Don't Let Me Forget

Prayer:

Don't let me forget what You've done.

Don't let me forget what You're doing.

Don't let me forget what You have in store.

The enemy wants me to lose sight of what's been done. Wants me to cling to who I was and what I've done…Wants me lingering in the hurt and defeat…

But You, Lord…YOU want to remind me that You're here, remind me that the price has been paid once and for ALL. You want to remind me of Your promises…how You knew me before You formed me in the womb. How You set me apart for Your perfect plan. How You gave me this heart for a reason. How, even though there may be hurts that come with this heart…that You have the perfect comfort to make it smile. That this is not my home. That there is something so much greater to look forward to. But in the meantime…You are with me. Your Spirit is here to guide, comfort, heal…refresh, renew, bring to life. Your love does not fade or falter…it does not back away when I'm stubborn or take back Your beautiful embrace when I think I know what's best….

You just continue Your pursuit of me. The most beautiful love song…is the one You're writing between You and I.  Help me to sing it and sing it loud. Help me to rejoice as I cling to Your heart. Help me to rest in the arms of the One who formed me. Help me to linger in the very love that saved me.

Lord, help me to remember. Help me to carry You not just in my thoughts...but in my heart. Thank You, I love You…for all that You are.


Your Pursuit Saved Me
Your Love...sets us free.
Thank YOU, LORD!

We're all harmonizing with a melody

For some, it is a song of redemption. A song of joy and hope. For some, it is a song of wild abandon. For some, it is a song of hurt and disappointment, a song we don't even want to be a part of anymore. For some, it is a song of hate and bitterness as we shout at the top of our lungs with questions of 'Where do I go now?' and 'How did I get here in the first place?!'

Here's the transition...

Before we place our song in the player as we decide which one we will continue singing...may we look to the Instrument Maker and ask Him to remind us that He created us to sing a joyful noise, a beautiful melody of hope, joy, peace, redemption, love, forgiveness, healing, grace...life. You see, sometimes we find ourselves in a place we never thought we'd be. Does that mean there's no hope? Absolutely not!! It simply means we're due for an appointment with the Great Orchestrator...spending some time with The One who formed us to play His song in a beautiful fashion. The tragedy, is that many have been through so many things in this life that we either forgot or wholeheartedly deny that we were even created to play the beautiful song He has for us in the first place.

Trust me...I was there. I believed without a doubt that my lot in life was to carry shame, defeat, pain and hopelessness. I mean, look at what I've done. Look at the choices I've made or the roads I've been down... 'God, why would You have anything good for someone like me!?!?'
His response brought me to my knees and opened my heart that will forever sing His song...
'My child, don't you know you're Mine? Don't you know I Love you? Don't you know I just want to hold you and comfort you through all that you carry? The load is not yours to shoulder. Please lay it down. Some hurt may take time to heal, but believe Me when I say that My grace is sufficient, My joy is complete, My love is Absolute.' He also said, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30.

You see, there is a song to sing. A Savior came down one day to begin a beautiful orchestration...He came, He lived, He died...and then He rose again to take Victory over death, becoming the way to be with our Father for eternity. The blood of Christ came to wash away the sins of man. When we accept His gift, when we accept this Christ, this carpenter's son as our Savior, we allow what He did on that Cross to wash away, what had before kept us from having holy fellowship with God...our sin.

When it comes to sing/live...

When it comes to the song/Life He has created us to sing/Live, you see, it's not about the sin, whether it be sins we've committed or sins committed against us. It's not about choices we've made or roads we've been down. It's about The One and Only Christ that came down to set us free. It is in this realization of God's Love that we can say, 'You turned my wailing into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing to You and not be silent. O Lord, my God, I will give you thanks forever." Psalms 30:11-12

Brothers and sisters. To all who read. Please understand that I do not make light of any devastation you may have experienced, I only elevate the fact that our God is BIGGER and His grace is sufficient. He is our comfort. He is our strength. He is our healing. He is our provision. He is our hope. He is our joy. He is our Life. He is the reason for each breath, so may we sing to Him a beautiful song of praise as we accept His Love and allow His Spirit to bring us closer to understanding who He really is, who we really are in Him and get a grip on the fact that His love for us will never falter or fade, but will forever remain faithful.

May we sing. May our hearts sing a song of praise. I love you all.