God: Praise Him!!!

          God: a series about our Lord meant to encourage.

             God,

                                            You made everything--
                                                                                                    You need nothing
                                                                                                                                                  I can give...
                     
                                             nothing
                                                                                         at all.




        If I were to praise You
                                                   
                                    every moment
                                                         
                                                                                                in every minute
                                                                                                         in every hour
 
                                                                                                                                                                   of every day

     
   For the rest of my life,

                         

       It could never be enough!

And yet,You care,

Though I fall short of the mark.

You chose to suffer

and to pay

for me.

Marvelous Grace!! 

Live I Only?
 Live I only to serve You?

Live I only to praise?

Live I only to adore You,

And so sing for the rest of my days? 

Yes, for this end did You make me;

Yes, for this only was I made:

And those who are to be with You for eternity

Have all their joys and their hopes on You stayed.

You Were Made To Serve The Lord!

To the seeking child

She said to me

"I wanna be

like you,

you always seem to know

just what to do.

"I wanna way

of expression,

I wanna make

an impression,

I wanna way

for me to say

well, this is me-

what I'm s'posed to be!

"Only I can't see--

I feel restless,

nestless,

like I'm the only one

 who's on my own...

all alone.

Cause I don't know

who I am."

And the more I think of what she said to me, 
of how she didn't know who she was made to be.... 
although I don't quite know how, 
I feel I need to tell her now:
 cause I have this burden of grief 
that she can't find relief.

You were made

to serve the Lord!

And all You gotta do 

to start to know Him

is pick up His Word.

And I know you've heard this before,

cause He's thrown open the door

so many times!

And I know that this thought

can seem really far

from who and what we think we are,

but what you gotta do

is think little thoughts about you

and bigger thoughts about God.

That's what you were made for,

that is who you are!

You are here to serve a God

who is nearby and never far!

And though He doesn't need us,

(you just keep that in your mind!)

He still loves us deeply,

 for He's wonderfully kind!

That's what you were made for,

it is who you are!

You were made to praise Him,

and to serve Him.

And though we will never deserve Him,

that's just one more reason why

we'll lift His praise on high

and fill the sky

as much as it can hold:

for His justice,

and His compassion, 

for a grace that fills the world.

We praise Him for His righteous passion--

that He gave us this great gift of love.

And we praise Him 

for His mercy untold.

That is who you are.


~Bird's eye view~
Better perspective

The mighty birds,
the kings of the air--
the hawks, the eagles, and the falcons---
they soar up high,
pierce through blue sky;
then they streak down low
with their own winds blow.

Could creatures such as this
have come from nothing?
No!

I watch them:they fascinate me;
their majesty amazes me.
Awe and inspiration;
for the beauty, admiration.

They reflect their Creator.
He made them for His own pleasure,
and he shares it with us.

Man is the only (mortal) creature who can appreciate God's handiwork and glorify Him because of it.
And is that not what is intended?
Is that not what we were made for?