Rescue

So, a couple of weeks ago, I stumbled across the band, Chris & Conrad, courtesy of Katarina =P... anyways, so I was listening to this song, and it was so nice to hear. It reminds me that when all is lost, when all fades away, we will always have this love, this security, this God.
I'm sure we all go through tough times, and we all stumble sometimes. But when we fall, he always comes to our rescue. We all have times when we feel alone, but we're really not. We feel isolated, but we're really surrounded. We're wrapped up in God's love, so much that we can barely move. It reminds me of those cold winter days... God is our thickest blanket, and he keeps us warm, even when the weather tries to break us, when the winds try to plow us over, when the rain tries to drown us. He's the shelter through the storm.
I particularly love the chorus, bridge, and coda. I believe that it really relates to us highschoolers, collegers, etc. I've had my ups and downs when I've felt like no one cared, when no one wanted me, when everyone seemed to be walking the other way down a crowded street. But every time I feel like I'm lost, and like no one wants me, this song reminds me that even during these times, all I have to do is look to God. He just wants to wrap his loving arms around me, arms that are far bigger, far better, far warmer,far more secure than any arms I could search for on this earth. In addition, his arms are always open for me to run to. They're unconditional. So, if they're so great and so available, why should I ever run away? Why should I ever fret? Why should I ever fear? What more could I ever want? He comes to our rescue... every time...

When no one could find me
and everyone else had already moved on
You kept on reaching out
You never gave up on me even when hope was gone

You've got me falling
More in love with you
You've got me wrapped up
I can barely even move

You came to my rescue
So I could make it home...

alive again!

Hi!

Well...I recently stumbled upon this song. I love this song! It explains exactly how I was before I met God and after I met God. It feels like my life before I came to church was all a blur. My life then compared to my life now was totally different. I am now more aware of what's happening in my life. God gives me a lot of purpose in what I do everyday. He's the reason why I look at certain situations in different perspectives. I try to make sense of who He is and what He has done for me. I do feel alive because of Him. In truth, I don't really know how to explain this feeling. I guess the thought of having someone so powerful writing out my story specifically for me gives me the push to actually to attempt to follow this amazing story He has put so much work into. He has multiple goals for me and it's my duty to reach them through however He planned it. I know it's hard to do sometimes, but isn't life more than just the easy way outs? If I my life was easy peasy lemon squeezy, then I all can say is "what am I learning from all of this?"

"Now I'm breathing in and breathing out I'm alive again." This part gets stuck in my head all the time. It's like taking in what I learned from God and actually applying it to my everyday life. I need to keep breathing. Before God, I was just breathing in. I was learning, but where did I take all this learning to?

Late have I loved You
You waited for me, I searched for You
What took me so long?
I was looking outside
As if love would ever want to hide
I'm finding I was wrong

Up!.....that was how I was before. Enough said. =)

Thank you for reading to the end. I was attempting to make it short and simple....I wonder if I failed ): Oh wells =P

Keep posting! I read every single post and they all mean something to me (just in case you guys didn't know xP).

How He Loves us SO!

Just thought this is awesome. =].
Worshipping in another language (even sign language) is really awesome :D. God knows our hearts, and one thing I learned at Urbana is how He's not only the "English God", but the God of all nations! yay!

"here I am" - Downhere

To be honest, I haven't been spending a good amount of time listening to music, so that's why I haven't been able to post a new song. I actually wrote this on 12/24/09...a long time ago. I wanted to go back to an old draft that I started, but never really got to finish. I really do like this song and as I listen to it now, I realize how it also relates to what I am currently going through. I find it funny how I can use this one song and relate it to two different events in my life.

Right now, I feel pretty empty. Life is good...i have everything i could possibly need or maybe even want, but I want more. I wish that I was more productive. Rather than hanging out with friends, i want to volunteer, have a job, or maybe even evangelize (like the theme from retreat =P). It's kind of a long story, but it's gone to the point where I feel like I wouldn't want the typical American lifestyle (family, suburbia, job)...although there's nothing wrong with it. It is really a long story and if you really want to know, just ask me! But yeah....somehow God placed the word, "missionary", into my head. Okay, I don't know where I am going with this. Anyways, I hope that you can see how all of this connects to the song. The last three paragraphs were written a long time ago...I am leaving it as it is, so that means I did not edit it! Sorry for the long and messy post...I am tired now. Thanks for reading! =]



It amazes me to know that God crafts my life in a way that is different from everyone else's. Through all the struggles, low and high moments of my life, God was always there whether or not I acknowledged His existence. This song relates to certain events that I went through lately. For example, the lines: "Overwhelmed by the thought of my weakness. And the fear that I'll fail You in the end. In this mess, I'm just one of the pieces, I can't put this together but You can," relates to my grandpa's situation. The words fit into this struggle perfectly. I was weak and afraid of failure and disappointing others, but God got me through. What I went through serves a piece of my relationship with God. I know that

This song reflects a lot of what I've been going through lately. With my grandpa and other similar situations, I was succumbed into this fear of failing what I was called to do. I do notice that I am the type of person that likes to "go with the flow." There's a part of me that relied a lot on God to carry out His plan without my help. This is the reason why I sometimes lack the motivation to for example plan for certain events . Failure or success, God knew what was going to happen before I even started planning. In many ways, if my grandpa did not receive Christ in his life, then I knew that I couldn't change what God has planned. With this thinking, I let life take its course. Despite all that, time killed me. Waiting for death is no fun at all. Although I knew that there was a possibility that my grandpa could have received Christ without my help, I also knew that I was letting others do that instead of me. My excuses were that I was not ready or I was too weak or I just didn't know what to do. I soon got angry with my idleness because at the same time, I acknowledged the fact that God moves through people. I used God's sovereignty over everything as an excuse to do nothing. It's the same way I rely on others to make things better for me.

I really want this one particular friend to receive Christ. In a way, I relate to her a lot. She questions me a lot about Christianity. The line: "somehow my story is part of Your plan," really hits me. I've gone through a lot and it is thanks to this reminder that God uses my life to somehow fit into where His plan is going. I think my friend can relate a lot to my testimony. I think she believes that I can never understand what she goes through sometimes. With my testimony, she can see that I do understand and I now know what to do about it.

How He Loves Us

Yay, another great worship song! =D.

This is "How He Loves", written by John Mark McMillan, covered by David Crowder Band. but WAIT, before you play the song, I want to ask you to try something: try closing your eyes, or spacing out, so you could focus on the words in your head instead of reading them. Allow the words just sink in your mind & heart.



yeah..

The imagery in this song is so..wow. The very first line is the one that almost everybody will remember: "He is jealous of me. Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree; bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy." God's love is so strong, and so AL;KJFGA;JFAW! Really though. Though words cannot explain the greatness of God's love, this song puts it in a way for us to remind us that He really DOES love us! How often do we forget that? SO often, for me. "Oh, how He loves us so.. Oh how He loves us.. how He loves us so." I realize that I never deserved such a love. Its so overwhelming.

In our hearts, I pray that we can worship HIM with a full heart, knowing that He gaves His only Son to die for us, and continually blesses and loves us unconditionally!



Oh, and by the way, here is a link to the Official Music Video of the song for David Crowder Band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJyW55AXJAk . If you have time, I really encourage you to check it out. I gotta let you know, its a little strange...and it didn't really click for me the first time, especially during the chorus. But now, when I see the band members (comically :]) completely flipping out, I realize that it's a kind of reaction we would have if we understand just how much God REALLY loves us! How could we possibly keep it inside?

"YEAH HE LOVES US!! OHHH HOW HE LOVES US!! OOH HOW HE LOVES US!! OOHHH HOW HE LOVES!!!"

=]. God loves you!

You loved a people undeserving!

"To Know Your Name" ~Hillsong

This is one of the new worship songs that God's blessed me with while at UCSD. It's been an awesome song, just reminding me of how God is so good... Mmhmm. A simple song, telling the gospel in its simplest form, while telling some of the most profound mysteries our minds can('t) handle. Why should we, the sinful rebellious creations, deserved to be loved in such a manner by a holy and just Creator? That He would send His Son for us, to knowingly die for us? Life, only through Him.. isn't God SO good? =].

You loved..You loved
a people undeserving

Remain

Hi guys! Haven't really posted for...months x_x. so yeahs, remember that this site still is open for any/all sharing =].

"Remain" ~Starfield



I don't have too much too deep at the moment about this song, but every time I listen to this song, my heart is refocused back onto our God who is SO faithful, and whose power, justice, love NEVER changes. "When all else fades"; when all our intellect fails us, when we feel completely alone, when nothing seems to be going right... "You remain!" Look to the sky, and proclaim to aLL creation, "YOU are good!", "There is NONE like You!" :]..

what a glorious security we have in Jesus Christ. Amen.


Defender of this heart
You loved me from the start
You never change

Through the highs and lows
As seasons come and go
You never fail

[PreChorus:]
Day after day
Your love will remain
Faithful and true
You are good

[Chorus:]
You are God with us
You're victorious
You are strong and mighty to save
For Your word stands true
There is none like You
And when all else fades
You remain

When troubles come my way
You guide and You sustain
Lead me, I pray

Forever You will be
The great eternal King
Now and always