Quietly

(Copyright J.M. Cullen 25/6/2003)

Quietly.

Quietly she wonders, what her life could be;
If people ignored the outside, and saw what God could see;
Now and then she whispers, to ears that cannot hear;
To faceless shells of people, imprisoned by their fear;
"Oh, will someone please talk to me?"

Desperately he clings to, a photo of his past;
Of friends and close acquaintances, who disappeared too fast;
Sometimes he remembers, the tears that he fought back;
When happiness was lost to him, when God had turned His back;
"Oh, will someone please comfort me?"

Dont you know that I was there, when the stars were put in place?
Dont you know, I have carried you, I have wept with you,
When the sky seemed grey?
Cant you see, I am totally in love with you?
Cant you see, I have kept you, and, I will keep you still?
Youre My Child.

Songs...

I may regret this...

I've been writing my own songs for a while now, (copyrighted, so don't even think about it... :-) lol) and thought I would post some of the lyrics of them, for what reason, I don't have a clue! lol

They're nearly all about God, people and situations, and the way 'He' thinks of them...

Here goes...

Answers, answers...

Further to my experiment the other day, hear are the results of the sleep deprivation jury...

1. The cheese didn't work.
2. The Horlicks knocked me senseless.

So, to conclude:

1. Cheese isn't as evil as I thought.
2. Malty Goodness really is "good", in the classical greek sense.
3. They should sell Horlicks on the Black Market, and make it illegal

Therefore, this is what I shall do:

1. Drink a cup of horlicks every night before I go to bed.
2. Go to bed.
3. Try to advertise evangelise the amazing healing effects of malt.

(can you tell I'm in an analysing/list-making mood?)

My Weekend In The Capital!!

Haven't got time now, but will give you the low-down on my fab weekend away later...

:-)

Washing...

Why is it that tumble dryers ALWAYS take longer than you think they're supposed to?!

My clothes should have been dry ages ago!!!

I'm gonna sit here and sulk now.

:-(

Stress and Narky Customers...

Had a lot of those today, could've done without it.

The last straw, was when the shop had closed:

*phone ringing incessantly at 5:40pm, TEN minutes after we'd closed. Jm decides to answer it*

JM: Good evening, (company name), John-Mark Speaking?
MAN: Hi, I'd like to order... (goes on to describe product)
JM: (interupting) I'm really sorry to interupt you sir, but I'm afraid we actually closed ten mins ago.
MAN: (sounds slightly annoyed) Oh? What are your opening hours then? (Jm preceds to tell him, ending with the fact we close at 5:30pm. Sharp.)
JM: I'm really sorry I can't help now, but we do have a website, or mail order service if it's urgent?
MAN: No, it's not THAT urgent. (still sounds annoyed) Why did you answer the phone if you were closed then?
JM: (slightly amazed at the question) er, because it was ringing for so long.
MAN: (even more annoyed tone) Well, in future can I suggest you put an answerphone on your line saying "we're closed, please ring back tommorrow" instead of answering the phone in future. It might be better for your customers (spits out the word "customers" with venom at that point)
JM: er... rite.
(man hangs up)

I'm not joking! That was the actual conversation!! I was fuming when he put the phone down!!

AAARRGGGHH!!!!

Injections... Aaarrggghh!

Had a phonecall today from my "patient repersentative" at the drug company...

They're shipping the needles and sharp bins and the drug to me on Tuesday, so I guess I'm starting then.

I have to confess, I am a bit nervous about injecting myself tho...

I've watched the video an stuff, so I am sorta prepared, but it's still gonna feel a bit wierd!

Oh well!

The negative distracting effects of a Blog... burnt chips!!

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Getting Theological Again...

Sorry about this, I seem to be in that kind of mood...

Anyways...

Some geezer was posting about pre-destination on his blog, so I thought I'd add my own comments.

Now, before you reach for the mouse, and flip to another more interesting blog, hang on!

Pre-Destination is EASY!

Do you believe me?

No?

Thought not!

It always hinges round one particular passage: Ephesians 1:4: "...4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-- 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves..."

I'll be finished in a minute, I promise you. All I'd like top say is... notice two teeny-tiny words, that change the whole context of the verse, if you miss them when reading all the controversial stuff 'bout the beginning of the world...

"in him"

Paul uses this phrase loads in ephesians, yet we miss it's significance here.

What's Paul saying by using this phrase?

Well, if you take it in context, God set up a divine rescue plan for us to get back into relationship with him, even before he created us! He knew that we would turn away from him, and so set the divine gift of Jesus' death for us in our place. He pre-determined Jesus role, that is, he decided on a divine principle:

whoever accepts Jesus death in their place is saved.

That's it!

So, everyone who accepts Jesus love for them and chooses him, is pre-destined in the sense that they have accepted a gift that was pre-offered to them.

That's what I call Good News!!!!

:-)

*starts a party*

Told you I thought it was simple in one sense!! Kinda blows your mind though doesn't it!

:-)

Silly Experiment #1

I'm bored.

Since Science wasn't my greatest subject at school, I've decided to take it up again in service of my insomnia.

I've just eaten a HUGE piece of Cheddar Cheese very quickly, (so I don't get much chance to digest it) to see whether I have any nightmares or strange dreams tonite.

Also, as an interesting twist, I've made some lovely warm Horlicks, extra strength with lots of milk to drink at the same time.

And all this just as my head hits the pillow...

So, will the evil genius of the cheese disturb my sleep, or will the homely "mother earth" goodness of the horlicks soothe my slumber?

Have a vote.

Go on.

Goongoongoongoongoongoongoongoon....

I'll let you know in the morning what happenned...

Nite!! (maybe... ;) )

:-)

Excitement!!

I'm going to London on Friday, I'm going to London on Friday!!!

(can you tell I'm excited?!)

:-)

Pity I get paid on Monday... typical.

At least it saves me spending all of my wages in one weekend I spose!!

That reminds me... I must start my washing tommorrow night...

lol

Insommnia... (Pt 3)

Gonna try and beat it tonight...

Off to bed...

Here's hoping!!

:-)

Jm

It's simple... right?!

You would think so, wouldn't you?!

I'm talking about my first name.

It's John-Mark.

Not john, not mark, not john-paul, not jean-marc, "mr. mark", not dave, or anything else.

So why can't people flippin' say it properly???????

It really, really bugs me!!!

That's why I've told everyone that's ever met me, or that knows me to call me "Jm".

But customers where I work still can't get it right, and people on the fone always think my surname is mark!!!!

AAARRGGGHH!!!!!!!!

Kat's/Jonny's/Valancy Jane's challenge....

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal... Along with these instructions.

Ok, here goes:

"Only as many as it takes to capture Thomas. They're more useful alive"

It's from "White", the third in a fiction/fantasy trilogy I've just fionished reading by Ted Dekker.

Phew, that wasn't so bad, didn't quote from the "How tio be a Gay Icon" book...

er...

um...

I mean....

*runs away*