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For You I Wait

I am always there for you,

But you choose not to see.

You live your life, trying to gain,

But what you need is Me.

All these earthly pleasures here

Can never hope to match

What I have for you, My dear,

The treasures that will last.

Much to you I want to give,

But you won't turn to Me.

I gave My Son just for you,

But this you won't believe.

Regardless of your feelings,

Never are you too late.

Forever I am faithful.

My child, for you I wait.

Kutless - Amazed

I just LOVE this song.

Love III - George Herbert

Love bade me welcome, yet my soul drew back,

Guilty of dust and sin.

But quick-ey'd Love, observing me grow slack

From my first entrance in,

Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning

If I lack'd any thing.

"A guest," I answer'd, "worthy to be here";

Love said, "You shall be he."

"I, the unkind, ungrateful? ah my dear,

I cannot look on thee."

Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,

"Who made the eyes but I?"

"Truth, Lord, but I have marr'd them; let my shame

Go where it doth deserve."

"And know you not," says Love, "who bore the blame?"

"My dear, then I will serve."

"You must sit down," says Love, "and taste my meat."

So I did sit and eat.

"The Lord is compassionate towards His works." or something to that effect. That was the responsorial at today's Mass. I loved it. Too often I think of God as simply a judge. When I don't pray well or enough all I think of is His disappointment or anger with me. I feel grateful that He hasn't given up on me but I also feel it wouldn't matter if I just gave up on myself. This is why I loved this psalm - it reminded me that He wants us to succeed. He wants us to do well and be close to Him. We are His works. He made us with plan,purpose and love. He loves us. He has a plan for each one of us and often we'll have no idea what it could be, but by staying close to God we're sure to find it. When we fail He doesn't want us to punish ourselves and give up. He wants us to succeed! He won't get fed up with us. He truly cares and wants the best life possible for us. And that is a life close to Him.

So I went to 5pm Mass with my mom today and was going to my job training right after. I was really nervous because although I didn't mess up last time I was just scared of making mistakes. During most of the Mass I was praying it would go well and just was preoccupied with that. 

The lyrics to the communion hymn were "I receive the living God and my heart is full of Joy." It just made me stop&think. I have received GOD...And I'm worried about something as small as job training? hmm. 

This happened once at a noon Mass during the school day,too. When I receive the Eucharist it always makes all my worries seem so insignificant. Just trying to imagine all His glory and power...and just the greatness of what I have right then makes everything else seem not important :]

A great verse refound..

"At Horab they fashioned a calf, worshiped a metal statue. They exchanged their God for the image of  a grass-eating bull." 

- Psalms 106:19-20

I love that verse. It really puts things in perspective for me. It makes it seem so ridiculous that anybody would choose a metal cow over God. But that's what our sin is, right? We choose sin over God. We may not realize it at the time but when we step back and look at it, it's shocking. To see the temporary, silly things we choose over our God and all the wonderful things that He is. It's as ridiculous as worshiping a statue of a cow.

We have been given so much. Nothing is better or more satisfying than God. And He loves us! Our sin doesn't love us or make us better people. That power is God's.