"I'll Be"
Written and performed by Edwin McCain




Hi There!  So glad you decided to give me a chance
to share my story with you.  I'm an avid music lover 
and throughout these pages I will share clips of 
some of the songs that have inspired me along the way.

The one you are hearing now, I have lovingly nicknamed
my "God song".  I would listen to this song and imagine
the God of my understanding saying to me 
"tell me that we belong together ... and I'll be the greatest fan of your life".

For it was when I made a decision to put my will and my life 
into the hands of a Power Greater than myself, 
that the miracles started happening.

And the miracles have been many.
God can create blessings in the worst of situations,
heal spirits that are crying out in despair,
repair relationships and bring them to a new dimension.




Prayer of St. Francis

Lord, make me a channel of thy peace
that where there is hatred, I may bring love
that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness,
that where there is discord, I may bring harmony,
that where there is error, I may bring truth,
that where there is doubt, I may bring faith,
that where there is despair, I may bring hope,
that where there are shadows, I may bring light,
that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.

Lord, grant that I may seek rather 
to comfort than to be comforted,
to understand, than to be understood,
to love, than to be loved.

For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life.

~~Amen~~



Allow me to reach out and take your hand
as I show you the path which has led me
to a place where I am content to be the woman that I am,
a woman of honor, of dignity, of compassion,
capable of loving in a way I could never have dreamed possible.



This poem really touched my heart.
It says so eloquently what I have learned,
that we are connected in spirit,
 if we allow ourselves to be.

 


There always is a path to take
that brings your heart to me
Lights your way to glory
where love will always be

Follow dove of peacefulness
that gathers in your hands
See the span of wings that fly
beyond this gift of land

Look within the beauty of
the gift that sets you free
Wings to fly across the sky
that soar so graciously

Fly into the realm of light
that shines so brilliantly
Colors of the rainbows show
your truest destiny

Fly on lace of special dove
these wings are there for you
Showing you the way to peace
where spirit's hearts renew

Journey that will bind us all
eventually will be
Home of splendid royalty
shared by spirits free.


~ Francine Pucillo ~
Šused with permission
Read more of her poetry
here.

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