Hold My Hand

Heard this song today on my iPod and thought it was a good play off of the previous post of Psalm 13.  It's by my latest favorite band, Tenth Avenue North.

How long must I pray, must I pray to You? 
How long must I wait, must I wait for You? 
How long 'til I see Your face, see You shining through? 
I'm on my knees, begging You to notice me.
I'm on my knees, Father will you turn to me? 

One tear in the dropping rain, 
One voice in the sea of pain
Could the maker of the stars
Hear the sound of my breakin' heart? 
One light, that's all I am
Right now I can barely stand
If You're everything You say You are
Won't You come close and hold my heart

I've been so afraid, afraid to close my eyes
So much can slip away before I say goodbye.
But if there's no other way, I'm done asking why.
Cuz I'm on my knees, begging You to turn to me
I'm on my knees, Father will you run to me? 

One tear in the dropping rain, 
One voice in the sea of pain
Could the maker of the stars
Hear the sound of my breakin' heart? 
One light, that's all I am
Right now I can barely stand
If You're everything You say You are
Won't You come close and hold my heart.

So many questions without answers, Your promises remain
I can't sleep but I'll take my chances to hear You call my name
To hear You call my name

One tear in the dropping rain, 
One voice in the sea of pain
Could the maker of the stars
Hear the sound of my breakin' heart? 
One light, that's all I am
Right now I can barely stand
If You're everything You say You are
Won't You come close and hold my heart.

Hold my heart, could you hold my heart? 
Hold my heart.

Strength will rise as we wait upon the LORD

1 How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?
   How long will you hide your face from me?
2How long must I take counsel in my soul
   and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

 3 Consider and answer me, O LORD my God;
    light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
4 lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him,"
   lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

 5But I have trusted in your steadfast love;
   my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
6I will sing to the LORD,
   because he has dealt bountifully with me.

-Psalm 13

Laminin

Sorry for all the videos, but this is just so incredible. I've seen it like 5 times, and it gives me goosebumps every time. You science buffs will really love it.

Hallelujah-Tenth Avenue North

Me likes this song a lot. Actually their whole cd is good. Check it out on iTunes.

Flip

I want one of these. Really badly. It comes with 2GB of memory, which equates to 1 hour film time. I wonder if it will support a bigger card though? Cuz it would be super awesome with like a 64G SD card...

Gettin' rid of junk

Just thought I'd clarify on that a bit. At least my take on it, because Bell doesn't really explain how to do it, so I'll share my thoughts on it. I think the most important thing to know is that you CANNOT FIX YOURSELF. To "stare your junk in the face" doesn't mean to come up with a disciplined action plan on how to correct it. Or a "do" and "don't" list. Because you know what? You will fail. I promise. I'm speaking from experience.

Rather, I think to stare your junk in the face is to acknowledge the problem, and then give it to God. Because you can't overcome it outside of Christ. And ironically, to be too focused on the problem and trying to overcome it, that makes you NOT focused on Christ. The important thing is to become transparent, to emulate Jesus. As you are more focused on Him and worshiping and adoring Him, he will continue to change you and sanctify you, as he has promised. But it is important to face your problems by acknowledging them and then give them over to Christ.

Velvet Elvis

I've heard several people recommend Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell, but I just never read it. The other day, however, it caught my eye at the bookstore and I decided to buy it. Plus it was 50% off. Anyway, I'm about half way through, and he's got some really good points in there. One thing I like is when he talks about salvation. He discusses how many people tend to view it as a legal transaction only. And it's ok to think of it that way, in fact the language used in Ephesians 1:13-14 utilizes legal terms. But his point is that you shouldn't stop there. Salvation isn't just about Jesus saving you at the cross. It isn't merely a once-for-all deal, it's more of a process. God doesn't only want to cover up our sins, He wants to restore us to the person He originally planned for us to be. As Christians, our goal isn't to not sin, it's to live like Jesus.

Another really cool point is about letting go of the past and moving on in your life, but that can't be done until we properly deal with our problems. Or as Bell so eloquently puts it, "For Jesus to heal my soul, I have to stare my junk right in the face." You know what I mean, we all have those really big issues we struggle with. Those things we don't talk about, we're ashamed of, the things we ignore and think that by doing so it will just go away miraculously. Well, you can't really get past those things until you face them and own up to them in Christ. And I kinda understand what he's talking about here. I've recently tackled some "junk" in my life (but not all!) and have experienced both healing and freedom.

Well, like I said, he has some good points, so I look forward to reading the rest of the book.