Saturday, June 29, 2013

Pursued

I'm taking a small break from my mission trip journal because one blog entry per day is enough and I had to share.

Have you ever been pursued before? How so? Did the person show up in all of the places you normally go, looking for you? Did he call you on the phone? Text you? Email you? Come to your house? Send you gifts? Hide around the corner and wait for you? However, he did it, I assure you he is not as persistent as God when He is pursuing your heart.

This morning I didn't have time for quiet time. The alarm went off extra early and I went running with my mom, then to 2-hour meeting for work (preparing for Fall Workshop). However, I believe that God was determined to quiet my heart and spend some quality time with His child today.

I just burned a CD for my van with some of my favorite Christian songs. I popped it in and my heart was just so pierced by the songs I heard - I Will Rise by Chris Tomlin and Your Grace is Enough by Matt Maher. Do you ever feel like you're just worshiping God as you sing along with a song and just get lost in it? That's what those 2 songs were like for me today. In fact, as "Your Grace is Enough" finished, I shut my music off, I didn't want to hear anything else. Anyway, I had arrived to Zorinsky where my mom and aunt and I were planning on running.

A minute or two later, my mom got there, and anyone who knows her knows she never puts her running shoes on until she gets to the lake, so she had me come get in her car while she did so. Guess what song was on K-LOVE? Yup, "Your Grace is Enough," no joke. It's a pretty old song, too, so that was pretty amazing to me. It was a nice way to start off my run.

Then, as I was leaving the lake and heading to my meeting, I continued to listen to my burned CD, and I was also really moved by the song "Not for a Moment," by Meredith Andrews. I have always loved that song, so beautiful and comforting. To my dismay, the CD didn't burn properly and cut out about 30 seconds before the end. I thought, oh well, I got to hear most of it, it's okay. So I switched on K-LOVE and guess what song was on? You probably don't even believe me, but it's true! "Not for a Moment." Then, I headed to the bank, and then the store and guess what song they played? I Will Rise by Chris Tomlin.

Finally, as I was pulling into my neighborhood, my other favorite Matt Maher song came on, "Lord, I Need You". I could barely sing along, I was so moved, but I just sat in my car in the garage with my hands held open to Him.

Please, Lord, keep pursuing me! Lord, You know music is the way to my heart and I get so distracted by this world, making myself as busy as possible. May I never forget to seek Your face, to thirst for You and fill myself up only with You.

What does it take to get your attention? Have you been pursued lately? Are you sure? Now that reminds me of another Matt Maher song:

If you're scared that you don't matter,
If you're lost and need to be found,
If you're looking for a savior,
All you gotta do is turn around.

Turn around.

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