Addison Road - What Do I Know Of Holy w/Lyrics

What I don't want to do is what I always do which is exactly what I don't want to do! Aargh!!! I guess, is it Paul (?) says it best in Romans 7:15 (NASB) "For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate." KH (my) translation: "What in the world am I doing (to MYSELF no less!)!!! I so desperately want to do what is right, yet I don't OVER and OVER again!" Anyone else might say, "Well you must not really want that then, otherwise you would..." And so my mind rehearses that and Satan taunts ..."you can't do it" (that which is right). But I must remember THE ONE Who is Mercy and Grace and Love! The One who can give me strength from day to day to do what I should do. I love this song it reminds me of Christ and Who He IS and what I need to know of Him.

Verse vs. Chorus

Hey there! It has been nearly a year since my last post. I want to start something I thought of quite a while back...I would like to take the songs I have on my playlist and expand on the reason I chose particular songs! Just thought it would be fun. I will do so in hopes to not bore anyone. I will write on songs randomly but they all will be from my playlist. You may be wondering why I entitled this post what I did, well, for me there are many songs out there that we may like the chorus but you can tell they just wrote words inbetween just to get to the chorus. Now I may have a few of those in my collection but for the most part I love to hear the whole story. So sit back, read, listen, and respond if you like! First song that I will randomly select to write on is entitled "My Jesus" by Todd Agnew. Now, the song might be a little tough to listen to, not only for his rough voice but possibly for the message too. The verses ask intense questions that match his intense voice, maybe thats why Todd's recording works. I can't imagine Sara Groves or Avalon or even NewsBoys singing this one. But the verses ask questions of the like: "If Ephesians tells us to imitate Christ, why do we look so much like the world?" and "Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteuosness but do we ache for another taste of this world of shifting sand?". In the song Todd continues to ask if when we picture Christ do we see the pretty blue eyes, wavy hair and clear complection only to ask us if we missed the part in the Word where Christ was battered and bruised beyond recognition and heads into the chorus proclaiming...my Jesus bled and died, He spent His time with theives and robbers, prostitutes and the least of these. He loved the poor and accosted the comfortable, the arrogant, the rich. In Todd's song he approaches the subject of Christ being accepted in our churches...His (Christ's) blood and dirt on His feet might stain the carpet, but reminds us that even Christ reaches for the hurting and despises the proud. And even goes onto perhaps Christ Himself would prefer Beale Street to the stained glass crowd.So do you infact want to be like my Jesus? Christ calls us to live like Him to love like Him. What does that mean when this Holy Being actually suffered and died...for me? How am I mirroring this Great Man? Ephesians 5:1,2 "Follow God's example in everything you do, because you are His dear children. Live a life filled with love for others, following the example of Christ who loved you and gave Himself as a sacrifice to take away your sins. And God was pleased because that sacrifice was like sweet perfume to Him." (New Living Translation)

Excuse me, Maim...

Ok so I am at the grocery store today and for the life of me could not find a particular item so I automatically ask for help..."Excuse me, maim, do you know where I can find...oh, I am so sorry. Sir, where can I find..." He had beautiful long blonde hair! He was turned, stacking the shelf. But when he turned to help me I read his name tag..."Michael". I was a bit embarrassed!!! Oh well!

Alls I wanted was a donut...

OK, so I run into the grocery store for a donut the other day (this was between packing/unpacking, back and forth to and from apt/new house). Anyways these are good donuts so I suspect I will be waiting for at least one person at the donut shelf. Anyways...so I am waiting patiently, quietly, uconspicuously like when all the sudden the lady in front of me picking out her donut turns to me and starts gushing out that she's having a hysterectomy tomorrow and I just said "...ok, yeah..." and she's says "what?' and I repeat my "ok..I,..I just said ok.". I thaught that would be it but no. She continues to go on about how nervous she is about germs right now and that her daughter and granddaughter are sick with the flu right now, oh and don't forget about her hysterectomy that I am pretty sure I don't think I care about...just going on about all the medicine she's on! All this while she is standing WAY inside that personal space zone placing her hand on my arm throughout her whole shpeel!!! Oy-yi-yi! Alls I wanted was a donut not the swine flu, lady!

My husband, the GUY!

I had to laugh the other day when I had a metal finger nail file setting on the end table in the living room by where Donovan usually sits. Well, he comes and sits down and comments on it saying as innocently as one man's man can be..."So, do you like that mail opener?" I'm in the kitchen all like..."...mail opener?!?" I approach the living room and see his face as serious as can be looking at the nail file! I laughed so hard...but told him it probably could double as a mail opener...He's so cute! That was just too funny not to document!

where reality collides with imagination

Do you know where reality collides with imagination... at a daycare! Well, the other day I was helping in the preschool room (around 4 year old children) and it was table toy time where we take bins out that have blocks and different connector toys or they can color at the other table. Anyways I was at the toy table and one of the boys was playing with the connector toys, well he made a "gun". I reminded him that we do not play guns at school. He then transformed it into a "camera" and proceeded to "take" a picture of me! He then looked at it and said "that looks good...Oh, you wanna see it?!" And he "showed" me the "picture" so I would "approve" of it!!! Kids pick up on everything don't they...that was so cute and it was definitely proof what generation these kids are in!!!

Beth and Daniel...

In an earlier post I told you I was going to do a Bible study on the book of Daniel given by Beth Moore. She has an amazing God-given talent beyond description to bring the Word to life and relevancy. She talks fast and your head is usually spinning from all the insight and knowledge you have heard from her and Gods Word. Anyways when our study is finished we will have had eleven weeks of study and twelve sessions with Beth Moore (video). We all know the Sunday School lesson of Daniel in the Lion's Den. But it is a more intense and deeper piece of history than one might remember from Sunday School with many other scenes surrounding it. I am going to give you quick highlights of our journey thru the book of Daniel so far. We are about 1/2 way done with the study so I chose now to do so. Maybe there will be some insight for you and this will help me to remember what I have so gratefully learned.

The first half of the study was on living a life of integrity. The last half of the study (just starting) will be a study on prophecy and end times. So onto relating to you what I have learned thus far... and by NO MEANS will I ruin it for you should you decide to do this study your self...
like I said your head is swimming when she finishes!!!

Week 1) Babylon, not just an ancient city but the mentality that surrounds us right here in the USA. Luxury, entertainment, choices of many kinds at our fingertips from what coffee should I order to what piece of furniture to buy next or vacation to go on. Not that choices are bad but we are surrounded by self-indulgence. And we need to be wary not to let that mentality indoctrinate us but to resolve to indoctrinate the "Babylon" around us.

Week 2)The image in King Nebuchadnezzar's dream depicts the empires of this world till the return of Christ. "History is not a cyclical process of endless repetition but is being moved toward the predetermined end"-Beth Moore...OH! and the rock, the cornerstone...the perfect fit...oh! just consider doing the study!!!

Week 3) When facing a fiery trial we have three scenarios:
A) We can be delivered from the fire-our faith is built
B) We can be delivered through the fire-our faith refined
C) We can be delivered by the fire into His arms-our faith perfected

Oh! the Divine set-up for a step up!!! ....You have to consider doing this study!!!! See I am not giving too much away! Theres too much to learn here!!!

Week 4) Pride-the Babylon mentality "I am and there is none beside me" Daniel 4 v. 30
Don't let pride get the best of you. The way up is down, the way down is up.

Week 5) We have been declared Holy-resolve to live a holy life so Satan does not declare you as common/ordinary. Satan wants us to believe we are not who we ARE, whether he gets us to believe we are more or less...

Week 6) Daniel in the Lion's Den. In an emergency we can either: panic-do the wrong thing, become paralyzed-do no thing/nothing, or we can pray-the power thing!

Now week 7, just the beginning of the prophecy/end times section. I would wait to tell you but it is too exciting. The ANCIENT OF DAYS!!!!!! Whenever the scriptures refer to this title for God it is speaking of His judgement, THE true ONE and ONLY judge! Judges of this world will be judged by the Judge Himself. Basically, GOD KNOWS!!! He knows the guilty AND He knows the INNOCENT!!! And when Christ comes riding on the clouds all wrongs will be righted. Nothing will be clouded, for the Ancient of Days has judged.