who You say i am.

Who You Say I Am // Among the Thirsty

My sin says I'm unworthy my shame that I'm alone

My heart tells me I'm broken and I can't be made whole

But every since the day I ran into Your grace

You call me righteous

You call me yours

No longer guilty not anymore

And I am rewritten

I'm spoken for a new creation

Now I stand cause of who You say I am

Lord help me to believe it

Your salvation covers me

Oh and I am not abandoned

Your grace is enough for me it's enough for me

You call me righteous

You call me yours

No longer guilty not anymore

And I am rewritten

I'm spoken for a new creation

Now I stand cause of who You say I am

Not bound by who I was

My identity redefined by love

Oh I am not bound by who I was

My identity redefined by love

You call me righteous

You call me Yours

No longer guilty not anymore

So I am righteous and I am Yours

No longer guilty not anymore

And I am rewritten

I'm spoken for a new creation

Now I stand because of who You say I am

I am a new creation

Now I stand cause of who You say I am

Mary Did You Know?

MARY DID YOU KNOW?

by Mark Lowry

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters?

Did you know
that your Baby Boy has come to make you new?
This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you.
Mary, did you know

that your Baby Boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will calm the storm with His hand?

Did you know
that your Baby Boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kiss your little Baby you kissed the face of God?

Mary did you know.. Ooo Ooo Ooo
The blind will see.
The deaf will hear.
The dead will live again.
The lame will leap.
The dumb will speak
The praises of The Lamb.

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would one day rule the nations?

Did you know
that your Baby Boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
The sleeping Child you're holding is the Great, I Am.

{if you would like to watch a music video of this song, go here}

. . .

My aunt, Hannah, asked if I would pose as Mary so she could draw it 

for Christmas cards! This is how it turned out! ^^

Wishing you all a blessed Christmas! 

Remember that Jesus is the reason for the season. 

LUKE 2:10-11

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is

Christ the Lord.

Music Favorites // {2}

Heather recently got one of Lois and India's CDs "Cleanse Me" and we've been enjoying it!! 

This is a song from the CD.

My Heart is There // Lois & India Rasquinha

This song really touched my heart!

My heart goes out to little children and struggling teens. I wish I could help all of them, but I can't. God can. I just need to keep encouraging the girls around me and taking the time to listen to little ones.

Just remember that you don't have to go to a foreign country to share the gospel. Your mission field is right where you are -- in your neighborhood, community, church, etc. 

Have you heard any of Lois and India's other songs before?
What song(s) have you been listening to this week?

DAY 17 // a song I'm thankful for

Growing in Wisdom // by Rachel {Wissmann} Busenitz

We are seeking treasure that money cannot give, looking to our Maker for how we should live. To see the world the way God sees, His perfect plan for you and me, 

growing in the wisdom of the Lord.

We are seeking for the truth, learning knowledge in our youth. Searching out our Master’s plan, growing in the wisdom of the Lord.

We need understanding and guidance from above. Following our Master, who leads us in Him love. We’re listening to His holy word, trusting Him at every turn, growing in the wisdom of the Lord. 

We are seeking for the truth, learning knowledge in our youth. Searching out our Master’s plan, 

growing in the wisdom of the Lord.

. . .

This is one of my new favorite songs from the Wissmann's CD, "My Heart, Your Home."
I like the part about "learning knowledge in our youth. . ." because that is what all young girls should be doing - using their single years to learn and grow in the Lord.

What song are you thankful for and why?

"find JOY in the ordinary"

Music Favorites // {1}

Hello friends! 

I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite songs + singing groups.

So...I thought I'd start by sharing my all time favorite group: the Wissmann Family! If you haven't heard any of their music before, then you are missing out!! :) I love their style of music and all the different instruments they play. Would love to hear them sing in person some day! 

Below, is a song I recently found and really like it. Enjoy!

Lord, I need You // the Wissmann Family

. . .

Do you like bluegrass?

What is your favorite music style + singing group?

PSALM 108:3

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee amoung the nations.

Who Will Shine God's Light?

W h o  W i l l  S h i n e  G o d ' s  L i g h t ?

{by Sarah and Grace Mally}

In a world of darkness who will shine God’s light? Who will live for Jesus and follow what is right? Who will pay the price and follow in God’s way? Who will God find faithful on the judgment day?

Lord, I will shine your light! With joy and a smile that’s bright! I will seek you all my days, Lord, I want to learn Your ways. In this world of night, Lord, I will shine Your light.

Who will be Rebekah, quenching others’ thirst? Who will be a Mary, putting Jesus first? Who will be a Ruth, with virtue of great prize? Who will be an Esther laying down her life?

Lord, I will shine your light! With joy and a smile that’s bright! I will seek you all my days, Lord, I want to learn Your ways. In this world of night, Lord, I will shine Your light.

. . .

> PHILIPPIANS 4:4 <

Rejoice in the LORD always: and again I say, rejoice! 

Will you shine God's light?

Trust His Heart

// T R U S T  H I S  H E A R T \\

by Babbie Mason & Eddie Carswell

All things work for our good, Though sometimes we can’t see how they could. Struggles that break our hearts in two, Sometimes blind us to the truth. Our Father knows what’s best for us; His ways our not our own. So when your pathway grows dim, and you just can’t see Him, Remember you’re never alone!

God is too wise to be mistaken., God is too good to be unkind; So when you don’t understand, when you don’t see His plan, when you can’t trace His hand, trust His heart!

He sees the master plan, He holds the future in His, So don’t live as those who have no hope; all our hope is found in him. We see the present clearly, He sees the first and last, And like a tapestry, He’s weaving you and me, To someday be just like Him.

God is too wise to be mistaken., God is too good to be unkind; So when you don’t understand, when you don’t see His plan, when you can’t trace His hand, trust His heart! 

Trust His heart,

Trust His heart,

 Trust HIS heart!

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I never really liked this song much, because it gets really high, and I don't like high songs. :) But, recently, I started thinking about the words and now this song means a lot to me! It's brought me comfort many times. So, next time you listen to a song, think about the words and what they mean to you.

PSALMS 149:1
Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.

He's Alive!

MATTHEW 28:6a
"He is not here: for he is risen, as he said."
.........

"He's Alive" by Don Francisco

The gates and doors were barred
And all the windows fastened down
I spent the night in sleeplessness
And rose at every sound

Half in hope of sorrow
And half in fear the day
Would find the soldiers breakin' through
To drag us all away

And just before the sunrise
I heard somethin' at the wall
The gate began to rattle
And a voice began to call

I hurried to the window
Looked down into the street
Expecting swords and torches
And the sound of soldiers' feet

But there was no one there but Mary
So I went down to let her in
And John stood there beside me
As she told me where, she'd been

"They've moved Him in the night
And none of us knows where
The Stone's been rolled away
And now His body isn't there"

We both ran toward the garden
Then John ran on ahead
We found the stone and empty tomb
Just the way that Mary said

But the windin' sheet they wrapped Him in
Was just an empty shell
And how or where, they'd taken Him
Was more than I could tell

Oh, somethin' strange had happened there
Just what I did not know
John believed a miracle
But I just turned to go

Circumstance and speculation
Couldn't lift me very high
I'd seen them crucify Him
And I saw Him die

Back inside the house again
The guilt and anguish came
Everything, I had promised Him
Just added to my shame

When at last it came to choices
I denied, I knew His name
And even if He were alive
It wouldn't be the same

Suddenly the air was filled
With a strange and sweet perfume
Light that came from everywhere
Drove shadows from the room

And Jesus stood before me
With His arms held open wide
I fell down on my knees
And I just clung to Him and cried

He raised me to my feet
And as I looked into His eyes
The love was shining out from Him
Like sunlight from the skies

Guilt in my confusion
Disappeared in sweet release
And every fear I ever had
Just melted into peace

He's alive, He's alive
He's alive and I'm forgiven
Heaven's gates are open wide
He's alive, He's alive
He's alive and I'm forgiven
Heaven's gates are open wide

He's alive, He's alive
He's alive and I'm forgiven
Heaven's gates are open wide
He's alive, He's alive, He's alive, He's alive!

{ It's not about the bunny...It's about the Lamb }

>>MARK 16:6 & 7

"And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you."

In Christ Alone

I n   C h r i s t   A l o n e

In Christ alone my hope is found, He is my Light my strength, my song; 

This Cornerstone, this solid ground, firm through the fiercest drought and storm.

What heights of love, what depths of peace, when fears are stilled, when strivings cease.

My Comforter, my all in all, here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone, who took on flesh, fullness of God in helpless Babe!

This gift of love and righteousness, scorned by the ones He came to save.

‘Til on that cross as Jesus died, the wrath of God was satisfied. 

For every sin on Him was laid; here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay, Light of the world by darkness slain;

then, bursting forth in glorious day, up from the grave He rose again! 

And as He stands in victory, sin’s curse has lost its grip on me;

for I am His and He is mine, bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death, this is the pow’r of Christ in me;

from life’s first cry to final breath, Jesus commands my destiny.

No pow’r of hell, no scheme of men, can ever pluck me from His hand;

‘til He returns or calls me home, here in the pow’r of Christ I’ll stand!

>> Psalm 89:1 <<

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

What Child is This?

What child is this, who laid to rest, on Mary's lap is sleeping?

Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, while shepherds watch are keeping?

This, this, is Christ the King whom shepherds gaurd and angels sing; 

Haste, haste, to bring Him laud, the Babe the Son of Mary.

Why lies He in such mean estate, where ox and ass are feeding? 

Good christian fear, for sinners here, the silent word is pleading.

Nails, spear, shall pierce Him through, the cross be borne for me, for you.

Hail, hail, the word made flesh, the Babe the Son of Mary.

 So, bring Him incense, Gold, and myrrh, come peasant, king to own Him;

The King of kings salvation brings, let loving hearts enthrone Him.

 Raise, raise, the song on high, the virgin sings her lullaby.

Joy, joy for Christ is born, the Babe the Son of Mary.

This has been a favorite song of mine for as long as I can remember. The tune is so pretty! :)

Many people see Christmas as just another holiday, to give and receive gifts. But, that's not what it's all about. It's Jesus' birthday. The best gift you can give Him is your life. I want to challenge each of you to give your life fully to God and serve Him with your whole heart.

 ~Tashia