Beyond what you see

Beyond the Blue

Stand on the shores of a site unseen

The substance of this dwells in me

Cause my natural eyes only go skin deep

But the eye's of my heart anchor the sea

Plumbing the depths to the place in between

The tangible world and the land of dreams

Because everything ain't quite what it seems

There's more beneath the appearance of things

A beggar could be king within the shadows, 

Of a wing

And wisdom will honor everyone who will learn

To listen, to love, and to pray and discern

And to do the right thing even when it burns

And to live in the light through treacherous turns

A man is weak, but the spirit yearns

To keep on course from the bow to the stern

And throw overboard every selfish concern

That tries to work for what can't be earned 

Sometimes the only way to return is to go, 

Where the winds will take you

And to let go, of all, you cannot hold onto

For the hope, beyond, the blue

Yellow and gold as the new day dawns

Like a virgin unveiled who waited so long

To dance and rejoice and sing her song

And rest in the arms of a love so strong

No one comes unless they're drawn

By the voice of desire that leads em' along

To the redemption of what went wrong

By the blood that covers the innocent one

No more separation 

Between us

So lift your voice just one more time

If there's any hope may it be a sign

That everything was made to shine

Despite what you can see

So take this bread and drink this wine

And hide your spirit within the vine

Where all things will work by a good design

For those who will believe

And let go, of all, we cannot hold onto

For the hope, beyond, the blue

Said I let go, of all, I could not hold onto

For the hope, I have, in you

Ha, so this morning God totally dropped a BOMB on my little heart. It's been a pretty good week in the prayer room, I mean you have your ups and downs - meaning: some days he really speaks or you really listen and other days I get so distracted by what's going on around me that I can't focus. So Yesterday was a crap day for me because of all the distractions around me and I could not focus and 4 hours could not go fast enough. But today was a redemption of that. So my Bomb or nugget as I like to call it. Although it felt like a bomb because of the wide open door it left! 

Alright here we go... 

"Make a wretch his own"

This saying was the saying that made it all click for me regarding Israel. It's been coming up a lot over these past few weeks. I've always avoided this subject just because everyone has their own opinion and I've never been one for big theological debates. I always said to myself that when God wants me to know he'll tell me. And today was that day. So this saying was sung and God dropped this in my heart: 

- God always likes using the weak things of this world 1 Corinthians 1:25-31 tells us that he chose the lowly things of this world to shame the proud. God uses the weakest things on this earth to show his glory. Israel that keeps betraying him, who keeps prostituting herself to the things of this world, he wants to use to show his glory. Romans 10:21 says: "But concerning Israel he says, 'All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people." He shows that he is wooing her and trying to win her over. The best picture of this in the bible is the story of Hosea when he marries a prostitute and that is representing God and the relationship with Israel. When she keeps giving herself to other men and things and not being faithful to her husband. It's like the GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER! In this way - God is trying to woo his bride by getting all his people to care and pray for her. That's you and I, we are his people. God is going to return for his Bride, whenever that day is it will be a great day. 

I just got so much joy from this. Being apart of something bigger, God expanded my vision past myself and the things of this world. When I was sitting in the prayer room writing all this down in my journal it was such a peaceful feeling that overcame me. 

You can take it for what you want, I just know we are all called to something bigger outside of ourselves. In the world we live in today, it's hard to look outside of ourselves. It's hard, and we are all looking for authenticity. 

Like this song by Josh Garrels. It says: Cause my natural eyes only go skin deep, but the eye's of my heart anchor the sea. I love this line. We can be real shallow people. We need the eyes of our heart to be anchored in a foundation of the Lord's love for us and know what he thinks of us. What we see on the outside can be so different to what we are actually like on the inside. 

We are unique and complicated beings. But that's the beauty of it, we are all unique and different and authentic in our own ways!