Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Quote from G.K. Chesterton

“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.”

G.K. Chesterton

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Close Beside

God, you’re good, i know it’s true
but it’s hard to look at you
when chaos reigns, life throws at me
more than i can stand
 
God, you see, i know it’s true
but sometimes i feel out of view
it seems you’re blind, it seems you’re deaf
it seems you have no plan

God, i hurt, you know it’s true
there’s nothing here to make me new
so i hold on, as best i can
to hope, to faith, to you

Chorus

underneath, yet close beside me
is pain (sin) i can’t outrun
but the Christ, inside abiding
is strong to overcome

Bridge

my weakness
my failure
my brokenness
your power
your victory
your holiness

Copyright 2014 Joseph Holm

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Attempting Something

"Attempt something so impossible that unless God is in it, it’s doomed for failure."
Art DeMoss

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

John 13:7

Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand."

John 13:7

More Real

I want Jesus to be more real to me today than He was yesterday
and less so than I expect He will be next week.

Sara Hagerty - Every Bitter Thing is Sweet

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Better To...

Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero; better to be content with poverty than to die a slave to wealth; better to have taken some risks and lost than to have done nothing and succeeded at it.

-erwin lutzer

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Beauty of the Cross

Beauty of the Cross

At the cross I find the beauty of Your matchless grace
At the cross I see a King who died to take my place
It’s the moment that You made me clean and pardoned my soul
Amazing grace that I would be allowed unto Your throne
Not by my own will but solely by Your will alone
I’m unworthy of this love you have shown to me
I see my desperate need

The beauty of the cross is that there’s One who has redeemed my soul
Beauty of the cross is that I’m finally free and letting go
Beauty of the cross is that Your grace has found me just as I am

Not by my own works that I may boast or I may come
But simply through your Son the sinless and Exalted One
Only through the cross that I’m made clean to draw near to you
Saved so that you would receive all glory due Your name
Everlasting God from age to age you never change
A true love story remains for all eternity
That all the world would see

My sinful soul could only be
Redeemed by the blood of a sinless King
So you came to the world that You had made
Conquered sin on the cross and You rose from the grave

That’s the beauty of the cross

~Jonny Diaz