Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Ezra 4; Psalm 113 & 127; Luke 9

"Made To Love" by Toby Mac
The dream is fading, now I'm staring at the door
I know its over cause my feet have hit the cold floor
Check my reflection, I ain't feelin what I see
It's no mystery
Whatever happened to a passion I could live for
What became of the flame that made me feel more
And when did I forget that...
I was made to love you
I was made to find you
I was made just for you
Made to adore you
I was made to love and be loved by you
You were here before me
You were waiting on me
And you said you'd keep me
Never would you leave me
I was made to love and be loved by you
The dream's alive with my eyes opened wide
Back in the ring you've got me swinging for the grand prize
I feel the haters spittin vapors on my dreams
But I still believe
I'm reachin out, reachin up, reachin over
I feel a breeze cover me called Jehovah
And daddy I'm on my way
Cause I was made to love...
I was made to love you
I was made to find you
I was made just for you
Made to adore you
I was made to love
And be loved by you
You were here before me
You were waiting on me
And you said you'd keep me
Never would you leave me
I was made to love and be loved by you
I was made to love you
I was made just for you
Made to adore youI was made to love
And be loved by you
You were here before me
You were waiting on me
And you said you'd keep me
Never would you leave me
I was made to love and be loved by you
(nah, nah, nah, nah - nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)(nah, nah, nah, nah - nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)
Anything I would give up for you (nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)
Everything, I'd give it all away (nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)

Anything I would give up for you (nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)
Everything, I'd give it all away (nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)
Anything I would give up for you (nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)
Everything, I'd give it, I'd give it all away, Oh yeah
Cause I was made to love you (I was made to love you)
Yeah I was made to love you (I was made to find you)
Cause I was made to love you (I was made to adore you, made just for you) (nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)I was made to love you (I was made to adore you, made just for you)Cause I was made to love you (I was made to adore you, made just for you) (nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)I was made to love you (I was made to adore you)Yeah I'm loved by youYeah I'm loved by you (nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)Yeah I' m loved by you (nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)(nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)(nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)

So that song is what I hear driving to work. I had breakfast with a gal this morning and to my mind that is what I pointed her back to. That this life will always be about us if we don’t surrender it into this Amazing God who made us to love Him and when we do…we love more, we expect less from others, we forgive more, we are softer, we are where You made us to be……
Psalm 113
1 Praise the LORD. Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
2 Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore.
3
From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised.
4 The LORD is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high,
6 who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?
7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
8 he seats them with princes, with the princes of their people.
9 He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD
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Luke 9: 23 Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. 25 What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self? 26If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. 27I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God."

I was made to LOVE YOU…You reading this were made to love Him….
Like a child I am learning to love and trust You…….like a child learning to walk and wanting to run ahead and explore everything I am coming to know that You are with me always and You are a Daddy to all…..the best Father and some don’t even know the freedom in believing that…their experiences with earthly Dads doesn't allow them to know ......
I pray for all us believers in Jesus Christ to be so infused with THAT KNOWING that we love others all others and….and I don’t know what else to write and not confuse the issue. Thanks for Your Word and that You made us to LOVE YOU.






And you know what this being a child of God, remembering what I'm here for doesn't come easy but as I read back exactly 2 years ago today or even a year ago..... He is an amazing God and I want to spend the rest of my life figuring out what giving it all away looks like.

3 comments:

Robert said...

*figuring out what it all looks like giving it all away* o yes becky sure do want to join with you in that desire and goal!!!

Sublime said...

Hey BJK!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog and sending me a comment yesterday. It prompted me to post some photos of what I've been doing all summer. I promise to post more soon since I now have time to breathe. I hope all is well and I'll catch up with everyone's blogs asap!

Take care,
Sublime

Sue said...

Wonderful thoughts and one of my favorite songs. Thank you for the encouragement.