Showing posts with label sacrifice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sacrifice. Show all posts
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Wedding Bells
Around 36 hours from now, I will be heading to my brother's wedding! I was talking about marriage tonight with my roommate, and how significant events change our perspective, passions and purpose in life. Marriage is one of those events for sure, and having kids. I can't imagine the sacrifice that goes into preparing for and being a parent. You're always a parent, forever. Irreversible life change that brings sacrifice and blessings and challenges and memories. I'm so excited to celebrate my brother's marriage to a great gal this weekend. (And, I finally get a sister after 25 years of only brothers!)
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Francis Chan's plans
A couple weeks ago I had the chance to hear from Francis Chan, author of Crazy Love and Forgotten God, in person. He was in the Cities speaking at a Desiring God conference, and dropped by a church in south Minneapolis, where about 200 people from various ministries and churches had gathered. I've been a fan of his since reading Crazy Love with my Bible study the Fall of 2009, and have since listened to many of his podcasts. It was really fun to see Chan in person while hearing his voice.
The thing that I was most surprised about was his humility and authenticity. He had notes ready for his talk, but he didn't use them. He spoke off the cuff about many different things, and while it was a little randomly put together, it was refreshing that it wasn't polished. He truly just shared his heart. It was like you were just sitting down with him in a coffee shop.
Even though he said he's been busy speaking at some conferences and helping some pastors with their urban ministries, Chan also stated several times he isn't totally sure what he and his family are doing. This was a bit shocking to me. Shouldn't he have a plan? He needs to know what's next!! He sold his house, left Simi Valley with his wife and kids to travel internationally for awhile. They are back in California for right now in a big urban area (I can't remember what city, I think he said LA). Even though it doesn't seem like he has a plan, he does: glorify God today. He's trusting God to reveal what's next in due time. In the mean time, he's actively helping others follow Jesus: serving the poor in his neighborhood, challenging and motivating believers at conferences, and coming alongside urban pastors and churches to encourage and equip them. Sounds good to me.
But what about his church he left? I mean, he just up and left!
I'd say Chan has followers of tens of thousands, at least. His book Crazy Love sold more than a million copies just 15 months after being released in May of 2008. At one time in his pastoral career, Chan told his church staff of 60 people, you could all quit tomorrow and we'd be fine. We'd miss you, and we'd need to figure out what to do next, but we'd be fine. His heart is that people would use what they've learned in the world. He didn't want people to continue to leave other churches to join his church.
Jesus was a realist. He did what He could to help the multitudes, but He had to devote Himself primarily to a few men, rather than to the masses, in order that the masses could be saved. He needed men who could lead the multitudes after he was gone.
Sounds like what Chan is doing right now. I think he realized that people were starting to become followers of Chan and not followers of Jesus.
The thing that I was most surprised about was his humility and authenticity. He had notes ready for his talk, but he didn't use them. He spoke off the cuff about many different things, and while it was a little randomly put together, it was refreshing that it wasn't polished. He truly just shared his heart. It was like you were just sitting down with him in a coffee shop.
Even though he said he's been busy speaking at some conferences and helping some pastors with their urban ministries, Chan also stated several times he isn't totally sure what he and his family are doing. This was a bit shocking to me. Shouldn't he have a plan? He needs to know what's next!! He sold his house, left Simi Valley with his wife and kids to travel internationally for awhile. They are back in California for right now in a big urban area (I can't remember what city, I think he said LA). Even though it doesn't seem like he has a plan, he does: glorify God today. He's trusting God to reveal what's next in due time. In the mean time, he's actively helping others follow Jesus: serving the poor in his neighborhood, challenging and motivating believers at conferences, and coming alongside urban pastors and churches to encourage and equip them. Sounds good to me.
But what about his church he left? I mean, he just up and left!
In the book Master Plan of Evangelism, Robert Coleman explains the strategy of Jesus' earthy ministry. He writes, "why did Jesus deliberately concentrate His life upon comparatively so few people? (the disciples, specifically the inner 3)...he easily could have had an immediate following of thousands if He wanted them."
Jesus was a realist. He did what He could to help the multitudes, but He had to devote Himself primarily to a few men, rather than to the masses, in order that the masses could be saved. He needed men who could lead the multitudes after he was gone.
Sounds like what Chan is doing right now. I think he realized that people were starting to become followers of Chan and not followers of Jesus.
It reminds me of Saul. He wanted to be king, but he couldn't follow God in the midst of his role. It seems like Chan has his head on straight; he wants to follow God, and God called him to give up his role as pastor of his church, so why wouldn't he? If he stayed against God's plans, it's likely that His walk with God would really suffer.
I don't remember where I first heard it, but it's true: the best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them away. It seems like that's Chan's plan right now. Not a bad idea.
I don't remember where I first heard it, but it's true: the best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them away. It seems like that's Chan's plan right now. Not a bad idea.
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
some quick thoughts on 2 Samuel
I was watching a new show last week- "I Get That A Lot." It's one of those hidden camera shows where at the end, the people get all embarrassed in front of the camera.
Have you had that feeling-that something's so ironic, there must be a hidden camera around to capture your reaction? Once in awhile I'll be reading a verse or passage in the Bible and something will jump out at me, so applicable to my life or exactly what I need to read. Every time it happens I think about these hidden camera shows. (Now I'm picturing Jesus popping out from behind a door and said "Gotcha! You're on TV!" ...)
Anyway, all that to say I read something yesterday that hit me square in the eyes. I've been reading through the Bible Chronologically; I just finished off 2 Samuel, and was struck by this passage:
1 Once again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the Lord told him.
2 So the king said to Joab and the commanders[a] of the army, “Take a census of all the tribes of Israel—from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south—so I may know how many people there are.”
3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God let you live to see a hundred times as many people as there are now! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this?”
4 But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab and the commanders of the army went out to count the people of Israel.
10 But after he had taken the census, David’s conscience began to bother him. And he said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt, Lord, for doing this foolish thing.”
11 The next morning the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, who was David’s seer. This was the message: 12 “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.’”
14 “I’m in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is great. Do not let me fall into human hands.”
15 So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel that morning, and it lasted for three days.[e] A total of 70,000 people died throughout the nation, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south. 16 But as the angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
I don't really understand the significance of some of this, but it reminded me that numbers aren't always important. Maybe that's not the point of the passage; it was just so crazy to me to be praying about focusing on relationships instead of numbers during MPD, and then I read this passage.
So, I there's a loose application of this passage to my daily life (and I'm sure I could go more in depth if I knew my Biblical history better). But what also struck me was David's attitude at the end of the chapter:
17 When David saw the angel, he said to the Lord, “I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? Let your anger fall against me and my family.”
18 That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
19 So David went up to do what the Lord had commanded him. 20 When Araunah saw the king and his men coming toward him, he came and bowed before the king with his face to the ground. 21 “Why have you come, my lord the king?” Araunah asked.
David replied, “I have come to buy your threshing floor and to build an altar to the Lord there, so that he will stop the plague.”
22 “Take it, my lord the king, and use it as you wish,” Araunah said to David. “Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and you can use the threshing boards and ox yokes for wood to build a fire on the altar. 23 I will give it all to you, Your Majesty, and may the Lord your God accept your sacrifice.”
24 But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing.” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver[f] for the threshing floor and the oxen.
25 David built an altar there to the Lord and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And the Lord answered his prayer for the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.
Wow. I will not present an offering to the Lord that costs me nothing. That verse needs no explanation.
Have you had that feeling-that something's so ironic, there must be a hidden camera around to capture your reaction? Once in awhile I'll be reading a verse or passage in the Bible and something will jump out at me, so applicable to my life or exactly what I need to read. Every time it happens I think about these hidden camera shows. (Now I'm picturing Jesus popping out from behind a door and said "Gotcha! You're on TV!" ...)
Anyway, all that to say I read something yesterday that hit me square in the eyes. I've been reading through the Bible Chronologically; I just finished off 2 Samuel, and was struck by this passage:
1 Once again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the Lord told him.
2 So the king said to Joab and the commanders[a] of the army, “Take a census of all the tribes of Israel—from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south—so I may know how many people there are.”
3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God let you live to see a hundred times as many people as there are now! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this?”
4 But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab and the commanders of the army went out to count the people of Israel.
10 But after he had taken the census, David’s conscience began to bother him. And he said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt, Lord, for doing this foolish thing.”
11 The next morning the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, who was David’s seer. This was the message: 12 “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.’”
14 “I’m in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is great. Do not let me fall into human hands.”
15 So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel that morning, and it lasted for three days.[e] A total of 70,000 people died throughout the nation, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south. 16 But as the angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
I don't really understand the significance of some of this, but it reminded me that numbers aren't always important. Maybe that's not the point of the passage; it was just so crazy to me to be praying about focusing on relationships instead of numbers during MPD, and then I read this passage.
So, I there's a loose application of this passage to my daily life (and I'm sure I could go more in depth if I knew my Biblical history better). But what also struck me was David's attitude at the end of the chapter:
17 When David saw the angel, he said to the Lord, “I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? Let your anger fall against me and my family.”
18 That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
19 So David went up to do what the Lord had commanded him. 20 When Araunah saw the king and his men coming toward him, he came and bowed before the king with his face to the ground. 21 “Why have you come, my lord the king?” Araunah asked.
David replied, “I have come to buy your threshing floor and to build an altar to the Lord there, so that he will stop the plague.”
22 “Take it, my lord the king, and use it as you wish,” Araunah said to David. “Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and you can use the threshing boards and ox yokes for wood to build a fire on the altar. 23 I will give it all to you, Your Majesty, and may the Lord your God accept your sacrifice.”
24 But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing.” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver[f] for the threshing floor and the oxen.
25 David built an altar there to the Lord and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And the Lord answered his prayer for the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.
Wow. I will not present an offering to the Lord that costs me nothing. That verse needs no explanation.
Saturday, January 02, 2010
The Way Forward: Revolutionariness.
I had a conversation about the Internet the other day with my 50-something mother. As a child, she never imagined the possibility of going to one source to check the weather forecast, her bank balance and the final score of the Vikings game- at the same time.
We got our first computer in 1990 and as a four year old I loved playing spelling and matching games. Down the road I learned the timing of the spacebar-up arrow jumping move in Duke Nukem, and I felt more proud than getting an "A" on a spelling test. Then came Oregon Trail, and I was in love.
Well, what I thought was love. I was just a kid.
Then I discovered Google.
Technology brings us incredible advantages in business, science, government, medicine, law, finance- every field has seen an impact.
The Internet has also been greatly impacting the spiritual state of my generation. We've grown up getting any information we want, when we want it. Music, TV, news, video, all at our fingertips. Sounds like small things, but each has huge implications.
Today's 20-somethings have been propelled to a belief that life is about instant gratification, fulfilling our culture-created dreams, establishing our cookie-cutter lives, striving for a better life than the jones' while the whole time we are feeling deeply unsatisfied with what we've constructed and earned for ourselves.
To quote Ron Hutchcraft, "this is the most unreached generation in American history, yet the most reachable generation in American history. The things that have made them lost have also made them ready for Jesus, and they have never been more ready."
We all know the Great Commission. We may even think about it throughout the week, and consider how we're helping to fulfill it in our daily lives. If you just read the few lines of Matthew 28:18-20, you don't really notice the words between the lines. When you consider the Great Commission in light of the rest of the Bible, there's more to the command.
And it is a command. God in the OT and Jesus in the NT both commanded a lot of things. We don't commit adultery because God commands us not to. We love our neighbors because Jesus commands us to do so.
I think the 'more' to the command is this: He calls each of us to be revolutionary.
Dare I say the easiest and most thought of way to do this, to be revolutionary, is to leave your family, friends, comforts of home, cable TV and carmel latte's and go to another country to be a missionary.
When I hear people say You don't have to go to another country or even be in full-time ministry to be revolutionary, I want to hi-five them. I that's one of the biggest misconceptions for my generation. We accept the fact that we aren't "called" to full-time ministry somewhere, and we automatically assume we'll get a job, probably get married, finance a house and buy a dog. Those things are fine, but even those can be done in a revolutionary way.
You may be a lawyer, working crazy hours with limited time outside work. You may be a stay-at-home-mom, spending a large majority of your day with your kids, feeling cut-off from the world around you. You may be a college student, trying to figure out what you want to do with the rest of your life. You may be a barista at the local Starbucks, or a warehouse stockman or a firefighter. I don't know who's reading this. Ok, I can probably guess the 3-4 people that will read this. :)
My point is this: maybe God wants you right where He’s got you, and He wants you do live your whole life for Him in a revolutionary way.
It's probably time to explain what I mean by revolutionary. The dictionary says it's sudden, complete, or marked change; radically new or innovative; outside or beyond established procedure, principles.
I would say full-time ministry is probably revolutionary according to the way the world works. But it's the easy road. I know myself, and I know that God wants me to be in full-time ministry at this point. I do spend time trying to figure out what that looks like, but for the most part I pretty much know what I'm doing.
As someone in full-time ministry, I have the easy job. It's a lot harder for everyone else.
Our culture tells us what we need to do to be popular, successful, happy and powerful. When we compare what the world tells us and what Jesus calls us to, we notice a difference. And if we do it right, then we are revolutionary.
I'll leave you with another quote from Ron Hutchcraft (who isn't the only one I could quote here). "If we just keep doing what we’ve been doing, we will leave most of our generation unreached for Jesus Christ. We, as Christians, have gone as far as we can go safely."
We got our first computer in 1990 and as a four year old I loved playing spelling and matching games. Down the road I learned the timing of the spacebar-up arrow jumping move in Duke Nukem, and I felt more proud than getting an "A" on a spelling test. Then came Oregon Trail, and I was in love.
Well, what I thought was love. I was just a kid.
Then I discovered Google.
Technology brings us incredible advantages in business, science, government, medicine, law, finance- every field has seen an impact.
The Internet has also been greatly impacting the spiritual state of my generation. We've grown up getting any information we want, when we want it. Music, TV, news, video, all at our fingertips. Sounds like small things, but each has huge implications.
Today's 20-somethings have been propelled to a belief that life is about instant gratification, fulfilling our culture-created dreams, establishing our cookie-cutter lives, striving for a better life than the jones' while the whole time we are feeling deeply unsatisfied with what we've constructed and earned for ourselves.
To quote Ron Hutchcraft, "this is the most unreached generation in American history, yet the most reachable generation in American history. The things that have made them lost have also made them ready for Jesus, and they have never been more ready."
We all know the Great Commission. We may even think about it throughout the week, and consider how we're helping to fulfill it in our daily lives. If you just read the few lines of Matthew 28:18-20, you don't really notice the words between the lines. When you consider the Great Commission in light of the rest of the Bible, there's more to the command.
And it is a command. God in the OT and Jesus in the NT both commanded a lot of things. We don't commit adultery because God commands us not to. We love our neighbors because Jesus commands us to do so.
I think the 'more' to the command is this: He calls each of us to be revolutionary.
Dare I say the easiest and most thought of way to do this, to be revolutionary, is to leave your family, friends, comforts of home, cable TV and carmel latte's and go to another country to be a missionary.
When I hear people say You don't have to go to another country or even be in full-time ministry to be revolutionary, I want to hi-five them. I that's one of the biggest misconceptions for my generation. We accept the fact that we aren't "called" to full-time ministry somewhere, and we automatically assume we'll get a job, probably get married, finance a house and buy a dog. Those things are fine, but even those can be done in a revolutionary way.
You may be a lawyer, working crazy hours with limited time outside work. You may be a stay-at-home-mom, spending a large majority of your day with your kids, feeling cut-off from the world around you. You may be a college student, trying to figure out what you want to do with the rest of your life. You may be a barista at the local Starbucks, or a warehouse stockman or a firefighter. I don't know who's reading this. Ok, I can probably guess the 3-4 people that will read this. :)
My point is this: maybe God wants you right where He’s got you, and He wants you do live your whole life for Him in a revolutionary way.
It's probably time to explain what I mean by revolutionary. The dictionary says it's sudden, complete, or marked change; radically new or innovative; outside or beyond established procedure, principles.
I would say full-time ministry is probably revolutionary according to the way the world works. But it's the easy road. I know myself, and I know that God wants me to be in full-time ministry at this point. I do spend time trying to figure out what that looks like, but for the most part I pretty much know what I'm doing.
As someone in full-time ministry, I have the easy job. It's a lot harder for everyone else.
Our culture tells us what we need to do to be popular, successful, happy and powerful. When we compare what the world tells us and what Jesus calls us to, we notice a difference. And if we do it right, then we are revolutionary.
I'll leave you with another quote from Ron Hutchcraft (who isn't the only one I could quote here). "If we just keep doing what we’ve been doing, we will leave most of our generation unreached for Jesus Christ. We, as Christians, have gone as far as we can go safely."
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Christmas, Take 3: Coming to Terms.
I really like Carolina Liar's song Show Me What I'm Looking For. Though you grammar sticklers might agree it should be more appropriately titled Show Me For What I am Looking. Most people would probably agree the song's been way overplayed on the radio, thus becoming annoying. But I don't listen to the radio, so I don't consider it overplayed at all. Actually, you probably have no idea what song I'm talking about, as Carolina Liar is a secular rock band that isn't that famous.
Which leads me to my point (finally!): Carolina Liar has another song called Coming to Terms. I like that one, too. They are may not a super appropriate band for a christian to enjoy listening to, but I like them. Most of the group is originally from Sweden. And I love other Swedish bands too, so I'm not surprised- Ace of Base, ABBA, Roxette...I'm on a tangent again...
The real point: their song Coming to Terms helps me explain my most current feelings on the topic of Christmas and the holidays. This is the third time I've blogged about Christmas this year, and I'm, cough cough, coming to terms in the same way Carolina Liar describes it:
I’m coming to terms
I’m starting to learn
This ain’t all it’s cracked up to be...
It’s never as easy as we believe
Ok, so I took out one line of the chorus above, but it fits. I put way too much pressure on myself, immediate and extended family, friends and my church in making Christmas an amazing, memory-filled holiday that exceeds my expectations every single year.
It's just one day. Yes, it's full of family traditions, it's a celebration of the birth of my Savior, and it's the most important holiday to a large segment of society.
Do I love Jesus as much at Christmas as I do other days of the year? Does a bigger tree than last year mean I love Him more than others?
Once in awhile I see a movie or hear someone talk about the "magic" of Christmas. Putting aside our differences and grudges to come together as family is a sweet thing. Being nice to others, even loving our enemies, is great. How wonderful to give of your money, possessions and even your time to help those in need.
But those things are filth compared to the power of majesty of Jesus Christ- who I will worship, honor, and glorify, as much as I can, every day.
Which leads me to my point (finally!): Carolina Liar has another song called Coming to Terms. I like that one, too. They are may not a super appropriate band for a christian to enjoy listening to, but I like them. Most of the group is originally from Sweden. And I love other Swedish bands too, so I'm not surprised- Ace of Base, ABBA, Roxette...I'm on a tangent again...
The real point: their song Coming to Terms helps me explain my most current feelings on the topic of Christmas and the holidays. This is the third time I've blogged about Christmas this year, and I'm, cough cough, coming to terms in the same way Carolina Liar describes it:
I’m coming to terms
I’m starting to learn
This ain’t all it’s cracked up to be...
It’s never as easy as we believe
Ok, so I took out one line of the chorus above, but it fits. I put way too much pressure on myself, immediate and extended family, friends and my church in making Christmas an amazing, memory-filled holiday that exceeds my expectations every single year.
It's just one day. Yes, it's full of family traditions, it's a celebration of the birth of my Savior, and it's the most important holiday to a large segment of society.
Do I love Jesus as much at Christmas as I do other days of the year? Does a bigger tree than last year mean I love Him more than others?
Once in awhile I see a movie or hear someone talk about the "magic" of Christmas. Putting aside our differences and grudges to come together as family is a sweet thing. Being nice to others, even loving our enemies, is great. How wonderful to give of your money, possessions and even your time to help those in need.
But those things are filth compared to the power of majesty of Jesus Christ- who I will worship, honor, and glorify, as much as I can, every day.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
sacrifice
Can we do anything for God that is truly sacrificial?
"We love because he first loved us." - 1 John 4:19
"We love because he first loved us." - 1 John 4:19
Saturday, November 29, 2008
the twenty-first time.
Nowhere to live, nowhere to fall
He used to have money, but he’s wasted it all.
His face is a photograph burned in my mind,
but I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time
He sleeps under stars, that’s all he can afford
His blanket’s an old coat he’s had since the war
He stands on the corner of Carter and Vine
But I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time
He may be a drifter, he’s grown old and gray
But what if he’s Jesus and I walk away?
I say I’m the body and drink of the wine
But I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time
She’s twenty-nine but she feels forty-eight
She can’t raise three kids on minimum wage
She’s cryin’ in back of the welfare line
But I pretend not to see her for the twenty-first time
She may be a stranger tryin’ to get through the day
But what if it’s Jesus and I walk away?
I say I’m the body and drink of the wine
But I pretend not to see her for the twenty-first time
This is a call for a change in my heart
I realize that I’ve not been doin’ my part
When I needed a Savior, I found it in Him
He gave to me, now I’ll give back to them
Drifter or stranger, father or son
I’ll look for Jesus in every one
'Cause I am the body and drink of the wine
And I’m thankful there’s more than the twenty-first time
Monk & Neagle // twenty-first time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvqwHGH3Tlw&feature=related
reminds me of Crazy Love, thought I'd share it with ya'll
He used to have money, but he’s wasted it all.
His face is a photograph burned in my mind,
but I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time
He sleeps under stars, that’s all he can afford
His blanket’s an old coat he’s had since the war
He stands on the corner of Carter and Vine
But I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time
He may be a drifter, he’s grown old and gray
But what if he’s Jesus and I walk away?
I say I’m the body and drink of the wine
But I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time
She’s twenty-nine but she feels forty-eight
She can’t raise three kids on minimum wage
She’s cryin’ in back of the welfare line
But I pretend not to see her for the twenty-first time
She may be a stranger tryin’ to get through the day
But what if it’s Jesus and I walk away?
I say I’m the body and drink of the wine
But I pretend not to see her for the twenty-first time
This is a call for a change in my heart
I realize that I’ve not been doin’ my part
When I needed a Savior, I found it in Him
He gave to me, now I’ll give back to them
Drifter or stranger, father or son
I’ll look for Jesus in every one
'Cause I am the body and drink of the wine
And I’m thankful there’s more than the twenty-first time
Monk & Neagle // twenty-first time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvqwHGH3Tlw&feature=related
reminds me of Crazy Love, thought I'd share it with ya'll