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I thank you for it all The good, bad, the ugly, great and small The times of victory and when I fall I'm so grateful that I'm still standing tall I thank You for my tears  The pain helped me overcome my fears You've been good to me down throughout the years It's a miracle that I'm still standing here All that I am is because (of)  All that You (have) brought me through And everything I've survived  It's all because of You I have never learned to truly be grateful for tears so much as I have right now, in this particular season of my life.  Just when I think I cannot handle another breakdown or coming to my knees moment, there is yet another challenge to face.  We may count ourselves lucky that we are not as far worse off than those around us.  How many times have I seen the good, bad, ugly, great and small?  Often I see those things in myself when I look in the mirror.  I have to take the time to recognise what is looking back at me when I try to ...

Half the world is sleeping Half the world's awake Half can hear their hearts beat Half just hear them break I am but a traveler in most every way Ask me what you want to know When you can only find peace of mind when half the world is asleep - that's saying something.  You have to wait until there is complete stillness so that you can in turn be still.  You need that time and space to allow the words to spill from your mind, into your hands and onto the screen.  I wonder sometimes how you can be open and share so willingly with people.  But on the other hand there is a real need to protect yourself from harm, as not everyone seems to be as genuine as they claim to be.  Not everyone is as helpful as they claim to be.  This is why you travel from place to place and learn to know who to trust, learn to know how to develop your discernment and just take a breath every now and again.  Have you asked the right questions to find out what you need to know?...

Ain't nobody stopping my shine They try to break me try to take me out But I got Jesus on my side Felt so bad I thought I would die But ain't no power stronger than the one That came and laid down His life And I got mountains to climb But the enemy can't stop me 'Cause there's a calling on my life So, when I'm crying. don't last too long 'Cause He's gon' step in and make it alright Are people trying to stop your shine?  It might come in different forms.  People who try to publicly humiliate you, people who gossip behind your back, people who think they know you better than you know yourself.  Why do people want to break you and see you not on your knees, but with your face on the ground with their knee on your neck?  We all go through our own brutality moments that other people haven't had the luxury of seeing because it wasn't filmed.  Nobody else bears witness to the pain and suffering you have had, so they can't possibly imagine wh...

I'm so unworthy  I don't deserve you Grace and mercy I'm so unworthy I'm so unworthy You left Your throne because Your love heard me I'm so unworthy In my sins I was lost 'Til the lighthouse of the cross Saved a wretch like me And now I am redeemed I will spend forever falling in love with you I will spend forever falling in love with you Have you ever felt unworthy?  I'm talking a little bit more here than just having doubts about yourself.  I'm talking about a serious blow to the system, a knock to your confidence so big that you think the very breath of life is almost knocked out of you.  Finding it hard to breathe and trying to come to grips with the state of your own situation may cause you to think that there is no resolution in sight, there is no conceivable way for you to be able to survive, to make it through, to even remotely start to push through.  The thing about living in a world like ours, in this present day and time, is that there will be...