You're Alive

I've never seen your eyes
But I know the way you look at me with love
I've never seen your hands
But I know what they've given to me
I've never seen your mouth
But I hear the loving things you say

You're alive - you're alive!
And I'm immersed in your presence
You're alive - you're alive!
I feel you, I found you

I've never seen your heart
But I know it beats with love for me
I've never seen your feet
But I hear them moving all around me
I've never heard you breathe
But your breath of life is everywhere

Lover and Lord

Here's a new song I wrote last night... I wish you could hear the music, because it's out of my normal "box" sonically.

"Lover and Lord"

VERSE 1:

Lift up your head, redemption’s call is sounding

The victory -- is at hand

We raise our hands

To reach our loving Savior

He’s never far away

He’s never far away

VERSE 2:

God you’re a mystery, beyond comprehension

I don’t deserve this grace

Lord take these hands

Everything I offer

I give my life to you.

I give my life to you.

CHORUS:

You heal us

You reveal to us

There is no good gift, you withhold

You died for us

You did rise for us

You’re our lover and our Lord

BRIDGE:

Whose love is like our God’s?

Raining down truth, raining down grace

Whose love is like our God’s?

Lift up your head, lift up your head

Growing as a worshiper

I'm finding more and more that God wants to make me a worshiper... not just every other Sunday night, but all the time. I really am starting to believe it's my calling.

It's funny... I find myself having an excited feeling about leading worship, not unlike the infatuation one feels with a new flame. I think it's because God has been preparing me for this all my life, and that I'm finally open to it. (Some people might remember I used to dislike worship music... I said I'd never listen to it, much less play it!)

I miss it when I'm not doing it, and I think there's two things God wants me to keep in mind. First, I need to make sure I'm in love with Him and not the act of doing worship. I don't think that's a problem, but I think He wants me to just make sure. And second, He wants me to be happy worshiping alone with Him, in my home, in my car, in my office -- wherever. And I genuinely think I am, but there's something different about Sunday nights... something different about corporate worship.

I'm open to growing as a worshiper, no matter what setting or situation, but the fact remains... I LOVE what I'm doing on Sunday nights. I'm excited about it. I'm hopeful. I'm ready for more. And I have a feeling I know where God might want to take me down the road.