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You really should sleep like a baby

June 12, 2012 — Leave a comment

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This is one of my favorite worship songs right now.  I love when we get to sing this on Sunday morning.  I love the words and the emotion that swells throughout the whole song.  I think that our band here at Liquid plays it, dare I say, even better than Hillsong!  If you don’t own this song, you need to grab it and have it on your playlist!  That’s a guarantee.  You can grab it here for $.99!

This past week I was reading through some of the Psalms and I read through Psalm 131, one of the shorter Psalms for sure, but man is it powerful.  Read what Psalm 131 has to say…

O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, or in things too difficult for me.  Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, my soul is like a weaned child within me.  O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forever.

How beautiful is that?  What beautiful imagery the Psalmist gives us.  He says, let your soul be like a baby who is resting securely against his mother.  That is a picture of comfort.  I can picture times when I have held each of my three children against my chest and comforted them.  I’ve held them close and nestled them gently.  I have whispered, it’s okay, daddy is here.  Their countenance changes when they are close.  They rest securely in my arms.

Baby Sleeping in Arms

My daughter Leah sleeping peacefully in my arms

The Psalmist is whispering the same thing to the readers… run to your Abba Father.  Nestle in His arms, be held by Him and find your security in Him.  Let your HOPE rise.  God is right there for you no matter what your problems.

The question we have to ask ourselves in this situation is where is your hope?  I know that there are times where I would say that my hope is in God, but it really is in myself.  There have been times when my hope has been in other people.  And  I have been let down.  I have been hurt and frustrated.

What keeps you from placing your hope in the One who will never let you down or leave you.  How do you think that your life would be different if you placed your hope in Jesus Christ rather than yourself?

~Peter

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I guess you really did it this time

September 26, 2010 — Leave a comment

I love music.  I enjoy making music, listening to music, and finding new music.  I happened to catch a portion of MTV’s Video Music Awards two weeks ago (the VMA’s).  I have been on the fence about a particular artist until recently.  I’m talking about none other than Taylor Swift.  It sealed the deal for me when several weeks ago now she included one of my favorite pastors, Pete Wilson and his family in her most recent video.  Check that story out here.

I happened to be watching during Taylor Swift’s performance.  It was unreal.  She did an incredible job.  The message she was sending was huge!  Since MTV has taken all of the video’s down from youtube all I have is the audio from her performance.  Listen to this song.

Regardless of you know what happened in 2009 during the VMA’s or not(Kanye West!), this song still speaks profoundly.

Some of us feel like Taylor is singing about our lives.  Maybe you’ve lost your balance on a tightrope.  Maybe you’ve blown your relationships with everyone around you.  Maybe you’ve cursed your family out and left them behind without a care.  Maybe you’ve gotten yourself  chemically dependent on some thing or another.  Perhaps you’ve given parts your sexuality away to people it was never intended for.  Guilt can set in and just about wreck a person and cause them to feel worthless and alone.

Jesus knows about this and took care of this problem.  See the reality is that every single one of us has ‘blown it and left ourselves in the warpath.’  We’ve all ‘lost our balance on the tightrope’ of life.  Jesus died on a cross, was buried as every other dead man is, and unlike every other dead man He rose from the dead!(1 Corinthians 15:1-4)  Because of that one action you and I have a hand back up on the tight rope.  We have been picked up out of the warpath and placed in safety.  Forgiveness is here for you.  Hope is here for you.  Restoration is here for you.  True life is here for you.

I watched as a young woman in the spotlight demonstrated forgiveness on national television.  I listened to a musical narrative that made me immediately think of the one who is in the business of forgiveness; Jesus Christ.

~Peter

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