Yesterday, i worked the 3-10pm shift for the 3rd day in a row...Soooo exhausting.. but i've learned more about God (and myself) in these past few days than i have in a few weeks combined.
I woke up, excited to go to work. I was hoping that the drive thru lady from friday would come back. I wanted to pray with more customers, i wanted more of that cool stuff to happen to me. The song that came on right before i got to work was Beautiful by Jesus Culture. I ended up sitting in the parking lot waiting for the song to end because the words and message just kind of resonated with me. It was 3 in the afternoon and REALLY hot in my car, but this song still managed to give me goose-bumps and chills.
Ok, go to youtube really fast...type in Beautiful Jesus Culture and click the first video, listen to it, then come back...
Here's the lyrics:
I need you like the rain
Come to me and sing again
I long for your love so much
I've wanted your pure touch
You are beautiful, beautiful
You are beautiful, beautiful
So beautiful
I need you to be here
Come to me I can feel you near
I love you, you are my hope
You love me as your own
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
We will sing, Hallelujah
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We all love to be loved. We love to know that we are beautiful, handsome, whatever. But instead of waiting anxiously for the drive thru lady to come back, i decided to try and be a drive thru lady for someone else. I'll always remember that womans kindness, and i wanted to be that for someone else.
Just think of how many people you come in contact with everyday. You probably don't realize how many of them are longing for something as small as a compliment or a smile. Ok, one more song. :) go back to youtube, type in Brandon Heath give me your eyes, click on the first video. This song is my prayer, i hope it's yours too.
Lyrics:
Lyrics:
Looked down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight
Touched down on the cold black tar
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breathe in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared?
Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide whats underneath
Theres a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
Too ashamed to tell his wife
He's out of work, he's buying time
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared?
Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I've been there a million times
A couple of million eyes just moving past me by
I swear I never thought that I was wrong
Well, I want a second glance
So give me a second chance
To see the way You see the people all alone
Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
That I keep missing
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Matthew 25:34-40 (the Message)
"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Enter, you who are blessed by my Father! Take what's coming to you in this kingdom. It's been ready for you since the world's foundation. And here's why:I was hungry and you fed me,I was thirsty and you gave me a drink,I was homeless and you gave me a room,I was shivering and you gave me clothes,I was sick and you stopped to visit,I was in prison and you came to me.'Then they are going to say, 'Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you a drink? And when did we ever see you sick or in prison and come to you?'Then the King will say, 'I'm telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me.'
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