Most mornings I awake with some sort of a song playing over and over in my head. The majority of the time, it's a worship song-which is awesome. This morning it was Jeremy Camp's 'There will be a day'. Dude, awesome song. Talk about truth.
'There Will Be A Day I try to hold onto this world With everything I have But I feel the weight of what it brings And the hurt that tries to grab The many trials that seem to never end His word declares this truth That we will enter in this rest With wonders anew But I hold onto this hope And the promise that He brings That there will be a place with no more suffering There will be a day with no more tears No more pain, and no more fears There will be a day When the burdens of this place Will be no more We'll see Jesus face to face but until that day We'll hold onto You always. I know the journey seems so long You feel you're walking on your own But there has never been a step That you've walked out all alone. Troubled soul don't lose your heart, Cause joy and peace He brings And the beauty that's in store Outweighs the hurt of life's sting. But I hold onto this hope And the promise that He brings That there will be a place with no more suffering...There will be a day with no more tears No more pain, and no more fears There will be a day When the burdens of this place Will be no more We'll see Jesus face to face...But until that day
We'll hold onto You always...'
I love this song a great deal, mainly because it's amazing-but more so, because it really is truth. The first time I heard it, I didn't even necessarily corrilate it to my own life. I mean, it was significant to me and experiences when I have almost just wanted to throw up my hands and say 'dude, I'm done-this is too much'...but I feel we all have similar moments in life like that...
So I guess my prayer is that, we as a body can not only have community that brings those who are in need of love, support and comfort but also to share as much wisdom as we can and to truly be accountable and stick with this promise. More so, to truly try our very best each and every day with each and every opportunity granted to us to show as much love and compassion as Christ did. This weekend, the idea was presented to us about the Eucharist...what if we were to, quite literally, live our life out as the Eucharist? What if we were to 'break our bodies open' and pour out ourselves in love and service? What would the world look like? I mean for real... "This is how we know what love is" -1 John 3:16
There is always this endless process of pouring out and taking in.
.service. faith. boldness. vulnerability. accountability...love.
.love wins.
'Be one in spirit and purpose...not only your own interest, but the interest of others...' -phil 2:3
--this morning, i also grabbed my alarm clock, put it up to my ear and slurred out 'good morning,(insert the place of business where i work), this is erica can i help you?'. i then turned off my alarm, and went back to bed.
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2 comments:
hahaha i love it that you did that with your clock.
that's perfect.
and it sounds like you were reminded of everything we learned from Oklahoma.
that's good to hear.
I like what you said about being accountable to each other... I feel like that speaks a lot in and of itself.
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