"Won't YOU be the anchor of my soul...?"

My heart is tossed to and fro,

on the waves of life.

My feet no longer take me down the path called, 'Straight & Narrow',

but the world continues to pull at me from every direction.

I need an Anchor for my wondering soul...

I need a Stronghold for my restless heart...

O' Giver of life, Comforter of the weak,

Be still my soul.

Content my heart to only long for You.

For in this...,

I will be satisfied.

For You are my anchor, my stronghold...

Thus all I need.

Pre-Dominican Republic Trip

These are a few interesting facts I found about the Dominican Republic. I like to do my research before I go haha!  

• the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean Island
• the country became independent in 1821.
• Christopher Columbus landed on it in 1492 and it became the site of the first permanent European settlement in the Americas 
• During World War II, a group of Jews escaping Nazi Germany fled to the Dominican Republic and founded the city of Sosúa. It has remained the center of the Jewish population since. 
• The people and their customs have origins mixing of Spaniard, African and Taino roots.

                              
 The culture is so diverse, I can't wait to experience the different influences. I leave tomorrow @ 6:30am. (God willing)

What do you think my chances are of getting to lay out on this beach?? haha Pray for me, that I be a witness, a light, and an example of Christ. 

(?)...Who?

How could this happen...??

We loved so much...it can't be over.

I'm not going to stop!

This can't be over...everything we felt,

How can it be denied??

(?) just not thinking straight, but I'll show (?)

(?) can't live without me

(?) needs me and when (?) finally wakes up and see's that,

(?)'ll be on (?) hands and knees begging me to take (?) back...

Its only just a matter of time.

We belong together...

(?) belongs to ME!

(?) is MINE!!!

# 1 Rule!! DO NOT...

How many of us have begun a relationship to change somebody??

Well, has it worked?? Considering the typical statuses on Facebook...I'm guessing not. Why do we have the tendency to think we can fix people, that we can change them?? We have the best intentions at times...to give someone confidence or even to make them feel loved. We feel sorry for them! But trust me, Pity is not what they need. But no matter how we try, the fact is: People are who they are. They can't & won't change unless they want to. We spend all this time giving, caring, loving people who just use us; because we think, optimistically,... "One day they'll change." The best only & advice I can give is turn them over to God because He is the only one who can change them. Love them enough to trust them in God's hands.

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, "With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible". Matthew 19:26