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

Beautiful Ending

So tell me what is our ending
Will it be beautiful
So beautiful

As I was listening to my iTunes, I realized that I haven't really updated my songs that much... and I decided to do some youtube searching... I came across this song by Barlowgirl. To me, it speaks millions.

Oh why do I let myself let go
Of hands that painted the stars and holds tears that fall
And the brighter my heart makes me forget
It's not me but you
Who makes the heart beat
I'm lost without you
You're dying for me

So tell me what is our ending
Will it be beautiful
So beautiful
Will my life find me by your side
Your love is beautiful
So beautiful

At the end of it all I wanna be in your arms

In my life, I am just like the child in this music video. There are little distractions, little temptations, little curiosities that draw me away from God. All I want at that moment is to obtain my desires. Yet the more I continue being distracted, the more lost I get. It's like I'm plunging into the forest and I dont know my way back. But when I feel like I'm at my limit, when I feel like I can't search anymore or find my way out of it..., there's always God. It's not that He has ever been absent in my life, but it's that I haven't always been looking for Him. So it's then that I find God, who points me in the right direction... He leads me where I need to go... He guides my way. That's where I want to be...

At the end of it all I want to be in Your arms...

not so much a song...

but it's worth a few minutes of your time for perspective about life

My friend Bernice sent me this song and it was God's perfect timing for me to receive it.

I've been trying really hard to be thorough at work but this time I felt like it was beyond my control. For some reason the machine I setup for testing was found to have been setup incorrectly. I remembered eyeballing the exact spot that was set incorrectly. From what I remember it was set right. How could I have messed that up? But yet I have no proof that I did it right. The one in charge doubts me and I start to doubt myself too.

And then I receive an email with this song and these lyrics speak straight to my heart.

Everybody falls sometimes
Gotta find the strength to rise
From the ashes and make a new beginning
Anyone can feel the ache
You think it's more than you can take
But you are stronger, stronger than you know
Don't you give up now


It doesn't matter what you I've heard
Impossible is not a word
It's just a reason for someone not to try
Everybody's scared to death
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It'll be alright
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing

I am only human and I cannot avoid failures.
God reminds me
"Impossible is not a word
It's just a reason for someone not to try"
Even though I'm discouraged and doubtful of the outcome, there is no excuse to not try.
Life is so much more than this setback.

Thank you God for your reminder that you continue to love me when I fail.

Free to Be Me by Francesca Battistelli

I loved this song when I first heard it even though I didn't know all the lyrics; I was still able to make out what she was saying/singing. I don't remember when I first heard Free to Be Me, but I think it was during the summer, when I had nothing to do during the weekdays... K-Love played this song a lot, and it's inspiring to know that God loves me for me, even though He knows all my flaws and imperfections, "but perfection is my(our) enemy," because it is even though I do strive to make straight lines for projects, and I do try to remind myself that perfection is my enemy. This song helps through those moments when I try to write in a straight line for worksheets, projects, etc.. "I'm free to be me, and you're free to be you!" God loves you for you, and remember perfection is our enemy.

Beyond Measure

Ah, the blog has been getting kind of lonely lately, and I thought I'd share this song with you (obviously) :]. (look at the youtube site if you want to see all the lyrics.)



~Jeremy Camp "Beyond Measure"

(Bridge)
"Everything I have
has been given so unselfishly,
and shown that even when I don't deserve,
You always show the fullness of Your love"

There are always times in our lives when we're feeling out of touch with...well, everything. Feeling down or even numb. This song such a wonderful reminder of God's unrelenting pouring out of blessings on us. Every breath we take, every beat our heart pumps, is yet another glorious blessing God gives us. And God is so ready to take you and I places. "Every next step, is an extrodinary scene". Every chapter of our lives is written with purpose by the hand our amazing Creator. I don't know about you, but when I pull my attention away from myself and think about how much our God has blessed us, things seem to be better, though situations might be exactly the same as before. God has given us a beautiful life, though fog sometimes blocks our view. When we try to figure things out though, grope through everything we have for meaning, for purpose, for something REAL, we'll find every time that we are nothing and would have nothing apart from God.

To kind of really understand this song, you have to know a little bit about Jeremy Camp's life. In this song, Jeremy Camp praises God for several specific ways He has blessed him: a newborn child, a loving wife, and then more. Jeremy also understands that this life brings a lot of pain. In his early twenties, his girlfriend whom he loved very much was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The two got married five months before her passing. Jeremy's first album "Stay" has several songs talking about this inconceivably trying time for him, the song "I Still Believe" being the first song he wrote after his first wife's death. Through all of this, he sees that God guides our steps and goes with us through everything... everything.

Jeremy Camp's story is awesome.. but I'm realizing more and more that your story and my story is just as beautiful, filled with all of God's amazing love and grace. We've been given so much more than beyond what we can measure. This beautiful life He's given us.. I don't want to watch it go by, not understanding the great gift He's laid before us. When we meet God and look back, will we be ashamed that we had our blinders on for too long to see that He's poured out so much on us? More than that, for us now, we should be excited! Excited for where God is going to take us next, whether it be through our first college years or the last years in high school or just tomorrow even! What AWESOME blessings God has planned for us... please guys, remind me of this when I just can't see things clearly. I'll try to do the same for you =].

(Chorus)
"I know that I've been given more than beyond measure
I come alive when I see beyond my fears
I know that I've been given more than earthly treasure
I come alive when I'm broken down and given you control"


Oh, and if you want to check out "I Still Believe", here you go. I still cry sometimes when I hear it... glory to the God who mends our brokenness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4qPceadBMU