Daily Audio Bible Entry: Encouragement

Hi all! I am new to this site and I just wanted to encourage you with something that blessed my heart. I listen to the Contemporary Christian Channel on Music Choice and a song played that I absolutely love. It is called Before The Morning by Josh Wilson. I looked up the lyrics for it and stumbled upon some testimonies having to do with the song. Here they are:

Anonymous June 22, 2010 11:55
I heard this song when I discovered my wife was cheating on me. I discovered many things about her...and it destroyed me. I was not saved....I was an atheist. In my anquish....I fell on my knees.....crying out to God......and then my friend.....the one who patiently waited for me over the years....contacted me. She sent me things to read....she sent me things to listen to. This song (on youtube) was one of them.

I'm now saved.....the heart bursting joy I felt....was amazing. God answered my prayer....even though I didn't know I was praying....and sent my friend to help me....help me open that door to God.

Anonymous June 20, 2010 08:33
I heard this song for the first time a few days ago while listing to KSBJ - the BEST christian radio station in Houston, TX. The lyrics to this song are amazing and very powerful. I too am crying and praying fervently for a very dear family whose 16 year old son, Joseph, is in a coma from a tramatic head injury he received riding his skateboard. He has been in a coma since June 3rd. By GOD's grace, he continues to fight the good fight and his family's faith in GOD'S power to perform a modern day miracle to heal Joseph is unwavering. I pray for GOD's grace, mercy and healing to all those who hear this song. Thank you to those who've shared their stories. Your stories bring HOPE. GOD BE WITH YOU.

Anonymous June 12, 2010 07:34
Lovely song. It always plays on 95.9 "the fish" when I feel down and out, reminding me that God will see me through all this. He has done it several times before and will do it again because I trust in Him and rely on Him to be my guide and guardian. Just be patient!

Anonymous May 22, 2010 07:21
It is so very amazing. Every time I start wondering where God is in my situation, this song seems to play on WGTS 91.9 FM in Maryland, my favorite and only radio station I listen to. Whatever God is trying to say to me through this song, Ii pray He would make my faith sight. To choose this Christian pathway comes with lots of questions for which they seem to be no answers. But by faith, we go on leaning on His word; trusting in his Holy Name and believe He will never fail us.

Anonymous May 21, 2010 09:45
WOW, this song came on during a time when I was so confused and furious about a situation with someone I care about, and the lyrics just spoke to me. the lyrics just hit the nail on the head, and gave me hope :)

Anonymous May 08, 2010 04:31
Oh my...I just read all the stories before mine. I pray at this very moment that each of you feel the loving arms of our faithful Father God holding you. He loves you all so very, very much. And the cross you are carrying is the cross he gave you because he knew he could trust you with it. My heart breaks for you. It truly does. You will have an awesome testimony to share of God's grace one day. He has you by the hand. We all need to keep praising the Lord. And, know that everything we have gone through he too suffered. And as this anointed writer Josh Wilson said, joy come in the morning. We still have a reason to sing, the pain that we are feeling can't compare to the joy that is coming. In His presence is the fullness of joy. Keep Praising, Keep the faith, Keep your eyes on Jesus. In His love, Karen H

Anonymous February 09, 2010 10:44
LOVE LOVE this song - he wrote this for a friend whose son wasn't supposed to live due to a Congenital Heart Defect. He's 8 now! I can so relate because my 7 yr old son was also born with a CHD & has been through so much pain in his short life. His is physical pain, mine is emotional pain. But God has been at his side from day 1 & all I can do is PRAISE GOD! You need to see the video at: http://apps.facebook.com/joshwilson/

Anonymous February 05, 2010 09:12
This amazing song of truth reminds us of a God and Saviour who is acquainted with our grief and comforts us to then comfort others. Thanks you Josh for paying the price in worship to pen these lyrics.

Anonymous February 01, 2010 10:31
I did not know the story behind this song untill I bought the album. 14yrs ago my son and daughter died and this summer my husband was suddenly killed in an accident. This song touched a part of my soul deep. I am only 44 and I too will stand strong and dare to believe for me and my 8yr daughter. Thank you Josh for your words.

Anonymous January 31, 2010 02:42
Psalms 109:22,26-27,31
"For I am poor and needy,and my heart is wounded within me... Help me, O Lord, my God! Oh, save me according to your mercy, that they may know that THIS is Your hand-that You, Lord, have done it!... For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who condemn him."

Anonymous January 31, 2010 02:28
This song has meant so much to me too while I wait for God to do some extremely important things in my life. I need Him so much to come through for me. I'm sure you're family is strugglig for the same thing. But God is FOR US! Who can be against us?? I'll pray for Ayven and your family too! May God show you His miraculous power!

Anonymous January 28, 2010 08:32
I know how it feels to have someone so little that you love so much suffering through such a hard and awful thing. I will pray for Ayven.

Anonymous January 24, 2010 05:39
I heard this song driving home one night...while crying for my little grandson who is a coma due to severe head trauma caused by a daycare provider. He was injured Dec 18 2009 and remains in a come. We ar etold he will not ever be able to interact with his surroundings. My daughter has decided to trust God and let Him lead the way. Our Ayven is breathing on his own and able to swallow as not to assperate causing lungs to fill up with fluid. He does have a feeding tube and will soon have surgery to replace his skull which was removed to relieve pressure. All of that to say.......This song has given me the most comfort through this ordeal. HOPE!!!!!
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Please be in prayer for these people and I hope that you are blessed by the song and their testimonmies! Here is a link for the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=oZDQzR8LK-c&feature=related
God Bless!

Matthew the Brat for a Brother -_-

Matthew annoys me. Like, really frustrates me. He is so angry! I don't think I was that bad. Was I that bad? He keeps things pent up. I mean, I do too, but I think I control it a tad bit better. Maybe it's 'cause he's a boy. What frustrates me the most is that 1) he gets angry at the smallest things. Like, blows up. And 2) he doesn't think he has to change. Really kid? Really? I mean, I have anger issues too, but I know I've got a problem. He's semi-aware but he doesn't care to do anything. Supposedly he's tried but it's too hard. So he gives up. And he sees the flaws in everybody else, so thinks it's okay to keep his flaws since we are imperfect. That's how he justifies his nastiness. And it's frustrating. He stores up all of these examples and stories to use against us when he's sees we're contradicting ourselves. Insignificant contradictions. It's petty. He retrieves these past events that nobody remembers. His grudges are ridiculous. Is he gonna be like this forever? Please God, NO. Help me deal God, and help me to not appear to be a hypocrite. Jesus, I need patience. Help me to keep my cool. AMEN.

Prom Update

So, I figure that since I've been pretty stressed about prom, I might as well give an account about what it was like.

It wasn't that serious.

It wasn't worth the stress. It all went by so quickly. Before I knew it, it was the next day. I learned that limos are overrated. The DJ played these three genres: Spanish music, Dancehall, Rap. Very few rockish poppish songs. Single Ladies was played mad early in the night. The music wasn't that great. The best parts of the night was seeing all the pretty people and taking pictures with Natasha Culpepper and Tara McDermott. We took some silly pics. I finally warmed up to my dress, I must admit I looked good. Not what I had envisioned, but I did look good. SO glad I did not wear the other Cinderalla looking dress (check out two posts ago for details). In the end, I just stressed morethan I should of. Prom is just a fancy dance party. And it's not even about the dancing. Anyway, my "after prom" event was sleeping over at Natasha Culpepper's house. It was so spontaneous! We were gonna watch Disney movies, but we were too tired, so we watched a few sing-a-longs and called it a day. Slept from 2 'til about 10:45ish. Tara had to work Friday, so we didn't even hang that day. Could have gone to the movies with Natasha but I didn't feel like it and Mom forgot to equip me with money -_-. In general, prom was nice, but not as spectacular as it had seemed.

So about the annoying stuff that happened.
1) NEVER AGAIN will I be in a limo with unorganized and inconsiderate people. I had to leave prom 30-45 minutes early because fellow limomates had to go to an after party. I found this out ten minutes prior to out supposed departure. I feel like I was used just to subtract from the limo expense. Meh-run piseed me off so much; never again will I ride in a vehicle with her -_______-
2) So, Jeremy speaks and so of his spit gets on my arm. I wipe it on him and he's like "What?" I say, "You spit on me." And do you know what he said? He goes, "Does that remind you of something?" The nerve! Jeremy: "I'm sorry, I had to." I just ignored him. And I was upset, but damn it to hell if I let this fool ruin my night.
3) My friend was upset because somebody touched her inappropriately while she was on the dance floor. She didn't know who it was and she felt disgusted with herself. I told her that someone had told me something unkind (I was referring to Jeremy) and that I did not let it ruin my night. I told her to have fun on this night; there will never be another high school prom! I think she felt a bit better after that. Geez, these people and their sex dancing! It was disgusting to watch.

And the 2010 Prom Queen and Prom King are *drumroll*:
Christina Mayer and
KAMAL WILLIAMS! W00T!

Take that popularity! Our class defied all that is popular. For King and Queen, I voted Kamal and Kayon. But I love how the two least likely candidates became the most likely candidates by the very virtue of their unpopularity. GREEEEEAT! =D

The Prom Princess was Taylor? something and The Prince was Julian Bristol. W00T! Go Julian! xD Princess and Prince was determined by picking names out of a bag or something. Yeah.

So yeah, that's pretty much my Prom experience. Thank Jesus that it is over. I learned that my wedding will be much more well planned and that I will not limo will ridiculous people -_____-. Also, I won't stress over things and make things worse than they really are. And next time, I will be in control of my own look.

The End :)

Prom... ugh

Yeah. This prom stuff is not going over too well. Things are just not going how I want them to go! >.< And it sucks! I think the reason why I'm stressing it so much is because this is the moment that you wait for your entire high school career and one of the memories you will forever look back on. I wanted to make it spectacular! But that's not happening. I got a dress, but it's not what I wanted. It's pretty, like the other dress, but it's not what I had in mind at all. I feel like a hooker in it and it looks more like an after prom dress. But I am giving up. Sadly, I am giving up. After prom is not happening either. I paid $105 for a limo that will not be picking me up in Co-op, and will not be taking me after prom anywhere. Straight home I is going. And I'd have the limo from 1:30 to like, 3:45. God, help me to let it go! It is only prom. God, seriously, please take this from me. I don't want to care anymore and I don't want to harbor resentment. Help me to not put things on such a pedestal next time, especially when there is much and obvious room to be disappointed. Who did I think I was, getting the prom of my dreams?


AGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!

*SIGH*

Whatever.

Prom: Not what I want it to be.

God, please help me to accept it. I will not be getting the dress of my dreams.

AAAAARRRRRGGGGGH!

Remember those dresses that Ashley gave you in EIGTH GRADE that she got for free at her church? Yeah. Mom wants me to wear one of them. It's nice, but I do not want to wear. I'd like to have options. "We can't afford it." I bet we can. It's PROM! It's not like it's an event that was sprung upon us! We've known about it since forever. "If it was the same dress in a store, you would have bought it." No I wouldn't have! Agh WOMAN! I am so upset because I was so excited and I still don't know what I'm doing after prom and I'm about to say SCREW EVERYTHING and go home and sleep and wallow in misery since we "can't afford" an after prom event anyway.

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I realize that I am not being understanding. Which is why I need your help Lord. I am so disappointed. So disappointed. And prom is next week Thursday and the my vision of what it was supposed to be will not be lived up to. I had a dream last night that I went to this pre-prom event (I think it was a prom that did NOT look like a prom. Looked more like an "Everybody-wear-overalls" event -_-) and it was LAME then I went to prom and went home but prom was not the memorable part of the evening. Prom was a blur. It was the pre-prom event that was most dominant in my mind. And if dreams tell the future, that dream is saying that prom is gonna SUCK. But I am aware that my mentality is going to determine how great of a time I will have. So God, help me tp change my mentality >.<

Okay, the bright side. The dressis pretty. I don't want to wear it because I had no options to choose from and it is not at all what I had in mind, but the dress is pretty. Ummm.... Even though I still do not know what I am doing after prom, the prom itself will be a good time and though I will be a loser for going home (that would be so lame!), I can look forward to the many late at night events I will participate in as a college student. Okay, no, that will not help. Um.... I can feel cool going home, coming out of the limo. Hmmm... no, 'cause people will be like "So early? That was dumb quick!" Ummm... I know! I can sleep and sleep in 'cause there is no school the next day. And thers'll have more money in my pocket (more like Dad's pocket -_-) that I will not have to spend on an event that I have to scurry people around to attend (I HATE doing that! >.<). And I don't have to worry about how I'm going to get home since the limo will have been long gone... Yep. I'm going home after prom -_-. Ugh.

Late night ultimate frisbee anyone? I'd be so done for that! >.<

Yeah God. So please just help me to lower my expectations and be understanding and not resentful and not sarcastic. That last one is a hard one, but You can do it! To the point wear I will not even hurt on the inside, so there will be no need for me to be sarcastic. Help me to embrace it like I embrace the fact I am not going to prom with a date (from the beginning I wanted to go single!). So yeah Lord, help me. So that I may have a memorable and yet prom experience. Amen.