the dawning of Easter morning...
The weather forecast had predicted rain and thunderstorms, but they never came. Instead the slightly overcast sky was radiant with celebration and the day dawned with a blazing cloud-wreathed sky...Easter Morning! I was up in time to see the sunrise (not really by my own doing...my brother thought he'd be funny and call me at the crack of dawn). In the stillness of the morning, I walked the length and breadth of my street, then into the park, had my own little sunrise service listening to some praise-filled songs (Shane's Psalm 118 and Arise, and Caedmon's Call's Thy Mercy my God) and the resurrection story of John 20-21.It was a glorious day. And I felt joy and thankfulness well up in my heart. He's alive! He is alive! All felt radiant. Even the birds joined in the chorus, and the trees which are bursting forth with their springtime budding leaves, and the flowers paint a radiance on the ground that matches that in the morning sky.
And God gave me a little glimpse into the journey I have been on in the past 50-some days of the Lent season. He was at work the whole time! Even those days I was miserable and horrible. Even those days of encouragement and growth. Even when I thought I was doing everything wrong. Even those days when I felt like, yes, I think I might be getting it.
And the Derek Webb song "What is not love" brought me to tears, because I experienced the truth of grace and His amazing love, and all these lyrics have been so real in my life over this season leading up to Easter, and I imagine will continue to be real as I trust Him and don't lean on my own understanding. I hope you delve deep into His grace and find joy in His finished work of salvation, our gift of abundant life.
What looks like failure is success
What looks like poverty is riches
When what is true looks more like a knife
It looks like your killing me, but you're saving my life
And I give myself to what looks like love
And I sell myself for what feels like love
And I pay to get what is not love
And all just because, I see things upside-down
What looks like weakness can do anything
What looks like foolishness is understanding
When what is powerful has not come to fight
It looks like your going to war, but you lay down your life
And I give myself to what looks like love
And I sell myself for what feels like love
And I pay to get what is not love
And all just because, I see things upside-down
What looks like torture is a time to rejoice
What sounds like thunder is a comforting voice
When what is beautiful looks broken and crushed
And I say I don't know you, but you say 'It's Finished'
When what is beautiful looks broken and crushed
And I say I don't know you, but you say 'It's Finished.'
What looks like poverty is riches
When what is true looks more like a knife
It looks like your killing me, but you're saving my life
And I give myself to what looks like love
And I sell myself for what feels like love
And I pay to get what is not love
And all just because, I see things upside-down
What looks like weakness can do anything
What looks like foolishness is understanding
When what is powerful has not come to fight
It looks like your going to war, but you lay down your life
And I give myself to what looks like love
And I sell myself for what feels like love
And I pay to get what is not love
And all just because, I see things upside-down
What looks like torture is a time to rejoice
What sounds like thunder is a comforting voice
When what is beautiful looks broken and crushed
And I say I don't know you, but you say 'It's Finished'
When what is beautiful looks broken and crushed
And I say I don't know you, but you say 'It's Finished.'
posted by FaithChristine @ 08:00
1 Comments:
i this post was from a while ago but I love this Derek Webb song. Within the journey to Easter through Lent and the time you spent what a powerful and beautiful showing of what true love is.
thanks for sharing....
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