There's a new song that just speaks to my heart. It's one of Bethel's Loft Session songs, Come to Me. Everytime I hear it, I'm filled with such awe in the God that we serve. I'm hit with such admiration. With such wonder. How can God love me when I continually screw up? How can he show forgiveness and grace after I make mistake after mistake? All he asks is that we come to him with humility and ask for forgiveness. Wow. Really? You mean I don't need to go out and do this or this or that and earn your forgiveness? You mean you give it freely? Because you love me?
Wow. Speechless.
How can we not give a God like this a chance?
How can we not take a moment each day to thank him for loving me JUSTAS I AM.
How can we not desire to make a change in our attitudes, in our temp tantrums?
How can we continue on a path towards destruction, if that's what we've decided....
I remember reaching a point in my life where I finally understood that our God is a God of love. He doesn't sit up in heaven waiting for us to make a mistake, then hit us with that painful lightning bolt. He's a God of love. Just like you may be a parent of love. You desire for your children to make good decisions, because you love them. You don't want anything to harm them. Neither does our God.
Recently I've been feeling a bit bogged down with the stresses of life, the pressures, the frustrations. I'm not really a person that focuses too much on that stuff, but there are times where I do have something heavy on my heart. And I'm reminded of how incredible my God is. How he is full of such incredible grace and forgiveness. And goodness does he know how to bless his children!
Sometimes taking that moment to reflect on those things about us we desire to work on, is a good thing. It's refreshing once the frustration is replaced with "...the peace of God that goes beyond our understanding..." Phil 4:...
Listen to this song. It's incredible. It's a reminder that the God we pray to each night, and sing to each Sunday, is listening. Thank you God!
Come to me, I'm all you need. I'm everything.
I am your anger in the wind and the waves
I am your steadfast, so don't be afraid.
Though your heart and flesh my fail you, I'm your FAITHFUL STRENGTH
I am with you, wherever you go.
Come to me, I'm all you need.
Wow, how cool is our God:)
I love him.
B
