I know God is good, but sometimes I hurt, and sometimes I cry ...

I look the part,
blend in with the rest of the church crowd.
I know the routine,
I could list all the Bible studies in town.
Watch Christian TV,
I know all the preachers, their cliches.
Been born again, without a doubt I know I'm saved.

But sometimes I hurt, and sometimes I cry.
Sometimes I can't get it right
no matter how hard I seem to try.
Sometimes I fall down, stumble over my own disguise.
I try to look strong as the whole world looks on,
but sometimes alone I cry.

I try to speak faith, never give the devil one inch to get in.
I do worship and praise,
let everybody know just where that I stand.
On the back of my ride is a fish
and a cross for the world to see.
I know God is good all of the time,
Yes, there's no doubt for me.

But sometimes I hurt, and sometimes I cry.
Sometimes I can't get it right
no matter how hard I seem to try.
Sometimes I fall down, stumble over my own disguise.
I try to look strong as the whole world looks on,
but sometimes alone I cry.

Sometimes I fall down, stumble over my own disguise.
I try to look strong as the whole world looks on,
but sometimes alone I cry.

I try to look strong as the whole world looks on,
but sometimes alone I cry.

Third Exodus Assembly - The Blood Still Cries Freedom

Third Exodus Assembly - The Blood Still Cries Freedom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nJO5igg8Tw

HE (CHRIST) SAYS...

* You may not know me, but I know everything about you... Psalm 139:1
* I know when you sit down and when you rise up... Psalm 139:2
* I am familiar with all your ways... Psalm 139:3
* Even the very hairs on your head are numbered... Matthew 10:29-31
* For you were made in my image... Genesis 1:27
* In me you live and move and have your being... Acts 17:28
* For you are my offspring... Acts 17:28
* I knew you even before you were conceived... Jeremiah 1:4-5
* I chose you when I planned creation... Ephesians 1:11-12
* You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book... Psalm 139:15-16
* I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live... Acts 17:26
* You are fearfully and wonderfully made... Psalm 139:14
* I knit you together in your mother's womb... Psalm 139:13
* And brought you forth on the day you were born... Psalm 71:6
* I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me... John 8:41-44
* I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love... 1 John 4:16
* And it is my desire to lavish my love on you... 1 John 3:1
* Simply because you are my child and I am your father... 1 John 3:1
* I offer you more than your earthly father ever could... Matthew 7:11
* For I am the perfect father... Matthew 5:48
* Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand... James 1:17
* For I am your provider and I meet all your needs... Matthew 6:31-33
* My plan for your future has always been filled with hope... Jeremiah 29:11
* Because I love you with an everlasting love... Jeremiah 31:3
* My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore... Psalm 139:17-18 * And I rejoice over you with singing... Zephaniah 3:17
* I will never stop doing good to you... Jeremiah 32:40
* For you are my treasured possession... Exodus 19:5
* I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul... Jeremiah 32:41
* And I want to show you great and marvelous things... Jeremiah 33:3
* If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me... Deuteronomy 4:29
* Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart... Psalm 37:4
* For it is I who gave you those desires... Philippians 2:13
* I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine... Ephesians 3:20
* For I am your greatest encourager... 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
* I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles... 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
* When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you... Psalm 34:18
* As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart... Isaiah 40:11
* One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes... Revelation 21:3-4
* And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth... Revelation 21:3-4
* I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus... John 17:23
* For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed... John 17:26
* He is the exact representation of my being... Hebrews 1:3
* He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you... Romans 8:31
* And to tell you that I am not counting your sins... 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
* Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled... 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
* His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you... 1 John 4:10
* I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love... Romans 8:31-32
* If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me... 1 John 2:23
* And nothing will ever separate you from my love again... Romans 8:38-39
* Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen... Luke 15:7
* I have always been Father, and will always be Father... Ephesians 3:14-15
* My question is... Will you be my child?... John 1:12-13
* I am waiting for you... Luke 15:11-32

The miracle of love: When love projects, grace takes over...

Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new sibling.

The new baby was going be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sang to his sister in Mommy’s tummy. He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her.

The pregnancy progressed normally for Karen, an active member of the the Creek United Methodist Church in Morristown, Tennessee, USA.

In time, the labor pains came. Soon it was every five minutes, every three, every minute. But serious complications arose during delivery and Karen found herself in hours of labor.

Finally, after a long struggle, Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in very serious condition. With a siren howling in the night, the ambulance rushed the infant to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee.

The days inched by. The little girl got worse. The pediatrician had to tell the parents there was very little hope. Be prepared for the worst. Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery about a burial plot. They had fixed up a special room in their house for their new baby they found themselves having to plan for a funeral.

Michael, however, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister. “I want to sing to her,” he kept saying.

Week two in intensive care looked as if a funeral would come before the week was over. Michael kept nagging about singing to his sister, but kids are never allowed in Intensive Care.

Karen decided to take Michael whether they liked it or not. If he didn’t see his sister right then, he may never see her alive. She dressed him in an oversized scrub suit and marched him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket.

The head nurse recognized him as a child and bellowed, “Get that kid out of here now. No children are allowed.”

The mother rose up strong in Karen and the usually mild-mannered lady glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse’s eyes, her lips a firm line, “He is not leaving until he sings to his sister.”

Then Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny infant losing the battle to live. After a moment, he began tossing. In the pure-hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:

“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray.”

Instantly the baby girl seemed to respond. The pulse rate began to calm down and became steady.

“Keep on singing, Michael,” encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes.

“You never know, dear, how much I love you, please don’t take my sunshine away.”

As Michael sang to his sister, the baby’s ragged, strained breathing became as smooth as a kitten’s purr. “Keep on singing, sweetheart.”

“The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I dreamed I held you in my arms”.

Michael’s little sister began to relax as rest, healing rest, seemed to sweep over her. “Keep singing, Michael.” Tears had now conquered the face of the bossy head nurse. Karen glowed.

“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. Please don’t take my sunshine away…”

The next day,…the very next day…the little girl was well enough to go home.

Author Unknown
Story submitted by Cindy.



Never give up on the people you love. Love is so incredibly powerful.

- The Woman’s Day Magazine called it, “the miracle of a brother’s song”.
- The medical staff called it a miracle.
- Karen called it a miracle of God’s love.

This is a true story happened in 1992 in Tennessee, USA. The baby girl’s name is Marlee . As of 2013, Marlee is 20 years old and she thinks she is normal like any other girl.

Learn from mistakes

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”

Edison replied very confidently, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.”

Face difficulties positively

This parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule praying or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together, told them what had happened, and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery.

Initially the old mule was hysterical! But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back, a thought struck him. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back, HE WOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP!

This he did, blow after blow. “Shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up!” He repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows, or how distressing the situation seemed, the old mule fought panic and just kept right on SHAKING IT OFF AND STEPPING UP!

It wasn’t long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over the wall of that well! What seemed like it would bury him actually helped him . . . all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity.

THAT’S LIFE! If we face our problems and respond to them positively, and refuse to give in to panic, bitterness, or self-pity.