“Long Way Home”
I set out on a great adventure
The day my Father started leading me home
He said there’s gonna be some mountains to climb
And some valleys we’re gonna go through
But I had no way of knowing
Just how hard this journey could be
Cause the valleys are deeper
And the mountains are steeper than I ever would have dreamed
But I know we’re gonna make it
And I know we’re gonna get there soon
And I know sometimes it feels like we’re going the wrong way
But its just the long way home
I got some rocks in my shoes
Fears I wish I could lose
That make the mountains so hard to climb
And my heart gets so heavy with the weight of the world sometimes
There’s a bag of regrets,
My should’ve beens, and not yets
I keep on dragging around
And I can hardly wait for the day I get to lay them all down
I know that day is coming
I know its gonna be here soon
And I won’t turn back even if the whole world says I’m going the wrong way
Cause its just the long way home
When we can’t take another step
The Father will pick us up and carry us in His arms
And even on the best days, He says to remember we’re not home yet
So don’t get too comfortable
Cause really all we are is just pilgrims passing through
Well, I know we’re gonna make it
And I know we’re gonna get there soon
So I keep on singing and believing
What all of my songs say
Cause our God has made a promise
And I know that everything He says is true
And I know wherever we go
He will never leave us
Cause He’s gonna lead us home
Every single step of the long way home
(Keep going, we’re gonna make it)
(I know, we’re gonna make it)
(We’re just taking the long way home)
(Keep going, we’re gonna make it)
(I know, we’re gonna make it)
(We’re just taking the long way home)
(Keep going, we’re gonna make it)
(I know, we’re gonna make it)
(We’re just taking the long way home)
(Keep going, we’re gonna make it)
(I know, we’re gonna make it)
It’s just a long way home
Long Way Home -Steven Curtis Chapman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1p-QfgkLow
one day, I will play this on the uke.
I am the thorn in Your crown
But You love me anyway
I am the sweat from Your brow
But You love me anyway
I am the nail in Your wrist
But You love me anyway
I am Judas’ kiss
But You love me anyway
See now, I am the man who yelled out from the crowd
For Your blood to be spilled on this earth shaking
ground
Yes then, I turned away with a smile on my face
With this sin in my heart tried to bury Your grace
And then alone in the night, I still called out for You
So ashamed of my life, my life, my life
But You love me anyway
It’s like nothing in life that I’ve ever known
Yes,You love me anyway
Oh Lord, how You love me
You love me, yes You love me
How You love me
How You love me
How You love me
no matter what i’ve done,
you are greater.
no matter what the world is pressing,
you are greater.
God I am not worthy of being and living without the blood of Jesus Christ.
But because Jesus died on the cross then, for us before now and forever
help me to cross off my worth of myself and put your worth in me.
to seek your desires more than mine.
I know I have been struggling and considering you away,
but every time i turn around
I can’t deny the fact you are greater
and you are the best.
help me not to focus on my words i gave you which will pass away like season leaves
but to focus on your words that lives forever.
I am sorry God
The Greatest lie the devil can tell you,
- The greatest lie the devil can tell you is that you can figure out your spiritual struggles on your own. But the simple truth is that you can’t.
- God is out of human reach from its initial effect of sin. God created us. God came to us. God chose to communicate with us. He is the one who controls all interaction and in no-way a human, who was created to be in the mist of God, can be on it’s own. We need God and we need to call to God for help.
- Therefore, we must seek God in our deep most struggles, because God is larger than your struggles. In the end your struggles will not hold you as a standing defense against the judgment before God but only the personal relationship you develop with Him will be accounted for.
- What then lays ahead as an obstacle for you to reach out to God? Our defeated self-worth? Pride? Shame and Guilt? It can almost be the reason but even those reasons doesn’t place on it’s own stance against blood of Jesus Christ. You stand there with your hand both grasping onto dirt as if it’s the whole world when in reality you can’t stand against with it in the fair trial.
- The ultimate choice is simply this. Do you want to change? Are you comfortable where you are? You are like a runner stuck in a race, staying still at where you are, looking toward the goal, but THEN refusing your walk toward the goal.
- Then my brothers, my sisters, there is nothing God can do for you. He had provided everything and is asking for your decision. Jesus already had done everything and already gave everything. Holy Spirit is gentle and will never force you to walk where you don’t want to.
- Finally, you cannot blame God for anything. Any hardships and or any troubles and struggles on its way. God has already done the most for you.
- He had sent his son to die an innocent bloody murder for you.
- God had given his only son.
- God had given the purest lamb.
- In turn of that ultimatum so you can have the choice to choose, either to finish the race or to end the race staying still.
- --reflections of February seventh 2011--
As you plan, let God be your guidance,
Let there be peace in your heart and a firm trust in God.
Let God be your only encouragement and let your heart and your ears maybe even closer to Him.
Let your eyes focus on Jesus and I pray for many blessings, sister.
Whatever heavy is in your heart, let God guide you.
God Bless you.
Present moments are changing.
No clouds formations will repeat itself again,
No raindrops will synchronize with each other the same.
You will never step over your previous steps.
Present moments are changing. Either you can sit still in waiting for
the same formation, same synchronization, same steps or you can
move with the wave, living in present moments.
How perfect for Jesus to be named Immanuel? God with us.
God with us,
God with us.
Merry Christmas everyone
image by Christine Jung. I couldn’t find the orginal print, so thats the print with coding.
