All Things New

cutting through the clouds, gonna pour down
the rain has simply washed away
the sky's about to break, what's it gonna take
for You to receive all the praise
that to You is due
because You make all things new
All things new

chaff falls down, flowers sprout from the ground
a new season is in bloom
from the dirt of the earth, we find what we are worth
and it's nothing that compares
to the glory of You
because You make all things new
All things new

Bridge
For it's You who does a new thing, do we perceive
the intricate workings and glorious splendor of You, Our King

Chorus
All things new, can I describe what I see
All things new, can I describe what I hear
Because these words simply can't contain
The overflow of my heart to You, so dear
The old has gone, can I say what has left
The old has gone, can I say what has been left behind
Because this life has been redeemed
And passes through the fire that refines
And what happens in this moment
will simply be written in the history books of time
Because the old has gone and the new has come
and all things are new


All things are new, but do you perceive...?

Jesus, I Lift My Eyes

When sins and fears prevailing rise
And fainting hope almost expires
Jesus to Thee I lift my eyes
To Thee I breathe my soul's desires
Are you not mine, my living Lord
And can my hope, my comfort die
Fixed on the everlasting word
That word which built the earth and sky

Jesus, I lift my eyes
To Thee I breathe my soul's desires
Jesus, I lift my eyes
To Thee I lift my eyes

Here let my faith unshaken dwell
Immovable the promise stands
Not all the powers of earth or hell
Can e're dissolve the sacred bands

Jesus, I lift my eyes
To Thee I breathe my soul's desires
Jesus, I lift my eyes
To Thee I lift my eyes

Here oh my soul
Thy trust repose
If Jesus is forever mine
Not death itself that last of foes
Can break a union so divine

Jesus, I lift my eyes
To Thee I breathe my soul's desires
Jesus, I lift my eyes
To Thee I breathe my soul's desires

Jars of Clay

Can I Dance Before You Tonight?

Dear God,
It’s me.
You know me full well, every little detail inside and out.
I come into the room unannounced and still You know.
I used to feel so exposed at such a fact…
But it now brings me overwhelming comfort.
Because You’re You.
You are unlike any other.
You are my God.
Sometimes when I try to tell others about You
I trip over my words
For how am I to describe One beyond description?
I can’t quantify what it is I have in You…
It’s beyond limit. Beyond all measure.
My cup overflows.
They say a journey takes one many places unseen
If so, I’ve been on a journey unlike any other…
You have shown me things unparalled that otherwise cease to exist
I can’t fully grasp that this is still just the beginning
And I feel revived with joy, full of life
Fully in tune.
They say that romance seems to bring the fragrance of flowers in the air
If so, I’m smelling the most beautiful ones yet…
You have captured me, my every essence of my being
I can’t fully grasp what it is I’ve been given
And I feel taken in like no other, like never before.
I’m in love.
So can I dance before You tonight?
Just You and me in the room?
I want to move to the music You have put in my heart
And give back what to me has been fully given by You
So can I dance before You tonight?
Lift my hands up high and move my feet below?
I want to respond to the love that has been given
And live a life of worship that never ceases to flow…
So I ask You, dear God…
Can I dance before You tonight?

Beyond Wonder

You know...I still have homework to do before class at 9 tomorrow...but I can't bring myself to do it. I feel paralyzed in most senses of the word as I sit here seemingly confined to my chair, not because I'm being forced to but rather because it comes by choice. I'm captured...gripped...by a love that surpasses all understanding. I can't even open my mouth because I am left without words, without any desire to speak at the moment. The Lord says "Taste and see that I am good," and but just a morsel on my tongue tonight leaves me beyond wonder and imagination...for I am not left to imagine what things are to be, but that I now know...the richest of the rich and the purest of the pure, the Only that comes from the Lord. Could it be that He loves me this much? This question I have dared to ask and have since found the answer...He does. Out of His infinite character and love He wishes to bestow and bestow He does. It's easy to look to the external things and how He will use the things He does, but as I heard very clearly tonight, it's about me and Him. It's about me allowing Him to woo me and show me that He not only does things for His glory but that I may know Him intimately, not just as the God who does this great thing, but as the One who loves me beyond compare...and I couldn't hold back the tears tonight as I realized this great thing.

He is surely faithful. His promises certainly endure. He loves me with an everlasting love. And what He said He would bring about, that He will do, and that He is...!

The Priority of Holiness

Where does the priority of holiness lie within God's people? I find myself troubled with that question just now, and I don't believe it to be any coincidence coming with the first moments of the new year. How are we seeking Him and glorifying Him? What I've been seeing as of late shows me that we are falling short in so many ways...

Why is it that so few dare to be different, to pursue holiness in the way we are commanded to, "be holy as I am holy?" Why does that fact that there are few make it so hard at times for the people who choose to do so?

There needs to be a lot of truth spoken...and I have no idea where to begin...