He Grew The Tree

The other day, here at home, I was going though some old papers, trying to throw out things I've had for way too long and I ran across the words to some very old songs. There was one that struck a special chord in my heart. I wasn't sure of the tune so I did a search online and found not only the lyrics but the song being sung.

"He Grew The Tree". I'm not sure if I ever really heard the song, but as I was reading the words, tears came into my eyes. I really want to share this with you.

HE GREW THE TREE

HE MOLDED AND BUILT,

A SMALL LONELY HILL,

THAT HE KNEW WOULD BE CALLED CALVARY.

THEN HE MADE THE SEED,

THAT WOULD GROW TO BE,

THORNS THAT WOULD MAKE HIS SON BLEED.

THEN HE MADE A GREEN STEM,

GAVE IT LEAVES AND THEN,

GAVE IT SUNSHINE AND RAIN,

AND SHELTERED IT WITH MOSS.

HE GREW THE TREE,

THAT HE KNEW WOULD BE,

USED TO MAKE THE OLD RUGGED CROSS.

NOTHING TOOK HIS LIFE,

WITH LOVE HE GAVE IT,

HE WAS CRUCIFIED,

ON A TREE THAT HE CREATED.

WITH GREAT LOVE FOR MAN,

GOD STAYED WITH HIS PLAN,

HE GREW THE TREE,

SO THAT WE MIGHT GO FREE.

WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES,

GOD LOOKED DOWN THROUGH TIME,

SAW HIM SPAT UPON,

REJECTED AND MOCKED.

STILL, HE GREW THE TREE,

THAT HE KNEW WOULD BE,

USED TO MAKE THE OLD RUGGED CROSS.

NOTHING TOOK HIS LIFE,

WITH LOVE HE GAVE IT,

HE WAS CRUCIFIED,

ON A TREE THAT HE CREATED.

WITH GREAT LOVE FOR MAN,

GOD STAYED WITH HIS PLAN,

HE GREW THE TREE,

SO THAT WE MIGHT GO FREE.

HE GREW THE TREE,

THAT HE KNEW WOULD BE,

USED TO MAKE THE OLD RUGGED CROSS.

CHUCK LAWRENCE WROTE THE MUSIC AND THE LYRICS FOR "HE GREW THE TREE" IN 1982.

BARBARA MANDRELL RECORDED THE SONG THAT EARNED SEVERAL DOVE AWARDS.

If these words touch your heart like they did mine, maybe you would like to visit the site that I found the song at. If so just click on this link: "He Grew The Tree"

Why "River Of Peace"

I'm sure I've not had many readers. At least not yet, but if there is anyone out there that has visited my little area of thoughts, then you might have noticed that I changed the name from Jeannie's Blogs to River Of Peace. The couple of people that might have read this would know where "River Of Peace" came from. For many years I sang in a southern gospel group and that was the name God gave us. While we no longer travel and sing, I still don't feel like God is done with His "River Of Peace".

"River Of Peace" was so much more than a traveling singing group. We ministered to many people in many ways. We shared more than our voices, we shared our lives. Our hurts, our passions, our thoughts, our prayers, our tears, and so much more. We devoted ourselves to this ministry and to all that God wanted us to do.

Just the name in its self is beautiful. But for me there is much more to it. God imbedded into me this peaceful place that flows like a river within me. When my days are stressed out, I seek God and feel I find him deep within at this special place that feels like sitting on the bank of the most beautiful River Of Peace that you could ever imagine.

So while the part of traveling and singing may be over for "River Of Peace", I believe that I can still share God's ministry with you, right here. And while many of my musings may not have anything to do with ministering, I will still be sharing with you my hurts, my passions, my thoughts, my prayer, my tears, and so much more, and maybe in something that I might share, I can help you to find this beautiful place that I like to call, "River Of Peace".

May God's peace flow within you like a river.

Not Able To Update Tonight

Sounds crazy to put this on saying I wasn't able to update this tonight, when in a way, that's exactly what I'm doing...but I wasn't able to update the pages on here like I'm wanting to because I spent most of my evening with most of my favorite guys. Only little Ezra was missing, but I felt very lucky to have my husband, my son Drew, his son (my grandson) Gabe, and my grandson Conner with me tonight. We played a memory game and candyland, they played with some toys, and well, it was just nice to be with them.

So as I was going to say, I didn't really get to work on this tonight. I'm only posting now because I said this morning before I went to work that I would tonight. At least I think I did...that was a long time ago...or at least it feels like it. LOL

I'll try to get some done later this week, but it won't be tomorrow night either. Tomorrow, I get to spend the evening with my mom. We're going to eat spaghetti and watch movies. I'm looking forward to it.

Until later this week...may God bless you and all you do each day.

Starting To Get The Hang Of This

Okay, so if there is anyone besides me that has been reading these, then you now know that I seem to be getting the hang of creating this site.

I now have figured out how to create more than one page, and how to put YouTube video on here, as well as figuring out just how many "Gadgets" are too many. AND I did this without asking my sister. Although she would have gladly helped me. I still love the look of her blog pages.

Oh my. I have to go to work now, but I'll be back and post more on here after I get home. I'm hoping to share some pictures of some of my creations. Have a good day!

Trying Out The Whole Design Thing

Okay, so I thought I'd just play around in here and try to figure out this whole design thing for my blogs. Since I've not really thought a lot about things I'd like to tell you, I thought about things that I'd like to share with you, like some of my favorite pics...so I added the "Gadget" for the slide show. Hum...well, it looks like I can add photos from photo sites. I chose photobucket. (Man, I sure hope no inappropriate pictures show up!) I love butterflies so I put that as my key word. If there are any nasty pics that show, please don't get upset with me. If I find out there are nasty pics showing, I'll either figure out how to have only the pics I want, or I'll just remove it. Next I thought I'd love to share some of my favorite YouTube videos with you. (My sister has them on her blog pages) So I thought, wow, what a great idea. I'll put my son's videos on here so you can enjoy them too. Well, I think they're there. LOL Ok, ok, so now I've got some "Gadgets" going on here and I think I'd really like to have them not all on the same page. Well, for now you are just going to have to see them all on this one page...my "Home" page. I'll just have to break down and ask my sis how she put more than one page on hers. Isn't that what sisters are for? To help you when you need them? Well, my sisters are like that. They always help me when I need them. I sure hope they feel the same about me. I'm the baby of the family, so if I'm not quite as helpful as they are, it's all their fault! They raised me, after all. LOL or so they tell me. But seriously, I do love them. They really are what sisters are all about. I guess one of the next things I need to figure out about posting my blogs is to figure out how to make paragraphs! This one paragraph thing is kinda driving me a little crazy. LOL But I'll get it figured out. If you actually read any of this, just stay tuned...there will be changes taking place, I promise you that.

My first blog on here.

I'm trying to figure out what it is I would like this first blog to say. Should I talk about me? Should I talk about my family? I already talked a little bit in my profile about me, but I suppose blogging is really all about telling everyone that might be interested in what I have to say, things that might interest me. I'm setting up this site to blog on, but not sure if I'm doing it correctly. I suppose I'll figure it all out as time goes on, maybe, just maybe I'll even be able to post some pretty interesting stuff. For now, I suppose I'll end up talking about things happening in my life, or things that have happened already in the past, and maybe I'll even talk about things I hope for in the future. Maybe someone will like reading my blogs, and maybe not, but I guess this gives me a chance to fill someones ear besides my wonderful husbands. LOL I hope you have a great day.