Because you are

Yesterday's church was great. The climax of the message was that though consequences for sin may have lasting effects in this world, God's forgiveness is forever. The example was Manessah, the king who lead Israel to commit abominations worse than the nations before them (witchcraft, idolatry, child sacrifice, and more). If you read 2 Chronicles 11 you'll notice that God took away the kingdom and sent the Assyrians to capture Manessah. That is when Manessah humbled his heart before God, and God gave him back the kingdom?! Can you imagine? Amazing! God is mind-blowing!

The other wonderful thing was the songs. Specifically, there was one that I had never heard before, but it captured my heart. Just read these lyrics!!

Because You Are
by: Everybodyduck

Verse 1
I can’t feel You like others around me
I don’t feel like kneeling or closing my eyes
Is there something wrong with my heart that I can’t see?
Or do You feel love still when nobody cries?

Verse 2
So I’ll praise You if I never feel You
And I’ll love You ‘cause I know You’re there
And if You should choose I’m sure one day I’ll feel it
But feeling good’s never the reason I cared

Chorus
Father, I praise You because You are
Jesus, I love You because You are
Spirit, I worship You because You are
And if no one can see that Your love’s moving me
I worship You still and forever will
Because You are

Verse 3
‘Cause I know in my heart how bad I want to touch You
You must sense this love my soul barely contains
No lack of desire in this desert to worship
I keep singing skyward, it just never rains.

Listen to the music here. Let me know if you want the guitar chords! :)

Walk before Me

This morning I read from the devotional Days of Praise produced by Institute for Creation Research. The theme verse was Genesis 17:1.

"I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect."

The entire devotional is only about 4 paragraphs long. Below is the thought that stood out to me most.

"In Genesis 17:1, the phrase could well be translated "walk, looking at my face." The first commandment, could also be translated "don't let any other god get between your face and my face." '

The rest of the devotional is here: http://www.icr.org/articles/type/6/

May we all set our face on Him and let nothing come between!

Please have patience with me as I attempt to form a blog that will be suitable for documenting my life in the next few years. As is obvious, you never know where I will be, and I would like to get this blog into an order that will be ready for whatever changes lie ahead in the coming years.