Wounded Hands

I'm learning a new song and thought I would share the lyrics. So thankful for the hand of God in my life.



With hopes and dreams completely crumbled
My life was built on sinking sand
Bowed beneath the weight of sorrow
Til I was touched by wounded hands

Wounded hands of the Savior
Gently took this shattered heart
And every broken piece was mended
By the hands that held the scars

Darkness held the cross of suffering
Where grace would answer sin's demand
My account's completely settled
The price was paid by wounded hands

Wounded hands of the Savior
Gently took this shattered heart
And every broken piece was mended
By the hands that held the scars

The Love of God

I am so thankful for my life. I know that whatever happens God will be a constant. He has blessed me more than I could ever deserve or ask for. Looking back on all of the roads that I have taken it is a wonder that I lived through them...He had his nail-scarred hand on me then, and I didn't know it. When I come against the tricks of the devil, I have found myself telling God that it is too hard. He quickens me and tells me...do you think it was hard for me to walk up that hill carrying that cross, do you think it was hard for me to be spat on and beat....do you think it was hard for me to die? It's enough to make me feel ashamed of myself because nothing in this life could ever compare to what Jesus did for me; He saw me all those years ago, knowing that I would fail Him over and over and over, and yet, He did it anyway. His love knows no bounds, and it never ever fails...even when we do.

Whatever

What is the perfect will of God? I think that we spend almost all of our time trying to find our perfect will that we don't dare to even comprehend that someone else might have a will for our lives...much less it being God. It is so hard to just set sail into the unknown with someone else holding the reigns...to just be able to completely trust the One that is in control. How is it that you can actually take your hands off of a situation and say, OK God, it's now in your hands...whatever happens, happens. I don't have a clue about what God's will is in my life, nor do I understand where He is taking me to get there, but I do know that this trip seems neverending, with lots of twists and turns. I'm still holding on even though in a few places it would have been easier to let go. As the song says: Whatever you're doing inside of me it feels like chaos, but I believe you're up to something bigger than me, larger than life something heavenly.....whatever happens, happens.

Perspective...Up!

This life is riddled with strings and confusion and full of fear and doubt. Each step that we take has the possiblity for Satan to be able to knock our legs out from under us. It does not matter how deep we are in God or how prayed up we are, it can all be side-swipped in one instant. The hit that we take can put us in a tale spin that sends us diving to places we never thought we would go. It gets our perspective all out of wack...makes us think that up is down and down is up. I think that is the devil's main job...get you staggering on the ropes so he can throw that last punch to knock you out. But there is one thing of ours that Satan can not touch. He hopes that he can make us loose sight of it, hence the perspective that I talked about earlier. He hopes that he can cover it up with a whole bunch of stuff that in the end doesn't matter. He tears at your family, your marriage, your health, your finances, and your mind. He is very comfortable in this business, and when he keeps that pile of wreckage in your view he has done his job.

As much as Satan tries to discourage and just down right tries to kill us, he knows that the one thing that he can't destroy is HEAVEN! The bible says that John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem prepared for a bride...that's us! It further says that God will wipe away all tears from our eyes, and there shall be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain, and that the former things are passed away. That is proof that all of this stuff....stuff....STUFF can't hold a candle to what we are looking forward to. If we can keep heaven in our sight, no matter what is thrown against us...even if we loose it all on this earth we still have the promise of heaven! That reward is enough to make you shout! Perspective is the key...don't look down; look up!