After All Your Chasing

I just wrote this song this morning, and I was so excited about it that I wanted to share it with all of you. It's called "After All Your Chasing", and it's exactly where I am in life right now...chasing hard after the heart of Jesus. Enjoy!

Verse 1:

Even after all these years and all You've taken me through.

It amazes me that there are still things that draw me away from You.

I used to hide all my faults and build my walls,

But now I bring them to Your light and let them crumble and fall.

Chorus:

Because You alone have searched me and You along have known me and all my anxious thoughts.

Because You alone have sought me and You alone have bought me and shown me the way that I should go.

So Daddy, after all Your chasing me, I'm finally chasing You.

Verse 2:

Even after all my stumblings and all the failures You've forgiven me for.

It still amazes me...the grace that saves me, I can't ignore.

I used to boast of all my victories and show off my awards,

But now I empty myself of vanity, casting off pride, I take up Your sword.

(Repeat Chorus)

Light In The Dark

I wrote this song in October of 2001 just before we moved to Athens. It's kind of a dual love song for Jesus and for my wife, Brandy. Hope you enjoy it

Verse 1:

You are there when the worst in me comes out.

You hear me when my words are full of doubt.

And there are times I just can't feel Your love.

Those are the days that I just have to trust.

Chorus:

You're in my heart, you're in my soul.

You're the one that takes control.

When my whole world falls apart,

You're a light in the dark...for me.

Verse 2:

You are there when all hope seems but lost.

It's in those days that You lead me to Your cross.

And there are times I just don't know where to turn,

But I always find peace in Your Word.

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge:......for me.

Chorus (2):

Is He in your heart, is He in your soul?

Let His love just take control.

When your whole world falls apart,

He'll be a light in the dark. (Repeat once and then tag) for you, for you, oh...for you.

Who You Are To Me

What a great day of snow! I could not believe my eyes when I saw the big fluffy flakes falling down this morning at church. It looked like pieces of cotton candy as it gathered like a white blanket all over the ground. As silly as it sounds, I was lost in the wonder of it all. What is it about snow that makes the kid in us come out?

The closer I get to Jesus, the more I feel like a kid, too. In comparison to His greatness, knowledge, power, love, etc.; it's hard not to feel small. What child doesn't see their father as larger than life? Why is it any different with Jesus?

There's such a mystery in His love. This great and all-surpassing God who made the heavens and earth still cares for and is intimately involved in the lives if individuals.

Tonight I wanted to post a song I wrote almost a year ago that unpacks some of this mystery. It's called - WHO YOU ARE TO ME. I hope it sparks the wonder in your heart to explore this great mystery - God's love for you and me.

Verse 1:

I wasn't there when You died.

Your precious life they crucified.

Still it shakes me to the core;

A sacrifice I can't ignore.

Extravagance beyond measure;

But You counted it a pleasure,

To let Your blood flow,

So I could know.

Chorus:

Love I can't understand.

Forgiveness I can't comprehend.

Jesus, that's who You are to me.

Mercy that flows from Your hands,

Washes away all my sins.

Jesus, that's who You are to me.

Making all things new in me,

Giving me new eyes to see.

Jesus, that's who You are to me.

Verse 2:

When I close my eyes,

It's then I realize.

The vision in my mind I see,

Was that day Your reality.

For my sin, You could have looked the other way,

Instead You took them anyway.

Washed away in a bloody river,

So my soul could be delivered.

(Repeat Chorus)