Ponderings of the Heart

As I was driving home from work today, I was listening to the Hillsong CD "A Beautiful Exchange."  I really like one of the songs on the CD, so naturally I turned to it.  Well God really spoke to me and I was overcome with emotions!  So I listened to it again...really soaking up the words.  It was just a great reminder of how Great our God is!  Here are the words to the song - "Forever Reign" You are good, You are good When there's nothing good in me You are love, You are love On display for all to see You are light, You are light When the darkness closes in You are hope, You are hope You have covered all my sin You are peace, You are peace When my fear is crippling You are true, You are true Even in my wandering You are joy, You are joy You're the reason that I sing You are life, You are life, In You death has lost it's sting Oh, I’m running to Your arms, I’m running to Your arms The riches of Your love Will always be enough N...

“Therefore, I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for—believe that you have received them, and you will have them.” Mark 11:24 We miss out on a lot of things because we just don’t “believe.” I started thinking about this idea after I heard a speaker this week (twice in fact). Tina Thompson wrote a book about overcoming and becoming “Released” from anxiety and depression and came and spoke at the seminary wives class and the staff wives fellowship at Bellevue. As I listened to her talk about being free from these things (totally free) the thought occurred to me. That is the reason it (whatever “it” is in your life) keeps coming back, why we just can’t seem to shake it. We don’t really believe we can be “completely free. The “it” in our life has totally taken hold of us that it doesn’t even seem possible to be totally free from it. When I think about being free from anxiety, I think more along the lines of “well it will go away for a while but will eventually come back. I am human ...