Sunday, July 10, 2011

Monday's Mourning Ministry - When Grievers Become "Shut-Ins" / Because You Love Me ~Celine Dion





"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."





Monday's Mourning Ministry



When Grievers Become "Shut-Ins"


~


Because You Love Me ~Celine Dion






I am not "old," but I guess I am a "shut-in."


We love the old, the shut-ins.


We visit them. We bring them our selves.


We love them, where they are.


We accept them where they are.


We minister to them.


We do not say,


"If you want love, you come to us. Otherwise, you are out."




I wish you could love me, where I am,


Not where you want me to be.


Take your expectations of me and bury them,


else they could bury me.




We are in a brand new land we must learn to navigate;


Don't add to us the pressure of returning to your "land"


where we no longer fit.


That expectation is too great,


and it could plow us under.




Please pray for us, and love us, and don't despise us


because we no longer "fit" in your tribe.


If you must, see us as "the least of these My brethren,"


and love us as such, as your own Lord requires.


Send us a card of love, and of kindness, and with Scripture.


You'll never know what one touch of love can mean;


It lifts a corner of our grief and brings warmth.




Can you step outside of yourself and your expectations,


and just love?




Scripture says...


If you give all you possess...


but have not love,


it is as nothing:


you are nothing...


you gain nothing.




Please,


just love me.





*****





If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love,

I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,

and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love,

I am nothing.

If I give all I possess to the poor

and surrender my body to the flames,

but have not love,

I gain nothing.


~1 Corinthians 13:1-3





*****








Because You Loved Me


~ Celine Dion


Songwriters: Warren, Diane




For all those times you stood by me

For all the truth that you made me see

For all the joy you brought to my life

For all the wrong that you made right


For every dream you made come true

For all the love I found in you

I'll be forever thankful, baby


You're the one who held me up

Never let me fall

You're the one who saw me through

Through it all


You were my strength when I was weak

You were my voice when I couldn't speak

You were my eyes when I couldn't see

You saw the best there was in me


Lifted me up when I couldn't reach

You gave me faith 'cause you believed

I'm everything I am

Because you loved me, ooh, baby


You gave me wings and made me fly

You touched my hand I could touch the sky

I lost my faith, you gave it back to me

You said no star was out of reach


You stood by me and I stood tall

I had your love, I had it all

I'm grateful for each day you gave me


Maybe, I don't know that much

But I know this much is true

I was blessed because

I was loved by you


You were my strength when I was weak

You were my voice when I couldn't speak

You were my eyes when I couldn't see

You saw the best there was in me


Lifted me up when I couldn't reach

You gave me faith 'cause you believed

I'm everything I am

Because you loved me


You were always there for me, the tender wind that carried me

The light in the dark shining your love into my life

You've been my inspiration, through the lies you were the truth

My world is a better place because of you


You were my strength when I was weak

You were my voice when I couldn't speak

You were my eyes when I couldn't see

You saw the best there was in me


Lifted me up when I couldn't reach

You gave me faith 'cause you believed

I'm everything I am

Because you loved me


You were my strength when I was weak

You were my voice when I couldn't speak

You were my eyes when I couldn't see

You saw the best there was in me


Lifted me up when I couldn't reach

You gave me faith 'cause you believed

I'm everything I am

Because you loved me


I'm everything I am

Because you loved me










Quote and Picture - Jungle Book
Video: http://youtu.be/9CkKuA86Mis
Scripture: New International Version

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