Friday, March 21, 2008
good friday. really does good to the student whos been stressed out by school for...uhhh...4 days.great...first week and im already dying.just came back from city harvest church with Joshua. nice place. its a big community...yet pretty nice and home-y in its own way. there was this skit...about this dude who created something that let you see back into your past. and the moral implications it had on people. basically a story of how getting all you want in life sometimes overshadows what living is all about. to live in God.anyway there was this part of the play where the dude travelled back in time and saw Jesus getting crucified. and he was getting whipped and beated and nailed on the cross...and while watching that something i heard from one of pastor Joels sermons flashed through my mind.that should have been ME.i guess the crucifixions always been the one aspect of Christianity that really hit home with me. how God could just give himself up for us...people who barely even recognise Him in their daily lives. Jesus allowed himself to be nailed to that cross in place of all of us...and most of the time we take that for granted. or at least i do. everyday i sin and do things i really am not proud of...and every time that happens im driving those nails deeper into His palms.every time i hear that story being retold i just break down. it really is too much to take. went for supper with Joshua and his cg. friendly people =) i dunno why but i felt really easy around them....and we saw Phee. wooohooo. with Mrs Phee and the Phee kids.okayy...just a thought today. since i was small ive always been told that, in commemoration of good friday, it would rain at 3pm...like how the sky went black when Jesus died on the actual day.but lately for the past few years global warming has kicked in...and for quite awhile i saw no rain. and maybe its real subtle but i guess in a way it stopped making me feel like God was there. like Hed drawn back and the world had won. and today in the morning it was like really sunny and all so id just resigned myself to the fact that it was gonna be a hot good friday. i really didnt even think about it.and then at 2.30 i heard thunder...and it started raining.and in a very slight way...it just showed me that Gods still there. and He's ALWAYS there. just that maybe sometimes i dont let myself believe in Him. but even still He never gave up on me. and just like how He let His son be nailed to the cross for my sins...He gave everything for my salvation. and for so long ive just been tossing that aside.well no more.I am falling to my kneesI need You, Lord, to breathe in meMy prayer is still the sameMy heart is crying out Your nameI am longing just to seeYour power and Your majestySweet anointing, fill this placeI am found in Your embraceRain down on meRain down on meHere in Your presence, I am freePour down like rainCome touch me againLord, let Your presence fall on meSweet anointingWash me overSweet anointingWash me overRain down on me
Rain down on me
Here in Your presence, I am free
Pour down like rain
Come touch me again
Lord, let Your presence fall on meRain DownPlanetshakersjust believe.let His love rain down.