The chorus to this song is the key to living in this world; Only Jesus!

Only Jesus can wash away the stains that come from the pain of living in this world. Only Jesus can love enough to cover our sins. Only Jesus can heal the wound that seems to be so deep that it is a gaping hole in the heart. Only Jesus can take disaster and make it healing garden of balm. Only Jesus.
The chorus to this song is the key to living in this world; Only Jesus!

 

What kind of water can wash this stain?
What kind of heart can heal this kind of pain?
What kind of love can forgive me this?
Only Jesus
On Mondays we pray for our family and extended families. Many people in our families are hurting, emotionally, physically and financially. Lord we ask that You be over all that concerns us and our loved ones. We ask for special favor, blessing, a touch from You, to be held in Your great Father arms when we weep.
Somebody's mother or child is hurting today and needs a touch of healing and kindness. Somebody's family has endured pain they never thought they would endure, gone further away than they ever thought they would go, thought thoughts of their family they never thought they would think and needs restoration. Somebody's Mother is praying for you, that you will find a way to see the light today and every day.
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Only Jesus by Point of Grace

A sister breaks a promise, a leader tells a lie
A wife tells her husband it only happened just one time
A man knows it wasn’t innocent how he came upon his wealth
A preacher looks in the mirror says “how can I ever face myself?”

What kind of water can wash this stain?
What kind of heart can heal this kind of pain?
What kind of love can forgive me this?

Only Jesus

A first love teenage heartbreak, a child that’s never found
A family loses everything when their house burns down
An addict hits rock bottom, the cook who calls it quits
A doctor tells his patient he’s only got three months to live

What kind of water can soothe like rain?
What kind of heart can heal this kind of pain?
What kind of love can comfort us?

Our father knew us well, long before we came to be
He knew we'd leave the garden, He knew we couldn’t come clean
So He sent to earth a Savior to walk the earth
We walk to feel what we feel and free us from it on the cross

What kind of water can wash this stain?
What kind of heart can heal this kind of pain?
What kind of love but Jesus?

Only Jesus
Only Jesus
Only Jesus
Only Jesus

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Worry is about to be conquered by reading Partly Cloudy with Scattered Worries!

I am finally getting around to playing catch-up. Number one on my agenda is getting ready for our first Word Weaver's Volusia County Group meeting tonight and second is a book review that I promised I would do.

"Partly Cloudy with Scattered Worries, Finding Peace in all Kinds of Weather" by Kathy Collard Miller is a book that many women, especially mothers, need to read. Worry is something that we all must admit to, and it is true that it is the opposite of faith.

As Kathy says in the beginning of her book, "Sometimes when I am worried, I feel like a fog of fear and anxiety is swirling all around me, blocking out the ability to think clearly and trust God. It quickly fuels responses like complaining, grumbling, or making a quick decision that isn't led by God."

I can remember so often the fear that can come upon me when something gets in my mind and I ruminate about it and everything that could happen instead of quickly rolling that burden over to the Lord in prayer. I so relate to this book and know many other women who fight the "worrying' battle daily.

There are discussion questions in Partly Cloudy with Scattered Worries, and also this book can be used as a daily devotional.

The addition of the letter after each chapter starting with, My Precious Daughter, makes every chapter gives a personal touch to each chapter and each letter is a very beautiful. I would have to say the letters are my favorite parts of the book. The last letter begins, "My Precious Daughter, I am powerful. Nothing worries me" and it ends with "Beloved I can do anything. And everything I do in your life is meant to draw you closer to My loving heart. Draw close to Me. Rest in Me! My arms are open to you and I'm working on your behalf."

As an author, I must say that Kathy Collard Miller goes the second mile to her readers. Many years ago I read an article by Kathy that really touched me with the poignant honesty that she portrayed concerning her life. I wrote her a letter and she wrote me right back. I still have that letter and reread it when I am discouraged. May she be blessed for all that she does to get the message out that there is a better way to live and that the Lord is a God of great forgiveness.

I give this book five stars.

Donna Collins Tinsley

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