Where the Healing Begins

I've had quite a bit of time on my hands recently...lots of time with my thoughts.  Sometimes that is a good thing, and sometimes, it can be downright disheartening.  There is a song, that speaks to my soul.  Its by Tenth Avenue North, and the title is "Healing Begins"....

So you thought you had to keep this up
All the work that you do
So we think that you're good
And you can't believe it's not enough
All the walls you built up
Are just glass on the outside

So let 'em fall down
There's freedom waiting in the sound
When you let your walls fall to the ground
We're here now

This is where the healing begins, oh
This is where the healing starts
When you come to where you're broken within
The light meets the dark
The light meets the dark

Afraid to let your secrets out
Everything that you hide
Can come crashing through the door now
But too scared to face all your fear
So you hide but you find
That the shame won't disappear

So let it fall down
There's freedom waiting in the sound
When you let your walls fall to the ground
We're here now
We're here now, oh

This is where the healing begins, oh
This is where the healing starts
When you come to where you're broken within
The light meets the dark
The light meets the dark

Sparks will fly as grace collides
With the dark inside of us
So please don't fight
This coming light
Let this blood come cover us
His blood can cover us

This is where the healing begins, oh
This is where the healing starts
When you come to where you're broken within
The light meets the dark

TrapperJohn, Jeffery and Shelly bean!

Trapper John and Jeffery Michael Gordon

PageMap sketch challenge:

I love these dogs....they are the sweetest, most loyal friends in the whole world.....

My next page is, my best friend, Jenn.  Who by far has the sweetest, Christian soul and heart for Jesus.
Here is the sketch by PageMaps:

And then...IF that wasn't enough great treasures....some absolute sweetness for you!!!

ShellyBean is growing into his nose!!!
He is so adorable!  He gives the best puppy kisses--best puppy breath hands up! HA!!!

Happy Sunday Friends!!!
I obviously haven't been doing much scrapbooking....but I have been creating.  I can only hope that it helps my cranky attitude (my knee has been in so much pain, I've been so grumpy!! Sorry everyone!) :(

Anyway, while I am sitting, with ice on my knee...I've been working on this:

I hope you have a wonderful week!!!

Hello friends!
Sorry I've been absent for awhile.  I had surgery a month or so ago...and I have had a hard time bouncing back from this one.  BUT, my saving grace, was I didn't have to use crutches this time!!!  The bad news is, the biopsy from my knee "didn't take", so I have to have another surgery. UGH.

While I've been down, I have been puttering in my scrapbook room, and I have to say, its my favorite place in my house.  Nothing special, but its cozy, and I am surrounded by pictures, mementos and my special treasures.

And then...as if these treasures don't make my heart melt....my birthday is in August and I am getting an amazing gift...........

This is Sir Sheldon Lee Cooper.  AKA ShellyBean....How beautiful is he????  He is still with his momma, but he is coming home very very soon.  Can you smell the sweet puppy breath??? :) Sigh.

I LOVE this picture!!  I wake up to this pretty much every morning, and it just makes me laugh.  How much I love this sweet little animal.  He has saved me, in more ways than I can count.  Here we were watching (or should I say, I was watching) Breaking Dawn...

My next pictures are hysterical!  Jeffery got a special treat--on one of the hottest days here in Portland...a Peanut Butter Bacon milkshake.  He loved it.

And this was the result afterwards (and no...he didn't get all of the shake....much to his dismay)

Sugar overload! hahaha!

Jarrod

Jarrod.
This is my best friends beloved, beautiful, precious son. He killed himself October 22, 2011.  I fear that he took her heart with him.  I understand.  I understand and feel her pain, and wish, with all my heart that there was something I could of done to help him.  To help her.  My heart aches for her, as the loss goes on...people say, time will make it easier, I don't think that is true.  With the loss of your child, it never heals. It never goes away. Its there, like quicksand, which sneaks up on you and will smother you if you aren't looking.
I cling to the promise of Christ in Revelation:  "He will wipe every tear from their eyes.  There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old is passed away." Revelation 21:4

This is my beautiful boy, Jordan....His graduation pictures are also on this blog!!! How much I love this child....words cannot describe it.

He is with you

I wanted to share one of my favorite songs with you...its been a favorite for a long time, because, each word just is an arrow to my heart, to remind me, the ultimate price HAS been paid.  There WILL be JOY in the morning.

There's a time to live
And a time to die
There's a time to laugh
And a time to cry

There's a time for war
And a time for peace
There's a hand to hold
In the worst of these
In the worst of these

He is with you when your faith is dead
And you can't even get out of bed
Or your husband doesn't kiss you anymore

He is with you when your baby's gone
And your house is still, and you heart's a stone
Cryin' "God, what'd You do that for?"
He is with you
There's a time for yes
And a time for no
There's a time to be angry
And a time to let it go

There's a time to run
And a time to face it
There is love to see you
Through all of this
Through all of this

He is with you in the conference room
When the world is coming down on you
And your wife and kids don't know you anymore

And He is with you in the ICU
When the doctors don't know that to do
And it scares you to the core
He is with you

We may weep for a time
But joy will come in the morning
The morning light
He is with you when your kids are grown
When there's too much space and you feel alone
And you're worried if you've got it right or wrong

Yes He is with you when you've given up
On ever finding your true love
Someone who feels like home
He is with you

When nothing else is left
And you take your final breath

I cling to these words.  Literally like they are a rope to Heavens door.