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Friday, April 10, 2020

Faith is Insanity







FAITH IS INSANITY




FAITH IS INSANITY IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD
AND SOMETIMES I ADMIT THAT IT'S INSANE TO ME
GOD ASKS US TO BELIEVE WHAT WE CAN'T TOUCH OR TASTE
SMELL, HEAR AND HOLD ON TO WHAT WE CAN'T SEE.

FAITH IS INSANITY WHEN YOU REASON IT OUT
THERE'S NO WAY TO EXPLAIN IT AND NO WAY TO SHOW
THE WORLD ASKS US QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN NEVER ANSWER
AND WHEN WE ASK OURSELVES, WE CONCEDE WE DON'T KNOW.

FAITH IS INSANITY TO THE LOST OF HUMANITY
THEY LOOK TO THE PHYSICAL, THE VISIBLE AND SEEN
WHILE WE LOOK AT THE INVISIBLE AND FEEL THE INTANGIBLE
AND ARE LED BY THE INDESCRIBABLE AND THE VISION AND DREAM.

FAITH IS INSANITY TO THE MIND OF THE HEATHEN
THEY DISDAIN OUR PREACHING BEFORE WE CAN START
THEY ASK US TO SHOW THEM JUST WHERE JESUS LIVES
AND THEN LAUGH WHEN WE SAY THAT HE LIVES IN OUR HEART.

AND THAT GOD WROTE THE BIBLE THROUGH THE HANDS OF THOSE MEN
AND THAT ANY DAY NOW JESUS IS COMING AGAIN
THAT GOD HEALS THE SICK AND HE MAKES THE BLIND SEE
AND THAT HE HAS A PURPOSE FOR YOU AND FOR ME.

THAT SPEAKING TO MOUNTAINS AND WALKING ON WATERS
AND LAYING UP TREASURES ON HEAVEN'S FAIR SHORE
THAT DYING IS LIVING AND SOWING IS GIVING
AND IT'S HARD FOR A RICH MAN TO GET THROUGH THAT DOOR.

THEY LAUGH AT US WHEN WE TALK LIKE THAT
SOMETIMES I LAUGH MYSELF
MY MIND SAYS "FACE REALITY, FOOL!
AND PUT THAT OLD BOOK BACK ON THE SHELF."

IT'S A FAIRY TALE, A BOOK FULL OF MYTHS
CREATED TO GIVE MANKIND HOPE
IN A DOG EAT DOG, YOU LIVE AND DIE WORLD
AND WITH THE HELL IN BETWEEN YOU JUST COPE.

FAITH IS INSANITY 'CAUSE IT SAYS, "THAT'S NOT TRUE."
THAT JESUS LIVED, DIED AND ROSE AGAIN FOR ME AND FOR YOU
THAT HE'S SOMEWHERE IN HEAVEN WATCHING US NOW
WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE "WHY" OR "WHEN" OR THE "WHICH" WAY" OR "HOW"

WE LIVE IN FAITH AND TAKE FOR GRANTED
THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT IS TRUE
THE WORLD LOOKS AT US AND SAYS, "YEAH, WE'RE SINNERS
BUT AT LEAST WE'RE NOT CRAZY LIKE YOU!"

AND SOMETIMES I DO FEEL CRAZY, DON'T YOU?
I QUESTION MY HOPE AND MY FAITH
SOMETIMES THIS WALK JUST GETS SO HARD
THAT I WANT TO RUN AWAY.

TO STOP BELIEVING IN THE INTANGIBLE
IN THE UNSEEN, UNTASTED, UNHEARD
TO STOP THIS NONSENSE BEFORE I DO GO INSANE
THAT IT'S ALL BASED ON A BUNCH OF JUST "WORDS."

FAITH IS INSANITY TO MY CARNAL MIND
IT MAKES NO SENSE, THAT MUCH I KNOW
BUT IF I LOST MY FAITH AND LEFT............
WHERE WOULD I GO? WHERE WOULD I GO?

IF THERE WERE NO HEAVEN WAITING FOR ME
HOW COULD I LIVE FOR ONE MORE DAY?
IF THERE WERE NO JESUS SHINING HIS LIGHT
HOW COULD I EVER FIND MY WAY?

I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT GOD EXISTS
I HAVE TO KEEP LOOKING FOR WHAT I CAN'T SEE
I HAVE TO KEEP MOVING TOWARD THAT INVISIBLE HEAVEN
AND BELIEVE WHEN LIFE'S OVER, THAT IT'S WAITING FOR ME.

FAITH IS INSANITY TO AN INSANE WORLD
IT'S A DRUG, A NARCOTIC TO THE LOST OF MANKIND
A CRUTCH FOR THE CRIPPLED, THE WEAK AND THE MEEK
AND TO FIND FAITH IN GOD, YOU MUST FIRST LOSE YOUR MIND.

FAITH IS A FACT THAT'S UNPROVABLE IN COURT
A DEFENSE, AN OFFENSE TO THE EGO AND BRAIN
BUT FAITH IS THE ANCHOR THAT SECURES OUR TOSSED SHIPS
ON THE OCEANS OF HOPELESSNESS IN A WORLD THAT'S INSANE.





©by Voo Shining Stone
June 27, 2002

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Aspects of Me......



I Can Only Be Me
by Eva Cassidy







some days a Goddess....



some days a playmate....




some days just a little girl.....




some days a baby....


or a clown..........

some days a poet......


some days a minister of the gospel....
but always a lover of GOD...........

some days I'm an angel.....

some days...kinda.....bad


some days sad......

some days happy........



some days a lover.....



some days a model.........



some days a dancer......


some days..a character I love......


quote by Marilyn Monroe

But always......Voo
and full of love and fun.....




RHEMA



RHEMA
                               

YOU'VE SAID IN YOUR HEART
AND I'VE HEARD YOU SAY IT
YOU'VE SAID IN YOUR HEART
AND YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE
YOU'VE SAID THAT YOU'D SERVE ME
WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART:
WHEN I'VE GIVEN THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART TO YOU.

YOU'VE SAID IN YOUR HEART
AND I'VE HEARD YOU SAY IT
WHEN EVERYTHING'S PERFECT
AND EVERYTHING'S GREAT:
I'LL WORSHIP AND PRAISE HIM
AND SIT AT HIS FEET
BUT EVERYTHING'S WRONG NOW, SO THAT HAS TO WAIT.

YOU'VE SAID IN YOUR HEART
AND I'VE HEARD YOU SAY IT
I HAVE NOTHING TO THANK HIM FOR
NOTHING IS RIGHT
NOBODY LOVES ME, NOBODY NEEDS ME
NOBODY CARES WHEN I CRY IN THE NIGHT.

YOU'VE SAID IN YOUR HEART
AND I'VE HEARD YOU SAY IT
SOMEDAY WHEN I'M OLDER
WITH NO LIFE TO LIVE
I'LL SIT DOWN AND STUDY AND GIVE HIM MY TIME
BUT NOW I AM YOUNG AND I'VE NO TIME TO GIVE.

YOU'VE SAID IN YOUR HEART
AND I'VE HEARD YOU SAY IT
WHEN HE ANSWERS MY PRAYERS
AND GIVES MY REWARDS
I'LL LAY DOWN MY LIFE AND LEAVE ALL MY CARES
FORGET MY OWN NEEDS AND GO FOLLOW THE LORD.

BUT I SAY UNTO YOU
AND YOUR HEART HEARS ME SAY IT
I SAY UNTO YOU 
IN THE MIDST OF THIS NIGHT
THAT YOU'LL NEVER LOVE ME AND YOU'LL NEVER SERVE ME
IF YOU WAIT FOR THE DAY WHEN EVERYTHING'S RIGHT.

FOR THIS WORLD IS NOT PERFECT
AND THIS LIFE IS NOT TRUE
AND YOU WON'T LOVE ME MORE
IF I GIVE THINGS TO YOU
IF YOU DON'T LOVE ME NOW
IN THE MIDST OF YOUR PAIN
IN THE HEAT OF THE DESERT
YOU WON'T FEEL MY RAIN.

IF YOU DON'T SERVE ME NOW
IN THE DARK OF THE DAWN
YOU WON'T SERVE ME IN THE "RIGHT"
IF YOU DON'T IN THE "WRONG"
I DON'T WANT YOUR BRIBES
OR PROMISES TO
SERVE ME SOMEDAY
I ONLY WANT YOU.

I DON'T WANT WAVERING SEE-SAW MEN:
YOU DON'T LOVE ME AND THEN YOU LOVE ME AGAIN
I WANT YOU TO LOVE ME THE WAY I LOVE YOU:
FOREVER, ENTIRELY, CONSTANTLY, TRUE.

OH, IT'S MY GREATEST PLEASURE
TO GIVE YOU DELIGHT
TO FULFILL YOUR DREAMS
AND MAKE EVERYTHING RIGHT
BUT IF I MADE EVERYTHING PERFECT
AND GAVE YOU THE WORLD
YOU'D LEAVE ME BEHIND AND GET LOST IN THE WHIRL.

SO LITTLE BY LITTLE I GIVE YOU YOUR GOAL
AND I PROSPER YOUR LIFE AS I PROSPER YOUR SOUL
MY TIMING IS PERFECT, MY TIMING IS GREAT
EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE IMPATIENT AND DON'T WANT TO WAIT.

BUT I TELL YOU, MY CHILD
TONIGHT NOW I SAY
I'LL GIVE YOU TOMORROW:
IF YOU'LL SERVE ME TODAY.



WORD OF THE LORD 
DECEMBER 6, 02
To Me   thru The Holy Spirit

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Who I Am





Who I Am


You make me feel like I need to apologize
For being alive
For existing on your plane so different from mine
So far above, or below
I never quite know
I only know that when you look at me
You don’t even know who I am.

You make me feel like a sideshow freak
Standing there within a solitary floodlight
Under the scrutiny of your criticizing eyes
Listening for things that I have not said,
Looking for things that will never appear,
Hunting for things that will never be found
And unable to hear what my heart has just spoken.

What makes us so different, you and I?
I crave peace, and you need war
I love laughter and you like the thunder
Of your own voice
Always debating, always berating,
Always arguing
Looking for offenses when I offer my wisdom.

Can you just not see what’s in front of your face?
How soft my touch is?
How sweet my smile?
How great is my love and how empty my heart?
I was born to care and I care so much
Yet I lie down with broken-ness
And I rise up with pain.

I am a child that has never known true love
And yet it flows from me like a dammed up river
Looking for dry fields to water and nourish
I am father-less and mother-less,
Child-less and friend-less
An innocent in a cold, jaded world
Ever waiting with hopeful eyes and tears about to fall.

How I love beauty!
And books full of romance,
Elegance and grace and soft, tender words,
Poetry and art and the music of Heaven,
Family ’round the table and the silver of rain,
Hands reaching to heal, not pushing away,
The giggles of babies and the smiles of a friend.

I would give you the shirt off my back if you needed it
I would cook you the biggest banquet you ever saw
And go hungry myself
I would slave on my hands and my knees in hard labor
If it meant that you wanted for nothing
And you know that I would, for I have, and I can
For that is who I am.

One day you will come to me, for the joy of my humor,
For the warmth of my face, and the glow of my hearth
Ask for the gifts and the time always waiting,
Run to the comfort that I’ve offered in vain,
Call out my name in rooms full of your pictures
(My illusions of love)
But I will not be there.

Look at me!
See me
Listen to me, know me
For I am worth knowing
I will not apologize for who I am
For who I am
Has made you who you are.







©by Voo
November 30, 2009
3:02 a.m.

Crazy 'Bout Doo Wop





I Only Have Eyes for You
by the Flamingos


Since I Don't Have You
by Skyliners



Raining In My Heart
by Slim Harpo



Only You
by The Platters
my favorite



Stand By Me
by Ben E. King



For Your Precious Love
by Jerry Butler


If I Should Fall Behind
by Dion and Belmonts
love this song!!