Para ti, Juanito.
This song is an anthem of my life. (I won't say "the anthem" - for there are many.) However, as I have grown in the Lord and come to know Him better, it seems that the words of this song - for their accurate description of a hesitant heart like mine - keep replaying and replaying in the background of my consciousness, reminding me of faithfulness through my own faithlessness. And yes, as my sandcastle faith (the empty religion I described in "His Reply") slipped away... I found myself standing on grace. How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord! (There's another one I could go off on... ;) My faith is like shifting sand at times. I think we all experience those moments. (That's what happens - what with the whole "we're fallen sinners" situation and alll.) I wait for the day when He will make all things new... and until then, my faith stands firm. Not because of me, for I am weak. But when I am weak, then He is strong.
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Sometimes I believe all the lies
So I can do the things I should despise
And every day I am swayed by
Whatever is on my mind
They say it all depends on my faith,
So I'm feeling precarious -
The only problem I have with these mysteries
Is they're so mysterious
And like a consumer
I've been thinking if I could just get a bit more
More than my fifteen minutes of faith -
Would I be secure?
My faith is like shifting sand
Changed by every wave
My faith is like shifting sand
So I stand on grace
I've begged you for some proof
For my Thomas eyes to see
A slithering staff and leprous hands
And lions resting lazily
A glimpse of your backside glory
And this soaked altar going ablaze
But you know I've seen so much
I explained it away...
My faith is like shifting sand,
Changed by every wave
My faith is like shifting sand
So I'll stand on grace...
Waters rose as my doubts reigned
My sandcastle faith, it slipped away
I found myself standing on your grace
I'd been there all the time...
My faith is like shifting sand
Changed by every wave
My faith is like shifting sand
So I'll stand on grace
Stand on grace...
~Caedmon's Call: 40 Acres
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I LOVE that song =)
Yes Hannah, agreed. When will our faith be founded on some solid ground and not shift? Well, that is a great song.
Thanks for the splanation, Hannah ;)
I know what you mean by "an anthem of my life." Religious activities can often lead to self-righteousness. But it is the ocean of grace and the waves of His Holy Perfection that utterly destroy our sandcastles of faith that do not sit upon the solid rock of Christ.
"On Christ the solid rock we stand;
All other ground is sinking sand."
Happy Birthday, miss Paasch! Hope you liked all the surprises. May God bless you with another year of love and service - all to His glorious name. Take care, my friend.
-John
yes, Happy Birthday!
posts posts! we damand an update!
well, okay ... we politely demand an update =)
That's DE-mand, Rusty. ;) (If you're going to be so pushy then at least spell it right!)
I promise an entry soon. I've been in Minneapolis all weekend and therefore have a lot... and do I ever mean a lot... to update the world about. I have rarely been more encouraged in my life. I was at a conference at Piper's church entitled... The Supremacy of Christ in a Post-Modern World. Oh boy. ;) Good stuff. Yes. An update must come soon...
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