Summer... Sigh

East to West - Casting Crowns

Here I am Lord and I'm drowing
In your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me
I yearn for peace and rest
I don't want to end up where you found me
And it echoes in my mind
Keeps me awake tonight

I know you've cast my sins as far
As the East is from the West
And I stand before you now as
As though I've never sinned but today
I feel like I'm just one mistake away
From you leaving me this way

Jesus can you show me
Just how far the East is from the West
Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been
Come rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest
Cause you know just how far the East is from the West
From one scarred hand to the other

I start the day the war begins
And less reminding of my sin
Time and time again
Your truth Is drowned out by the storm I'm in
Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away
From you leaving me this way

Jesus can you show me
Just how far the East is from the West
Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been
Come rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest
Cause you know just how far the East is from the West
From one scarred hand to the other

I know you've washed me white
Turned my darkness into light
I need your peace to get me trough
To get trough this night
I can't live by what I feel
But by the truth your word reveals
I'm not holding on to you
But your holding on to me
Your holding on to me

Jesus, you know just how far
The East is from the West
I don't have to see the man I've been
Rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest
Cause you know just how far the East is from the West
From one scarred hand to the other

This is my 2007 Summer Song. God usually gives me a song that really sums up my summer. This song was exactly what I needed this summer. I felt like the italicized lines about every third day this summer. The bold lines are what God taught me. A lot of grace. A lot of mercy.

So now I'm at school... ready for a new adventure I suppose. Am I ready? Only God knows.

Dear Lord, I can only pray that You hold me tightly as I strive to please You. I've learned this summer that I am... well, an ugly sinner, and am unable to please You by myself; but I've also learned that You're bigger than anything that I do and are able to be pleased with the wayward child You've created. Thank You for being wonderful. You make everything ok... really

-Amen