I don't like to make resolutions, because there is too much pressure involved and at the end of the year when they are not accomplished, too many people feel like a failure. I love to make goals though.. I find myself making these lists all the time in my journal. I like to use the word 'goal' because inevitably, I may not accomplish something on these lists within a year.. or two.. or three.. lol.. there are some that just keep reappearing, but they continue to reappear, because they are that important to me and in most cases I am actively pursuing. For instance, it has been my goal to read through the entire Bible for a while. I started this endeavor in 2008 and I have not even made it through half of the old testament. However it is something I actively pursue every day, because it is important to me. I am pleased to report that I have accomplished something that has been on my list probably since that same time as well. I have opened my own shop on Etsy. Lavender Skies Designs is up and running. No more talking about needing to do it! I am sure I drove plenty of people crazy with that. Here it is!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Lavenderskiesdesigns
Ok.. so.. That was a big goal accomplished.. now what. Well completing this big goal has inspired more. I have been wanting to scrapbook more for a few years now, but have not done as much as I would like. With the Lavender Skies project up and running, I have been able to pursue scrapbooking, and I am actually doing it.. I am wondering if this could be a trend now! No more talking about doing stuff and actually doing it! I have also decided that I need to put a hold on buying more fabric. In case you did not know I have A Lot of fabric.. So my new active goal will be to use the pre-existing fabric that I have for new projects.. and old ones. I have had all these ideas, yet they always seem to get placed at the very bottom of whatever else I have decided to work on. So far I have been successful in not buying any new fabric in about a month, which is pretty good for me. I even had to go in Jo Anne's once for something else and did not even look at the fabric! have been thinking about doing something like this since the summer. When I went to see my Grandmother she started going through her fabric and sewing stuff. She had quite a few projects that she had been collecting for many many years that were started but not completed! It kinda surprised me that this would come from her, because she has accomplished a lot, yet here were all these things that were started and not finished! I realized that I do the same thing and I do not want to go through a box in 50 years and give these unsinished projects for my grand-daughter to finish.. I want them to be done so I can show them off.
Just wanted to give an update so now I can have more accountability :).
January 20, 2011
January 18, 2011
Joy of the Redeemed
The title is taken from the Chapter title of Isaiah 35, which is what inspired the poem in the first place.
When all those years
you could not see
when sorrow took you to your knees
when fears and failures
overwhelmed
God was there
Giving strength
to feeble hands
giving aid
to broken hearts
giving just enough
to slowly heal
Then the day will come
He will come with vengeance
because our God loves justice!
He will come with vengeance
with divine retribution
He will come to save you
it won't be slow in coming
and there will be retribution
there will be joy
there will be justice
Gladness and joy will overtake you
sorrow and sighing will have no place
when your deep ocean
is love and joy
Gladness will be contagious
ashes will be gone
and the beauty of the Lord
will be all that remains
Oh Lord let it be soon!
Let me be clothed
in a garment of praise
the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.
Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bloom;
it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
they will see the glory of the LORD,
the splendor of our God. 3 Strengthen the feeble hands,
steady the knees that give way;
4 say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
he will come to save you.”
5 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
6 Then will the lame leap like a deer,
and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
and streams in the desert.
7 The burning sand will become a pool,
the thirsty ground bubbling springs.
In the haunts where jackals once lay,
grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.
8 And a highway will be there;
it will be called the Way of Holiness;
it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean will not journey on it;
wicked fools will not go about on it.
9 No lion will be there,
nor any ravenous beast;
they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed will walk there,
10 and those the LORD has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Isaiah 61:3
3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.
When all those years
you could not see
when sorrow took you to your knees
when fears and failures
overwhelmed
God was there
Giving strength
to feeble hands
giving aid
to broken hearts
giving just enough
to slowly heal
Then the day will come
He will come with vengeance
because our God loves justice!
He will come with vengeance
with divine retribution
He will come to save you
it won't be slow in coming
and there will be retribution
there will be joy
there will be justice
Gladness and joy will overtake you
sorrow and sighing will have no place
when your deep ocean
is love and joy
Gladness will be contagious
ashes will be gone
and the beauty of the Lord
will be all that remains
Oh Lord let it be soon!
Let me be clothed
in a garment of praise
Isaiah 35
Joy of the Redeemed
1 The desert and the parched land will be glad;the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.
Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bloom;
it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
they will see the glory of the LORD,
the splendor of our God. 3 Strengthen the feeble hands,
steady the knees that give way;
4 say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
he will come to save you.”
5 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
6 Then will the lame leap like a deer,
and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
and streams in the desert.
7 The burning sand will become a pool,
the thirsty ground bubbling springs.
In the haunts where jackals once lay,
grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.
8 And a highway will be there;
it will be called the Way of Holiness;
it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean will not journey on it;
wicked fools will not go about on it.
9 No lion will be there,
nor any ravenous beast;
they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed will walk there,
10 and those the LORD has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Isaiah 61:3
3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.
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