Love You Swore - John Mark McMillan

Again my commute to work is giving me some amazing time to simple be with the Lord and allow lyrics to wash over my soul. This morning I put on my John Mark McMillan collection, working my way through the Economy album this song just tore me down!

"Harbor me in the eye of the Storm, I'm holding on to the Love you Swore!"

John Mark is speaking from a place that many of us hit where we have nothing to hold on to but God. I am not currently at that place because he has surrounded me with brothers and sisters who care for me. They encourage me to run to Papa whenever I feel the devil tugging at my heart! Today I had the realization that only I can have, for my current walk with the Lord, that he has Sworn to me as a Groom to a Bride that he will never leave or forsake me. That when the storms come, he will protect me in the eye of the storm, that his Love is more powerful than anything this world can throw at us.

From here my mind threw me off into Mark 4, so I started another post...
http://paulshackelford.blogspot.com/2013/05/mark-414-20.html

Chase me down like a lion
Like a bird of prey
Lift me up from the ashes
Of my hearts own shallow grave

Cause I know that I love you
But sometimes I’m afraid

Whoa oh…

Spare my body from the wolves, God
That crouch down at my door
Lift me up above the waters
And the sharks that guard your shore
Cause I know that I need you
But sometimes I know it more

Whoa oh…

Harbor me in the eye of the storm
I’m holding on to love you swore

All is Well in ATL,
Paul Shackelford

Alleluia - Jesus Culture with Martin Smith

Once again worship last night was Glorious! Had a great day just chilling with my SDP folks from last summer, went up the river and just talked about the past season of life and where the Lord is leading us into. Exciting and scary stuff but it was great to be back with some awesome people who speak some potent truth. Last night during worship was one of many firsts... For the first time in a long time I actually stood while I sang, for the first time in a long time I was singing from a place of Joy, for the first time in a long time I did not care how I worshiped my Lord I just worshiped. Well its not like these things have not happened ever in my life, but I just felt so much peace during worship. So I decided to throw the song that we just repeated for a long while up here, mainly cause I did not know the name so I was looking it up and now I am pumped, gotta buy this album! All the angels cry out, Holy is the Lord God ...

Rise Again - Needtobreathe

I have been reading a book about the arts and Christians role in creating culture. Steve Turner, the author, asserts a major critique that modern Christian art does not speak about real life. The art created does not sound genuine or have any ties to real life that people outside the faith can connect with. While reading the book I listened through this album and I think that this song does a great job of breaking the mold. The members of Needtobreathe are all outspoken followers of Jesus but very little of the art that they produce mentions Jesus or Christianity at all. Instead they craft creative music, written from places of pain and joy. "Rise Again" steps through pain that occurs in life as we see relationships stretched and torn. The bitterness of broken hearts and friendships is then contrasted with the truth that we will get up from this pain and rise again. "I can see us moving on, I can feel that coming on strong", the j...

It is Well - Bethel Music

So let Go my Soul and Trust in Him The waves and wind still know his name! While eating my breakfast this morning I was thinking through the above lyrics that we sung on Sunday morning at Midtown. Then a picture landed in my head that I could not shake. I saw myself holding on to the rudder of a small sail boat in the middle of the storm. Wave after wave crashing into the boat. I was standing firm and holding on to the rudder for dear life to keep the boat pointed in the direction that I wanted. Each time the wind would change direction the rudder would slap me around and I started to see the meaning behind this picture. I try so hard to control my life, my future, my possessions, my friends and at the end of the day I am broken and bruised from the storms of life. This morning the Lord simply said, let go of the rudder for a while. Let me take control and let the storm go its course. Let go of the rudder, the boat will travel where...

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