Love can take a little more... - skillet
Love is all around you know, so take a hold.
Hidden in our words, that's sometimes ain't enough
Don't suffocate day after day, just build it up.
Cause when you're feeling weak, you know i'm strong enough.
..Just one more day, one more day...
..Let the world crash Love can take it...
..Love can take a little, Love can give a little more...
Love is indistructable, so take a hold.
Sometimes hard to find a reason good enough.
Stand beside you, Never leave you through it all.
And faith will bring a way to the impossible.
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Love: An intense emotional attachment; A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude towards someone/ something.
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Even the dictionary describes love as a feeling. How I sometimes wish that it was that easy.. a feeling. The song by Skillet ( A Little More) (above) really describes of the omnipresence of God .. of his unfailing and everpresent Love for us. It reminds me of a love I have forgotten and forsaken for a long time; one not of just feeling and emotions, but of action and trust. I rather like the literal translation of the Greek word for Love (Agape) --> enthusiasm, or devotion; unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another. Although I like the definition, I know that personally, I have not been exhibiting that aspect of Love in my daily life ... Rather, I've been struggling a lot not only with my relationship with the Lord, but it also indirectly affects my thoughts and relations with others.
I wish I could say that everything is nice and dandy... but it's far from it. Academically, I'm doing pretty well.. but as I reflect on the past semester... I've realized that I've cut God out of the equation.. out of the overall picture. I've been so dependent on myself... not spending time with the Lord, living pretty much the life of a "good person without God". Although I've been attending Bethel and serving.. I've just come to a point where I'm dried.. or just tired... Tired of what ? I guess that question has many answers. I've been questioning God for a long time, as to whether he really truly hears my prayers. There's been issues and things that I've kept in my prayers for a long time, and yet I feel as though he's been silent and not giving me any APPARANT answers. Maybe I've missed the answers he's given me .. maybe I'm just not paying attention. ..
I miss the way I use to trust in God.. the way I used to rely on him for everything. I miss the compassion I had for others. I miss the way I used to live in fervor for Him and His Kingdom. Everytime I listen to another one of Pastor Dougs' sermons (and his great analogies), I have a motivation to reestablish my relationship with God. Everytime I sing the worship songs, I have a yearning to be near Him.. yet somehow.. I just can't seem to do it. Something's holding me back.. something in the way... I KNOW what it is.. but my "human-ness" has gotten the best of me.
How can I say to be living for his purpose.. when I don't even aquire the purpose and the advice given by God in the first place ?.. Help me Lord... I yearn to be rid of these chains and of the lies of the enemy... I strive to find comfort and refuge in you.. to be a witness to my brothers and sisters.. to those who do not know you. Father, use my flaws and my sins to show your hope and your faithfulness. I know you are a God that does not give up on your children. You are the Good Shepherd who looks for the one lost sheep. Almighty Lord, forgive me and renew me. Provide me with accountability and brothers and sisters who will pray with and for me. But most importantly, give me a heart to seek what is good.. what is pure and what is in Your FAVOUR. ~So Let it Be.
" But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual imorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.... "Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them... for it is light that makes everything visible... "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you". - Ephesians 5 : 1-14 (excerpts) .
Hidden in our words, that's sometimes ain't enough
Don't suffocate day after day, just build it up.
Cause when you're feeling weak, you know i'm strong enough.
..Just one more day, one more day...
..Let the world crash Love can take it...
..Love can take a little, Love can give a little more...
Love is indistructable, so take a hold.
Sometimes hard to find a reason good enough.
Stand beside you, Never leave you through it all.
And faith will bring a way to the impossible.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Love: An intense emotional attachment; A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude towards someone/ something.
----------------------------------------------------------
Even the dictionary describes love as a feeling. How I sometimes wish that it was that easy.. a feeling. The song by Skillet ( A Little More) (above) really describes of the omnipresence of God .. of his unfailing and everpresent Love for us. It reminds me of a love I have forgotten and forsaken for a long time; one not of just feeling and emotions, but of action and trust. I rather like the literal translation of the Greek word for Love (Agape) --> enthusiasm, or devotion; unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another. Although I like the definition, I know that personally, I have not been exhibiting that aspect of Love in my daily life ... Rather, I've been struggling a lot not only with my relationship with the Lord, but it also indirectly affects my thoughts and relations with others.
I wish I could say that everything is nice and dandy... but it's far from it. Academically, I'm doing pretty well.. but as I reflect on the past semester... I've realized that I've cut God out of the equation.. out of the overall picture. I've been so dependent on myself... not spending time with the Lord, living pretty much the life of a "good person without God". Although I've been attending Bethel and serving.. I've just come to a point where I'm dried.. or just tired... Tired of what ? I guess that question has many answers. I've been questioning God for a long time, as to whether he really truly hears my prayers. There's been issues and things that I've kept in my prayers for a long time, and yet I feel as though he's been silent and not giving me any APPARANT answers. Maybe I've missed the answers he's given me .. maybe I'm just not paying attention. ..
I miss the way I use to trust in God.. the way I used to rely on him for everything. I miss the compassion I had for others. I miss the way I used to live in fervor for Him and His Kingdom. Everytime I listen to another one of Pastor Dougs' sermons (and his great analogies), I have a motivation to reestablish my relationship with God. Everytime I sing the worship songs, I have a yearning to be near Him.. yet somehow.. I just can't seem to do it. Something's holding me back.. something in the way... I KNOW what it is.. but my "human-ness" has gotten the best of me.
How can I say to be living for his purpose.. when I don't even aquire the purpose and the advice given by God in the first place ?.. Help me Lord... I yearn to be rid of these chains and of the lies of the enemy... I strive to find comfort and refuge in you.. to be a witness to my brothers and sisters.. to those who do not know you. Father, use my flaws and my sins to show your hope and your faithfulness. I know you are a God that does not give up on your children. You are the Good Shepherd who looks for the one lost sheep. Almighty Lord, forgive me and renew me. Provide me with accountability and brothers and sisters who will pray with and for me. But most importantly, give me a heart to seek what is good.. what is pure and what is in Your FAVOUR. ~So Let it Be.
" But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual imorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.... "Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them... for it is light that makes everything visible... "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you". - Ephesians 5 : 1-14 (excerpts) .
posted by vinci at 18.1.05
2 Comments:
hey sis, i didn't know you had a blog! i also didnt' know you read mine. anyway this post sounds so much like me its kind of scary yet very comforting to know that we all struggle. I've always looked up to you ladies and we are in this together. i love you and you are in my prayers. papasisters*
Clearly I'm a VERY LATE reader here;) I just wanted to say I love that song by Skillet. Thanks for quoting it and saying those sensitive, beautiful things about love.
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