Benediction

No one is good not even one. The front pages of papers of children raped by rapist Iraqi torture chambers and we the blame claim we're blameless. Wrong. All. And swelling up inside of us there's this pride in us this arrogance. And our only line of defense is the sense that Im not as half as bad as this friend of mine so I must be fine. We mean well don't we? Yet I've never seen good intentions set a man free from hurt. All. This poor unfortunate soul. Filling a single void with toy after toy with girl after boy. How boring this wasn't this meant to be Humanity's life story. Warring with God saying what have you done for me? Bought all. Hanging out for six hours marred beyond recognition. In complete submission to his father will. Still. A proclamation was made louder than the loudest temptation. With more beauty than all his creation. More eternal than eternity more angelic than the heavenlies. It Is done. For you were bought with blood. Accept. Rejoice. For freedom has come.


I stumbled across this song at the end of Jimmy Needham's first album and it spoke directly to me. There is just so much truth in this song. I've noticed a reoccuring theme throughout the history of man kind. We like to point the finger. Adam pointing the finger at Eve. It goes back to the core of our humanity. We think ourselves to be so blameless and we are so reluctant to take the blame for something because it's so much easier to scrape it off on someone else. We are such a lonely nation. We are the issue. We scrounge around the universe for some sense of meaning and some sense of security and we try to find it in relationships, money, an idols. HOW BORING! What an awesome God I have! I am so free in his presence. Why chase the things of the world? It all just fades away. My God stands! My God has captured with me with his unfailing love. I am so sick of looking around and seeing my generation fall apart! They are in so much desperation and I just want to yell at the top of my lungs 'YOU ARE LOVED!' It is done. The debt is paid. Why wallow in sin that is paid for? It's like holding onto an expired driver's license. It has no worth! I pray, pray that you find the God who loves you. " Revelation 21:5 "... Behold, I make all things new..." It's worth it friends to know your maker and lose your sin. Did you know that you are dearly loved?