Monday, September 28, 2009

Today's Song - Heal the Wound

I used to wish that I could rewrite history
I used to dream that each mistake could be erased
Then I could just pretend
I never knew the me back then

I used to pray that You would take this shame away
Hide all the evidence of who I've been
But it's the memory of
The place You brought me from
That keeps me on my knees
And even though I'm free

Heal the wound but leave the scar
A reminder of how merciful You are
I am broken, torn apart
Take the pieces of this heart
And heal the wound but leave the scar

I have not lived a life that boasts of anything
I don't take pride in what I bring
But I'll build an altar with
The rubble that You've found me in
And every stone will sing
Of what You can redeem

Heal the wound but leave the scar
A reminder of how merciful You are
I am broken, torn apart
Take the pieces of this heart
And heal the wound but leave the scar

Don't let me forget
Everything You've done for me
Don't let me forget
The beauty in the suffering

Heal the wound but leave the scar
A reminder of how merciful You are
I am broken, torn apart
Take the pieces of this heart
And heal the wound but leave the scar

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Here I Am

The third and final song I want to write about this week is “Here I Am”.

Do you need someone you can really trust? Is there someone that can truly take your loneliness away? Can someone be found who will carry you through the most difficult or painful moments of life?

I know Someone Who can be and do all those things perfectly.

Do you need a place or a person whom you can always run to and freely cry on their shoulder knowing they will accept you as you are, love you unconditionally as you are, and never leave or forsake you?

I know Someone Who promises to be that for you.

When you need some shelter from the rain
When you need a Healer for your pain

He will be there every time. With Him you will never ever walk alone, even if you were to find yourself on a completely deserted island.

Do you have broken dreams or things in your life that threaten to overwhelm you with despair?

You can lay them on Him and He will bear the weight for you. He understands completely what you have gone through in the past and are going through now in the present.

Do you feel an aching emptiness or loss?

He will fill you up with His perfect love.

I speak of Jesus. God’s son, Jesus Christ, is The One I speak of above.

This is what He says to you and me each day:

This is a crazy world
These can be lonely times
It's hard to know who's on your side
Most of the time

Who can you really trust
Who do you really know
Is there anybody out there
Who can make you feel less alone
Sometimes you just can't make it on your own

If you need a place where you can run
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I'll always be your friend
When you need some shelter from the rain
When you need a Healer for your pain
I will be there time and time again
When you need someone to love you
Here I am


If you have broken dreams
Just lay them all on me
I'll be the One who understands
So take my hand

If there is emptiness
You know I'll do my best
To fill you up with all the love
That I can show someone
I promise you, you'll never walk alone

Well, if you need a place where you can run
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I'll always be your friend
When you need some shelter from the rain
When you need a Healer for your pain
I will be there time and time again
When you need someone to love you
Here I am

Everybody needs somebody who
they can pour their heart and soul into

If you need a place where you can run
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I'll always be your friend
When you need some shelter from the rain
When you need a Healer for your pain
I will be there time and time again
When you need someone to love you
Here I am, Here I am

Thank you, Jesus, for pouring your life out for us and into us and always being there…

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Glorious Grace Flowing Down

The second theme song God has given for this time has come to have a very special meaning. Like “Footprints in the Sand”, I have known this song for some time and have even previously posted it on this blog before. But right now, this song has taken on a much deeper meaning. And through current circumstances and this song, God has brought me to a whole new level of appreciation and understanding of His amazing, boundless grace that covers us through Christ Jesus.

For Christ, while we are still infirm, still in accord with the era, for the sake of the irreverent, died. For hardly for the sake of a just man will anyone be dying: for, for the sake of a good man, perhaps someone may even be daring to die, yet God is commending this love of His to us, seeing that, while we are still sinners, Christ died for our sakes. Much rather, then, being now justified in His blood, we shall be saved from indignation, through Him. For if, being enemies, we were conciliated to God through the death of His Son, much rather, being conciliated, we shall be saved in His life.” (Romans 5:6-10)

Christ died for us while we were still all messed up. He didn’t wait for the world and all mankind to get our act together and then decide we were worth dying for. No, to Him, we were worth dying for while we were all messed up; it was because we were messed up! He died for all the offenses we have committed, are currently committing, and will commit in the future against each other and against Him. And through Christ’s sacrifice, God’s amazing, boundless, and overwhelming grace has poured over all of us. What an incredible treasure this is!!

When I look back at my past, feeling regret and sorrow over certain things that happened or that I did, I can find comforting peace in the truth that His grace has poured over all of that and covered it completely. Oh, glory, glory to the great YHWH and His beautiful Son, Jesus Christ.

Amazing Grace
How sweet the sound
Amazing Love
Now flowing down
From hands and feet
That were nailed to the tree
His Grace flows down and covers me
It covers me….

Being comforted by His glorious grace…