Journey Day 71

So despite my growing relationship with God I still have hard nights. Nights where I feel overwhelmed and life hits me like a ton of bricks! Last night was one of those nights. I was feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and just plain weary. I decided I would read more of the Psalms (I've been reading through them), and I came upon Psalm 63:1-8. It says, "O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods with singing lips my mouth will praise you. On my bed I will remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me." David knew what it was like to be in God's presence, and for his whole body to long for him! He knew that there was nothing better than God. "My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me." Even on the hardest nights God's hand upholds me, and I am learning what being in the presence of God means, and what it feels like. My body longs for him, I have a thirst for his word that cannot be quenched. Even in the most difficult situation, I see his hand working for my good! Do you long for God with all that you are? Does your soul thirst for him with a thirst that cannot be quenched by anything but Him? Be satisfied in Him, and praise Him for He is God, and his right hand will hold you up! I love that even in the darkest of nights, God's word can light up my life! : )

Motions by Matthew West

This might hurt, it's not safe
But I know that I've gotta make a change
I don't care if I break,
At least I'll be feeling something
'Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of life

I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?"

No regrets, not this time
I'm gonna let my heart defeat my mind
Let Your love make me whole
I think I'm finally feeling something
'Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of this life

'Cause I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?"

take me all the way (take me all the way)
take me all the way ('cause I don't wanna go through the motions)
take me all the way (I know I'm finally feeling something real)
take me all the way

I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?"

I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?"

take me all the way (take me all the way)
take me all the way (I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go)
take me all the way (through the motions)
take me all the way

I don't wanna go through the motions