7 x 70 = forgiveness

If you've never heard this powerful song (7 Times 70) about forgiveness by Chris August, you should look it up and listen to it.
Here are the lyrics:

"I've been living in this house here
Since the day that I was born
These walls have seen me happy
But most of all they've seen me torn

They've heard the screaming matches
That made a family fall apart
They've had a front row seat
To the breaking of my heart

7 times 70 times
I'll do what it takes to make it right
I thought the pain was here to stay
But forgiveness made a way

7 times 70 times
There's healing in the air tonight
I'm reaching up to pull it down
Gonna wrap it all around

I remember running down the hallway
Playing hide and seek
I didn't know that I was searching
For someone to notice me

I felt alone and undiscovered
And old enough to understand
Just when I'm supposed to be learning to love
You let me doubt again

7 times 70 times
I'll do what it takes to make it right
I thought the pain was here to stay
But forgiveness made a way

7 times 70 times
There's healing in the air tonight
I'm reaching up to pull it down
Gonna wrap it all around

I lost count of the ways you let me down
But no matter how many times
You weren't around
I'm all right now

God picked up my heart and helped me through
And shined a light on the one thing
Left to do
And that's forgive you

I forgive you

7 times 70 times
If that's the cost I'll pay the price

7 times 70 times
I'll do what it takes to make it right
I thought the pain was here to stay
But forgiveness made a way

7 times 70 times
There's healing in this house tonight
I'm reaching up to pull it down
Gonna wrap it all around

Yeah, I'm gonna wrap it all around

I've been living in this house here
Since the day that I was born"


Jesus can change any circumstance!!! Hallelujah!!!!

Roller Coaster Life

It's like the feeling I get when I'm on a roller coaster
and it's at the top
and it's ready to drop
and thoughts are racing across my brain
and my heart goes numb and I'm wondering,
"do I really wanna do this? It may hurt! It's a long way down! It may fly off the track! ....Oh But it's gonna be so much fun!!"
I'm still trying to get my heart back out of my throat and I'm still trying to calm my nerves...
The excitement is rising as I take my focus off of how far away the ground is
and focus on
how close I am to the sky.
Just not quiiiiite to where I wanna throw up my hands and holler as I plunge over the edge..
*laugh*
It's like my first roller coaster ride as a big girl, after my initial experience as a child when I cried the whole way through...

Amanda

One of the meanings of my name is "worthy of love" and Satan has really tried his best to make that ironic instead of symbolic..
I think I've been believing that my name is irony instead of reality.
This is my reality-->God sent His son to die for me.
If HE thinks I'm worthy of HIS love then I'm worthy of anyone's.
Because Jesus Christ lives, I am worthy.
He makes me worthy.