Is 55:8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways my ways" says the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
"Open our eyes to the world at the end of our pointing fingers"
Loving this song...Are we a friend of sinners? Or are we swinging our swords at those around us...My favorite part is "I'm so double-minded, A plank-eyed saint with dirty hands..."
Jesus, friend of sinners
We have strayed so far away
We cut down people in Your name
But the sword was never ours to swing
Jesus, friend of sinners
The truth's become so hard to see
The world is on their way to You
But they're tripping over me
Always looking around but never looking up
I'm so double minded
A plank-eyed saint with dirty hands
And a heart divided
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners
Open our eyes to the world
At the end our pointing fingers
Let our hearts be led by mercy
Help us reach with open hearts and open doors
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners
Break our hearts for what breaks Yours
Jesus, friend of sinners
The One whose writing in the sand
Made the righteous turn away
And the stones fall from their hands
Help us to remember
We are all the least of these
Let the memory of Your mercy
Bring Your people to their knees
Nobody knows what we're for
Only what we're against
When we judge the wounded
What if we put down our signs
Crossed over the lines
And loved like You did
You love every lost cause
You reach for the outcast
For the leper and the lame
They're the reason that You came
Lord, I was that lost cause
And I was the outcast
But You died for sinners just like me
A grateful leper at Your feet
‘Cause You are good
You are good
And Your love endures forever
And I was the lost cause
And I was the outcast
You died for sinners just like
We are learning as a family to love Christ and treasure Him above all things in this world. Nothing compares to knowing Him and His saving grace on sinners such as ourselves!! I (the mom) am the blogger here. As the years go by, God is teaching just how prideful I am and how desperately humble he needs to make me. I like to say that as I get to know Christ more, I see my sinful self more and more clearly, it's not pretty. But I have hope! Cause "he's still workin' on me, to make me what I ought to be"! I am married to my best friend and the one who never ceases to bless my life year after year...We have four children, two born of our hearts and two bio children, who bring such joy to our home! And let's not forget to mention lots of blessed "craziness"!!!
God has been teaching us that the things that we have and own, our talents, our gifts, our time all belong to us to show the world who Christ is and to enjoy laying down our own lives that another might recieve JOY!
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