You Said . . .

"You said
ask and you will receive
whatever you need.

You said
pray and I'll hear from Heaven
and I'll hear your land.

You said
Your glory will fill the earth
like water the seas.

You said
lift up your eyes!
The harvest is here!
The Kingdom is near!

You said
ask and I'll give the nations to you!

Oh Lord, that's the cry of my heart!
Distant shores and the islands will see
Your life as it rises on Earth!"

"You Said"
Shane and Shane

I'll be posting things regarding my mission trip on this blog rather than on myspace. My mission trip to Hattiesburg, Mississippi is July 31-Aug. 5. Please pray for my preparation in every aspect - spiritual, emotional, physical. Please pray that the rest of the funds will come - already $310 of the needed $840 has come in, and I have not sent out a single fund-raising letter, though I do have one typed up and ready to mail. Please pray for the apprehensions I have about leaving my family. Please pray that others will come to know Christ through this work. I don't know anyone else on the team, but I ask prayer for unity among us - we will be of all backgrounds and denominations and will be working to fulfill one purpose, that of service for Christ as He works through us. May God's hand be upon us for safety and peace and all things as He desires them. This will be a challenging and amazing week, and I'm looking forward to how I will be stretched and how I will learn and grow at the feet of my Master.

"Oh, Lord, that's the cry of my heart!"

Come Thou Fount

Here is only a portion of the hymn that is one of my favorites:

"Oh to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
Let Thy goodness like a fetter
Bind my wand'ring heart to Thee -
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it!
Prone to leave the God I love!
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it,
Seal it for thy courts above!"

and the lines just before it:

"Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandering from the fold of God,
He to rescue me from danger
Bought me with His precious blood."

Words by Robert Robinson
Music by John Wyeth

And The Winners Are . . .

If you look on the previous post, "Who Said It?" you will see that Sonnet and Courtney are both going to win a prize. I'm a softie, so I can't let either of them go without a prize! I'm so proud of them for working so hard to find the answers to all the quotes! AND, Sonnet gets the bonus prize for guessing that all the folks quoted were from the South - darn tootin', dumplin'!