Thursday, January 24, 2008

June 21


A Hard and Heavy Month


I have been crucified with Christ.

Galatians 2:19b (NLT)


... what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.

Philippians 3:8 (NKJV)


I myself no longer live....

Galatians 2:20 (NLT)


I don’t weep in public ... but my eyes water. I don’t break down behind closed doors ... but the tears flow, yet not for me. January has been a hard month. The loss of Army Sergeant Zack McBride in Sinsil, Iraq, the pain and suffering missionary Shayla Jacquot has witnessed in Nairobi, Kenya, the big things that weigh on my soul weigh heavy indeed.

This morning I am on my knees in complete surrender to Him. I hear the song, Lead Me to the Cross by Hillsong United and it moves me. This morning, this month, this song expresses my heart:

Savior I come
Quiet my soul
Remember redemption’s hill
Where Your blood
Was spilled for my ransom
Everything I once held dear
I count it all as loss

Lead me to the Cross
Where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees
Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself
I belong to You
Oh lead me
Lead me to the Cross

You were as I
Tempted and tried human
The Word became flesh
Bore my sin in death
Now You’ve risen

Everything I once held dear
I count it all as loss

To Your heart
Lead me to Your heart


I hear the song ... and I weep.


Father, Abba Father, I lay me down ... this life is Yours....