In Christ Alone, My Hope is Found

I was listening to this cover by Owl City of In Christ Alone just a moment ago, and I've actually listened to it 3 times in a row. Go, listen:

http://owlcityblog.com/2010/10/25/my-hope-is-found/#more-1942

I've heard the song before, but somehow when I listened to it today, the words, the meaning, the incredible truth of it all hit me. These lyrics are amazing. They are God sent biblical truth. And we should be standing on it everyday, not cowering to satan's lies. I've been reading a lot lately about spiritual battles in the mind and how to come out of them closer to Christ than before, instead of worrying and giving in to despair, not trusting God. You know its so simple, stand in His truth, but why does it seem so hard? Because its a battle! We have to use His Word and cling to His truth to fight the enemy off. I especially like the verse "when fears are stilled, when strivings cease" because I think that is exactly what I need, the Lord saying "Be still and know that I am God." Anywho, the song is extremely encouraging to me, and I hope it is for you too. :)

In Christ alone, my hope is found


He is my light, my strength, my song


This cornerstone, this solid ground


Firm through the fiercest drought and storm


What heights of love, what depths of peace


When fears are stilled, when strivings cease


My comforter, my all-in-all


Here in the love of Christ I stand

There in the ground His body lay


Light of the world by darkness slain


Then bursting forth in glorious day


Up from the grave He rose again!

And as He stands in victory


Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me


For I am His and He is mine


Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death


This is the power of Christ in me


From life’s first cry to final breath


Jesus commands my destiny


No power of hell, no scheme of man




Can ever pluck me from His hand


Till He returns or calls me home


Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand

Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving we are house/animal sitting for 3 families. One family is letting us stay at their house, and it totally feels like a vacation. :) They have a hot tub, a trampoline, lots of food, 2 sheepdogs, 2 cats, and a ferret. It is so nice to leisurely wake up (because I'm off hurray!) and take the doggies for a long walk, and just have fun. Brian and Stephanie visited us this past weekend and were able to enjoy it too for an evening. Tomorrow we are going over to my parents' to eat Thanksgiving lunch and later hopefully hang out and play games with Shanna and Tim. :) But now back to the house sitting...

These animals are such a hoot! Andy here loves to jump on the trampoline:

And Gypsy does a little dance if you scratch the right spot:

They have so many random decorations at this house! There are pictures and statues of pirates and mermaids all over the place. :) The toilet seat has seashells and seahorses in it. There are two old timey clocks that chime on the hour in the living room. Even just now as I sit on the couch I see a large stuffed giraffe, Indian medicine men statues, a boomerang with cool carvings, an arrow, a gargoyle, a pirate dog statue, a large amethyst rock, stained glass ship in the window... see what I mean? Its fun. Oh and there's a ceiling fan shaped like a plane in the office, it kinda looks like a plane crash landed in the house. I would share more but just uploading those two pictures made the internet crash 3 times. So there's my story! Til next time!

Patient Trust

It is so hard for me to be patient with life circumstances. I don't know about you, but when its something important, its the last thing that I want to have up in the air. Today I have been praying a lot about where we are going to live in Dec, as well as how we are going to afford it. I have been apartment hunting more than I should probably, because it has been stressing me out. Jason has now taken over for me. Still I know God has a plan. But can't he hurry up with it? I suppose then I wouldn't learn much. In fact all of this worrying has led me to the breaking point, and then strengthened by our friends' strong prayer medicine, back to hoping and trusting again. So maybe there are still lessons to be learned... and that pretty much sums up life right now. Waiting, hoping, waiting... trying, failing, trusting. But God says that he will never give us more than we can handle. Praise Jesus. :)