Hold Me Jesus ~ Rich Mullins

Well, sometimes my life

Just don't make sense at all

When the mountains look so big

And my faith just seems so small

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And I wake up in the night and feel the dark

It's so hot inside my soul

I swear there must be blisters on my heart

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Surrender don't come natural to me

I'd rather fight You for something

I don't really want

Than to take what You give that I need

And I've beat my head against so many walls

Now I'm falling down, I'm falling on my knees

And this Salvation Army band

Is playing this hymn

And Your grace rings out so deep

It makes my resistance seem so thin

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So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf

You have been King of my glory

Won't You be my Prince of Peace

Testimony

Not everyone who goes to church is a Christian, but everyone who goes to church is 'sick.'
Not everyone who is silent lacks antagonism, but most who speak their mind will encounter antagonism.

I have known Christian-turned Agnostics, Atheists, and Buddhists, but the type of fallen Christian that has struck me most is the silent one.

Silent fallen Christians might be church goers, or charity-lovers, but they have Agnostic, Atheistic, and even Buddhist hearts. 

Silent fallen Christians can be the ones that nobody truly knows but everybody loves, the ones who never miss an altar-call because of guilt, the ones who make a greater effort to look nice than do a morning devotional, and they are the ones who somewhere along the way of looking for Jesus were unexpectedly uprooted from a comfort zone into sinful reality.

Silent fallen Christians are the unconverted at heart; they fail to realize or accept God's love, because self is so appealing. Silent fallen Christians are the first kind of fallen.

I think about how it just happened “One Day” that Job’s Worst fears came true, and God was the One who put him up for the challenge. But what do studies from Job say? They say that God calls us to seek responsibility whether we are just facing or in the midst of a storm. So if God calls us to ‘carry on’ so to speak, then He has to have our backs - because He is love.
(while reading God of the Whirlwind: Job, Gerald Wheeler)

Contentment

If you have a voice, you have a sword.

If you have eyes, you have a canvass.
If you have hearing, you have a map.
If you can smell, you have a marker.
If you have memory, you have transportation.
If you can think, you have a passport.
If you can feel any touch, you have a connection.
If you can taste, you have a culture.
If you can breathe, you have grace.

“No one is on their deathbed wishing for more time at work. Enjoy life.”