so the other night was a completely amazing God-night (the same night that i wrote my last blog) and God put a tune and words in my head while i was taking my shower so i started writing a song and this is the finished result:
verse 1:
here i am
broken down
i'm so tired of sinning
it's breaking me
but it's not too late
i can change
but not in my weakness
no, i need some help
chorus:
i need Someone that knows my heart
that won't ever from me depart
i need You
i've sinned so much my heart was dark
even then will Someone bigger than me bend
down and grab my hand
hold me and never end
what i need is You
verse 2:
here i go
in the wrong direction
i look to friends
for satisfaction
but that's not enough
to fill my hole
to satisfy my
need for You
then the chorus again
bridge:
i can see us hand in hand
You won't ever make me stand alone
apart from You, i am nothing
i don't wanna live without my King
i am amazed
so in awe
so in love
with You!
chorus 2:
i have Someone that knows my heart
God won't ever from me depart
i love You
even though i sin, You cleanse my heart
You're much bigger than me and yet You bend
down and grab my hand
You hold me and won't ever end
what i need is here
i need You
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
lead me
i've been meaning to get on here and share about what God did in my life at student life camp and i hope i will soon, but for now, there's somthing else i wanna say.
before you read this, i encourage you to go to youtube and listen to the song "lead me" by sanctus real. but just in case, here is the chorus:
lead me with strong hands
stand up when i can't
don't leave me hungry for love
chasing dreams but what about us?
show me you're willing to fight
that i'm still the love of your life
i know we call this our home
but i still feel alone.
basically, the guy was not being the husband and daddy he should be. i'm not a mom or wife yet, but i am a friend, a daughter, a sister, a grandaughter, etc. and i am right there where the guy who wrote this song is. it may not be really visible or it may be, but i realize that a lot of times, i won't be the person i should to all of the people around me because of my selfish desires. i mean really..how many of us struggle with giving our time, our space, our love when people start getting on our nerves and more to everyone around us just because we are tired or wornout even from doing the stuff that we wanted to do. let's pretend we love going to the pool so much that we do it whenever we have time to. we go and get wornout from something we love and come back and treat everyone like they don't mean anything to us and use the excuse that we are tired.
the thing that gets me is laziness. i LOVE to just sit and watch tv. there are even sometimes that i get tired of tv or of relaxing and want to do something productive, but i just am too lazy to do anything about it. then i get in a bad mood and it effects other people. my laziness even effects people that don't know it. one of my desires is to use my time to help and encourage others. for example, i teach the 6th grade small group during the school year (well, they will be 7th grade this year). my desire is that if i need to prepare anything to teach them this year, i'll do it the second i have free time.
let's look at it from another perspective: "don't leave me hungry for love" i've recently experienced this. i don't know what brought it on, but i was just craving love from other people. i think we all go through that at some point. well, first of all, God is enough for any and all of us, but we also need to remember that He put the people He put in our lives for a reason. read Philippians 1:1-11. it talks about people being united together through Christ to do His Will. i know that i need to always remember that other people are craving for love too. i know how that feels and i can say that throughout my life, i have seen where God let me go through feeling left out and stuff (just like everyone goes through at some point in their lives) to really open my eyes and see that everyone i look at wants love. everyone wants people in their lives that they know will ALWAYS be there for them. i don't know about you, but i definitely want to be that person that people know will always be there for them.
kinda recently, i've discovered that we can get SO much done in just 20-30 minutes. i mean if you sit down and study the Bible for just 10 minutes a day, it makes a BIG difference. i've seen it first hand in my own life. God can and will use any amount of time He gives us for His Will IF WE LET HIM. that's something i know i need to work on and i hope this encourages others to work on it too because i know i'm not the only one!
look in Proverbs for verses about laziness. 10:4, 12:24,19:15, *20:13*, and there are more too. if you want more, i can find more for you.
colossians 3:23-24 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."
and remember, we can't do this alone: Proverbs 28:26 "He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe."
before you read this, i encourage you to go to youtube and listen to the song "lead me" by sanctus real. but just in case, here is the chorus:
lead me with strong hands
stand up when i can't
don't leave me hungry for love
chasing dreams but what about us?
show me you're willing to fight
that i'm still the love of your life
i know we call this our home
but i still feel alone.
basically, the guy was not being the husband and daddy he should be. i'm not a mom or wife yet, but i am a friend, a daughter, a sister, a grandaughter, etc. and i am right there where the guy who wrote this song is. it may not be really visible or it may be, but i realize that a lot of times, i won't be the person i should to all of the people around me because of my selfish desires. i mean really..how many of us struggle with giving our time, our space, our love when people start getting on our nerves and more to everyone around us just because we are tired or wornout even from doing the stuff that we wanted to do. let's pretend we love going to the pool so much that we do it whenever we have time to. we go and get wornout from something we love and come back and treat everyone like they don't mean anything to us and use the excuse that we are tired.
the thing that gets me is laziness. i LOVE to just sit and watch tv. there are even sometimes that i get tired of tv or of relaxing and want to do something productive, but i just am too lazy to do anything about it. then i get in a bad mood and it effects other people. my laziness even effects people that don't know it. one of my desires is to use my time to help and encourage others. for example, i teach the 6th grade small group during the school year (well, they will be 7th grade this year). my desire is that if i need to prepare anything to teach them this year, i'll do it the second i have free time.
let's look at it from another perspective: "don't leave me hungry for love" i've recently experienced this. i don't know what brought it on, but i was just craving love from other people. i think we all go through that at some point. well, first of all, God is enough for any and all of us, but we also need to remember that He put the people He put in our lives for a reason. read Philippians 1:1-11. it talks about people being united together through Christ to do His Will. i know that i need to always remember that other people are craving for love too. i know how that feels and i can say that throughout my life, i have seen where God let me go through feeling left out and stuff (just like everyone goes through at some point in their lives) to really open my eyes and see that everyone i look at wants love. everyone wants people in their lives that they know will ALWAYS be there for them. i don't know about you, but i definitely want to be that person that people know will always be there for them.
kinda recently, i've discovered that we can get SO much done in just 20-30 minutes. i mean if you sit down and study the Bible for just 10 minutes a day, it makes a BIG difference. i've seen it first hand in my own life. God can and will use any amount of time He gives us for His Will IF WE LET HIM. that's something i know i need to work on and i hope this encourages others to work on it too because i know i'm not the only one!
look in Proverbs for verses about laziness. 10:4, 12:24,19:15, *20:13*, and there are more too. if you want more, i can find more for you.
colossians 3:23-24 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."
and remember, we can't do this alone: Proverbs 28:26 "He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe."
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