Valentines in the Valleys

Valentines in the Valleys By Susan Vaughan Shumake February 14, 2020 ***** There is never the promise of life’s sweet bouquet of romantic roses on Valentine’s Day. Nor is there the perfect sweetheart for all time when people are real and love is not blind! Victoria’s Secret is secret for sure! Cuz it’s modeled by […]

Beautiful for You By Susan Vaughan Shumake ***** I want to be where I can feel your presence Let me come before you LORD and Worship from my very soul I want to love you from my very essence and give to you my everything, my all LORD take me to the place of true […]

The Miracle at the Gate Beautiful By Susan Vaughan Shumake ***** I am still filled with WONDER and AMAZEMENT at what has happened to me! I was the BROKEN ONE waiting at His Gate Beautiful for my healing! I am the cripple who couldn’t move! I am the one who’s prayers have been answered by […]

Finally, As my day draws to a close And the hustle has turned into calm I retire to my bedroom Eager to be with you I poise myself on my bed Lights dimmed Ready to meet you My mind forgets the events of the day And rests on you and how much I love you […]

Heavy clouds of Glory Thick with Majesty Hover ore the waters Be still and come with me Come reflect my splendor Brilliant gold and gray Rest beneath the heavens Gone is another day

Psalm 30: My Testimony TodayJanuary 30, 2020 Psalm 30 “I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast HEALED me.O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast […]

Written Words of Life By Susan Vaughan Shumake ***** Psalm 119:92-93 “If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.” In the depths of the waters that flow Heaven’s angels dance at Your throne Love […]

Scars of Gold Susan Vaughan Shumake Inspired by a line in Jesus Calling: “Richly interwoven with golden strands of my intimate presence.” ***** Looking in the mirror I see Remnants of what used to be Nothing as it was before Body battered from the war Warrior wounds to save my life Created by a surgeon’s […]

I believe that bravery is learned by experience. I believe that my children learned how to fly because I flew first. Hopes and dreams are always beyond our borders and the limits we choose to live within. Reaching beyond the constraints of the world around us takes bravery. To learn to fly takes risk. We […]

For I am Poor and Needy By Susan Vaughan Shumake Psalm 109:21-22 But you, O Sovereign LORD, deal well with me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. ***** Today is a day much like any […]