From the birds that sing In the tallest trees To the human life Of you and me From the desert sands To the place we stand He is God of all He is everything Whoa
Given my life to the only one Who makes the moon reflect the sun Every starry night That was his design Given my life to the only son Who was and is and yet to come Let the praises ring Cause he is everything He is everything
From the autumn leaves That will ride the breeze To the faith it takes To pray and sing From the painted sky To my plank filled eye He is God of all he is everything Whoa
Given my life to the only one Who makes the moon reflect the sun Every starry night That was his design Given my life to the only son Who was and is and yet to come Let the praises ring Cause he is everything Everything
Hallelujah hallelujah I believe Whoa Hallelujah hallelujah I believe
Given my life to the only one Who makes the moon reflect the sun On that starry night He changed my life Given it all to the only son who gave me hope when I had none So let the praises ring He is everything
Given my life to the only one Who makes the moon reflect the sun Every starry night That was his design Given my life to the only son Who was and is and yet to come Let the angles sing He is heavenly So let the praises ring He is everything
We have just celebrated Easter—and I heard a song that sent shivers through me, (a good thing), as it was so beautiful, and such a great song for this Easter Season. It’s called:
1 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me, save that thou art. Thou my best thought, by day or by night, waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
2 Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word; I ever with thee, and thou with me, Lord. Born of thy love, thy child may I be, thou in me dwelling and I one with thee.
3 Be thou my buckler, my sword for the fight. Be thou my dignity, thou my delight, thou my soul’s shelter, thou my high tow’r. Raise thou me heav’nward, O Pow’r of my pow’r.
4 Riches I heed not, nor vain empty praise; thou mine inheritance, now and always. Thou and thou only, first in my heart, Ruler of heaven, my treasure thou art.
5 “*True Light of heaven, when vict’ry is won may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heav’n’s Sun! Heart of my heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
Have you ever escaped from the pain of life? I have. My favorite way to escape is by reading books. I think that if we are honest, we will admit that we can escape in a variety of different ways—working really hard can be an escape. Watching movies and TV and playing video games can be an escape.
Drinking, eating, and sex—are all escapes that involve our body. These are all gifts of God– but taken outside of the boundaries He has set up—they will damage us and possibly kill us.
I have a theory about why we escape—because we are afraid. We have been beaten up by life, and we are trying to dull the pain, to comfort ourselves, and hide from any oncoming storms.
There is a song, that has ministered to my heart recently, and I hope it will minister to yours as well.
It is called Peace Be Still. The first line to the song is:
I don’t want to be afraid, every time I face the waves, I don’t want to be afraid, I don’t want to be afraid:
Listen to the song yourself, and read the words to the song, following the blog.
Here are some videos I thought you would enjoy and would encourage you during this week. The top one is a worship song, and the bottom video explores the topic of Hypocrites in the church.
God’s blessings to you!! And may you be Encouraged!!
Encouragement for you!! 