Unashamed Love
You're calling me to lay aside the worries of my day. --> Matt 6:27 "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"
To quiet down my busy mind --> Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God"
And find a hiding place --> Psalm 143:9 "Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord, for I hide myself in You"
Worthy, You are worthy --> 1 Chronicles 16:25 "For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise"
Of a childlike faith --> Mark 10:15 "I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it"
And of my honest praise --> Exodus 15:2 "He is my God and I will praise Him"
And of my unashamed love --> Psalm 18:1 "I love You, O Lord, my strength"
The bolded text is one of my favorite praise songs in the world. Its so quiet and soft and so meaningful. He is worthy of a childlike faith, it means that I understand what He says is truth, no questions asked. When He says He loves me, I don't say "well.. why? who could possibly love me?", I say "I love you too". All He wants is for me to set aside a few minutes of my crazy day and sit back and rest in His arms, to take a few minutes and quietly spend some time with Him. Its so easy for me to forget that. I think He wants this awesome time of praise and prayer and reflection, and He does love that, but He loves just "hanging out" too. I've been a little sad lately, cause I'm so stressed out with the mission trip and raising money and worrying about this or that, and I forget that a mission trip is not about the details. Its not about making sure everything is perfect, its about getting real with God, and getting real with myself, and really knowing who myself is. Its something that is easy to forget for me. Anyway, because of the stress, I was sitting back in my chair at work and thinking about things.. and I look up on my wall and there is this paper hanging up and it has this song broken down into the verses that possibly inspired it. I broke it down probably a year ago while sitting in Renewal on a wednesday night, apparently I was having trouble paying attention to the lesson, so I did this, and thinking back at how well I remember Jesse playing this song that night, and how at peace I felt for just those few moments when I really felt like I was in God's presence.. it was truly amazing.
I'm babbling on and on about a night you guys don't know.. so I'll let it be for now, and go back to my chair and my thinking and contemplating. The mission trip is going to be truly amazing this year, not only do I get to go back for a third time, I get to share the experience with someone who means so much to me, Dan. He is such a wonderful person.