My life is up and it is down
I try to keep both feet on the ground
Your love is all that gets me through
All I need on this earth is you
And I can hear your voice reciting:
"I'm here, I'm closer than your breath
I've conquered even death
I am still here
And just like I was then
You can't remember when I was not here"
Jesus, you're the author of my heart
Told me you wanted every part
And now my life and its demands
Are resting safety in your hands
And I can hear your voice inviting:
"I'm here, I'll never leave your side
My stubborn weary child
I am still here
Please let me lead you on
Your race is already won I am your God"
-Sixpence
I really don't know that there are better words for this week. He wants every part, and He is taking every part. However, I am His child and He is good! My race is won already. Wow. What amazing hope we have! I have to say, this week I have been shown time and time again how the love I thought I had that would go so far has crumbled like a whitewashed wall in a storm from God (see Ezekiel 13:13-16 for where the concept comes from in my head, even though it's talking about something a bit different). He has shown me the point my love ends and His begins. My endurance is short; my patience is thin; I am irritable and resentful towards people I love when things get hard. Jesus, however, provides a love that always endures, is patient, and is never irritable or resentful (I Cor. 13). May He continue tear down me and build things that will last! Some may say I am crazy to continue to ask for this after they have seen me this week, but I will continue to ask for refinement until I am totally His and He is my portion without question or hesitation. "He gives and takes away, but my heart will choose to say - Blessed be His name!" Also, just so you know I am also asking for a time of rest and to catch a break for a day or two if it won't change the process of refining me. Join me in that too please!
ps the picture is from jess and my drive home from st. aug. a couple weeks ago.
I try to keep both feet on the ground
Your love is all that gets me through
All I need on this earth is you
And I can hear your voice reciting:
"I'm here, I'm closer than your breath
I've conquered even death
I am still here
And just like I was then
You can't remember when I was not here"
Jesus, you're the author of my heart
Told me you wanted every part
And now my life and its demands
Are resting safety in your hands
And I can hear your voice inviting:
"I'm here, I'll never leave your side
My stubborn weary child
I am still here
Please let me lead you on
Your race is already won I am your God"
-Sixpence
I really don't know that there are better words for this week. He wants every part, and He is taking every part. However, I am His child and He is good! My race is won already. Wow. What amazing hope we have! I have to say, this week I have been shown time and time again how the love I thought I had that would go so far has crumbled like a whitewashed wall in a storm from God (see Ezekiel 13:13-16 for where the concept comes from in my head, even though it's talking about something a bit different). He has shown me the point my love ends and His begins. My endurance is short; my patience is thin; I am irritable and resentful towards people I love when things get hard. Jesus, however, provides a love that always endures, is patient, and is never irritable or resentful (I Cor. 13). May He continue tear down me and build things that will last! Some may say I am crazy to continue to ask for this after they have seen me this week, but I will continue to ask for refinement until I am totally His and He is my portion without question or hesitation. "He gives and takes away, but my heart will choose to say - Blessed be His name!" Also, just so you know I am also asking for a time of rest and to catch a break for a day or two if it won't change the process of refining me. Join me in that too please!
ps the picture is from jess and my drive home from st. aug. a couple weeks ago.
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