hope

** After I wrote this blog entry I was reading the newest issue of Relevant (such a great magazine) And I came upon this article. You can click on it to make it large enough to read. I love it b/c it talks about how God finds us where we are b/c He knows that the darkness will also find us there. Its not that we always find sin but sometimes it comes to us and tempt us. I guess I dont always think of sin this way-that it might be out there lurking and looking for me yet God is so amazing and he comes where we are and meets us in that darkness...

I love this david crowder song and its often quite relevant in my life....this week being one of those times. I love that when all else fails or things seem to go in such whacko directions that I have this hope. I continually run to people for the peace and comfort that I seek-Too bad there is only one place that I can even begin to feel true peace and comfort. Why does it so easily escape my memory? When have I ever ran to Him and he has denied me? Never-and he never will. So why do I think people are going to fulfill this for me. They won’t and that’s ok-they were not made to. This has definitely been a challenge for me this week. Sometimes I feel like I get knocked down on every side and am barely clinging on-it starts to wear me out and I want to do nothing more than hide away and let it blow over…..I just want to run away from it all but once again I need to run in only one direction and its not where I keep going…

My Hope
Here I am again
In this raging sea
On my knees again
Deep calls to deep
I feel I'm drowning
My arms are
Just too tired to swim
I feel I'm sinking
On my knees again
In the roar of Your waterfall
In the storm of You
May You find me holding on
May You find me true

And I put my hope
And I put my trust
And I put myself in You
In You, Lord

Wash me clean
Set me free
Hold me close
And cover me