Some quick stuff before the real post:
I leave tomorrow afternoon for Kids Camp. I was a leader there last year, and am going back again. I’m really looking forward to it! I would SO appreciate your prayers, as it is the same place where E and I became friends many (many years ago), as well as the place where we decided to make it work last year (kind of)….except that obviously didn’t happen. Still, there are many memories there. I’m really glad to be going, though! Please pray for me and the team, as well as the children going. Pray they’ll come to know God even better.
I haven’t packed yet. I know. Terrible. Clothes are currently washing, and it’s 9:33pm.
I have to write another of the Kids Camp High School Team devotionals. By, uhm, tomorrow at 7:30am. I wrote one and had multiple people that were gonna cover another one, but they couldn’t do it. So now I’ve got to and I have no inspiration. Gah.
I haven’t done my devotion for the day. I really don’t want to skip it, but I need some sleep. AGH!
I have this post to write so that it can post tomorrow while I’m gone….
P.S. I won’t be posting while I’m gone. Just heads up.
I think that’s it….ha. “that’s it.” I have so much to do in so little time! I didn’t have time today because I had SAT’s (at 8:00am) and a grad party after. Phew.
Alright. Deep breath. Tomorrow will come and everything will get done. Okay. Here we go.
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Welcome to Sunday Song!
This is my attempt to post regularly every Sunday about a song I love. The key word is attempt.
I post the lyrics and then post them again (because I’m redundant-which you already know, if you frequently visit here)…but the second time I include my thoughts. There’s also a video of the song that you can play while reading the post.
I first heard this song this past Wednesday. I was visiting another church (because mine doesn’t have youth on Wednesdays during the summer) and they played this song. I had never heard it before, but just hearing the words was amazing…it was like hearing my heart put into words, my thoughts put to music. At first I didn’t like the tune of the song, but the more I hear it the more I just love it. And, trust me, I’ve been over playing this song. :)
The song for this Sunday is Your Love Never Fails by Jesus Culture
Nothing can separate
Even if I ran away
Your love never fails
I know I still make mistakes
But You have new mercies for me everyday
Your love never fails
You stay the same through the ages
Your love never changes
There maybe pain in the night but joy comes in the morning
And when the oceans rage
I don’t have to be afraid
Because I know that You love me
Your love never fails
The wind is strong and the water’s deep
But I’m not alone in these open seas
Cause Your love never fails
The chasm is far too wide
I never thought I’d reach the other side
But Your love never fails
You make all things work together for my good
Nothing can separate
Even if I ran away
Your love never fails
As mentioned before, this song is basically my heart put into words. Even if I ran away (and I have in the past), He’s still there. Sometimes I wonder if He chases me. There’s something so beautiful about that picture. But I guess He doesn’t…I guess He just follows along, waiting for me to turn around and realize He was there the whole time. Besides, it’s not like He “lost” me so He wouldn’t have to chase, I suppose. Anywho. The point is that He’s always there even when I turn my back on Him multiple times.
I know I still make mistakes
But You have new mercies for me everyday
Your love never fails
I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve made MANY mistakes. Yet every day He forgives me again and again and again. His love truly NEVER fails. Even when mine fails Him.
You stay the same through the ages
Your love never changes
There maybe pain in the night but joy comes in the morning
And when the oceans rage
I don’t have to be afraid
Because I know that You love me
Your love never fails
This is probably my favorite part of the song. I could say that I love it because it’s true, or because I’m choosing that this will be the Summer Of Joy, or that the ocean is still raging but I’m not afraid because of His love, but really…when it comes down to it, the words speak for themself.
The wind is strong and the water’s deep
But I’m not alone in these open seas
Cause Your love never fails
The chasm is far too wide
I never thought I’d reach the other side
But Your love never fails
Part of me feels I knew I’d reach the other side. Part of me feels like I didn’t know. And part of me (a lot of me) feels that I’m still definitely not on the other side yet. In many ways, though, I am. I’ve grown a lot and changed a lot. But even when I didn’t know if I’d make it, His love didn’t fail. The chasm was never too wide.
You make all things work together for my good
This speaks for itself. You know a little of my Story. You know I’ve been hurt, lied to, broken, and desperate to just get through. But the thing is…He works all things together for good.
Even this.
It’s as simple as that.