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 1.అంధకార లోయలోన-సంచరించిన భయము లేదు

  నీ వాక్యము శక్తిగలది -నాత్రోవకు నిత్యవెలుగు

2.ఘోర పాపిని నేను తండ్రి - పాప యూబిలో పడియుంటిని

  లేవనెత్తుము శుద్దిచేయుము -పొందనిమ్ము నీదు ప్రేమను

 3.ఈ భువిలో రాజు నీవే-నా హ్రుదిలో శాంతినీవే

  కుమ్మరించుము నీదు ఆత్మను జీవితాంతము సేవచేసెదన్

It is well, with my soul....

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Refrain:
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

I've heard this song for the first time in Koramangala Methodist Church, Bangalore.  I loved the song the moment I heard it and remembered the lines.."It is well with my soul". I googled it and only then I came to know the circumstances in which the writer was while writing it! I was moved....I was thinking about the plight of Spafford who wrote this song, he was in deep pain having lost his children and he was far away ...but still he chose to say to himself that it is well! Its so difficult to say this even in small pain that we see day in and out., but here is this man of faith who in such troubled time chose to glorify God and say to himself..It is well with my soul...

This song..since that day...has bought so much change in me, though the pain won't  end nor the tears stop rolling by but this songs gives me strength to sing... 

whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, 

It is well, it is well with my soul. 

....this song has been my companion in times of loneliness and suffering and pain!

Thank You Lord for the Hope we have in YOU! just waiting for the trumphet sound to see YOU face to face!! or till YOU call me home..

Lamentations...

I have been thinking...O yeah! as usual thinking and thinking and thinking!

..this time I've been thinking about how can I cheer up instantly when I'm going through a tough time…? Is it possible? Why do people often think its bad to be sad?...on and on goes my stream of questions and thoughts....

I feel its more worthy and better to lament than many good times...I search God at such times! Much deeper! Its the time when I long for HIS presence and actually have a heart to heart conversation with HIM!
All I wish is to lament! Lament before the LORD my creator! just want to be silent and be like this for dono how long...!
In such times, however nice a person is to me I tend to get them wrong and its better struggle within myself and talking to God in anger or in frustration rather than upsetting my dear ones just for something which no one can change or help!
Some how in a stage where I'm saying, I know! I know it all!  I'm struggling with my own thoughts...! the major problem of the mind !! and only God can help me to stop thinking the way I am thinking!!

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6

 

One of my favorite songs which I like....
Finding my own way by Charlotte Church:
Looking back on memories
Thinking how things used to be
Take me in, or was it simple then?
Will someone tell me, how life should be
Understand me, but let me be me
 

I'm just finding my own way, in my
Own sweet time
If I'm making a mistake at least it's mine
If I travel down a different road, to the
One that you would take
I'm just finding my own way

If you ever see me cry
Don't you worry I'll be fine
I know you only want what's best for me

It may be a long way home
But the path I take's my own
I'm not waiting for my destiny

Will someone hold me, when I'm lonely
Understand me, let me be me?

And if you found me all alone
Would you lend a helping hand?
And all I need from you my friend is
For you to understand
And if you would be my comforter
Someone to love
Then You'd help me find my way
(help me find my way)

While I was lamenting, Lamentations..yes the Book of Lamentations gave me strength and hope to carry on and see HIS Glory!

Lamentations: Chapter 3: 17-42, 55-59

17 I have been deprived of peace;
   I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say, “My splendor is gone
   and all that I had hoped from the LORD.”

 19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
   the bitterness and the gall.
20 I well remember them,
   and my soul is downcast within me.
21 Yet this I call to mind
   and therefore I have hope:

 22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
   for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
   great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;
   therefore I will wait for him.”

 25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,
   to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
   for the salvation of the LORD.
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
   while he is young.

 28 Let him sit alone in silence,
   for the LORD has laid it on him.
29 Let him bury his face in the dust—
   there may yet be hope.
30 Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,
   and let him be filled with disgrace.

 31 For no one is cast off
   by the Lord forever.
32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
   so great is his unfailing love.
33 For he does not willingly bring affliction
   or grief to anyone.
34 To crush underfoot
   all prisoners in the land,
35 to deny people their rights
   before the Most High,
36 to deprive them of justice—
   would not the Lord see such things?

 37 Who can speak and have it happen
   if the Lord has not decreed it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
   that both calamities and good things come?
39 Why should the living complain
   when punished for their sins?

 40 Let us examine our ways and test them,
   and let us return to the LORD.
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
   to God in heaven, and say:
42 “We have sinned and rebelled
   and you have not forgiven.

 55 I called on your name, LORD,
   from the depths of the pit.
56 You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears
   to my cry for relief.”
57 You came near when I called you,
   and you said, “Do not fear.”

 58 You, Lord, took up my case;
   you redeemed my life.
59 LORD, you have seen the wrong done to me.
   Uphold my cause!
This was the cry unto the LORD by Jeremiah, the prophet.....which has comforted me so v much and to approach God's throne with lament and I've learnt to pin my hope and trust in HIM.

My Prayer:

Loving Lord, I believe in YOU and entrust all my ways and thoughts to YOU.
Please mend them and keep them in YOUR will, yeah the PERFECT will!
In Jesus name I pray. AMEN.

Hold My Heart....

How long must I pray, must I pray to You?
How long must I wait, must I wait for You?
How long 'til I see Your face, see You shining through?
I'm on my knees, begging You to notice me.
I'm on my knees, Father will You turn to me?

One tear in the driving/dropping rain,
One voice in a sea of pain
Could the maker of the stars
Hear the sound of my breaking heart?
One life, that's all I am
Right now I can barely stand
If You're everything You say You are
Would You come close and hold my heart

I've been so afraid, afraid to close my eyes
So much can slip away before I say goodbye.
But if there's no other way, I'm done asking why.
I'm on my knees, begging You to turn to me
I'm on my knees, Father will You run to me?

One tear in the driving/dropping rain,
One voice in a sea of pain
Could the maker of the stars
Hear the sound of my breaking heart?
One life, that's all I am
Right now I can barely stand
If You're everything You say You are
Would You come close and hold my heart.

So many questions without answers, Your promises remain
I can't see but I'll take my chances to hear You call my name
To hear You call my name

One tear in the driving/dropping rain,
One voice in a sea of pain
Could the maker of the stars
Hear the sound of my breaking heart?
One life, that's all I am
Right now I can barely stand
If You're everything You say You are
Won't You come close and hold my heart.

Hold my heart, could you hold my heart?
Hold my heart.

-By Tenth Avenue North

Have been listening to the songs by this band, Tenth Avenue North and in love with the way they express. Very very encouraging.