Living Hope

How great the chasm that lay between us
How high the mountain I could not climb
In desperation, I turned to heaven
And I spoke Your name into the night

Then through the darkness
Your loving kindness
Tore through the shadows of my soul
The work is finished, the end is written
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Who could imagine so great a mercy
What heart could fathom such boundless grace
The God of ages stepped down from glory
To wear my sin and bear my shame

The cross has spoken, I am forgiven
The King of kings calls me His own
Beautiful Savior, I'm Yours forever
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free
Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain
There's salvation in Your Name
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free
Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain
There's salvation in Your Name
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Then came the morning that sealed the promise
Your buried body began to breathe
Out of the silence, the roaring lion
Declared the grave has no claim on me

Then came the morning that sealed the promise
Your buried body began to breathe
Out of the silence, the roaring lion
Declared the grave has no claim on me
Jesus, Yours is the victory
Yours is the victory Jesus

Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free
Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain
There's salvation in Your Name
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free
Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain
There's salvation in Your Name
Jesus Christ, my living hope
Jesus Christ, my living hope
Jesus Christ, You're my living hope
Jesus my living hope
You're my living hope

A Preacher who Teaches

It can be awkward starting out... but that doesn't mean it's not worth listening to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=196JeTpeba4

I Am Thankful

I am thankful that though my understandings of life come and go,
There is Someone who always understands everything.

This past year I lost the relationship with my best friend,

My First BFF who was always in the back of my mind.

I should have connected more with her.

I know she is hurting and I know she is lashing out.

I know I didn't give her all she needed -

But I gave her all I knew how.

I am thankful we are at least social media friends.

I fought for that and that seems to be how she wants it.

This past year I found out that my former mentor

Was and is not who he said he was. 

The façade he carried is that of a psychopath;

There are really no words to adequately describe

Both the positive impact he made on me,

And the betrayal of those trusted times.

I am still not truly done processing it.

I am just thankful that he is not, and never has been, my whole life. 

This past year I went back to church,

As someone engaged for the first time in ten years.

I find it interesting that God brought me back to church

The decade anniversary of when I left the church. 

Sunday mornings did not last; I have not found anything there worth it. 

But I do find value in the people I have met and are getting to know.

I am thankful for those people. 

It has given me hope in the church for the first time in years.