Well, it's been a long time since I've blogged and although I enjoy blogging, I don't know that I'd even be blogging right now, if it wasn't for the state of my heart. Lately I've felt a heaviness in my heart and in my attitude...I keep thinking, "who is this person?...where is my joy that I know comes only from HIM?" Well, lately it has all come to a head and I've been burdened. Tonight on my way home I just kept reciting to myself Matthew 11:27-29, "Come to me all who are weary and heavy burdened and I will give you rest." Two parts of this verse stuck out to me tonight...1. Come-we must first come to God with our problems...even though he knows them, he wants us to come to him and 2. he WILL give us rest...it's not a "maybe" or "only if he feels like it," it's a promise...he WILL give us rest and frankly...I've needed and yearned for that. Someone once told me that some of the most intimate moments you should ever have with God should be in your house...in your room...alone and I've always held that close to my heart. So tonight, after having one of "those days," I decided to come home, just be in the presence of God while listening to 'Forever Reign.' This song is one of my personal favorites...I feel it describes everything I'm thinking when I'm talking to God and it makes me feel so refreshed but unworthy at the same time. And after spending some time by myself with God, my journal, and reading God's word, I feel refreshed! Now, know that this isn't something I rarely do (reading and praying). I try my hardest to stay focused and constantly in God's word, and although I sometimes fail, it's times like these when I play music and just have my own worship service with God that I feel renewed, closer to him, and filled by his spirit!...How refreshing!! I'll leave you with the lyrics to 'Forever Reign' and challenge you to really think about these words and what they mean...what it means to have God's love, even when there's nothing good in us and that it's in HIS presence that we're made whole!
'You are good, you are good when there's nothing good in me. You are love, you are love on display for all to see. You are light, you are light when the darkness closes in, You are hope, you are hope, you have covered all my sin. You are peace, you are peace when my fear is crippling, you are true, you are true, even in my wandering. You are joy, you are joy, you're the reason that I sing, you are life, you are life, in you death has lost its sting...and oh, I'm running to your arms, I'm running to your arms...the riches of your love will always be enough. Nothing compares to your embrace, light of the world forever reign. You are more, you are more, than my words will ever say. YOu are Lord, you are Lord all creation will proclaim. You are here, you are here in your presence I'm made whole. You are God, you are God, of all else I'm letting go....and oh, I'm running to your arms, I'm running to your arms...the riches of your love, will always be enough...nothing compares to your embrace. Light of the world, forever reign. I'm running to your arms, I'm running to your arms, the riches of your love, will always be enough. Nothing compares to your embrace...light of the world forever reign!! My heart will sing, no other name...Jesus...Jesus! My heart will sing no other name...Jesus...Jesus! My heart will sing, no other name...Jesus...Jesus! My heart will sing no other name...Jesus...Jesus! And oh, I'm running to your arms, I'm running to your arms...the riches of your love will always be enough...nothing compares to your embrace. Light of the world, forever reign!
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