Even Now - United Pursuit Band

Your Love is Sweeter than Honey

Your Love is Stronger than Death

Your Love lifts me of my Burdens

Your Love teaches me to Dance

Riding into work this morning I was carrying a lot of pain, memories, and frustration knowing that Christ was knocking on my door asking to restore death to life! I had downloaded two songs to my computer and jumped in the truck with them on repeat. After the first time through I could already feel the scales falling away, my heart was opening back up to the Love of Papa. I am not really sure whats been going on in my heart these last few weeks but I can feel some massive issues rising to the surface. This morning I just remembered what Love is, his Love is sweeter than honey, so much better than anything I could ever desire on this Earth. His Love is Stronger than Death! He has conquered the grave, therefore all of my separation from Papa has been removed! That gap can not be recreated by anything I do, his Love is restoring all of my failures and all of the death that I have caused. His Love lifts me of my Burdens, and gives us the Freedom to walk fully in the righteousness he has planned for our lives, even when we walk outside of that is Love continues to lift our burdens! By the time these songs played for the fifth, sixth, seventh times I was just weeping and it kinda got difficult to drive, but I was able to be fully exposed before Papa. Letting him see all of my insecurities, my selfish desires, my lack of faith, and my lack of Love for him. My tears simply invited him into that brokenness asking for restoration, and a heart to walk fully in the Power and Righteousness he has placed upon my life!

It doesn't always work like I've planned it
I've seen a lot of good things, a lot of things been out of my hands
Even when I don't understand it
We have all got choices to make
And this one is mine

Even now, here's my heart God

Seems like all You do is so hidden
Sometimes I'm led to wonder are You working at all?
But even in the darkness I'm listening
For Your still small voice in the distance I hear You call

Even now here's my heart God
I'm in love

Runnin' out of reasons to doubt You
Can't live another day here without You

Even now here's my heart God
I'm in love

Your love is sweeter than honey
Your love is stronger than death
Your love lifts me of my burdens
And teaches me to dance

All is Great in the Love of Papa

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...

Stones Under Rushing Water - Needtobreathe

Last weekend was the Big-Little retreat, where all of the associates and their Big Brothers bond over a weekend together. I went this semester because I love camping and I am on the committee that planned the event. On Friday night us brothers when for a hike down in Cloudland Canyon. It was intensely dark but still an amazing sight of nature while its masked by night. We found a waterfall that turned out to be great for an early morning worship time on Saturday. We had some great conversation as we walked talking about life. I loved being away from Tech for just two days and being at a place where the stresses of school could not effect me in the slightest. Once people started to head back to the cabin Borsch and I just stayed behind for some time in thought and prayer. It was utterly amazing, just looking out into the canyon when I could not see a thing. Yesterday I was thinking about this and I am not sure if t...

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