Tenth Avenue North

They amaze me. I love their songs, but the lyrics are amazing. Today as I was driving home from church earlier, I heard the song By Your Side. One line in particular struck me. I love when songs make you think. I enjoy music so much and it is so cool that that love can be put into deepening my relationship with my God. So, here it is:

"Why are you looking for love?
Why are you still searching as if I'm not enough?"

I don't ever want to be at a point in my life that I am searching for love from somewhere other than my Heavenly Father. I agree that human love is important, but it is nothing in comparison to the love that would give up life in order for my salvation.
Tenth Avenue North is quickly becoming a favorite. I think I might have written about this before, but I also love the song Beloved.


*Disclaimer* If you look Beloved up on youtube or whatever, you might find some interesting images accompanying the song though. (Thank you Douglas)

Journal Entry

During my junior or senior year of high school, I read a book called Authentic Beauty. It was such a needed thing at that point in my life. It helped me recognize Jesus as my Prince, the one who loves me more than any person ever could. I busted it out a little while ago when I was going to talk to some of the youth group girls about their identity in Christ. I wrote this quote down in my journal because it is one that continues to remind me of the importance of pursuing a relationship with Jesus over anything else.

"A set-apart young woman is one marked by the imprint of Christ, one italicized by a lily whiteness, and punctuated by a feminine mystique that leaves the world around her astounded."

How many kings...

So, I was driving down the road with Kirsten tonight, about to be bombarded by my mad sisters, but as we were driving we were listening to the radio. The song, How Many Kings, by Downhere came on. I like that song, it's cool. My brother has it on his iPod and I've heard it before, then tonight it made me think. My favorite line in the song goes, "How many gods have poured out their hearts to romance a world that is torn all apart?" That made me stop and think.
We are studying ancient Egypt in my humanities class and I was taken aback by how many gods they had. They were constantly trying to please all of them at one time and to make it into the afterlife with all of their stuff. I am so glad that I know the truth, that I do not have to wonder if I got it right. I know that there is one God, and He came to romance this world that is all torn apart. He poured out His heart in the sense that we have His word and we have His love letter to the world. I love the imagery that the artists set up. I love the phrase to romance the world. That is exactly what God did. He came to this earth because He loves us and He is everyday being the Lover of my soul. He is my King that is one day coming back for His bride. He is everything and because of that I live my life for Him.