Broken Down at the Cross

Evil all around me, walls are closing in
its  getting hard to see, on this avenue of sin.
I know you are the way, I cannot reach your throne
No matter how I try, I end up all  alone.

Lord can you hear my cry, my screaming out to you?
With  my lips tightly closed, there's nothing I can do.
I reach  inside myself, to find  a molecule of hope
I pass by endless faces and feel my life's a joke.

I'm running out of time, I'm running from myself,
I'd fall upon these broken kneees Lord if You'd only help.
I cannot save myself, that's what the cross was for,
It's you my Jesus, King of Kings turn to  evermore.

(copyright) Sharon Denise *Rose* Tulley July 26, 2013

My Silent Struggle (repost from a year ago)

There's an aching in my heart
an empty restlessness in my soul
for things not only I have done
but things that were beyond my control.

There's so much hurt inside me
like a gaping would that never heals
and I feel lost and alone
afraid to share just how I feel.

And yet, that's only one side
of the emotions better in the past
one day old wounds will heal by God's grace.
I'll be a whole strong woman at last.


Copyright by Sharon Tulley 2-24-11

My One True Love

I turned aside my One true love,
Yet, He still thought of me.
He called me a child of the King,
an heir in eternal royalty.
He saw the end of our relationship
from the beginning of all time,
yet, he still loved me so
with the heart of a gold mine.

Though I resisted His tender touch,
He whispered of His unconditional love.
He sacrificed His life for me
Though He was as innocent as doves.

I roamed through life looking for love,
when his was given free.
I turned from the twisted road and walked His way,
A prodigal daughter bound for eternity.

Copyright by Sharon Tulley 2007
from the book Sharon His Love Volume One

Merry Easter

His birth was the end
to faith without fact
His death paid the price
with funds we had lacked
He rose once again
Death could not hold Him
The true gift was given
Thru a ruby red tide
That unique gift of life
That renewed our own inside
Celebrations should be more
than twice annually
Remember and cherish
How LOVE set us FREE!

Paul the Apostle's Secret of Contentment

For many years I meditated over the following verses in Philippians chapter four of the Holy Bible that I will share with you. I contemplated Paul's words inspired by God many a time puzzled how anyone could find satisfaction in life no matter what the situation and I am about to share with you the secret of contentment I found in my lesson from Paul the Apostle.

Quoting from the New Century Version on the Holy Bible:

"I am very happy in the Lord that you have shown your care for me again. you continued to care about me, but there was no way to show it. I am not telling you this because I need anything. I have learned to be satisfied with things I have and with everything that happens. I know how to live when I am poor, and I know how to live when I have plenty. I have learned the secret of being happy any time in everything that happens when I have enough to eat and when I go hungry, when I have more than I need and when I do not have enough. I can do all thing through Christ, because He gives me strength."

------------
Philippians 4:10-13 (Paul the Apostle's letter to the Philippians in the book of Philippians chapter four verses ten through thirteen in the New Testament of the Holy Bible... for those who think this is too elementary an explanation not everyone knows this)
------------

I have not mastered the secret of contentment as Paul did, but here in these verses shows where our strength to find the peace and contentment in the stress of our life can be found. How many of Paul's letters were written by him from jail where he was waist high in sewage? And he still praised God and did the Lord's work until death. My work is writing and sharing so here I am, writing and Sharon shares with you.

A Grateful Heart

The love of God
is like rays of sunshine
beaming from within

and in the ocean of His love
forever my heart swims

my spirit dances
without my body moving

each day as I grow
in my precious Lord
I find that I'm improving

and yet there are times of pain
and as I struggle to learn and grow

without going through harder times
a grateful heart I would not know.

Written by Sharon Tulley

2-26-11

Beneath Your Smile

I wish I took the time,
To look beneath your smile,
But I was so shy during that while.
Your laughter hid a pain so deep,
That only you could kmnow.
Behind the mask of a clown,
Your feelings never showed.
I wish that I could know you now,
Since I am not afraid,
To be the one and only me,
My single destiny.
If I could show you my life now,
And take you back to then.
Would you have all the hope you need,
To want to live again?
You died so young, I only pray,
That you are with the Lord today.
When I look back, I only see,
Your smile burns in my memory.