These are the lyrics from the song Grace by Stavesacre. They have been a favorite band of mine for quite some time, like 7 years or more. This song speaks so deeply to what we do when we sin, and what grace is. Oh what a wonderous God we have that when we seek the least of whores, he calls us back through the all-surpassing grace he has gifted us. Grace is so much more than just getting what we don't deserve. It is the active drawing of our God back to himself when we have so foolishly turned our faces from him in sin.
When I was a mountain, strong with stone, silver and gold
Strip-mined wildly, spent it all
Leaving only stone
(Chorus)
But Grace, are You hangin’ on for me?
Tell me it’s true, You still do
Come back around this way
When I was Your lover – passionate and bright as the stars
Left You for the least of whores
Broke Your precious heart
(Chorus)
“Oh, I’ve been standing right here, all along.
My dear, I’ve been standing right here
Ever as before
Oh, I want nothing more than you
Stay please, come back to My arms and
Rest your weary head,
Don’t ever leave again,
Beloved.”
(Chorus)
Grace
Grace –
“Oh, I’ve been standing right here all along.”
Saturday, July 01, 2006
An email, I wanted to share.
This is something i was thinking about the other day, and i sent it to my dad via email, but i thought i would place it on my blog, just in case anyone still reads this thing.
So Monday, I was walking back to work from my review and some high school kids stopped me and asked if I wanted to do a survey. The first question they asked was, "Do you believe in God?" I, of course, answered, "Yes," but for some reason the next question threw me a bit. They asked me why! And for a second there I couldn't give an answer. But then I said because it is obvious to me that there is one due to everything around me. So I thought about my answer tonight after I read through I Cor. 1 (I decided to read thru that book again) and additionally why I had paused. That answer wasn't the reason I believe, it is merely proof that substantiates what I believe. I suppose if I think about it the reason I believe what I do, is that I have seen God work, not only in my own life, but in others and in his Word (but isn't this just more evidence to support what I believe?). But my question is, do I have to have a reason? Doesn't it ultimately come down to faith? I believe because I choose to (or perhaps because God chose that I would *wink wink) I guess it was just something I hadn't thought about in a while. To get to the reason I was thinking about this is the discussion in I Cor. 1 about the gospel seeming like foolishness to the world, but the very Power of God to those who believe. We don't need to convince others why we believe what we do, even if this seems like foolishness to them. We just share what Christ has done, and if they are called, it will be the very Power of God in their lives, if not, it will seem to be foolishness.
So Monday, I was walking back to work from my review and some high school kids stopped me and asked if I wanted to do a survey. The first question they asked was, "Do you believe in God?" I, of course, answered, "Yes," but for some reason the next question threw me a bit. They asked me why! And for a second there I couldn't give an answer. But then I said because it is obvious to me that there is one due to everything around me. So I thought about my answer tonight after I read through I Cor. 1 (I decided to read thru that book again) and additionally why I had paused. That answer wasn't the reason I believe, it is merely proof that substantiates what I believe. I suppose if I think about it the reason I believe what I do, is that I have seen God work, not only in my own life, but in others and in his Word (but isn't this just more evidence to support what I believe?). But my question is, do I have to have a reason? Doesn't it ultimately come down to faith? I believe because I choose to (or perhaps because God chose that I would *wink wink) I guess it was just something I hadn't thought about in a while. To get to the reason I was thinking about this is the discussion in I Cor. 1 about the gospel seeming like foolishness to the world, but the very Power of God to those who believe. We don't need to convince others why we believe what we do, even if this seems like foolishness to them. We just share what Christ has done, and if they are called, it will be the very Power of God in their lives, if not, it will seem to be foolishness.
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