"We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God." - St. Francis De Sales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvLxZEU02uI&list=RDQvLxZEU02uI#t=62
My church is amazing. Each week they choose songs that focus on God's righteousness and our sinfulness. I have learned so much over the past 2 1/2 years that we have been there. God is righteous and holy. We are sinful and dirty. One of our pastor's famous themes is that we are more loved than we could ever imagine and we are more sinful than we could ever imagine. I don't know if I ever believed it until now. I knew I was sinful and without the cross I would be separated from God because of his holiness. But I'm not sure I saw the depth of my sin nor the depth of his love.
When life changed, my heart changed. Not only did I see the sin that grieved God's heart in other people but I began to see my own sinfulness. The ways I had trusted in my own works, my own strength, my own successes as my security. When that is stripped from you, you are forced to take another look: to see what really matters, to see that you need a Savior, to find security outside human relationships.
" When darkness seems to hide His face.
I rest on his unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale
my anchor holds within the veil.
Christ alone, cornerstone.
weak made strong in the Saviors love
Through the storm, He is Lord.
Lord of all."
This song reminds me that He is Lord even when I can't see or feel Him. He is my strength in my weakness. His anchor is my security.
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