crash like the waves

I wish I could crash like the waves in effort to praise you…

The cry of my heart tonight.

Why oh why He chooses to die for us, to give up his life, to sacrifice himself, I will never fully understand but can only in response cry in humulity and thankfulness and praise him for who he is.

Thank you, Jesus.

–
Paul in Romans talks about how all of creation points towards God and that man (humanity) is without excuse. Christy [not me, but my second cousin once removed (or something like that ;), part of Watermark)] does a lovely job of weaving together the reality of all of creation praising God and our individual response to Him through the below song. During some of my deepest and most painful moments, my realization of my sin, of my constant and unending desire to put myself above all else, and before God, Himself, her songs from her first album bring me joy, peace, and comfort as they remind me of God’s truth, God’s love, God’s tenderness, God’s faithfulness.

A dear girlfriend reminded me the other night that for those in Christ, made right by his death and resurrection, when we fall, when we struggle, when we are disobedient, God does not condemn us with a judgemental eye but lovinginly understands our struggles, our frustrations, our hurt, our pain and longs to see us overcome them and live fully as He intended us to. I rejoice in that - that the living, one true God, through his resurrection, demonstrated his power, and that I have his spirit living within me, a spirit of power to resurrect from the dead - a spirit to comfort, to help overcome, to make me righteous - to make me whiter than snow.

Sometimes I wonder what the balance is of knowing your brokenness and need for God and not wallowing in your failings and sin. I am thankful that I am not bound by guilt or regrets - that Christ died to let me live in freedom. It’s something I thank God for every day.

There are times I wonder how I cannot shout from the tops of the rooftops the amazingly good news about Jesus and what he offers us. I pray my life is a praise chorus to him.

[Gloria by Watermark]

I wish I could crash like the waves
Or turn like the autumn leaves
In effort to praise You

I wish I could smell like the forest
The fragrance lifting a mighty chorus
In effort to praise You
In effort to praise You

Chorus:
But I’m such a limited creature
And my word can only paint so many pictures
But somewhere I think I read that I am

Treasured over all creation
So I know that I must try

I wish I could roll like the thunder
To leave the earth below in wonder
In effort to praise You

I wish I could fall like the summer rain
And every drop would sing Your name
In effort to praise You
In effort to praise You

Gloria, glory in the highest
Forever I will hide myself in Thee

Every breath that I breathe
Every moment in my history

Is an effort to praise You
An effort to praise You

Glory in the highest
Forever I will hide myself in Thee

Oh, Gloria
Glory in excelsis deo

Gloria, gloria, gloria
Gloria, gloria, gloria