Here I am to Worship

I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
Here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that you're my God
You're altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful to me
~Here I am to Worship by Tim Hughes

The first two lines of this excerpt from the song is really powerful. We will never know the pain that Jesus felt when He stretched out His arms on the cross and died hanging there for us. There is no pain that we will ever endure that is as great as that. We do feel some pain, but nothing will compare to that. He was tortured slowly and He didn't even do a single thing wrong His entire life. He died on the cross for us who are undeserving because we sin daily, but He never sinned. We should be thankful that Jesus was willing though to do this for us because by that one action we will be able to live in heaven for eternity. He did what He did because it is what God had planned to happen. We can see the wonderful love of God and Christ through that action. God has an unconditional love for us and He sent His only Son to die for us so that we can all one day live with Him. That is some pretty powerful love for one to be able to go through that.

God is lovely, worthy and wonderful. He has done so many great things for us and has given us each so many blessings. He is worthy of all our praise. We shouldn't just worship only when we go to church or chapel, but we should worship Him 24/7. Since we are sinners we do fail at this, but it just means that we should try to praise Him in everything we do and we should do everything to the glory of God. Sometimes we forget how awesome God is and all the wonderful things that He has done for us, so it is important that we do take time to remember everything that He has done for us. He is wonderful and His unfailing, unconditional love is the best thing that we could ever receive. Not only should we thank God for loving us unconditionally, but we should try to love others like He loves us. It is the best kind of love that one could receive, so why wouldn't one want to share that love with others? We should even try to show this love to strangers because just maybe that one moment of a love like that can turn into something big for them and could possibly be life changing.

Remember to always worship God no matter where you are and what you are doing.
Justina Marie

God will always pick you back up

'Cause my whole world is caving in
But I feel you now more than I did then
How can I come to the end of me
And somehow still have all I need
God, I want to know you more
Maybe this is how it starts
I find you when I fall apart
~ Fall Apart by Josh Wilson

Sometimes we see our world changing around us and it seems as if everything that was going right is now going all wrong. We find ourselves struggling with different things in our life and it is hard for us to get back up and see the good in things. At times it can seem like everything is against us and we aren't going to find a way back to how they were. In a way though that could be what God wants because the way things were wasn't how He wanted them to be. He wanted us to be on a different track and to get on the right track God wants us on sometimes we struggle because we can't find our way there alone. When need God to help guide us to the right track that He wants us on. Sometimes we fight against what He wants because we think what we want is better for us, but truthfully what God wants us to do is always what is best even if we can't understand why He wants certain things to happen to us. That is the beauty of God though because we can't see the amazing things that He wants to happen and we only realize them once they happen if we even realize them at all and to get to that point sometimes we have to struggle so that we can see the beauty in the amazing thing that is going to happen.

While we are down we really need to remember that God is with us and He is going to help us through the difficult times. We should always strive to want to know more about our wonderful Lord. No matter if we are going through the difficult times or the times that we see as being great we should always want to know Him more. He has done so many marvelous things for us that we will never know them all, but each one is a blessing from God. Sometimes it takes the struggles that we go through to want to get closer to God and to see the many things that He has given to us and done for us. When we fall apart it is important that we look to God on where we should go and what we should do because He knows what is right for us according to His plan. He is always there to pick us up even if we don't feel like we can go on. No matter what happens, the good and the bad, God is always there with each of us and is going to help us stay on the path that He wants us on. We have to look to Him and trust that He will guide us according to His plan.

Remember that God is always with you and will help you through all moments.
Justina Marie