Why do I run from the One who can save me?
Is there a part of my heart that is crazy?
Why do I run from the One who can save me?
Why do I turn from the face of Your love, Lord?
It's an error I do not want to afford.
Why do I turn from the face of Your love, Lord?
CHORUS
By Your grace, Lord, draw me to Your heart.
By Your love, You reel me in.
In Your gentle way, turn my face to You
That I can see You once again.
Why do I hide in the times I most need You?
Why do I avoid with busy things I do to "please" You?
Why do I hide in the times I most need You?
Why do I turn from Your love that is holy?
You are the source, the life, You and You only.
Why do I turn from Your love that is holy?
CHORUS
You are so beautiful, I can barely stand it,
and You fiercely love me, it's hard to understand it
Why am I skittish to be with You, know You
to see You and read with You
To share what I need with You? You love me.
And You love to hear my voice. You love me.
And You want to see my face. You love me.
So I will lift my voice to You.
I will turn my face to You.
I will lift my heart to You.
I will open my life to You.
I will lift my dreams to You
and I will put my hope in You
I will sing my love for You
cuz You love me. Yes, You love me!
F6, C, G Am/ Am, C, G
capo optional with same shapes
So, this song is about how sometimes I feel somewhat skittish about spending time with God, for no apparent reason. I find all kinds of useful and beneficial things to do, all the while thinking in the back of my head and knowing that I am somewhat avoiding the Bible, worship, and praying earnestly and honestly to God.
I am not sure if it is because I am overwhelmed by His beauty, or if I am afraid to ask for help or share my heart openly in prayer. In any case, in Song of Solomon aka Song of Songs v 2:4 it says
"O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. "
elsewhere in the Song of Solomon the bride is said to have doves eyes, which I have heard means true and unwavering (doves would fly long long distances to be with only their mates, and are monogamous, as far as I know.
As a part of the church who is the bride of Christ, the Lord sees my face as sweet (in Christ, of course) and hears my voice of praise, prayer, thanksgiving, and the outpouring of my cares and hearts as lovely. He wants me to lift up my eyes to and put my hope in him.
1 John 3:3
And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
Ps 123:1
To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
Ps 121:1
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
No matter what my (or your) circumstances, we can, through the way of Jesus Christ, share our hearts, needs, praises and prayers with God. He wants to hear us, He wants us to look for Him for help, salvation, and deliverance, He wants us to put our hope in him.
Blessings!
* The line open my life to You does not imply that one can close off their life from God, being as in Him we live and move and have our being. It meant to me that I would deliberately allow and ask God to be in control by making space for Him in my thoughts, activities, and priorities, being ready and willing to follow His leading, and by not holding to the false idea that I am in control. So it is more of a realigning my heart with reality and asking God to take residence in my life.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Life with God
My future is uncertain as far as the world's concerned,
But I have an anchor that never fails.
My hope is not in this life or in things I can touch or see,
But I'm walking towards a city that's promised for eternity.
Oooo, this is not my home.
Oooo, I'm a traveller on the road.
My heart it is yearning for rest and sweet repose
That I have in Christ in part, but someday will know fully.
So I'll walk arm in arm with my family down the road
The narrow path, the highway of the holy.
Oooo, this is not our home.
Oooo, we are travelers on the road.
The Bible will be our road map and the Spirit our trusted guide
Jesus our faithful shepherd, God the Father watching o'er us from on ihgh
As we walk towards the place that's prepared for us we will never walk on alone,
And nothing can separate us from God's love or stop us from reaching home
Oooo, heaven is our home.
Oooo, God will lead us down the road, to our home.
verses EmAm riff, chorus CGDAm, last verse CGD....
This song is about how the hope and stay of my life is the eternal life that God has promised in heaven, which will be an even fuller and complete revelation of the life that I have with Him here. When I mention walking down the road with my family I mean my church family.
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, John 1:12
But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. Hebrews 11:16
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Is 35:10
(Christians have been ransomed with Jesus' blood so we can go to heaven)
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering Hebrews 12:22
For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." Rev 7:17
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." Rev 21:4
*This is my personal testimony based on my personal beliefs (which I believe are shared by most Bible believing Christians) and some cool verses that seem to go with the song.
But I have an anchor that never fails.
My hope is not in this life or in things I can touch or see,
But I'm walking towards a city that's promised for eternity.
Oooo, this is not my home.
Oooo, I'm a traveller on the road.
My heart it is yearning for rest and sweet repose
That I have in Christ in part, but someday will know fully.
So I'll walk arm in arm with my family down the road
The narrow path, the highway of the holy.
Oooo, this is not our home.
Oooo, we are travelers on the road.
The Bible will be our road map and the Spirit our trusted guide
Jesus our faithful shepherd, God the Father watching o'er us from on ihgh
As we walk towards the place that's prepared for us we will never walk on alone,
And nothing can separate us from God's love or stop us from reaching home
Oooo, heaven is our home.
Oooo, God will lead us down the road, to our home.
verses EmAm riff, chorus CGDAm, last verse CGD....
This song is about how the hope and stay of my life is the eternal life that God has promised in heaven, which will be an even fuller and complete revelation of the life that I have with Him here. When I mention walking down the road with my family I mean my church family.
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, John 1:12
But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. Hebrews 11:16
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Is 35:10
(Christians have been ransomed with Jesus' blood so we can go to heaven)
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering Hebrews 12:22
For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." Rev 7:17
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." Rev 21:4
*This is my personal testimony based on my personal beliefs (which I believe are shared by most Bible believing Christians) and some cool verses that seem to go with the song.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Trust Your Heart
Such gentleness
Such consideration of my brokenness
Your patience inspires my confidence
In the compisition of your heart.
When I'm a mess
You don't turn away in great distress
But you draw near with tenderness
To life me up and wash me clean again
CHORUS
I can trust Your heart
I can trust that You are for me
I can trust Your heart
and that You have good plans for me
When I'm antsy 'cuz I'm not "there" yet
Help me on Your face my vision set
That the glory shone would help me get
Closer to the wonder that You are
Let my heart be true
and focused first on pleasing You
Help me acknowledge You in all I do
and straight You'll make my Paths
CHORUS
BRIDGE
What a great God, so worthy of all I have
Help me to seek you, know you, be in you
Your love causes me to live
GDEmC, Bridge AmCGD AmCEm, DD7D - strum pattern 2 verses and bridge, on chorus still figuring it out
The love that God has for us as mentioned in the first two stanzas can be mirrored in relationships between believers in real life. It is a pretty thought. Happy day to any who read!
1 Cor 13:4a, 7 Love is patient and kind...Love bears all, things believes all things, endures all things.
2 Cor 2:5-8
Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure - not to put it too severely - to all of you. 6 For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, 7 so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him.
Eccl 4:9-10a Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow.
Such consideration of my brokenness
Your patience inspires my confidence
In the compisition of your heart.
When I'm a mess
You don't turn away in great distress
But you draw near with tenderness
To life me up and wash me clean again
CHORUS
I can trust Your heart
I can trust that You are for me
I can trust Your heart
and that You have good plans for me
When I'm antsy 'cuz I'm not "there" yet
Help me on Your face my vision set
That the glory shone would help me get
Closer to the wonder that You are
Let my heart be true
and focused first on pleasing You
Help me acknowledge You in all I do
and straight You'll make my Paths
CHORUS
BRIDGE
What a great God, so worthy of all I have
Help me to seek you, know you, be in you
Your love causes me to live
GDEmC, Bridge AmCGD AmCEm, DD7D - strum pattern 2 verses and bridge, on chorus still figuring it out
The love that God has for us as mentioned in the first two stanzas can be mirrored in relationships between believers in real life. It is a pretty thought. Happy day to any who read!
1 Cor 13:4a, 7 Love is patient and kind...Love bears all, things believes all things, endures all things.
2 Cor 2:5-8
Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure - not to put it too severely - to all of you. 6 For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, 7 so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him.
Eccl 4:9-10a Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Joy in the Uncertainties
A Em G A
Bridge C G A+ A (A + is the 3 fingers on fret two up one position from a normal A chord)
I will take joy in the uncertainties of life
for on Christ the solid rock I will stand.
My peace does not depend on the circumestances surrounding me
But only on the blood of the Lamb.
The future ahead is a mystery to me
though some things God has revealed.
I will look forward to when Jesus' face I'll see,
and faith in God will be my mighty shiled.
There's no pretending that I'm free of all sins yet
though many trials and vices fall away
I'll hope in Jesus and know God's not done just yet,
but I'll be like Him when I see Him on that day.
BRIDGE
Things change, seasons come and go, but God always remains the same.
I love Him and He loves me so. I'll take shelter from life's storms in His strong Name.
So I'll hope in God He will be my saving pow'r,
and life with Him my inheritance.
Before His face I'll see in that final holy hour
I'll trust my future's not left up to chance.
This song was written while waiting for a future job in, I believe October of 2010 or 2009. I have been an administrative temp, and that has led to a lot of positional uncertainty. However, I am sure and covered in Christ! A note, when I say that "I will be like Him when I see Him on that day" I mean that when I get to heaven, I will behold the glory of Christ my Lord and my character will be as His. I will also have a resurrected body of His nature. I believe that is Scripturally supported (in the Bible).
Bridge C G A+ A (A + is the 3 fingers on fret two up one position from a normal A chord)
I will take joy in the uncertainties of life
for on Christ the solid rock I will stand.
My peace does not depend on the circumestances surrounding me
But only on the blood of the Lamb.
The future ahead is a mystery to me
though some things God has revealed.
I will look forward to when Jesus' face I'll see,
and faith in God will be my mighty shiled.
There's no pretending that I'm free of all sins yet
though many trials and vices fall away
I'll hope in Jesus and know God's not done just yet,
but I'll be like Him when I see Him on that day.
BRIDGE
Things change, seasons come and go, but God always remains the same.
I love Him and He loves me so. I'll take shelter from life's storms in His strong Name.
So I'll hope in God He will be my saving pow'r,
and life with Him my inheritance.
Before His face I'll see in that final holy hour
I'll trust my future's not left up to chance.
This song was written while waiting for a future job in, I believe October of 2010 or 2009. I have been an administrative temp, and that has led to a lot of positional uncertainty. However, I am sure and covered in Christ! A note, when I say that "I will be like Him when I see Him on that day" I mean that when I get to heaven, I will behold the glory of Christ my Lord and my character will be as His. I will also have a resurrected body of His nature. I believe that is Scripturally supported (in the Bible).
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