Hol and I had a music-sharing party the other night (which just means she and I traded computers and used flash drives to get music from one another) and thanks to her willingness to share, I now have a lot more Hillsong.
these lyrics have been going round and round in my head and heart for the past two days:
Savior I come
Quiet my soul remember
Redemption's hill
Where Your blood was spilled
For my ransom
Everything I once held dear
I count it all as lost
Lead me to the cross
Where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees
Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself
I belong to You
Lead me, lead me to the cross
You were as I
Tempted and trialed
You are
The word became flesh
Bore my sin and death
Now you're risen
To your heart
To your heart
Lead me to your heart
Lead me to your heart
-Lead Me To The Cross, Hillsong United
Bring me to my knees. Lord, I lay me down. Rid me of myself. I belong to you.
My mind kept moving back to these words this morning as I wrote them in my prayer journal.
Tuesdays I work late, teaching until 7:30 and I found myself wrestling with an inner unwillingness to have a good attitude about the things that the day were to hold.
I kept thinking, Rid me of myself.
That I might surrender my disobedient and unwilling and hesitant spirit and remember that I belong to Him. And that desiring a heart after his is a thousand steps in the right direction, while wallowing in my selfish nature is a thousand steps to nowhere.
You, O Lord, keep my lamp burning, my God turns my darkness into light. - Psalm 18:28
I almost cried when I read these words this morning before I taught my first class.
He sustains us if only we would get the heck out of the way.
He takes our muck and mire and turns it into light.
lead me to the cross, O Lord.
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"He sustains us if only we would get the heck out of the way.
He takes our muck and mire and turns it into light.
lead me to the cross, O Lord."
these words have been my bread today.
thank you for them.
I love that song. It's probably one of my favorites to play and sing... also one of my favorites to listen to.
Life seems much better and brighter when we are being led to the cross... I feel like when you were talking about "taking a thousand steps towards God is the right direction...and a thousand steps away is completely the wrong way," you were talking about that fact. Even though God's grace is abounding and unending, we see that grace and are so much more thankful for it when we have the cross in our focus.
When your arrow is aimed at the target, it flies so much straighter. :)
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