It's been a long time since I did any blogging. I said to a friend today that writing doesn't help me, but I'd forgotten blogging. Not just as a way of pulling thoughts from my mind and letting them sit, but as a reminder of times gone by. I was reluctant to re start this blog as it's full of teenage angst and thought provoking posts that I'm not sure where they came from, but after all that's gone through my mind today I wanted to set some of it down.
Jesus loves me.
Loves me.
Because he just does.
And I pulled a face and said no way he does. I mean, who could love this?!
But the funny thing is, he still loves me, even as I write this.
It's made me wonder what I mean by "I'm a christian". It's made me wonder a lot of things.
I pinned a quote today:
"It's impossible" said pride. "It's risky" said experience. "It's pointless" said reason
"Give it a try," whispered the heart.
I'm off for a year and as I have another blog for that time probably won't be around here much! you can find me at http://sallyisinparis.blogspot.co.uk/ :)
It's been a long time since I last posted, but after a conversation with a friend I thought I'd check out my blog again and have a reread of old posts.
One of the things I discovered was how many good & inspiring song lyrics out there that there are...
Another thing I realised, is how real Jesus is.
But how easy it is to run from him.
While on Youtube I found this:
It's a well known classic, but today, the title alone made me stop and think. In Christ alone, I stand. In Christ alone. I stand not in what I do, eat, wear or say, but in Christ alone.
Everything comes in seasons and I feel like it's the middle of winter. But I hope that I can remember what I've been reading & listening to, regardless of what storms & hurricanes blow my way tomorrow, and know that at this moment I want to make it to spring, to remember that right now I'm digging to find faith as small as a mustard seed to move mountains.
I am not looking forward to next week. But through it all, belief and doubt, I stand in Christ Alone.
"In Christ Alone, my hope is found, he is my light, my strength, my song." - Stuart Townend & Keith Getty, In Christ Alone
"I've started falling apart, I'm not savouring life.... Take the pieces and build them skywards" - Biffy Clyro, Machines
"When shadows fall on us, we will not fear, we will remember" - DCB, Shadows
"Death laid love quiet, yet in the night - a stirring....Shine your light so I can see you, pull me up I need to be near you, hold me close I need to feel love, Can you overcome this heart, that's overcome" - DCB, Shine (SMS)
"And if you're broken I will mend you, and I'll keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on, I'm out of tough, I'm out of love, I'll pick you up when you're feeling down. And out of all these things that you've done, I think I love you better now..." - Ed Sheeran, Lego House
"And I'm so glad that this has taken me so long, 'cause it's the journey that has made me so strong" - Snow Patrol, Warmer Climate
"It's not the long walk home that will change this heart, but the welcome I receive with every restart" - Mumford & Sons, Roll Away Your Stone
"I can't do this all on my own, no I'm no superman" - Scrubs theme tune
"On and on we go, Well come love take my hand. On and on we go, Time and time again. On and on again, Back to where this all began, Come love take my hand Come love take my hand..." - Tenth Avenue North, On and On
"One tear in the driving rain...would you come close, and hold my heart?" - Tenth Avenue North, Hold my Heart
"Though the struggles have been many, And the flesh inside me weak, Lord your grace and truth have taught me, My soul is well" - Jordan Dillon & Simon Brading, There's No Lack In All You've Given
"This jar of clay in all its weakness, Somehow inside dwells your fullness, Even though I'm not yet flawless,You are forming me... Valleys come and tears aren't dried yet and there are things I don't yet see, But I'll rejoice in spite of hardship, You'll watch over me." - The Michael Gungor Band, Grace for Me
