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Thank God for Tribulations

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Inspired by my youngest son Jonathan Liverio-He overcame and is living his dream!

Thank God for Tribulations

When you want to scream
Praise
When you’re down in the pit
Raise
Your voice and be full of joy
Easier said than done
Open your eyes and you’ll see the son
When head bows low, heart sinks beneath the flow
The pain, of guilt and shame…
Holds you in a death grip of sorrow and woe…
Break out of the tomb and into the light
Sing; rejoice for this is right…
Tribulation works patience
And patience, experience
Experience, hope
Hope makes us not ashamed
God gives us His strength
In Jesus name…
Praise God for tribulations…

By: Marla Shaw O’Neill January 12, 2016©

Romans 5:3-6
5 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
 

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Abba U and I Dance

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 Abba U and I Dance
Abba…Daddy…
I call to thee…
Gentle giant, tender and sweet
Bending low, you kiss my cheek
Center of the ballroom, we begin to dance
You bow, I curtsy, and the music begins
Gliding across the floor we spin,
Like two sparrows on a summers wind
The joys of a tiny heart, may it never end
A girl of seven, her dreams complete
In the arms of Abba…life is sweet
Twirling and swirling to the music’s heartbeat
We dance, we dance, we dance…
You lead, I follow…as life should always be…
Precious Abba, you and I…
Dance!
By: Marla Shaw O’Neill January 5, 2016©

The Hebrew word means to “spin around under violent emotion,” or basically to dance. So Zep 3:17 is more accurately translated as, “Yahuwah your God in your midst, the Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His Love,
He will dance over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17

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SOUL

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Soul

One tiny breath was all it took…
God blew and then a man he shook
Waking a living soul…
Down through the ages countless they are…
Numbered more than all the stars…
The tiny soul emerges…
They’re all around us but we can’t see
What makes the soul, inside you and me?
God’s breath…
The soul God gave never ceases to exist…
The soul of man lives, throughout the ages…
Dark or light which will yours be…
Heaven or hell, eternally…
As Jesus calls your soul, set free
Live in love’s serenity…
Tiny souls release your faith…
Accept the light of brightest hope
Be born anew from this first fruit
His Kingdom come, is born, in you!
By: Marla Shaw O’Neill December 30, 2015©
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Mama’s Bible

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Its dawn, morning is breaking and I see it…
A sunbeam rests upon it, laying there in the familiar spot
The book…
Read from cover to cover, pages worn and written upon
Tear stains of memories and prayers, some answered, some still to be…
in my mama’s bible…
I watched her read it many times; her heart restored, as she kept the words of life
This Holy book is full of mysteries, stories that live in pages of red, black and
white…
Morning, noon, and night and even in between…
She read God’s word; would quote it, and tell you what it means…
Better than a pill you take, and certainly more satisfying;
The bread of life is sown upon, the pages, even when dying…
Oh beautiful are the feet of those, who spread the gospel message
Prophets and saints of old, died to give us passage…
Into the texts we read this book, wanting and longing, for just another look
Words of wisdom scribbled on edges, of my mama’s bible…
Nothing dearer, could she have given,
Than her old tattered bible, when she went to heaven…
A legacy of life is felt, as I watched her, at her bedside, when she knelt
Praying and reading her bible…
Help me God to do the same, this I pray in Jesus name…
I’ll keep reading mama’s bible.
~Marla Shaw O’Neill December 28, 2015©
2 Timothy 2:15 King James Version (KJV) –  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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I’m Here

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I’m Here

Afraid and alone I face my foe
Fear grips my heart in this valley of woe…
Spirit rises within my soul
I grip the hand of God…
Voice rising in spirit song…
He hears His language as I hold on…
Touches and heals all that is wrong…
Fear vanishes…
Doubt is gone…
Touched by the hand of God…
By Marla Shaw O’Neill December 25, 2015©

Mark 5:34 New Living Translation (NLT)
34 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.”

 

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I Saved a Seat For You

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 I Save A Seat for You

I’ll meet you in the morning light
When the sun is shining and the sky is blue
Work all done, play complete
Come on, I saved a seat for you
Then we’ll see all the ones we’ve missed
While on the earth below
Singing songs of mercy to heaven as we go…
Amazing grace how sweet the sound…is heard here all year round
Unheard music and melodies fills the renewed soul…
With peace and joy that’s found here, more precious than has ever been told

You see,
When Jesus came to Bethlehem, lived, then died on Golgotha’s hill
A sealed tomb, they thought would keep him, and it did until…
He rose in victory, the Son of God, He loved us then, He always will
We’ll all be going home one day, what joy will then be given
To all the ones whose hearts are right because they’ve been forgiven!
The sky is blue, with clean fresh air, sun is shining…I’ll meet you there!

By Marla Shaw O’Neill December 23, 2015©

1 Corinthians 2:8-10New Living Translation (NLT)
8 But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord. 9 That is what the Scriptures mean when they say,
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
and no mind has imagined
what God has prepared
for those who love him.”[a]
10 But[b] it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.

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Share Kindness

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I found a little kindness and used it just today
Each time I see someone in need, I give it all away…
I look within my heart, and more comes back to me
Kindness is a precious gift, a blooming, fragrant tree…
I plant some in the marketplace, where people come and go
They smile, and I see, the kindness I bestow…
Though kindness is a little thing, I just want them all to know
Sow kindness in another’s heart and watch it begin to grow…
Marla Shaw O’Neill December 23, 2015©
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God’s Grace Will Carry You…

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Weeping
It does not cease
I try and try but all I do is cry…
I know you wouldn’t want this
But nothing satisfies
Nothing feels the same anymore
Our talks are over and done
I know you’re in a perfect place
Your battle has been won
But I must go on living there’s nothing to be done
I can’t bring you back
And wouldn’t even if I could
Please help me Lord the pain goes deep
I sure wish you would
Fill the hole within my heart and bring healing to my soul
Just a little longer Lord, on this journey I must go
Fill me with your joy once more 
Oh I love you so…
There’s loved ones gone and loved ones here
Let me see your smiling face
Fill me with your everlasting, sweet, amazing grace…
To carry on and not to waste the life you’ve given me
Until at last your precious face I finally embrace…

Marla Shaw O’Neill
December 17, 2015©

 

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HE STOOD UP

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Lowly baby,
 
 King of kings

Walked among us,

Praise His Holy Name

Arrested, beaten, nailed to a tree

Proved His great love by dying for thee

Behold, he didn’t stay in the grave as you thought

He took our sins we’ve been redeemed, blood bought

Look!

 
I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man,

Standing

 
At the right hand of God…

55 But Stephen, filled by the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven. He saw God’s glory, with[a] Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and he said, 56 “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

Acts 7:55-57Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

 
Marla Shaw O’Neill December 17, 2015©

 

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For You

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Cries so deep no sound is heard

Paralyzing and crushing, mind in agony

He’s pouring out his soul with great drops of blood

Can we do nothing but stand by and watch, while His disciples sleep

But…

This…

Must…

Be…

God’s son was sent for this purpose you see…

The angels stand ready…

‘We cannot interfere…the son of God is praying, can you not hear…?’

‘Abba, Abba, if it is your will, let this cup pass from me…’

Silence…from heaven…

‘Never-the-less, I will do your will…’

Marla Shaw O’Neill December 16, 2015©