Being Whole

"You...gave me hope,
You made me whole..."



It sounds so cheesy (wow, that looks really good)...  I'm a girl.  And what I know from talking to a lot of my girlfriends (and to myself) that it is easy to desire someone (_usually_ a guy) who can save them from past hurt.  I mean, come on...how romantic is it to be able to say to someone say those lines?

Well, the song continues...

"You..gave me hope,
You made me whole
At the cross...

You...took my place,
You showed me grace
At the cross...
Where You died for me."

--

In my life, I can say with confidence that no guy, no amount of popularity, no amount of money, no grouping of material possessions, no measure of physical beauty has ever sustained my hope or feeling of wholeness.  Fulfilling those desires gave me volatile and unsatisfying rest from loneliness and pursuits.  I never had a purely good feeling after I was temporarily satiated by a new romance, a dinner with a friend, or a new piece of clothing, or an "investment piece."  I have felt completely at peace after I bring every dark thing to light through prayer to God, asking Him to work these evil things for good.  And I know He will, because He gives us these promises in the Bible:

"For God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him."  (John 3:17, ESV)

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28, NIV)

It's still hard for me to trust those promises 100% of the time...God is helping me work on it.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Shine Into Our Night - Sovereign Grace Music

Image
There is something therapeutic for me in typing out lyrics... We are not what we should be We haven't sought what we should seek We've seen Your Glory, Lord...but looked away Our hearts are bent, our eyes are dim Our finest works are stained with sin An emptiness has shadowed all our ways Jesus Christ Shine into our night Drive our dark away... Till Your Glory fills our eyes Jesus Christ Shine into our night Bind us to your cross Where we find light Still we often go astray We chase the world forget Your grace But You have never failed to bring us back Reveal the depths of what You've done The death you died, the victory won You've made a way for us to know your love Written by Joel Sczebel
Read more

"Choir" Voice of Yamaha DGX-530

There is something magical emanating from the sound of voices singing together.  Though it's digitalized on this portable electronic grand piano, the "Choir" voice sounds beautiful!   One of my fave things:  the keys on the right sound like female voices and the left like male voices...as the notes move toward middle C, the voices sound androgynous and mystical..I want to describe the sound as transcendental...  The peacefulness I feel when listening reminds me of how I feel listening to Celtic Woman . (Technical frustration:  Blogger isn't letting me upload the video from my phone - rather, below video went from phone --> computer --> Blogger!)
Read more

And If Our God is For Us

The catchy lyrics with the catchy tune with the catchy drum pattern goes: "And if our God is for us Then who could ever stop us? And if our God is with us Then what could stand against?" -Words and Music by Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman, "Our God" It's a rhetorical question, but I'll answer anyway - it's nothing.  Not even my ceaseless selfishness.  In Matthew 16 - Peter, the rock on whom the church would be built, rebuked Jesus for prophesying His own death by the elders, chief priests, and teachers of the law, saying "Never, Lord! This shall never happen to you!".  In response, Jesus says, "Get behind me, Satan!  You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns." Satan.   Merely human  concerns.  Ouch.  But there's hope!  As I alluded to before, in Matthew 16:18, "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my churc
Read more