Sometimes a song hits you. Right in the heart. Right in the gut. Where it's supposed to, needs to. Your body reacts to it without your control in the form of a quickened pulse, a tapping foot, a flutter in your belly. You smile at the words even though you're all alone and there isn't really anyone to smile at. But you're not alone. You never are.
Who breaks the power of sin and darkness
Whose love is mighty and so much stronger
The King of Glory, the King above all kings
Who shakes the whole earth with holy thunder
Who leaves us breathless in awe and wonder
The King of Glory, the King above all kings
And when the chorus starts you find yourself trying to sing along even if you don't know the words. Even if you sing in clipped sentences, fragmented words. You're trying to catch up to what you're hearing. But that's the best part. You're really hearing it. Really listening. Feeling. Singing. Sing out...
This is amazing grace
This is unfailing love
That You would take my place
That You would bear my cross
You would lay down Your life
That I would be set free
Jesus, I sing for
All that You've done for me
You realize that you don't even know how you got to where you are, the car taking you from one point to the other as you praise, you praise, you praise. Because that is what you are doing.
Who brings our chaos back into order
Who makes the orphan a son and daughter
The King of Glory, the King above all kings
Who rules the nations with truth and justice
Shines like the sun in all of its brilliance
The King of Glory, the King above all kings
And again you sing. And you could cry or laugh or dance. You do a little of all. Not caring that there may be others that see. And you are thankful. Truly, truly thankful.
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy is the King who conquered the grave
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy is the King who conquered the grave
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This past Saturday at church, our pastor said that we tend to forget to really look at life and be thankful for what we have. Life itself is a miracle to be thankful for. The breaths we take, the light we see, the things we hear, the love we feel.
It is sometimes very difficult to hold on to our graciousness in a world full of some very terrible things. But maybe that's exactly why we should. Be thankful for what happiness you have, what joy you find. Hold on to it with all your might.
It is Thanksgiving. And today, if on no other, look around at the wonder of this world and find something, someone, to be utterly, amazingly thankful for.
That is His amazing grace. And His love is unfailing.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jessica & Rachel
Beautiful!
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