worship! it is one of the ultimate gifts we can give to our creator. it's our heart's response to Him when we realize just how much we need Him and that we can't live without Him. it's the art of being broken open and repaired all at the same time. it is so simple, yet can be so complex and stirred up for a number of reasons.
God is always the same - He's constant - yet worship can always be so different and powerful depending on what's going on in our lives and how He's gently pointing us back to the truth.
this seems to be all that i've been thinking about these past few months, and i think that means it's just the start of a beautiful journey with myself and the creator of the universe.
we are mirrors whose brightness, if we are bright, is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us. -- c.s. lewis
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Hope's Anthem
He's awakening the hope in me
By calling forth my destiny
He's breathing life into my soul
I will thirst for Him, and Him alone
He has come like the rain
That showers on the barren plain
So my heart and tongue confess
Jesus Christ, the hope of man
My hope is in you, God
I am steadfast, I will not be moved
I'm anchored, never shaken
All my hope is in You
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
the definition of trust
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So what do our lives have to do with trust, anyway? I feel that lately God's been speaking to me quite a bit about this word. Mainly because I feel as if my next few steps are cloudy and could almost go in any direction (literally). I used to wonder why God didn't line up our whole lives before us, so that we might know exactly where we should be and how we can properly move forward onto our next chapter. But if life were this way, there would be no trust involved. I am so thankful that in our weakness He is made strong. He always comes through! This is so encouraging to me, especially when I feel as though it's in my DNA to worry about a particular thing. God is asking us to put our trust in Him, and once we do that, He takes care of everything from that moment on. One of my favourite verses talks about how we may stumble, but we'll never fall, for He holds us by our hand. How reassuring it is to know and be in love with the God who created the oceans, the forests, and the mountains! We were created to worship Him, and there is no one like our God!
- N
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
the new year
Something happened. As soon as the clock struck January 1st, 2011, my mind instantly referred to this new year as a new season. Translation, "Spring". Only problem is, we are halfway through winter with no signs of green grass or tulips on the horizon. That does not stop my pattern of thought, however! Because the Lord is doing a new thing! I am SO excited with what this new year holds, and for what God is going to reveal to me. Everyday I just feel so grateful for everything. I could go on and on...
Music is blossoming in my life. I got a glockenspiel (YES) for my twenty-first birthday and have been writing new tunes like the dickens since last September. It's nearly effortless to sing/create new melodies about what God has done and what He's doing when it springs up so naturally from my heart.
The time spent in Kansas City over Christmas break was priceless: God revealed more of His mysterious self to me and caused my soul to crave Him even more than before. In Him is where I am found, and where I am fully alive! My God's not dead, He's surely alive, He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion!
I cannot wait to see what this year will hold. And right now it's only the beginning!
- N
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