Stronger than the power of the grave
Constant through the trial and the change
One thing… Remains
Your love never fails, never gives up. Never runs out on me
On and on and on and on it goes
It overwhelms and satisfies my soul
And I never, ever, have to be afraid
One thing remains
In death, In life, I’m confident and
covered by the power of Your great love
My debt is paid, there’s nothing that can
separate my heart from Your great love...
("One Thing Remains" by Jesus Culture)
This song has been playing in my head for the past week. The chorus just goes over and over and over again....when I'm lying in bed, when I wake up in the morning...
..Your love never fails, never gives up. Never runs out on me...
...Your love never fails, never gives up. Never runs out on me...
....Your love never fails, never gives up. Never runs out on me...
As these words were replaying through my mind, I have come to realize that indeed God's love never fails, never runs out and never gives up on me. And that one thing that remains...that's Jesus' love.
It was while this song was running through my head, that I started to feel that passion returning for the position I was talking about. That was truly a gift from God. It's crazy, I feel...crazy....well maybe a little....emotions are just so real, so very real to me right now. Also so up and down. Maybe I have never taken risks in my life before...but the unknown is so fearful...all of a sudden my first response is fear. When did that happen? I am supposed to be confident! I thought I was confident...
Part of the problem, I think, is that making a decision has become virtually impossible to me...it was never easy before...both my husband and I struggle with this...but now fear of the unknown, the new etc. becomes such a bigger deal. I feel like everything I do affects something/someone...then I feel like I'm thinking too much of myself...then I think that God wants us to be witnesses to others, so how I act and what I do does matter...and it's important to take the time to seek God before making a decision...especially to overcome the now inevitable fear that shows up.
Anyways....God's love never fails.....my passion is returning! God lifted the fear and with God's strength I can walk through that door....the fear is still looming in the background and without God's strength I will surely give into it, but with a lot of prayer, that fear can stay in the background. God has cleared my head and now I can think about my job and the wonderful things that God has instore for it and the people involved...where He wants it to go...and let me tell you it's exciting! I'm very excited to see where it goes and how it can become something that impacts the community!
Second thing that proved this to me this week, is that Tuesday night I was asking God for some intense patience, or to please let the phone call to continue the adoption process come soon!
Next day....no joke...the phone rang...we have our initial visit booked...in less than two weeks we get this process started for real! So excited...yet so fearful all at the same time...what if we're not good enough...just talking to the worker on the phone, I was second guessing everything that I said! But as a good friend reminded me...we are trusting God and trusting in His strength. We will just continue to follow His leading in this journey of life.
And so I will continue to sing:
Your love never fails, never gives up. Never runs out on me.
Constant through the trial and the change
One thing… Remains
Your love never fails, never gives up. Never runs out on me
On and on and on and on it goes
It overwhelms and satisfies my soul
And I never, ever, have to be afraid
One thing remains
In death, In life, I’m confident and
covered by the power of Your great love
My debt is paid, there’s nothing that can
separate my heart from Your great love...
("One Thing Remains" by Jesus Culture)
This song has been playing in my head for the past week. The chorus just goes over and over and over again....when I'm lying in bed, when I wake up in the morning...
..Your love never fails, never gives up. Never runs out on me...
...Your love never fails, never gives up. Never runs out on me...
....Your love never fails, never gives up. Never runs out on me...
As these words were replaying through my mind, I have come to realize that indeed God's love never fails, never runs out and never gives up on me. And that one thing that remains...that's Jesus' love.
It was while this song was running through my head, that I started to feel that passion returning for the position I was talking about. That was truly a gift from God. It's crazy, I feel...crazy....well maybe a little....emotions are just so real, so very real to me right now. Also so up and down. Maybe I have never taken risks in my life before...but the unknown is so fearful...all of a sudden my first response is fear. When did that happen? I am supposed to be confident! I thought I was confident...
Part of the problem, I think, is that making a decision has become virtually impossible to me...it was never easy before...both my husband and I struggle with this...but now fear of the unknown, the new etc. becomes such a bigger deal. I feel like everything I do affects something/someone...then I feel like I'm thinking too much of myself...then I think that God wants us to be witnesses to others, so how I act and what I do does matter...and it's important to take the time to seek God before making a decision...especially to overcome the now inevitable fear that shows up.
Anyways....God's love never fails.....my passion is returning! God lifted the fear and with God's strength I can walk through that door....the fear is still looming in the background and without God's strength I will surely give into it, but with a lot of prayer, that fear can stay in the background. God has cleared my head and now I can think about my job and the wonderful things that God has instore for it and the people involved...where He wants it to go...and let me tell you it's exciting! I'm very excited to see where it goes and how it can become something that impacts the community!
Second thing that proved this to me this week, is that Tuesday night I was asking God for some intense patience, or to please let the phone call to continue the adoption process come soon!
Next day....no joke...the phone rang...we have our initial visit booked...in less than two weeks we get this process started for real! So excited...yet so fearful all at the same time...what if we're not good enough...just talking to the worker on the phone, I was second guessing everything that I said! But as a good friend reminded me...we are trusting God and trusting in His strength. We will just continue to follow His leading in this journey of life.
And so I will continue to sing:
Your love never fails, never gives up. Never runs out on me.
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