Learning to live for HIS glory

There's this song I've been playing and singing a lot lately with a line in it that I absolutely love... "Our praises, filling up the spaces, In between our frailty, and everything You are"                  ~Audrey Assad, " Restless " I know it sounds cliche...but I really do have so much to be grateful for, so much to praise God about.  My life is so frail, and He is so BIG, so strong.  Yet in the midst of my frailty, as I live a life of praise, I can know His all-consuming, empowering presence in my day-to-day.  This time of year it's easy to remember...but I know I need this always.  For as I name the graces He's poured out on me, I'm drawn ever closer to the Lover of my soul.  Thankfulness encourages love. Today, I am thankful.  I praise Your name, Jesus for things like these: Smiles. Snow. Words. Family.  Life. Love. Music. Pianos...especially in tune. Sunshine. Rainbows. Cove...

Sleep evades. LOVE which doth not sleep, Is beating in this heart of mine. Not I, But Christ lives in me. The life I live, I no longer live in the flesh. Spirit of the Living God, I know You are alive tonight. As sleep evades, I think of those others who may not be sleeping, Cannot be sleeping. I pray for rest. I beg for mercy. But more than that, I cry out for GLORY. Your name's fame, Jesus. All equal At the foot of the cross. Level ground. No sinner and saint, Just us, needing Jesus, Because we've all got bloodstained hands, Now He's got bloodstained hands. He's taken it. "It is finished." Is it? Yes. Stop striving. And so I leave the burdens here, In the hands of mercy. I take those hands, Learn to dance. Learn to pray. Learn to love. Bloodstained hands of mercy, Staining my hands white as snow.

Oh Jesus, my Joy-Giver, In the middle of ugly and useless, Remind of beauty and blessing. In the middle of heartache and hopeless, Remind of mending and mercy. In the middle of bleakness and burdens, Remind of rest and rejoicing. You are the Giver of good gifts, The Giver of Life. Desperately we need You. Amen.