I won't back down

Lately it seems like the world has been crashing down around me. There has been much pain. Everything I touch or am apart seems to be being attacked. I will not stand for it. The spiritual warfare around me is so thick but I know that despite it all God is victorious. I will not back down from what He has called me to do to please people who think my life should look different. I know as I have said before that my life looks different to so many people but even in the midst of hurt and pain i know the Lord is right beside me. I will not back down....

Won't Back Down Lyrics by Mat Kearney

You woke the morning up
Running off the darkest night
The longest light I've seen

Here goes a chance I know
Cashing in on all my chips
Let all my ships come fly

These days, a little bit longer than the last
And all of your ways, a little bit stronger than the past
And your light, found my bottle in the night
Kept me in this fight, gave me second life

And I won't back down
I won't turn around and around
And I won't back down
Doesn't matter what comes crashing down
I'm still gonna stand my solid ground

You found me once and for all
I laid it down in the sinking ground
The hopeless undertow

Singing out the gentle sound
Rattling through my smoking screens
My broken dreams last night

Hallelujah ripped through my veins
I heard the hammer drop
My blood in the rain
Hallelujah came like a train
When all is lost
All is left to gain

Hallelujah

Things that make me go :)

I know that some of you come on here regularly to check but lately there hasn't been much good to say. Not that God is not working I just feel like I am in a time and place where things have been tough and I am learning a lot. A long time ago I was challenged to make a list of things I love. In order to look on the bright side I am going to do it again…
(if you want to look back at it, it was feb. 2006 called Heading the Challenge)

April Fools
Architecture
Asparagus
Authenticity
Babies
Being random
Being held
Being loved
Being Stretched
Books
Blue Cheese
Bubble Baths
Burt’s Bees Lip Balm
Camping
Celebrating today (jw)
Coffee dates
Creation
Culture
Decorating
Dinner parties
Door County
Down Comforters
Dressing Up
Driving
Eating
Encouragement Cards
End of the day
Faith
Fall
Flip flops
Flowers from Mark
Frank Lloyd Wright
Fudge
Game Shows
Getting lost in a book
Gift Cards
Going out to eat
Going to the zoo in the winter
Grandmas and Grandpas
Growing into a better person
Hair Cuts
Having Dinner made for me
Holidays
Hugs that go on
Ice Cream
Integrity
Journaling
Kisses
Laughing
Letting Go
Little Michael
Long sleeve t-shirts
Loving
Mark
Michael Buble’
Mountains
My Family
My Parents house
New friends
New Recipes’
Oceans
Olay Ribbons body wash
Older couples holding hands
Old Friends
Organization
Pictures
Piggy banks
Play time
Playing in the rain
Prayer
Price is Right with Bob Barker
Quiet time
Random adventures
Road trips
Salt water taffy
Scrap booking
Sharpies
Sleeping
Smell before it rains
Smiles
Snow pants
Spring
Steak
Sunshine
Sunsets
Surprises
Talking
The look in a child’s eyes when they feel love
Truth
Tulips
Umbrellas
Vacation
Video Cameras capturing moments
Visiting old friends
Walking in puddles
Walking with Friends
West Wing
Wine
Worship Music
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