The Life of Savages

Well, I guess my blog block is over with all my postings the last few days.  Sometimes I guess it helps to just throw something out there to get things flowing again. . . but back to my thought.

As I have posted in the past, Lily has always been one to pick up songs quickly and she is always singing to herself.  Recently, she was playing by herself and I heard her singing softly.  I stopped what I was doing to listen to her words and they really stuck with me.  I think it was an Indelible Grace song or something but the chorus is “My soul is satisfied to know His love can never fail. . . ”  I just sat there for a moment and really let that hit me.  What does it really look like, in the details of my everyday life, for me to live like I am SATISFIED that His love won’t fail.  The ramifications for my reactions and interactions are huge.  That is another blog post altogether

I pray that the truth of the words will sink deep into Lily.  She will need them because life isn’t always fun and it is rarely easy.  In the meantime, I am happy that the Lord uses the little songs of my daughter to refocus my mind and heart.  Below is our corporate prayer of confession that we said on Sunday.  To me, somehow it fit together with my other thoughts in just the right way.

“Father in heaven, your word tells us that if we humble ourselves before you, you will lift us up.  If we own our brokenness and take responsibility for it, you will heal us.  These are your wise and loving words to us.

Yet, we question your ability and desire to embrace and heal us.  So we refuse to bring our woundedness and sins to you.  We try to deny them, hide them and minimize them.  When this doesn’t work, we distract ourselves with overwork, entertainment and pointing out the flaws in others.

So today, we come to you confessing both our sins and our strategies to avoid coming to you with our sins.  We have doubted your love, your wisdom and the cross of your dear Son.  Embrace us, forgive us and exalt us for Jesus’ sake. Amen”