Simple reminders….

2 Timothy 2 -

11Here is a trustworthy saying:
   If we died with him,
      we will also live with him;
12if we endure,
      we will also reign with him.
   If we disown him,
      he will also disown us;
13if we are faithless,
      he will remain faithful,
      for he cannot disown himself.

A Name I Cannot Speak

If you are worthy of my hope
You are worthy of my hopelessness
You are worthy of a name
A name I cannot speak
You are worthy of this crown
I have laid here at your feet.

If you are worthy of my strength
You are worthy of my weaknesses
Of all the good that I’ve become
And all that I refuse to be
You are worthy of the heart
That lies broken at your feet

If you are worthy of my riches
You are worthy of my poverty
and of the beggar at the gate
or a mother as she grieves
You are worthy of each tear
That has fallen at your feet.

O if I have understood
anything you’ve tried to say to me
a gentle voice that says I could
find my way back home.
And says to me I’m worthy of the love
from the one upon the throne.

~David Teems

Any Other Love Song

You give me the best you’ve got

Knowing full well I will not

You astound me in every way

And there are days I don’t pray

Strong enough to want my weakness

You’re big enough to love my unloveliness

And I don’t want this to sound like any other love song

Yeah, but it just might

‘Cause to me you are holiness, perfection, purity, and mercy

And I just want to say

That I love you…. I love you.

You secure me and set me free

These chains, they entangle me

Your truth is black and white

There are days I justify!

You’re strong enough to want my weakness

Big enough to love my unloveliness

And I don’t want this to sound like any other love song

Yeah, but it just might

Cause to me you are forgiveness, wholeness, loveliness, and mercy

And I just want to say, that I love you…. I love you…I love you

You won’t take me for granted!

I will take you for granted!

You won’t let go of me

But I will grab on to anything ,

Anything I can

And I will betray you again, and again, and again, and again, and again…………

I don’t want this to sound like any other love song

Yeah, but it just might

Cause to me you are consistent, faithful, companion with mercy

And I just want to say that I love you.

I love you.

I do. ~Jami Smith, album Mysterious Love, ’98

Currently reading :
Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging
By Brennan Manning
Release date: September, 2002

Filed under: Christianity, life on March 11th, 2008

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