scripture and songs

scripture and songs that have run through my head this week. psalm 73 are words i have actually spoken before i knew them, i never understood why the wicked would prosper, be of good health and so successful. it still is difficult for me to understand. but here it is, written long ago, the exact thoughts i have had....now answered

psalm 73
3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.
5 They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills.
6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity ; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits.
8 They scoff, and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression.
9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.
11 They say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?"
12 This is what the wicked are like—always carefree, they increase in wealth.
13 Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence.
14 All day long I have been plagued; I have been punished every morning.
15 If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed your children.
16 When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me
17 till I entered the sanctuary of God, then I understood their final destiny.
18 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.
19 How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
20 As a dream when one awakes, so when you arise, O Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.
21 When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.
23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.
24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27 Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
28 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.

songs that have been stuck in my head, that allow me to worship as loud as i can, to the one true God.

more like falling in love....jason gray
"give me words, i'll misuse them; obligations i'll misplace them, cuz all religion ever made of me was a sinner with a stone tied to my feet. more like fallin' in love, than something to believe in. more like losing my heart, than given my allegience. caught up, called out, come take a look at me know, its like i'm fallin' !"

if we've ever needed you.....not sure
"hear our cry, Lord we pray, our faces down, our hands are raised, you called us out, we turned away, we’ve turned away. with ship wrecked faith, idols rise, we do what is right, in our own eyes, our children now, will pay the price, we need Your light, Lord, shine Your light.if we’ve ever needed You, Lord, it’s now, Lord, it’s now, we are desperate for Your hand, we’re reachin’ out, we’re reachin’ out."

blink....revive
"teach me to number my days, and count every moment before it slips away, taking all the colors before they fade to gray, i don’t want to miss even just a second more of this
it happens in a blink, i t happens in a flash, it happens in the time it takes to look back. i try to hold on tight, but there’s no stopping time. what is it I’ve done with my life. it happens in a blink
when it’s all said and done, no one remembers how far we have run. the only thing that matters is how we have loved, i don’t want to miss even just a second more of this"


i know none of these words are mine, but they are on my heart and i wanted to share.