I wanna see Miracles

"I want to see miracles //see the world change //

Wrestle the angel // for more than a name"

"For more than a feeling // For more than a cause
I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You."

"Twenty four voices // With twenty four hearts
With all of my symphonies // In twenty four parts.
  and I'm not copping out. Not copping out. Not copping out."

~Twenty-four, Switchfoot

This For Those Who Wait

"The pressures make us stronger // The struggle makes us hunger // the hard lessons make a difference // The pressures make us stronger // The struggle makes us hunger // the hard lessons make a difference// and the difference.. makes it worth it." 

~This is For Those Who Wait, Fireflight

This song has really spoke to me about waiting. And how really waiting is an active action... I'm actually doing something, even when it doesn't always feel like I am. I think sometimes that's when you learn the most, patience, endurance, dealing with your emotions, mental struggles. The struggle makes us hunger; the more that we are challenged, the more we fight, the more we struggle the more we will hunger after God. The more we will realize how much we actually *need* Him. But the hard lessons make all the difference, and the difference is what makes it worth it.

Pouring Rain

"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound // Amazing love, now pouring down // From hands and feet that were nailed to the tree // His grace flows down and covers me. "

~Grace Flows Down 

Grace = unmerited divine assistance

We fall. We mess up. We make mistakes.

But even though we do, His grace pours over us. Over it all. And not only does it pour on us, it covers us. 

Completely.

It's like a flood, like a downpour, like a cozy blanket, all unmerited, undeserved. But yet He still pours it out. It's one of the most amazing things I've experienced in my walk with God, His unconditional grace. It's almost beyond my understanding, it's more something I just have to accept. 

So I stand under the downpour, let the water run over my tears, curling up in the blanket, because His grace covers me. 

It covers my shame. It  covers my guilt, my sin, my mistakes. It fills me up, it washes me clean, heals my wounds. The awesome grace of Jesus does this for me. 

"The people asked.... and He opened the rock and water gushed out; it ran into all the dry places." ~Psalm 105:40-41
 

Ask for His grace, let Him pour it out, let it gush into all the dry places. Let it cover you. Let it cover your shame, your guilt your sin. Let it fill you, wash you, heal you.

For Your Nearness

"For Your nearness, Lord I hunger // For your nearness Lord I wait // Hold me ever closer, Father // such I love I can't escape.For Your nearness I am hoping // for Your nearness, Lord I long // have no need for any other, I have found where I belong // I have found where I belong."

"So draw me nearer, Lord // never let me go // closer to Your heart // draw me nearer, Lord // oh draw me nearer, Lord."

"And keep me here // keep me here // there's no where else I'd rather be."

"So draw me nearer, Lord // never let me go // closer to Your heart // draw me nearer, Lord // oh draw me nearer, Lord."

~Draw Me Nearer, Meredith Andrews