She got the Power...

(Suddenly I see)
She got the power to be, the power to give, the power to see, yeah yeah
Lyrics from KT Tunstall Suddenly I See

2008 is the year of new beginnings...
Spring is the time for a fresh new start...

Fervent prayers, heartfelt conversations, urgent restlessness, cries of injustice are plaguing us. Me and my friends. We vent to each other in frustration of our desire to act, to move, to cause the change. But we have been asked to wait. The time has not yet come. The door is not yet open.

When? we ask, though we plead for it to be now. How long are we to endure the anxious motions of our spirits?

Each of us has been placed here at this time for a specific purpose, though we do not know what that is. Each of us are in difficult situations on the verge of giving way. God has brought us together, here in this place, for a reason. We are more than just a support system. We are to be more than just friends.

All of us know it, sense it, believe it. The Holy Spirit is moving within us individually and communally. Preparing each of us for what lies ahead. And we have each been given special gifts:

She got the power to be, the power to give, the power to see, yeah yeah

to aid our fellow man, to fulfill the purpose of the Spirit, to bring glory to God;

through the Power of God alone.

"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?" Esther 4:14