Until Then

Until Then

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

I can't wait for the day

Oh my soul You'll take..

 Away from this cold, dark place.

I am Yours and You are mine

And I can't wait to see the fullness of love divine,

But sometimes the things I ask you to remove..

Are the very things You've meant for me to walk through

So I can be refined in the fire 

Of the Holy Spirit

So that I not only have the desire..

I can live it..

To bring others to You

By sharing what I've gone through.

So Father, help me to be wise,

Not in my own eyes.

But save me from the pride..

Of strife.

Even when others are wrong it is YOU who's right.

I don't have to defend myself because You are my defender..

My rights I surrender.

I render it all to You

Because I know You..

Will indicate I am worth it

And vindicate me as You see fit.

Million Dollar Message

    This message has been on my heart for a while now and now that I have my laptop charger I am able to write to you guys as long as I want. I kind of took having my laptop, let alone my charger for granted instead of being thankful and cherishing that I had one at my fingertips so that I was able to share things with you all so easily. That's when I was noticing a lot of discontent people in my life lately including myself. This is when I decided to really disect it and not on my own understanding obviously because I was right along with them! So I went to look in the "Prosperous Life for Dummies" more commonly known as the Bible lol.

    Thank God He speaks to us through His Word or we'd all be sitting in our own crap, right? Well the Bible speaks about prosperity and God's blessings all throughout! Look at how God had blessed Job with way more than what Job had before he went through life's tests and trials. What a nightmare!? Yet Job still persevered through it all even when everyone from his friends to his family discouraged his faith in God. They saw no reason in living for the very One who created them because a lot of horrible things were happening. Well just like them a lot of us seem to only be content when everything in life is going perfectly, but when things start going in a different direction than we want it to we start to complain about everything we DON'T have instead of focusing on everything we do have and everything that God has blessed us with in our lifetime. This is a simple and silly example, but instead of being thankful for and cherishing the time in my life where I had my laptop charger I was taking it for granted. It seemed like something so small to me when I had it at my fingertips, but when I didn't have it I was whining about it and wishing I had it.

    I really had never thanked God for my laptop. I thanked people. I never really did put any thought into all that I had every day. I sort of breezed through life not even paying attention to these things, but then it took God shaking my life up a little bit to get my undivided attention and to teach me a lesson that I had forgotten once again. I was reminded that the secret isn't in what I have, what I don't have, where I am, where I'm not, how things are happening, or how things are not happening. It's being content in whatever I have or don't have, wherever I am or wherever I'm not, and however things are going or not going. The secret isn't just  in my contentment, but in rejoicing and being thankful through it all. I am positive that every single one of you has something to be thankful for. Are you breathing? Did Jesus die on the cross for your sins? Does God love you? If you're reading this then the answer is obviously yes. So my word for you today is to replace complaints with thanks!

    When we start to give thanks and we persevere in our thankfulness God will give us joy, unspeakable, unexplainable joy. It's the kind of joy that will grasp people's very core and make them wonder why you're "worse" off than them but still so much happier than them. It's that joy of the Lord that you feel that makes you stronger. When you give thanks you're also putting your trust in him. You feel the peace of the Lord because He helps you in your time of need no matter what it may be and I'm not talking about just because you don't have a laptop. I'm talking about any and every situation whether you barely have money to pay your mortgage or you're struggling to put food on the table, whether you're searching for a job or you don't like the one that you have, whether you feel consumed with depression or anxiety, or whether you just simply need to feel that you're loved. It's that very strength that can get you through even the worst of days and through it all He will bless you. If He cares enough to know how many hairs are on top of your head and how many tears that you've cried then He cares enough to help you in your time of need.

Philippians 4:11-13 - "Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me."

Nehemiah 8:10 - "For the joy of the Lord is your strength."

Psalm 28:7 - "The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song."

My Strength

My Strength

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

It's days like this that I want to climb back into..

Bed,

And give way to the..

End.

Because I feel there's no..

End

When depression's kicking..

In.

 But what keeps me going isn't looking at the now, but the..

End

If I keep on going instead of giving..

In.

The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green..

Pastures.

He heals all the brokenness, bruises, and..

Fractures

Of a wounded heart. 

A..

Preacher. 

A..

Teacher,

He leads me, an undeserving..

Creature

Beside still waters.

He restores my..

Soul.

Replaces the broken with something new and..

Whole.

So that I can get up and enjoy a sunny..

Day.

In actuality any..

Day

The Lord has made.

And when pain comes in the night.

All I have to do is fight

To reach the joy that comes in the..

Morning

And to give sincere thanks in the midst of my..

Mourning.

Beautiful Desperation

Beautiful Desperation

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

 

I want to keep His face in mind,

The One who died on the cross to save..my life,

I surrender everything..that I have.

I surrender everything..

That I am.

 

I lay down my life

To glorify

 The One who saved me,

The One who bled for me

To be free.

I can't do this on my own,

For it is Him to all I owe.

 

Though I'm weary and burdened,

Tired and worn.

I know the pain doesn't end when you're re-born.

So I dream of heaven where no one mourns.

But I choose to praise Him..in this storm.

 

He is worthy..to be adored

And I find beauty in my desperation

The veil..has been torn,

No more seperation.

So I hope in heaven.

 

A wondrous desitination,

Free from pain.

Though the growth from this rain,

 Is beautiful

So in this life I'll choose to be..joyful.

 

Dead To Sin

Dead To Sin

By: Elaina Grace Morgan

Here's my story;

A heart so filled with worry.

Riding dirty every day 

Whether sunny or dreary,

Flickin' that middle finger up in a hurry.

Learning gas pedal to the metal

Never earned us a gold medal.

I was running backwards

Trippin' on my vico,

Doing psycho.

I never got caught by the po po.

Yet I felt so low

Only focusing on my dough 

And why those guys wanted to hurt me.

Little did I know;
God could make me worthy.

No, I ain't talkin' for them.

The man I'm talkin' about was Him.

But with Jesus faith is a must.

Faith like a mustard seed says the Bible I read,

Freed,
'Cause before I was in the wrong race.

Back it up before I pop you.

Give me my space.

Clenchin' fists,

Throwin' hits till someone,
 Make me walk away.

After all these years
I got to the right place.

Finally in the running of a true race.

Watchin' for the boss and

When He's coming back.

Believin' He give me everythin'
I need and lack.

Havin' one foot in
Will just keep me stumblin' back.

Then He'd rather have me just step back.

Not 'cause He doesn't want me.

You see it's if I want Him.

He wants me getting brighter, not growin' dim.

Advancin' the kingdom by sharin' Him.
But I ain't here to try to persuade you

Or to try and sway you away with whim.

No, this is serious.

God brought me joy,

Delirious
'Cause I found His

Love so intoxicatin'

And now you find me lovin' the ones who hurt me,

Yeah, the ones who are hatin'.

I'm just statin',

I ain't baitin'.

But nothing's gonna shut me up from speakin' the truth.

'Cause I used to be datin' sin.

Now I'm waitin' like Ruth.

I'm gonna show Him

I'm a Proverbs 31 woman 

And I ain't foolin' with this sin.

That's 'cause Christ died on the cross for all of them.

I'll continue livin' right,

Walkin' by faith and not by sight
Till I die.

Why?

Like I said it was for my sins that He died.

Now He lives again and I glorify.

I ain't livin' high on those pills

All 'cause after Christ I found what was real.