Fling Wide by Misty Edwards lyrics

Here are the lyrics to a beautiful, beautiful song by Misty Edwards from her album of the same title, Fling Wide.

I tried to transcribe the lyrics myself, so I'm not sure if these are the exact lyrics because I may have heard some words wrong. Apologies to Misty Edwards for that.

This song is a new favorite song of mine now. We always like to receive winds of refreshing, but winds of testing also arrive. God is God in times of refreshing and times of testing. Do we welcome testing when we come face to face with it? Do we embrace it when it's there? Sometimes we forget that it is in the times of testing that refreshing comes because that's when we learn to depend on God and God alone.

Let's remember Psalm 23...the Lord is our Shepherd in the quiet waters and green pastures as well as in the valley of the shadow of death.

You may listen to this song on Misty Edwards' MySpace music profile

Awake, awake o north wind,

Awake awake o south wind
Blow over me

Come o winds of testing
Come winds of refreshing
Blow over me

Awake, awake o north wind,
Awake awake o south wind
Blow over me

Come o winds of testing
Come winds of refreshing
Blow over me


Let the winds blow(15x)

Fling wide the door to my soul
Open up the door to my heart
Have your way, have your way
Have your way yeah

I won’t be afraid
I will face the wind
I won’t be afraid
I'll embrace the flame

Let the winds blow(15x)

Fling wide the door to my soul
Open up the door to my heart
Have your way, have your way
Have your way yeah

Fling wide the door to my soul
Open up the door to my heart
Have your way, have your way
Have your way yeah

Take me through the fire
Take me through the rain
Take me through the testing
I’ll do anything
Test me try me prove me refine me
Like to gold, like to gold

Fling wide the door to my soul
Open up the door to my heart
Have your way, have your way
Have your way yeah

Fling wide the door to my soul
Open up the door to my heart
Have your way, have your way
Have your way yeah

Take me through the fire
Take me through the rain
Take me through the testing
I’ll do anything
Test me try me prove me refine me
Like to gold, like to gold

Merry Christmas!

This pic is an artwork by Gary B. Clark, entitled "Adoring God's Love"

It can be ordered on the internet, as greeting cards.

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this." Isaiah 9:6-7...Jesus is the Reason for the Season. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

"Bewer" of Dog

This rusty gate in our city (Marikina City) reads "Bewer" of Dog. If you look closely you will see a faded "E" at the end, on the other panel. So it turns out it says "BEWERE". The spelling's still wrong. Haha. There seems to be no dog either. Every time we pass by we just see a lot of trucks parked inside. (I took this picture myself on Nov. 18, 2009.)

Funny Cartoon: Ikea Employee Job Test

Just found this on the internet at freshome.com . An IKEA employee commented on this cartoon on the site I got it from: "Dude, we don't do this. It's a wonderful place to work." :-)

The "Cleaning Tower" of Pisa

If you put hot water on it, it becomes a "hot tower"!

This is an example of wrongly-spelled labels on stuff coming from China. I took this picture myself.

The Governor and The Kiss of Death

Last week I saw in the news a U.S. governor who went missing but it turns out he had an escapade with his mistress.

It reminded me of my previous blog entry, "The Kiss of Death". His affair probably started out as flirting, and look where it brought him.

In that governor's life, Proverbs 6:32-33 came to pass:

But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away.

Just like former US President Clinton brought shame on his nation and himself for his shameful acts in his office with a White House intern, this governor brought shame on his State and himself. Of course President Clinton's case was worse because what he did in secret was known to the entire world, with matching DNA evidence. But that doesn't make the governor's case any less sinful.

The Kiss of Death

I recently stumbled upon an article on "10 ways to flirt" (or something like that) on Yahoo's links. Being married, and happily married at that, I just read it out of curiosity, because I thought, I should be very careful not to do this, and not to respond when it is done to me. I realized that these "flirting tips" are dangerous traps for married people if they respond to the flirting of another person (not their spouse). They are "The Kiss of Death". They are not exciting, they are lethal. The flirting tips I read were all about body language, meaning letting your body movements speak your "intention". Married people should run away from such things! Why? Because that's where the sin of adultery starts. Flirting with other people is not harmless.

When I was single I had always wondered what the meaning of the Lord Jesus' teaching on adultery was:

Matt 5:27-28
"You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

What it means is that the very start of adultery is "the look" of lust, where one just sexually desires the other person who is not one's spouse. That may be when one looks and stares with sexual desire at another person, whether "within reach"(meaning someone you know or meet) or not. When one is looking lustfully at an image or a video of a person who is not physically present before you, it is still adultery. But when that person is physically present before you, and "within reach", so to speak, flirting is the expression of that desire.

Someone may try to flirt with you, whether you are a man or a woman. It may be a co-worker,or an equal. It may be that you are the one in power (the boss or the superior) or you are the subordinate. The subordinate may be attracted to the power or intelligence of the boss, while the boss may be taking advantage of a subordinate. Remember, flirting is NOT HARMLESS. It is THE KISS OF DEATH.


How will you be victorious? Through God's help.

Submit to God AND resist the devil, who comes to steal, kill and destroy. The devil is not out to just tickle or annoy you. He is out to kill and destroy you. And he means business 'cause he hates God so much.

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:7

Always be wise in the Lord's wisdom, always apply God's wisdom in your life.


Proverbs 2:16-19 has this to say about wisdom:

It [wisdom] will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words, who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God. For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead. None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.

"Seductive words" sounds like flirting, right? And that goes for spoken words or words in text messages! The word of God says that the adulteress' house leads down to death.

Keep God's commands in your heart, for they will guide you and keep you from immoral people. As Proverbs 6:23-26 says:

For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life,
keeping you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes,
for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

"Smooth tongue" sounds like flattery in flirting, and "captivate you with her eyes" describes the "body language" of flirting. Yet the word of God says that the adulteress "preys upon your very life". He or she may present himself as an emotionally needy person, but in reality your very life is the devil's target here.

The verses following give a stern warning on the consequences of adultery:

Proverbs 6:27-33
Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?
So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away.