How he loves us

  Here is another video that I want to share with you and I have always loved this song and I think it is one that so many believers love to sing and listen to.  But sometimes its just sad because I do question Gods love, not even knowing that I am and its when I don't trust that God has good for me is when I realize that is just me not believing that God loves me the way that this song talks about.

  I love what Matt Chandler and John Piper say during this song, that even when it seems like God isn't there and things don't make sense or we feel like we are to far gone for Gods forgiveness that we can rest in the Cross knowing that NO SIN is bigger than the cross and no situation no matter how hard should make us question Gods love for us.

   Even at our worst God paid the price to have us be a part of his family, he gave up his only son so we could know him, we can have a relationship with him and we can spend time with him.  God knew that you were going to mess up and God knew that you were going to run from him at times and that is why he sent his son to the cross for you, that is the whole point of the cross!!

  I pray that when things get hard and when Satan tries to shame you for your sin that you remember that God loves you and nothing that you say or do will EVER change that.  His love is perfect and even when it seems like he doesn't have your best in mind remember that sacrifice that he made for all of us.  Rest is his unfailing love and grace!! :)

"Though You Slay Me"

  This song is a song that makes me cry every single time that I hear it because it is something that I always want to be true in my life and something I believe so much in.  Shane and Shane have always been my favorite and now that I get to see them every week at church when they lead us in signing love songs to our beautiful savior I am so much more thankful for them.
 
  Even in our suffering we have a beautiful, wonderful, kind and gracious God who is good and has good for us.  Our suffering and hardships are doing something and they mean something and maybe we won't see that right away what God's purpose was in our suffering but knowing that God is faithful and good we can have peace in him.

    I lead a group of 19 6th grade girls with one of my very best friends Erin and we talked about this a few weeks ago with our girls.  One of them asked "If someone dies at a very young age does that mean that they were never meant to be?" When she asked me this questions she started to cry and while my heart was breaking for her and the pain that she was feeling, I also felt such peace knowing that I could share the truth that God had a purpose for every single second of that child's life and death and that it was doing something.  That God will use this tragedy for good and can give her such peace and comfort in this time.

   My prayer is that everyone that hears this song would be encouraged the way that I am by it and that in those hard times and the times where you just can't understand why God would "let this happen" that  you would remember what a Great and Good God that we serve!