oh holy night.

Truly He taught us to love one another;
His law is love and His Gospel is peace.
Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
And in His Name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise His holy Name!
Christ is the Lord! O praise His name forever!
His pow’r and glory evermore proclaim!
His pow’r and glory evermore proclaim!

wow. last night i was listening to this song and it was like...i GET IT. WOW. it just blew me away. i've been really learning about, and in small ways beginning to REALLY experience, the power of the resurrection. i say i'm a Christian, but i often live like Christ is still in the grave. but He rose that we might be set free! the power isn't in the fact that He died but that He CONQUERED THE GRAVE! man thats good!

God is just so good. I feel kind of crazy. I really feel obsessed with God. Not that its a bad thing...I would even venture to say it has been my prayer on a number of occassions. I feel like something is missing when I don't spend time with Him. Not that there isn't a war between my spirit and my flesh. But its like...when I'm not spending good, quality, one-on-one time with Him, I just feel sad. Its like when I don't talk to Manda on any given day, something is off. its so cool to see my heart changing, to be molded and shaped, to be pruned, to be refined. and sometimes i say that through tears, because its occasionally painful. but the tears are mixed with joy. because there is nothing sweeter than God's relentless pursuit of me.