03/01/2011

       Well after a interesting attempt at my first blogging experience I told myself that I wasn't going to make my blog all about music....  But it turns out that my plans aren't always the best and I still intend to talk about music.  I informed my friend Shanita at work that I started a blog.  She told me that she would start reading it but I needed to make sure I have some great "pearls of wisdom".  I guess I never really took this public forum of a blog seriously but I know that it should be more than just me bragging about how sweet my new mustache is or try and be witty for the sake of being witty.  For a lack of better words I want to have a blog with purpose.

       I was on my way home from a worship practice, at which I didn't feel to worshipful.  I was listening to Klove which isn't a common occurrence.... One because I feel like It's usually on a constant repeat o a few christian artists, Two they don't play Hillsong(United, Live, or Chapel), and Three I have a small distaste for the radio in general because they hardly play anything worth listening to.  However on this snowy evening I happened upon the song "Holy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHtgScGUGs by Nicole Nordeman.  This song came out in Highschool and I used to make fun of Chase Anderson for loving the album.  It was definitely different than the kind of music that he usually bumped on his subs.  But tonight in the state that I was in I think I really listened to the words for the first time.  The chorus of the song goes something like this....

"And all You ever wanted…

Only me on my knees
Singing holy, holy
And somehow
All that matters now is
You are holy, holy"

      I don't know how many times I heard this song and never realized the truth in these lyrics.  I guess it's all been brought into a better light going through a purity series at our youthgroup (FUSION).  Last Wednesday we read psalms 51.  Here's a small part thats been speaking to me lately. 

Psalm 51:15-17 (HCSB) ¹⁵ Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. ¹⁶ You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it;You are not pleased with a burnt offering. ¹⁷ The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit.  God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart

      There are many times that I get lost in the act of service and I lose sight of who I'm really serving.  I get swelled up with pride and I say look at I've done and look what I can do.  I was recently told that my generation is called the "Entitlement Generation"  Saying this is what we deserve for what we've done.  So often we try and do things ourselves because we are proud.  We are very quick to take God out of the picture and place ourselves on a pedestal.  All God is asking is for us to give credit where credit is due.  God is the sole reason that we have anything worth living for.  He died for our sins and the least He asks is that we humble our hearts enough to get on our knees and cry out that he is holy.  I just pray that as a generation we can see what needs to be done before it's too late.

     I hope that's not to heavy for a second blog post.  It was just really on my heart this evening.  I hope that in whatever your doing you can live for the glory of our Father.