Are You Weeping?

Are You Weeping?

Are You Weeping? By Susan Vaughan Shumake April 21, 2020 ***** Psalm 56:12-13 “I am under vows to you, O God; I will present my thank offerings to you. For you have delivered me from death; and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God In the light of life.” ***** Are You […]

A Divine Purpose

A Divine Purpose

A Divine Purpose By Susan Vaughan Shumake April 13, 2020 ***** For you My Friend I saw you… Full of care Full of sorrow And my heart ached… I pray that you would be encouraged It’s hard to see you suffering I pray that you would find Even in the midst of this trial you […]

Hold You in my Heart – Mary’s Song

Hold You in my Heart – Mary’s Song

Hold You in my Heart – Mary’s Song By Susan Vaughan Shumake April 12, 2020 Happy Easter! ***** From the moment that I heard The angel speak God’s Holy Word I knew that I was blessed I was chosen for this test From the moment that I knew My heart was overwhelmed with LOVE for […]

Strength in Silence

Strength in Silence

Strength in Silence By Susan Vaughan Shumake April 10, 2020 – Good Friday ***** Isaiah 53:7 “He was a oppressed and he was afflicted, Yet He opened not his mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. “ […]

Life Among the Ashes

Life Among the Ashes

Life Among the Ashes By Susan Vaughan Shumake ***** The paths that we oft travel are full of loss and pain. The hearts of all the Broken cry tears that fall like rain. It seems we are surrounded by death at every door, and hope beyond the turmoil is what we’re searching for. Lost, with […]

Lost in the Confusion

Lost in the Confusion

Lost in the Confusion By Susan Vaughan Shumake April 4, 2020 ***** Lost in the confusion Crushed by our delusion We suffer and lose sight of who you are In desperate destitution We come to the conclusion That you aren’t really who you say you are God of our redemption Without your intervention You challenge […]

Lifting Praise

Lifting Praise

Lifting Praise By Susan Vaughan Shumake March 30, 2020 ***** Jeremiah 31:25 “I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.” When the road gets long, the warriors get weary. We battle with our minds and our bodies and sometimes we are just emotionally and physically spent. We fight through one battle and finish and […]

“In the Shelter of Your Presence You Hide Them.”

“In the Shelter of Your Presence You Hide Them.”

“In the shelter of your presence you hide them.” March 27, 2020 ***** Psalm 31:19-24 “How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you. In the shelter of your presence you hide them from […]

“And I will heal them.”

“And I will heal them.”

“And I will heal them.” March 26, 2020 Comfort for the Contrite Isaiah 57:14-19 (NIV) And it will be said: “Build up, Build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.” For this is what the high and exalted One says– he who lives forever, whose name is holy: […]

I Will Finish Well

I Will Finish Well

I Will Finish Well By Susan Vaughan Shumake ***** I see myself fighting desperately for freedom I was there with you before I was free– Free to be all that you intended me to be Free to be with you And then I lost myself And forgot who I was, why I am Who you […]