A Bleeding Heart...

"A Bleeding Heart" by, Jean Smith



Thunder rumbled through the night... rain poured and watered the fields and gardens... lightening brightened our dark rooms...  I lay in bed listening... watching...  I love thunder storms... the power in them, not knowing when the next boom and crash will come.  We often sit on the front porch and watch and feel the storms... the rain comes down straight and clean... watering all the earth... God is so faithful, he rains on the righteous and the wicked.

Discouragement falls upon people like the rain, and if not dealt with in a positive way, it will take you down a road filled with self pity and negative thoughts that will haunt you and eventually destroy all your inner peace... discouragement is not of the Lord... He is full of love and mercy...  

Here is a poem from Helen Steiner Rice... may you be encouraged...

Never Be Discouraged

There is really nothing we need know,

or even try to understand

If we refuse to be discouraged

and trust God's guiding hand,

So take heart and meet each minute

with faith in God's great love,

Aware that every day of life

is controlled by God above.

And never dread tomorrow

or what the future brings.

Just pray for strength and courage

and trust God in all things,

And never grow discouraged- 

be patient and just wait,

For god never comes too early,

and He never comes too late.

Until next time,

Jean