting..

Or even those who are burdening:

God's Word and opinion is the only valid one concerning.

It might not bother you in the beginning,

But don't let the constant jabbing..

Move you,

Instead move forward towards the One who is true.

You see yesterday I might have let it get to me.

I'm human, but I won't listen to my enemies.

Because I realize your enemy..

Will never listen completely.

Don't Turn Back Now

Don't Turn Back Now

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

You think that bump in the road means you should turn back,

That being too tired to fix your flat tire..means you should turn back,

That a wrong turn..because you weren't assertive means you should turn back,

That running out of gas..means you should turn back.

Well that bump was to get your attention

 That you have my affirmation though the road would not be easy.

You see you were starting to get a little lazy

To do the things you were supposed to do

Because you were too busy worrying about how I'd do it through..you.

And maybe that wrong turn was to remind you to yearn for me

To do those things

Instead of you trying to do it yourself,

To refuel you, look to me instead of depending upon yourself.

It's fear that tells you to turn back,

To get you on the beaten path,

A road where most will get lost in the what ifs of their thoughts.

If you don't decide to turn back know that I'll be your guide.

All you have to do is give me control and let go of your pride.

Either way I will love you and you're always welcome to come back.

Just remember all you'd have to do is turn back.

Death To Religion

Death To Religion

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

Guys starin'

Life's barren.

Looking for strong arms to do my carryin'.

My world's a dirty turn key.

Come in and out as you please.

Please!

Are you kidding me?

I'll play your games not because I'm lookin' for love.

I'm lookin' for fun.

I know better.

I'm just caught up with what's underneath that sweater.

Truth is I got so sick and tired of poppin' pills.

Wanted to forget how I feel.

I was always real,

An open book for those who even cared to take a look.

I was hooked.

Yeah, daddy's a pastor,

But I ain't got green pastures.

Mama told me I was mental.

Church folks were judgmental.

All I needed was somebody to be gentle.

Well I was not born this way.

Other people tryin' to make me think I had gone crazy.

Sick of hearin' so I'd be blarin' Jay-Z.

To numb myself from right and wrong.

Destroyed and broken with no home.

All I wanted was a place to call my home.

Fast forward..

Moving towards

The one day that year where I spoke the only prayer I prayed.

"God help me."

Well He answered in a different way.

If you know me now

I've come a long way from then.

I believe in Jesus and it wasn't because of them.

I've gone onto eternal life 

'Cause I died to my flesh

Instead of living for my flesh

To reach eternal death.

Perfectly Imperfect

Perfectly Imperfect

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

I'm perfectly imperfect and in the process of being perfected.

I'm open to my imperfections being..

Corrected

And my pathway being..

Directed..

By God,

The One who sees me

For me.

So I will not let those..lies

Cause me to..

Subside.

I choose not to listen when others put me down.

I'll run this race with endurance.

I'll get my crown.

I'll endure without becoming..weak

Because my mindset is on being meek.

I'm listening to the voice of..truth

Because His life of humility

Was living proof.

I choose to respond to immaturity..

With..humility.

I will admit I'm wrong even when I am not.

Repaying evil for evil will not be the plot.

Instead I choose to put..it

 In the hands of the blame-less

Where He seals..

It

With a holy..

Kiss.

Change ME first, Father.

Be the..

Blotter of my sins.

For how can I look at the speck in..

Other's

When I'm right there with them?



One Way

One Way

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

 

 

Sometimes we need to fast..

The good things..

 To get back..

 On track..

So that..

Those things can become great..

To remember our first love and not those things that..

We "hate."

 

We don't fight against flesh and blood..

But principalities, rulers of darkness..

A flood..

 Of crud..

Not a tree full of harmless..

 Buds..

Waiting to bloom into something..

 Gorgeous.

 

Where there is no vision..

The people..

 Perish.

When eyes aren't focused on the mission..

We forget His means to..

 Cherish.

 

When things are more than off..

 Kilter..

They start to look more like..

Hitler.

Ugly, disobedient, misdirected..

 Anger..

 In need of a perfect working..

Filter.

 

To change the course of all..

Things..

To lay down one's life completely for our..

King.

To exchange weakening and..

Worrying..

For strengthening..

 Being..

Worthy of..

Rings.

 

 

 

 



Restore Me

Restore Me 

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

Restore my vision,

Redeem my heart,

Restore my soul.

Send me, Father and I will go.

Fill me up so I may flow..

Your unfailing love.

Give me strength..

To rise above..

On wings like eagles.

My heart sings my cry.

Fill my cup, Father for I am dry.

I will run..

And I'll not grow weary.

Your will be done.

I'll trust in you, no fear in..me.

I won't turn back to find everything I lack.

Let your present work

Nurture my..future.

Wonderful Counselor

Wonderful Counselor

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

Touches my eyes so I can see.
Takes my hands and shows me what I need.
Touches my heart so I can be freed from my past impurities
And any presence in my life that may be dirty.
He gives me strength to continue to endure
When those evil spirits continue to try to lure.
Those temptations, ha salutations.
He says I'm worth something more.
He tells me I've got something worth living for.
So let me show you to the door.
I don't need you anymore.

Wonderful Counselor,
He directs my steps.
He gives me peace when I start to worry what's next.
When I am weary He gives me rest.
Shows me how to live.
You can read it in the text.
He encourages me to do my best.
"Don't you worry.  I'll take care of the rest."
A little love is all that I need,  but He
Created - Excuse me.
He IS love, the one and only perfect love, the one and only Savior, God.

Silky Smooth

Silky Smooth

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

I used to think having a job close to full time,

a car that I paid in full, listening to those hard rhymes,

& living without my parents at eighteen

made me all that I was supposed to be.

Little miss independent wasn't who she was supposed to be.

Then I started relying on God and in Him I had found my purpose.

He was the right compass, direction,

The protection provided to keep me from hurt,

From all that dirt that made me feel like I was worthless.

The story is I was fed all these lies from all these guys

telling me I was a loser, emotional abusers.

But hey, they were cute

and their smooth words absurd as they were

didn't bring me any closer to kicking them to the curb.

I knew those words were slurred with deception,

But I had a fear of their rejection and

I yearned for their affection.

The only way I learned to keep them was by seduction.

They were my security, a part of me.

My vision for success

was clad in a silky smooth immodest dress.

It was a plan that I ran and controlled.

It only ended up being a deadly hold on me.

This was not who I wanted to be.

That may have been success from a worldly view.

Then #God said, "I'm the only one who can make you new."

Reminded me I wouldn't be content in that and

I hadn't been in matter of fact.

I lacked the only thing I need.

No good deed would suffice until I turned my life around and gave it to Jesus Christ.

In Him I was made right and found all that I was looking for.

That very day was like I was walking through a brand new, unopened door.

Against the Crowd

Against the Crowd

By: Elaina Morgan

People, you all make me laugh.
Always swimming with the current when the current won't last.
They're always going to change direction,
going to change what they think is perfection.
Nope, not me.
I'm never going to live to make other people happy.
I don't want to lose control.
I don't want to lose grip over my soul,
'Cause what's the meaning of gaining the world
and losing your soul
If you only end up feeling broken instead of feeling whole,
If you only end up feeling empty instead of feeling full.
Go against the crowd,
Even when it seems like they're yelling too loud,
Cover your ears until you make it there.
Don't let them pull you down when you're climbing,
don't let them interrupt your timing.
Instead be that one to reach even higher.
Perseverance's dire.
Always say what you mean and mean what you say.
Make your ways different than you would any other day.
Be someone caring, loving, considerate, and kind.
Don't play mind games or waste any time.
Prove yourself.
Don't lose yourself in yourself.
Be selfless, not selfish. That's my wish.

Hesitant Steps

I wrote this January 9, 2010. I don't have much to say about this one except that this battle is real.

Hesitant Steps

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

Hesitation in my condemnation

To run back to your arms

Lost in this dry desert

In the way of harm

I need you to take me home

I'm trying to get to you

but I'm running in place

Doubt is getting through

Past grasping me

I want to turn to you

Lost in my failure

Calling out for you

Little bloom of hope

Blowing in the wind

Little flame of light

Guiding my way again

Hope for all the things I've been

I'm falling more in love with Love

Light so I can see the end

I'm falling more in love with You.

Copyright: Elaina Morgan, January 10, 2011

One Thousand Miles

(Starting to transfer things from my old blog into this one so I can focus on one. These may be new to you however so feel free to read:))

One Thousand Miles 

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

I’ll show you Him

Whose love is true

Take my hand 

I’ll walk you through

Across this land of darkness

Scared me into a thousand miles

I’m scared for you 

Of what you’ll choose

Life defined or love divine

Will you gravitate back to the world

Back to that corner where you were curled

Will you journey with me a thousand miles

To love unconditional, grace indescribable

I know the chance of pain in my heart 

Can’t overcome the chance of freedom in yours

It’s worth the chance of mine breaking apart

For I know that there’s healing 

After those numb feelings

Free from our chains

He gives us a fresh start

He overcame the pain and

Puts back all the pieces torn apart

Will you follow through

This choice is yours

Life defined or love divine

It’s a breakthrough

Sacrifice and lose it all

Rewarded later for giving it your all

Put the habits of the past in the past

Your future’s determined by the present

This joy He gives outlasts all the worldly happiness

Its comes down to you

Will you step over that aching fear

Is there a deep desire burning behind those tears

To know the one who is true

This choice is up to you