don’t be the curtain in your window……………let the light of God pass through……..illuminating those that come and pause at your window to view………………………they will come,if your window is clear and the message has the ring of truth……….that message will flow from your lips if you remain quiet…….and let the Father speak through you………

if you don’t want to………….you don’t have to drink tonite….. cuss out your friend or end up in a fight…..you don’t have to drink tonite……………………………. you don’t have to pretend that everything is alright……………and a few drinks won’t continue to the wee hours of the night……….Stan old buddy if you don’t want to………………you don’t have…

what i can give to U is the respect that U deserve………….. for all the times known and unknown U have protected me from myself……… what i can give to U is what you have asked of me……….to go and share the story of Your sacrifice and love…………………….. i must admit i have been afraid…

can’t see Him, but i know He’s there, walking with me and stroking my hair……………………just like a Father He shows me He cares, i can’t see Him but i know He’s there……………………… many times my thoughts drift away…………….. they land at the feet of my Savior, He says..” my son come sit by my side,…

i spent 30 years in the trenches…… fighting this war with myself……and it continues…………….. i am humbled and baffled to find myself a good ways from the clearing………………….i can see it…………but i’m not there still coming down…………….. i have moments when i feel my feet are close to touching only to be whisked back up…

being around you doesn’t take long to see……..in your mind your life has been a tragedy………………and if you don’t pick up on it……..you will make it clear……………………… hardships are part of life…….you live…………you get twisted……..it hurts…………..you do something about it……………heal………………and go on………………..you never went through that process……………. get over it……………………time is passing through the ”ourglass”………..

we’ve been circling this target for years….. waiting for orders to drop our load……. we constantly are refueling to return to the same old thing…… round and round we continue waiting for a sign…………only to hear a muffled voice ………….”the treaty is being negotiated continue holding………………we appreciate your patience”…………………..as we head into the night……….. we…

one thousand lies started out as one………………then another followed to cover the first one…………….and that went on and on, ten years later………………………….. the thousandth one hard to imagine someone looking you in the face and swearing it was you who had make a big mistake………………….the nerve of you to say they were a fake……………………add one…

my dear old sponsor………….my dear old friend……………….i know one day i will see you again………………..it will be good to hear you call my name………………………you won’t have to worry………about hearing my complaints…………… Old God surely knew where i was headed and you had already been through…………you helped me so much…………and you said i helped you…………………..to know…

i look at my old gloves as they hang on the wall……. since i stopped fighting i don’t need them anymore…. when i realize the battle was within……………my opponents disappeared……… and i was the only one in the ring…… since i took my gloves off…………….i have had a change of heart……i realized…….. all the contenders…