Wow, is all that I can say. It doesn't happen every Sunday but this was one of those Sundays when God took me to the woodshed. Amazing! A little painful maybe but be aware; when you ask The Lord to change your heart & your life and to cleanse you, He's going to do it in a mighty way. I love it. I love feeling Him move in my life. It's the most incredilbe feeling ever! We sang a song this morning that was so convicting to me. I have to share the lyrics with you and see if they don't speak to your hearts as well. The song is called "Jesus, Friends of Sinners" by Casting Crowns. I know I have heard the song before but today God used it to wake me up. So read these lyrics and see if they don't touch you and then I'm going to try and attach the song as well. I've never done that on here but I want to.
Jesus Friend of sinners we have strayed so far away
We cut down people in your name but the sword was never ours to
swing
Jesus friend of sinners the truth's become so hard to see
The world is on their way to You but they're tripping over me
Always looking around but never looking up I'm so double minded
A plank eyed saint with dirty hands and a heart divided
Oh Jesus friend of sinners
Open our eyes to the world at the end of our pointing fingers
Let our hearts be led by mercy
Help us reach with open hearts and open doors
Oh Jesus friend of sinners break our hearts for what breaks yours
Yeah,yeah,yeah
Jesus friend of sinners the one who's writing in the sand
Make the righteous turn away and the stones fall from their hands
Help us to remember we are all the least of thieves
Let the memory of Your mercy bring your people to their knees
Nobody knows what we're for only what we're against when we
judge the wounded
What if we put down our signs crossed over the lines and love like
You did
Oh Jesus friend of sinners
Open our eyes to the world at the end of our pointing fingers
Let our hearts be led by mercy
Help us reach with open hearts and open doors
Oh Jesus friend of sinners break our hearts for what breaks yours
You love every lost cause; you reach for the outcast
For the leper and the lame; they're the reason that You came
Lord I was that lost cause and I was the outcast
But you died for sinners just like me a grateful leper at Your feet
'Cause You are good, You are good And Your love endures forever
You are good, You are good and Your love endures forever
You are good, You are good and Your love endures forever
You are good, You are good and Your love endures forever
Oh Jesus friend of sinners
Open our eyes to the world at the end of our pointing fingers
Let our hearts be led by mercy
Help us reach with open hearts and open doors
Oh Jesus friend of sinners break our hearts for what breaks Yours
And I was the lost cause and I was the outcast
Yeah(You died for sinners just like me, a grateful leper at Your feet.
What this all boils down to today for me is Grace & Forgiveness.
1 John 2:6 says "Anyone who says he is a Christian should live as Christ did." And in Matt 5:44 Jesus said, :...love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.
This is a fundamental lesson I learned a very long time and I used to be very good at it but I guess life and this sinful world has a a way of wearing us down over time but He is faithful & just to forgive us and cleanse of of all unrighteousness and he will create in us a new heart. I need a new heart, this is one realy hurting. I want to leave those old hurts in the past. I want newness in Him.
I really hope I didn't offend anyone here. I realize not everyone believes the same way that I do but I just wanted to share a little bit of my Spiritual journey with you and maybe it will help you with yours.
I have a couple of favorite things. One is a saying, Jesus loves you and I'm trying. If anyone tells me they can love just like Him, I wouldn't believe them. We're human. But we have to keep trying. The other is a bumper sticker that says, "I'm not perfect, just forgiven." Nuff said.
1 comment:
Oh Aunt Debbie, I really understand this! Today we sang that song that said, "Crucified, laid behind a stone. You lived to die, rejected and alone. Like a rose, trampled on the ground...you took the fall and thought of me above all." Of course I was crying almost immediately and people were giving me the look, but sinners appreciate salvation. I love your faith and your words.
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