psalm 139

you search me you know me
you see my every move
there's nothing i could ever do
to hide myself from you
and even though you know
you will always love me
and even though you know
you'll never let me go
i don't deserve your love
but you give it freely
you will always love me
even though you know.
-rebecca st. james

i like when artists can take an old testament passage and re-write it with you know, new testament knowledge in mind.

this year, been dwelling more on the facts and truths behind my salvation.

spent a few weeks irked about the fact that for some reason, if i didn't talk about Christ explicitly, people seemed to assume that I'm works-based or something.  then as i was verbalizing my frustrations, it dawned on me that hello, out of the heart, the mouth speaks.
so then i began to consciously focus on ways to talk about my salvation.. even during prayers (which I used to think was so hokey and contrived by the way).. and realized how AWKWARD it was for me to verbalize thanksgiving over my salvation, or even verbalize how it came to be... so that was a wake-up call.

Ultimately thankful.  Ultimately filled with questions.

Ultimately comforted.
As He teaches me how to sing His love song.

song i liked from chapel yesterday

This is a song we sang in chapel yesterday and I thought the words were so right.

I found some kids singing it too.

OBEDIENCE Song

Obedience is the very best way, to show that you believe.
Doing exactly what the Lord commands, doing it happily.
Action is the key - do it immediately, joy you will receive.
Obedience is the very best way to show that you believe.

O-B-E-D-I-E-N-C-E
Obedience is the very best way to show that you believe.

We want to live pure we want to live clean.
We want to do our best.
Sweetly submitting to authority, leaving to God the rest.
Walking in the light, keep our attitudes right,
On the narrow way.
For if you believe the Word you receive,
You always will obey!

there's only one thing two do three words four you

last summer it was Lucky by Jason Mraz.
this summer it might be 1234. (plain white ts)

you know, those generally accepted to be good music artists that mean nothing to you until *that one song* ?

for me, it was jason mraz.
i just really didn’t care.
mraz?
eh.

and then i heard lucky. and i fell.
and i love jason mraz.

same thing for plain white ts.
i mean yeah.. hey there delilah was catchy, but it was whatevers.
but… 1234…. and yeah, now i’m listening to plain white ts.

i miss last summer. this summer came so quick.
if i could measure life by summers… i could.