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| i need to learn what it means to borrow strength from God. not borrow, but be strengthened by him. im learning that i am too weak to just simply "borrow" strength. these past weeks i tried to get back up from being struck down and i simply asked God to lend a hand. i guess i never realized that God's hands are too big to just lend, theyre there to pick us up. after the heaviest of burdens have been placed upon our lives, his power lifts us up. he lifts us up so high so that we may see the mess that we had gotten into, and the beauty of his saving grace. God gives us this view so that we may find the beauty he places in our broken lives. he's telling us to have no fear. John 16:33 says "I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have troubles. But take heart! I have overcome the world." i know that for me, this verse teaches that God will take care of everything. the ups and downs of life are inevitable. we wish the joyous times would never end and the solemn times to go away, but Christ tells us that he set aside times for both, and in those times he reveals his majesty. he tells us to rejoice in all walks of life for he has "overcome the world", he promises that nothing can tear us away from his love. the song in christ alone says: "no power of hell, no scheme of man can EVER pluck me from his hand". nothing, NOTHING can ever take us away from our Father. the power of God truly outshines the temptations we face. His strength fights off the evils of this world and nothing stands a chance against my God. his glory is too great to be destroyed, or even challenged. satan can try, but he'll never win. not against my God. not against my saving grace. | | |
| At first I am afraid but not because of fear
But the Holy of Holies is drawing me near
Your voice like thunder shakes the ground I’m on
So hide my face in the shadow of Your wings, oh Lord
Hide my sin from the beauty here before Your throne
Your throne
Hallelujah for the blood of the Lamb that was slain
Hallelujah for the blood of the Lamb that was slain
And so we enter in to see Your face, yeah
We enter in to see Your face, oh God
Well I'm falling to my knees. I feel the earth beneath
With the weight of my sin, and this crushing unbelief
Could You really love me with all that I’ve done, oh Lord
You spread Your hands
And made a refuge for the weak and blessed
The weary, bruised, and broken
Took our sin. Inside Your wounds we hide away
Inside Your wounds we hide | | |
| ive been listening to the album of tenth avenue north lately and ive really been listening to their music and a couple of their songs just hit home for me. ill post lyrics of these songs in the upcoming days and i encourage you to listen to them and take what the words have to say to heart. this song reminds me of the unfailing, stubborn love of our God. it tells me that no matter what i go through and no matter how much i might question God, He never seizes to love and forgive me. i am forever surrounded, protected, and filled with His eternal love. i hope this song touches you as much as it touches me.
I know I need You
I need to love You
I love to see You, but it's been so long
I long to feel You
I feel this need for You
And I need to hear You, is that so wrong?
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Now You pull me near You
When we're close, I fear You
Still I'm afraid to tell You, all that I've done
Are You done forgiving?
Oh can You look past my pretending?
Lord, I'm so tired of defending, what I've become
What have I become?
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
I hear You say,
"My love is over. It's underneath.
It's inside. It's in between.
The times you doubt Me, when you can't feel.
The times that you question, 'Is this for real?'
The times you're broken.
The times that you mend.
The times that you hate Me, and the times that you bend.
Well, My love is over, it's underneath.
It's inside, it's in between.
These times you're healing, and when your heart breaks.
The times that you feel like you're falling from grace.
The times you're hurting.
The times that you heal.
The times you go hungry, and are tempted to steal.
The times of confusion, in chaos and pain.
I'm there in your sorrow, under the weight of your shame.
I'm there through your heartache.
I'm there in the storm.
My love I will keep you, by My pow'r alone.
I don't care where you fall, where you have been.
I'll never forsake you, My love never ends.
It never ends."
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
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| im finally learning how to be strong in and for the Lord. im learning how to rise above my problems and find shelter in the Lord. learning to trust with all of my heart without a doubt in my mind. the world pulls me one way, but im learning to use God's strength to pull the other way. im convincing myself over and over again that nothing can touch me, nothing can hurt me if i find my strength in the Lord. my eyes are being open to the ever real hardships that show up in our lives. though i have not reached my potential strength, i will get there. though bruised and broken, i will come out of this loved and sheltered by God alone because He is the only one that can provide the strength i need. | | |
| Why are you striving these days
Why are you trying to earn grace
Why are you crying
Let me lift up your face
Just don't turn away
Why are you looking for love
Why are you still searching as if I'm not enough
To where will you go child
Tell me where will you run
To where will you run
And I'll be by your side
Wherever you fall
In the dead of night
Whenever you call
And please don't fight
These hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you
Look at these hands and my side
They swallowed the grave on that night
When I drank the world's sin
So I could carry you in
And give you life
I want to give you life
(Chorus 2x)
Cause I, I love you
I want you to know
That I, I love you
I'll never let you go | | |
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