A Smattering of Thought

Music is healing oil for my soul.   It sets my course straight after getting turned around.   It seeks to draw me out of dark places.   Is like a perfect storm of powerful notes and truthful lyrics crashing against my weary soul.   My hearts resonates with the Psalmist David in this way.  I can almost picture him lost in his own world singing songs of deepest hurt or greatest joys.  Singing praises to God at times with no lyrics just the beat of his heart.  The well of emotion at the words which cannot be formed as he is hit with the realization of Who God really is what He has really done.  This realization is even more powerful for us on the other side of the cross.   One song which resonates within my soul right now is "How Love Wins" from The Story CD project.   This song tells the story of the thief on the cross next to Jesus.   How Love Wins:  lyrics by Nichole Nordeman, music by Bernie Herms "My life began like any other man held beneath a mother's

I love being a part of a church family where it really seems like family.   With all the good and the bad that involves...they are family! This past week I have reflected a little bit on how my relationship with the church body has grown. As a young child and a pastor’s kid, you were at church anytime the building was open.  In my teens years I came because it was a place for me to see my friends, maybe learn something and but not to be involved.  It was an obligation and one I do in order to please those around me.  While in college, the church became more of a necessity, a staple.  It was a place I knew I would be safe.  The friends would be different from the majority of the friends I had at work, or at least they should be.   Fast-forward to present day. I have been attending the same church for a very long time.   I have been passive and active.   I have been stagnant and stretched.   There were times when I enjoyed being a part of the body and other time