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Monday, March 18, 2013

Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) - Hillsong United

I was in a vortex situation. Things were spiralling downwards quickly. I wrote furiously. Every single thought that sprang up, I wrote it down. I had my journal everywhere I go. It was one of the ways I learnt to cope.  I did that intensely for the first month, then gradually over the second month.

Then I would worship on my keyboard in the morning and cry at my desk in the afternoon when kids nap. I cried at the movies, I cried during worship, I cried whenever something triggered a memory. The tears would come at the most unexpected moment.

I read voraciously. I found solace in perfect strangers, in biographies of those who went through the same. I kept away from people who judged or "knew better". 

I was reminded by what the pastor said, " A desert is a place you go alone. No one could go with you. It is also a place that God can be found."

Today, I was reminded of the Shofar. The first pendant I bought last year was a Shofar pendant. Shofar is a symbolism of victory. I fell in love with the pendant when I first saw it. I love being victorious. I think it is an important aspect of life and no one should live without experiencing Spirit-led victory in their lives. I remembered it was kept carefully in a box and I had not worn it for awhile.

F. Scott Fitzgerald said that the "test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." I seriously have no idea how a person could live like that. I tried and could not. Was I suppose to be running high on first-rate intelligence yet ignore a heart that was literally torn into two, with either side shouting the loudest?

It was a feeling that could easily lead one to give up on everything, or risk it all and go for the kill. Either or, it is a neurological mixed-up. I believe I was a double-minded man, unstable in all my ways. James 1:8 that "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways."

It was difficult to shake that off.  In the midst of educating and caring for the children, organising and running activities with the various groups that I was taking care of, the Lord would so graciously set aside time for me. He met me in unexpected moments.

He draws me gently, soothes my pain and let me drink by his living stream, a sip at a time. I learnt to enter his rest again, a familiar embrace that never once gave up on me.

Peace and Strength are found his presence. And this is no two opposing ideas. This song echoed my deepest heart cry.

"Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior."


As if someone up there hears me, a lady in church prophesied over me yesterday, "Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4.

There is only one way and it will be the Lord's way.

"Your grace abounds in deepest waters
Your sovereign hand
Will be my guide
Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me
You've never failed and You won't start now"


Please enjoy this wonderful worship song.



"Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)"


You call me out upon the waters
The great unknown where feet may fail
And there I find You in the mystery
In oceans deep
My faith will stand

And I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine

Your grace abounds in deepest waters
Your sovereign hand
Will be my guide
Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me
You've never failed and You won't start now

So I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine

Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior
[x6]

I will call upon Your Name
Keep my eyes above the waves
My soul will rest in Your embrace
I am Yours and You are mine

Sunday, March 17, 2013

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri

I first heard this tune from Piano Guys, and came to check out the vocal version. Loved Christina Perri's sultry voice and the beautiful lyrics. A gentle love song.

"I have died everyday
waiting for you
Darling, don't be afraid
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
..."



Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How do be brave
How can I love when I'm afraid
To fall
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt
Suddenly goes away somehow

One step closer

I have died everyday
waiting for you
Darling, don't be afraid
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

Time stands still
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything
Take away
What's standing in front of me
Every breath,
Every hour has come to this

One step closer

I have died everyday
Waiting for you
Darling, don't be afraid

I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

And all along I believed
I would find you
Time has brought
Your heart to me
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

One step closer
One step closer

I have died everyday
Waiting for you
Darling, don't be afraid,
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

And all along I believed
I would find you
Time has brought
Your heart to me
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

Songwriter(s): David Hodges
Copyright: Emi Blackwood Music Inc., Tsbd Louisiana Llc, Summit Base Camp Film Music, 1206 Publishing

Lyrics from elyrics

Sunday, March 10, 2013

We are weak, but you are strong

I first heard "You are my strength" in a friend's wedding. Watching my friend who had gone through so many relationship trials prior to her getting married, I could understand why this song.

I found myself so weak in similiar strain. Sometimes, something will trigger a memory and I couldn't help but cry. I may be strong in some areas, but I am definitely weak in others. Everyday, I seek for solitude so I can hide in the shadows of His wings. This song definitely takes me there. It is also for you. When you are weak, He is strong. 

Lord, you see a heart that is bleeding
there is no way to run
except towards you

but sometimes I still want to runaway
And I don't even know why
I see the past, I see the present
And I bleed

Won't you stay in my heart forever
so that no other can come in?
how long will this journey be
I am weary and I want to rest

Hold me, show me, tell me
how great your love is for me
Stronger, Deeper, Higher, Fuller than anything I can imagine



You are my Strength - Hillsong

You are my strength
Strength like no other
Strength like no other
Reaches to me

You are my hope
Hope like no other
Hope like no other
Reaches to me

In the fullness of Your grace
In the power of Your Name
You lift me up
You lift me up

Unfailing love
Stronger than mountains
Deeper than oceans
Reaches to me

Your love O Lord
Reaches to the heavens
Your faithfulness
Reaches to the skies