So I've been wanting to post but it always seemed mixed up, like jumping from subject to subject, but I thought I'd try to combine it all...sorry if this seems a bit scattered...
One song that I absolutely love is called "You Never Let go" by Matt Redman. I just love that song so much and it always brings lots of peace and comfort to me. You've probably heard it, but just incase, here are the lyrics:
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Your perfect love is casting out fear
And even when I'm caught in the middle of the storms of this life
I won't turn back, I know You are near
PreChorus:
And I will fear no evil, for my God is with me
And if my God is with me, whom then shall I fear?
Whom then shall I fear?
Chorus:
Oh no, You never let go, through the calm and through the storm
Oh no, You never let go, In every high and every low
Oh no, You never let go Lord, You never let go of me
Verse 2:
And I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on
A glorious light beyond all compare
And there will be an end to these troubles,
but until that day comes,
We'll live to know You here on the earth
Bridge:
Yes, I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on,
And there will be an end to these troubles, but until that day comes,
Still I will praise You, still I will praise You
I love the thought of that, that He never ever lets go of us, no matter what. But most of all, I love the truth of that. It brings so much assurance as does Romans 8:38-39: For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I so love those verses and go back to them often.
Oh, and thank you all so much for all the encouraging messages left on my last post. You know how I was talking about longing for Heaven? Well, I still do, but I don't want you to get the wrong idea. It's not like I cry on my bed all day because I want it so bad. Yes, I really do want it and can't wait until we are all there, but I also know that this is all part of God's plan. I also know that there are way to many people out there who have yet to come to know Jesus. I certainly would rather wait awhile, and have them come to Heaven with us. Afterall, once we get there we will be there for eternity. But I still am really excited about us all going there, and I am so thankful that the Lord has actually made me excited to go. Before there wasn't excitement, there was a lot of fear, but now God's replacing that fear with hope and faith. God is good!
In my church group we are going to start studying the apologetics. I am very, very excited about this as I am sure it will be awesome. So then when people ask us about our faith, we not only will tell them what we believe in, but why we believe in it. So I am very excited about this. We will even have a guy, who will be acting as though he is an Atheist, but actually is a Christian, come in and we will have a debate! I am definitely going to be doing some studying beforehand! I think it will be a lot of fun as well as a big blessing...
I thought I'd close with a poem I wrote a couple months back. And the funny thing is, a couple days after I wrote it, I realized I had also written something exactly one 1 year before. I wrote this one Feb. 11 of 08 and the other one was Feb. 11 of 07. I don't know, I just thought that was kind of cool since I didn't even know that until after I had written this. I actually still have not given it a title, I normally think of one right away, but I haven't really thought of one yet. Anyway, here it is:
In my Father's arms, that's where I am
In the safety of His plan, is where I stand
In the midst of the rain, His light does shine
Gently touching my heart, saying "You are Mine"
In the quiet of the morning, His face I seek
He is my Savior, my strength when I'm weak
In the stillness of the night, the world fast asleep
Jesus smiles to my heart, holds me while I weep
In the twinkling of an eye, I'll see my Maker's face
Overwhelmed by His love, amazed by His grace
4 comments:
Your poem is beautiful. God has certainly gifted you in many ways!
I can't wait to hear how that debate goes. It sounds like a great way to prepare for the many doubters in this world.
I also love your poem... even more than the song I think (though the song is great too :o). How cool that you wrote it twice... must be a God thing. I so know what you mean about being Heaven minded... as I was reading, I kept thinking, "yep, yep, yep".
I love that your group will be studying apologetics. You should post what that means on here as one of your entries... I didn't know what they were for a long time, but since everyone kept mentioning them, I was too embarassed to ask. I thought, what is there to apologize for??
Funny name for such a good subject.
You could also keep us posted on some of the things you learn or find interesting. I would love to hear!
I bet the debate is going to be great!
Love ya cutie!
~C
Hello!
I really love your blog! I loved reading the song and poem. The were both really cool!!! And yes I am really exited for summer! I can't wait! I don't like how it gets so warm (like on the weekend) and then it's really cold!
I'm hopeing that i might get to go up with them, i kinda like it there. But if i go my mom says that i'll have to go to the school there but its only like 2 hours long! And you just have to bring your work from school and do it at the school there.
I also really like the starbucks too! Last time I went there every morning my mom would send me down there.
Anyways i have to get ready for school. But i hope to hear another update soon!
Love the poem you wrote. You are mature beyond your years in your postings and musings. I've honestly enjoyed reading these. jenyfer
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