(Follows previous post on "God IS Good")
-Song by Casting Crowns
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY6VAy9y_iQ&feature=related
Jesus, friend of sinners, we have strayed so far away
We cut down people in your name but the sword was never ours to swing
Jesus, friend of sinners, the truth's become so hard to see
The world is on their way to You but they're tripping over me
Always looking around but never looking up I'm so double minded
A plank eyed saint with dirty hands and a heart divided
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners
Open our eyes to the world at the end of our pointing fingers
Let our hearts be led by mercy
Help us reach with open hearts and open doors
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners, break our hearts for what breaks yours
Jesus, friend of sinners, the one who's writing in the sand
Made the righteous turn away and the stones fall from their hands
Help us to remember we are all the least of these
Let the memory of Your mercy bring Your people to their knees
Nobody knows what we're for only what we're against when we judge the wounded
What if we put down our signs crossed over the lines and loved like You did
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners
Open our eyes to world at the end of our pointing fingers
Let our hearts be led by mercy
Help us reach with open hearts and open doors
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners, break our hearts for what breaks yours
You love every lost cause; you reach for the outcast
For the leper and the lame; they're the reason that You came
Lord I was that lost cause and I was the outcast
But you died for sinners just like me, a grateful leper at Your feet
'Cause You are good, You are good and Your love endures forever
You are good, You are good and Your love endures forever
You are good, You are good and Your love endures forever
You are good, You are good and Your love endures forever
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners
Open our eyes to world at the end of our pointing fingers
Let our hearts be led by mercy
Help us reach with open hearts and open doors
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners, break our hearts for what breaks Yours
And I was the lost cause and I was the outcast
Yeah...
You died for sinners just like me, a grateful leper at Your feet
Worshipping...
...Another point in the journey and dream.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
God IS Good
Definition of "GOOD": to be desired; righteous, virtuous, excellent, high quality, kind...
God IS good. God IS good. Dwell and ponder on these three very simple words for a brief moment. Do you believe it, really believe it?
Recently (actually just last night) I met up with several friends from college. This was a huge deal since we've been on summer break for about a month now, meaning it's been a while since seeing each other. That night was filled with laughter, joy, hugs, conversation, food, games... Of the many conversations I had God laid out a common point in every single one of them. "I AM good. I GIVE good things."
In midst of my own life the last month since starting summer break after finishing my freshman year in college its been like a roller coaster. And I'm not the only one, with friends sharing their life during this point reflecting similar feelings. A friend in particular reminded me in the process of sharing about her summer that , "God is good and everything good comes from Him."
I started to think about that. Of course I "KNEW" it, but did I believe it? It's hard to see the truth that God is good and He gives good things when your life seems like a bowl of chaos and you start talking to friends in depth that you've missed the last few weeks to hear that they have had days or the last weeks less than desirable and far from peachy.
As God started to shift my heart and pull it back into the perspective of Him, I was reminded that my God IS good. He IS good. He IS good. I am underserving of God, I'm underserving of anything good, any of the good gifts from Him. And yet here I stand in a sea, in a field of everything good. Life isn't always rosy. In fact there are some pretty dry spells, hard questions, strained relationships, mixed emotions to say the least. But those things are the rain that fills and makes the power of our sea or waters our field.
I could go on, but I'm sure I've already confused you enough. These are just my thoughts spinning at lightening speed. Pray and seek out what God is trying to reveal to you through this. I'd love to hear back about your thoughts! This is just the truth I felt like God poured on me, and it was time for me to pass it on to you. When things are hard or you feel lonely remember that God IS good and He gives good. That's remarkable because we don't deserve it at all. So to know that we have the chance to grasp God's goodness through Jesus is the first step is seeing the goodness.
We SERVE a mighty and gracious God.
God IS good. God IS good. Dwell and ponder on these three very simple words for a brief moment. Do you believe it, really believe it?
Recently (actually just last night) I met up with several friends from college. This was a huge deal since we've been on summer break for about a month now, meaning it's been a while since seeing each other. That night was filled with laughter, joy, hugs, conversation, food, games... Of the many conversations I had God laid out a common point in every single one of them. "I AM good. I GIVE good things."
In midst of my own life the last month since starting summer break after finishing my freshman year in college its been like a roller coaster. And I'm not the only one, with friends sharing their life during this point reflecting similar feelings. A friend in particular reminded me in the process of sharing about her summer that , "God is good and everything good comes from Him."
I started to think about that. Of course I "KNEW" it, but did I believe it? It's hard to see the truth that God is good and He gives good things when your life seems like a bowl of chaos and you start talking to friends in depth that you've missed the last few weeks to hear that they have had days or the last weeks less than desirable and far from peachy.
As God started to shift my heart and pull it back into the perspective of Him, I was reminded that my God IS good. He IS good. He IS good. I am underserving of God, I'm underserving of anything good, any of the good gifts from Him. And yet here I stand in a sea, in a field of everything good. Life isn't always rosy. In fact there are some pretty dry spells, hard questions, strained relationships, mixed emotions to say the least. But those things are the rain that fills and makes the power of our sea or waters our field.
I could go on, but I'm sure I've already confused you enough. These are just my thoughts spinning at lightening speed. Pray and seek out what God is trying to reveal to you through this. I'd love to hear back about your thoughts! This is just the truth I felt like God poured on me, and it was time for me to pass it on to you. When things are hard or you feel lonely remember that God IS good and He gives good. That's remarkable because we don't deserve it at all. So to know that we have the chance to grasp God's goodness through Jesus is the first step is seeing the goodness.
We SERVE a mighty and gracious God.
Just another point in the journey and dream.
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