Another blog post...another song by Christy Nockels. You surprised? Here's the deal. I just got her new CD that I have been dying to get ever since it came out and it's pretty much all that I have been listening to lately! I believe that God chooses to speak to each of us in our own special ways. Mine is through music. If you know me personally, you know that I have a strong passion for the arts, especially music. Therefore whenever God speaks to me, it's 99.9% of the time through a song that I've heard on the radio, a song I've listened to a million times, or a song that someone randomly shares with me. This is probably answering your question of why there is almost ALWAYS a song at the end of my blog posts...it's the way the Lord speaks to me and the way that I express my thoughts and feelings.
Anyways...on to what I'm thinking... :)
I don't know about you guys, but whenever I do something wrong or not to the best of my ability, I will sit there and beat myself up over it. I guess you could say I have a very strong guilt complex and sense of conviction. Normally this would be a good thing...but when you sit and dwell on the mistakes you've made all of your short comings, its eats away at you. From what I interpret/understand, it is Satan's way of continuing to pull you farther from Christ.
So many times I have found myself sulking in my weaknesses instead of running to my loving Father's arms, I sit there in the darkness of my sin and hide out of shame from my Heavenly Father. Stop doing this to yourself....He isn't doing it to you. Here is a real life example. You all might know by now that I have a Shepard/Lab puppy named Paisley who is coming up on 1.5 years old. She is such a light and blessing in my life and I'm sure people think I'm a little crazy for admitting it. :) Well seeing as she is a dog and still in those lovely puppy years, she tends to cross the line every now and then.
For my birthday almost a year ago, Zack had gotten me these amazing pair of shoes that I had been wanting for forever and I was SO excited. (Props to him for being a great listener!) Well one day I came home and found bits of familiar looking fabric spread all throughout my little house. It took me a minute and looking at her obviously guilty face to realize what she had done. There in the corner were my brand new shoes (only worn 3 times...might I add) torn to bits. Hello disappointment! Then she realized that I figured it out and those ears went back and that tail went between her legs. Needless to say, she knew I was disappointed. Paisley knows good and well the difference between my stuff and her toys. (She tends to be very defiant...maybe God's sending payback for my defiant years through her...oops!) My point is...I love that dog to death and I care far more about her than a measly pair of shoes. In some way I think that this shows our Father's love for us. Nothing Paisley does can make me love her any less. Did I love those shoes? OF COURSE! But I love my sweet puppy more. Does God want us to do the right thing? OF COURSE! But he knows we'll mess up and he loves us any way.
The difference between me and Paisley is that Paisley knows that kind of (unconditional) love and she lives fully in it. A lot of the times I don't live in Christ's unconditional love for me. Whenever she messes up, she cowers for a second (obviously her way of saying "Oh snap, Mom, I am SO sorry. I know better.") and then she gets over it and embraces the fact that her owner loves her to pieces. She cuddles with me, she licks my face, she enjoys my love and presence. Now I know that analogy was quite a long shot...but isn't it true? How about the next time we mess up and we think there is no way he could forgive us or even still love us, we rest in the fact that he does. We learn from our mistakes, ask for his forgiveness and fall into His loving and warm embrace. He loves you and NOTHING you could ever do will EVER separate you from that love. Rest in it. Live in it. Embrace it.
Healing Is In Your Hands - Christy Nockels
No mountain, no valley
No gain or loss we know
Could keep us from Your love
No sickness, no secret
No chain is strong enough
To keep us from Your love
To keep us from Your love
How high? How wide?
No matter where I am
Healing is in Your hands
How deep? How strong?
Now by Your grace I stand
Healing is in Your hands
Our present, our future
Our past is in Your hands
We're covered by Your blood
We're covered by Your blood
How high? How wide?
No matter where I am
Healing is in Your hands
How deep? How strong?
Now by Your grace I stand
Healing is in Your hands
Sing this in faith
In all things we know that
We are more than conquerors
You keep us by Your love
Sing it out in all things
In all things we know that
We are more than conquerors
You keep us by Your love
You keep us by Your love
How high? How wide? Oh, Lord
No matter where I am
Healing is in Your hands
How deep? How deep is Your love?
How strong? How strong is Your love?
Now by Your grace I stand
Healing is in Your hands
No gain or loss we know
Could keep us from Your love
No sickness, no secret
No chain is strong enough
To keep us from Your love
To keep us from Your love
How high? How wide?
No matter where I am
Healing is in Your hands
How deep? How strong?
Now by Your grace I stand
Healing is in Your hands
Our present, our future
Our past is in Your hands
We're covered by Your blood
We're covered by Your blood
How high? How wide?
No matter where I am
Healing is in Your hands
How deep? How strong?
Now by Your grace I stand
Healing is in Your hands
Sing this in faith
In all things we know that
We are more than conquerors
You keep us by Your love
Sing it out in all things
In all things we know that
We are more than conquerors
You keep us by Your love
You keep us by Your love
How high? How wide? Oh, Lord
No matter where I am
Healing is in Your hands
How deep? How deep is Your love?
How strong? How strong is Your love?
Now by Your grace I stand
Healing is in Your hands
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