A Mortal Perspective of Eternity

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

It's So Hard To See When My Eyes Are On Me

Make My Life A Prayer To You

Make my life a prayer to You,

I want to do what you want me to,

No empty words and no white lies,

No token prayers, no compromise,

I want to shine the light you gave,

Through Your Son, you sent to save us,

From ourselves and our despair,

It comforts me to know you're really there.

Oh, I want to thank you now, for being patient with me,

Oh, it's so hard to see, when my eyes are on me,

I guess I'll have to trust and just believe what you say,

Oh, you're coming again, coming to take me away,

I want to die, and let you give,

Your life to me, so I might live,

And share the hope you gave to me,

The love that set me free,

I want to tell the world out there,

You're not some fable or fairy tail,

That I made up inside my head,

You're God, The Son, you've risen from the dead.

Oh, I want to thank you now,

For being patient with me,

Oh, it's so hard to see,

When my eyes are on me,

I guess I'll have to trust,

and just believe what you say,

Oh, you're coming again,

Coming to take me away.

I want to die, and let you give,

Your life to me, so I might live,

And share the hope you gave to me,

I want to share the love that set me free.

I bear my witness that it truly is hard to see when our eyes are on ourselves. --john

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Sermon On The Mount: The Beatitudes

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Edward L. Hart, who wrote the hymn, stated, “Our Savior’s Love” grew out of a figure of speech. “The simile goes back to seeing people in a fabric or clothing store take material outside and into the sunlight to test its color in the only true or perfect source of light. In the same way, the only true test of love is the source, our Savior’s love.”

Crawford Gates, who composed the music, stated, “Though I am aware that all creativity comes from God, perhaps three times in my career I have been very aware of melodic ideas coming as a direct gift from Him. This was one of those times.”

Our Savior’s love
Shines like the sun with perfect light,
As from above
It breaks thru clouds of strife.
Lighting our way,
It leads us back into his sight,
Where we may stay
To share eternal life.

The Spirit, voice
Of goodness, whispers to our hearts
A better choice
Than evil’s anguished cries.
Loud may the sound
Of hope ring till all doubt departs,
And we are bound
To him by loving ties.

Our Father, God
Of all creation, hear us pray
In rev’rence, awed
By thy Son’s sacrifice.
Praises we sing.
We love thy law; we will obey.
Our heav’nly King,
In thee our hearts rejoice.

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