Harder Cards
I'm going to meander about for a bit...Please join me on this walk.
Let me settle in by telling you I'm a follower of Christ I have a firm faith in God, and I believe that Jesus Christ is my Lord and savior. That said, I am truly blessed for that fact...
The other day was bitter sweet.....
Didn't go quite as I planned, but God do some amazing things. Though it didn't go as I planned, God was working in the things that did happen. I'm not going to go into specifics for a few reasons, but it was a good day. I got to hang out with some pretty amazing people, some whom have touched my life deeply. And some pretty great things got accomplished in helping an organization I'm involved with that will help further it along.
That said, I didn't get an opportunity to serve God that I was hoping to the other day. It was a door shut, but a sign that God wants me to keep climbing that mountain because He has greater things in store for me at the top. God's just sharpening my sword. With each rub of adversity I just get more refined, sharper better off for the experience and more prepared for things to come.
God's just telling me... 'Hey you want that don't yah? Too bad. I've got something better for you over here, all you have to do is follow'.
Lead on Lord....Lead on.
Just that simple...I have an undying passion for everything that I believe in. If I could use just one word to describe myself it would be "Passion". No one is going to make me waiver in what I believe, the only thing anyone can do is make my faith stronger. It's not that I don't ever question what I believe in (I need to if only to get closer to the truth) or that I don't have hard times, I've had harder times than a lot of people I know.
If it weren't for the fact that I am born anew everyday and believe that Jesus has cleansed my soul and washed my sins; I swear my soul would look like the body of an old rugged soldier ravaged with scars from battles past. But you know what there's many more people with Harder Cards than mine in life to play.
Harder Cards
Written By Craig Weisman and Michael Henderson
Well the hammer fell down on a forty-four primer
Now there's one less problem in South Carolina tonight
Wrong or right
She just looked at me as she finished her tale
And her blank expression went another shade pale of grey
There was nothin' to say
In the shadows of her face, I saw the scars
That you get when you live where love is hard
And she said
Don't you sit and judge me
From some high and mighty seat
Don't you shrug off
Until you've walked a mile in my bare feet
'Cause there are people that you pass by every day
With harder cards than yours in life to play
Well I put the cuffs on her
And I put her in the car
And I walked in and he was on the floor
Stone dead
Shot in the head
There were whiskey bottles and dope by his chair
And a starving baby with nothin' to wear
But tears
You know, the picture was clear
He had finally pushed her farther than the line
And the badge i wore had lost all of it's shine
Don't you sit and judge me
From some high and mighty seat
Don't you shrug off
Until you've walked a mile in my bare feet
'Cause there are people that you pass by every day
With harder cards than yours in life to play
Well I stood there thinkin' how justice was blind
But I didn't see any and I could see just fine
And I made up my mind
So I took the cuffs off her
And I took her back in
I wiped off the gun
And wrapped it in his right hand
Where it should've been
And the morning paper told in black and white
Just another senseless case of suicide
Oh, just a suicide
Oh but don't you sit and judge me
From some high and mighty seat
Don't you shrug off
Until you've walked a mile on my beat
'Cause there are people that you pass by every day
With harder cards than yours in life to play
Yeah the hammer fell down on a forty-four primer
Now there's one less problem in South Carolina tonight
....
Pretty powerful words.
There are people out there way worse off than myself. I am truly blessed for all that I have. And I will continue to serve God and work to fight for Him.
Then again, maybe everything I just said was nothing but self indulgent tripe mixed with a little truth...either way it was therapeutic to just type a little stream of consciousness for awhile.
Till Next time...
Let me settle in by telling you I'm a follower of Christ I have a firm faith in God, and I believe that Jesus Christ is my Lord and savior. That said, I am truly blessed for that fact...
The other day was bitter sweet.....
Didn't go quite as I planned, but God do some amazing things. Though it didn't go as I planned, God was working in the things that did happen. I'm not going to go into specifics for a few reasons, but it was a good day. I got to hang out with some pretty amazing people, some whom have touched my life deeply. And some pretty great things got accomplished in helping an organization I'm involved with that will help further it along.
That said, I didn't get an opportunity to serve God that I was hoping to the other day. It was a door shut, but a sign that God wants me to keep climbing that mountain because He has greater things in store for me at the top. God's just sharpening my sword. With each rub of adversity I just get more refined, sharper better off for the experience and more prepared for things to come.
God's just telling me... 'Hey you want that don't yah? Too bad. I've got something better for you over here, all you have to do is follow'.
Lead on Lord....Lead on.
Just that simple...I have an undying passion for everything that I believe in. If I could use just one word to describe myself it would be "Passion". No one is going to make me waiver in what I believe, the only thing anyone can do is make my faith stronger. It's not that I don't ever question what I believe in (I need to if only to get closer to the truth) or that I don't have hard times, I've had harder times than a lot of people I know.
If it weren't for the fact that I am born anew everyday and believe that Jesus has cleansed my soul and washed my sins; I swear my soul would look like the body of an old rugged soldier ravaged with scars from battles past. But you know what there's many more people with Harder Cards than mine in life to play.
Harder Cards
Written By Craig Weisman and Michael Henderson
Well the hammer fell down on a forty-four primer
Now there's one less problem in South Carolina tonight
Wrong or right
She just looked at me as she finished her tale
And her blank expression went another shade pale of grey
There was nothin' to say
In the shadows of her face, I saw the scars
That you get when you live where love is hard
And she said
Don't you sit and judge me
From some high and mighty seat
Don't you shrug off
Until you've walked a mile in my bare feet
'Cause there are people that you pass by every day
With harder cards than yours in life to play
Well I put the cuffs on her
And I put her in the car
And I walked in and he was on the floor
Stone dead
Shot in the head
There were whiskey bottles and dope by his chair
And a starving baby with nothin' to wear
But tears
You know, the picture was clear
He had finally pushed her farther than the line
And the badge i wore had lost all of it's shine
Don't you sit and judge me
From some high and mighty seat
Don't you shrug off
Until you've walked a mile in my bare feet
'Cause there are people that you pass by every day
With harder cards than yours in life to play
Well I stood there thinkin' how justice was blind
But I didn't see any and I could see just fine
And I made up my mind
So I took the cuffs off her
And I took her back in
I wiped off the gun
And wrapped it in his right hand
Where it should've been
And the morning paper told in black and white
Just another senseless case of suicide
Oh, just a suicide
Oh but don't you sit and judge me
From some high and mighty seat
Don't you shrug off
Until you've walked a mile on my beat
'Cause there are people that you pass by every day
With harder cards than yours in life to play
Yeah the hammer fell down on a forty-four primer
Now there's one less problem in South Carolina tonight
....
Pretty powerful words.
There are people out there way worse off than myself. I am truly blessed for all that I have. And I will continue to serve God and work to fight for Him.
Then again, maybe everything I just said was nothing but self indulgent tripe mixed with a little truth...either way it was therapeutic to just type a little stream of consciousness for awhile.
Till Next time...
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