Gotta Love It

Gotta Love It

Fog in the air,
the moon was bright and bold.
The air is somewhat chilly,
but still nowhere near cold.

It's almost that time of year when all the acorns start to dropping,
persimmons start turning purple, ol' buck deer, they start to stalking..

The turkey start to talking...
you know the time when all them hound dogs and fox squirrels start to barking,
spreading out and scattering all that creep and crawl
big bucks rubbing trees, making scrapes, horns a rattling..
when all the leaves change colors, campfires, and football

The time of year when sinks are piled with dishes, because you're too busy hunting and fishin',
the life that country folks are livin', and the dream city folks are only wishin'...

getting up at dark thirty,
you got to get there early even though it's still too dark to see..
the time's you forgot to set the alarm or over slept because you thought, man it's way too early..

Dragging your self out of bed after spending all that time prepping and planning, sitting and waiting, disking and planting.

All the hours spent searching and scoping, limb trimming and hoping ... that you found the perfect spot and don't end up too close, or too far the feel of defeat and fear of never knowing...

The long hours spent sitting in the stand, stomach growling... knees hurting... from sitting in one spot for so long till you can't take it no more, thinking them city folks might be doing it right, sleeping in...

untill the twigs break... the limbs start bending.... movement coming through the woods...... the breath coming from his nostrils ..... the antlers looking like a crown that God bestowed upon this beautiful creature....
the silence.....
the adrenaline...
the fear....

the shot.....

the kill....

makes every ache and pain, exhaustion go away when pumped with adrenaline when it all paid off....
the long nights of no sleep and all you put in was finally worth it....

Now the tracking... hope ya find it , trailing blood.. comes to an end..
the feeling of joy of what you accomplished, then that awkward moment of knowing
...
now the work begins..

Only Human

only human

As time goes by, as we grow older,
The decisions in our lives become much bolder.
There comes a point in time we make choices that we don't want to,
After years of looking back,there's this regret that we hold onto.
And all you can think of are the tears and pain that follow,
Finding joy in your heart is like a pill that you can't swallow.
Time goes by, life goes on, but the thoughts of your past seem to weigh on your shoulder,
The life that once was, seems to only grow colder.
One day you break down to your knees to give up and give in,
To lay down the pain, pride, and suffering of your sin.
You cry out to the God that you've never met, but only heard of,
Lord, please take away all the pain and replace it with Your love.
Lord take away the hurt, take away the pain, take away the misery in my life,
Thank you for the day,thank you for the night, thank you for everything, my children, my wife.
Thank you for the blessings that I haven't clearly seen,
because of the darkness and emptiness that's caught me in between.
Take away the doubt and fear, take away the pride,
Take away the pain and hurt  that tears me up inside.
Wash away the memories, wash away the sin,
Wash away the emptiness that's trying to pull me in.
Thank You Jesus for what You've done in my life,
Thank You Lord, for handling my strife.

These Bones

These Bones

Sometimes the problems in our lives,
Are the ones that we have  started.
Skeletons that we hide within and kept locked away
only keep us broken hearted.
We try to move on with our lives,
but these old bones just won't seem to let us.
We dig and dig and dig,
but they just keep coming out to haunt us.
There was a man that came to earth,
and He died upon a cross,
He shed His blood to cleanse our stains,
Get them skeletons out of the closets.
He gave His life for you and me so these things could be forgiven.
He paid the price for our sins to renew the life we're given.
It's up to you to change your path,
as these burdens become more than you can take.
Lay these troubles at the feet of Jesus before it becomes too late.

These Bones

To Whom It May Concern

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

This is for those who have lost someone,
This is for those who have been left by someone,
This is for those who feel like they have no one,
This is for those who can't go back and undo what's been done,
I LOVE YOU!
This is for those who don't feel strong,
This is for those who feel they don't belong,
This is for those who can't hold on,
This is for those who can't go on,
I LOVE YOU!
This is for those that struggle to make ends meet,
This is for those that work hard so their kids can eat,
This is for those who live paycheck to paycheck each week,
This is for those who have so much on their minds but still don't speak,
I LOVE YOU!
It don't matter where you've been, what you've done, or how you've lived.
It don't matter how nice you've been,
how hard you try, or how much you give.
I LOVE YOU!
Money can't buy love & happiness, Being good can't earn Mercy or Grace.
There's only one way to heaven and that is through Salvation, Forgiveness, Repentance, and Faith.
I LOVE YOU!
I don't judge you on the outside,
I judge you from the heart.
I died for you, so you can live through Me, it's time you did your part.
I'm with you daily, but you don't see Me, maybe you don't know that I'm there.
I give you life, breath, hope, and strength, I'm even there during prayer.
I don't always answer back when you lack full trust in Me. You assume the only way that I could be real is to be something that you can see.
I LOVE YOU!
This is for those who don't know for sure, for those who are stuck in between..
This is for those who don't know what is real, am I real or really a dream...
Find out for yourselves, seek Me and you shall see.
Cry out My name, and give Me your heart, and you will find out who is the real Me...

JESUS CHRIST

RollerCoaster

rollercoaster

Life's not summed up with just one word, it's really a bunch of things..
The who are and who ain't,
the who can and who can't.
The who should and who shouldn't, the what if's and why not's.... the near by and the far off's.

It's hard to live your life without having just a little fear and doubt,
that's what makes us stronger, gives us pride, and a little taste of clout.

We can't forget about the sunsets and sunrises,
the full moons, and the all nighters
The first kiss, the first born, the dirty diapers, the first steps, and again... the all nighters...

Life has a way of feeling like a roller coaster with the ups and downs, the lift you ups and the bring you downs, the round and round and rounds.

The feel good and the crashing down, the overwhelming emptiness that feels like you crashed and burned, the hopelessness when life seems to come to a dead hault......

The glorious joy when you come to realize that everything's gonna be ok and it wasn't really even your fault..

A new day, a sunrise, and a fresh cup of coffee,
good friends in your life letting you know they are there and to know you're not the only one to taste the struggle and to see that life's not always so fair.

Sometimes life comes to many roads, to goodbyes, and bitter ends,
Things come and go without warning, Hello's and Farewell's to new friends and old friends.

Life is so bittersweet at times, it really can't be explained or fully diagnosed..
the only way I know to tell it is that life is short, and you better live it to the most...

Enjoy the first's, Endure the last's, Life's too fast to just take sips, but way too short to not make time to laugh..

Enjoy the moments as they come by,
don't live your life as if we're only here to die..

The Sound of Rain

The Sound of Rain

I love the smell of a storm coming, especially when it's long overdo. I love the beauty of how ferocious they appear from a distance, giving you that sudden feeling of relief and concern at the same time. I love how you can smell the hot asphalt being cooled before it even gets to you, and how the wind manipulates the leaves and limbs on a swaying tree. But, even more than that, I love how a long yearned rain storm sounds on a tin roof at night.
It's a sound unlike anything else. At times it can get louder than the television, and interrupts the signal where all you can do is listen to the rain. It's funny how sometimes you should be paying more attention to that over the garbage on the tv anyways.
I love how the sound of rain on a tin roof can help you sleep at night even if it had been the worst day ever. It has this distinct soothing and comforting sound that makes you want to just stay in bed.
This is like the comfort of God in your life. A long overdo talk with God can seem to make all your biggest worries seem like molehills. But, you know, they seem to happen just in time, not really when we want, and not always when we think we need to, but when He feels we need to.
If you walk and talk with the Lord daily, then you a building a relationship that might bend but never break during the strongest of storms in your life. Now, if you only come to Him in the bad moments, He is there, but you are leaving room for Satan to put his foot in the door and make his way to attempt cutting in..
Like a good steady rain, God can wash away your stains and lift your burdens.
But allowing Satan in your life on a part time basis, is like a sudden afternoon sprinkle.. it may feel good for a moment, but it's usually not even enough to settle the dust, basically false hope based of a quick fix..
Sometimes with God and the rain, we don't really see the importance until we really need it, when things get dry in our lives and we see things withering.
Jesus said drink from His well and you'll thirst no more..