What kind of love in injury’s place,
would leave instead the stain of grace?
So I come in sorrow and I come in shame.
I come to the cross with my pain.

Just as I am, without one plea,
but that thy blood was shed for me
and that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

The pardon that I found from sin spilled out from where the nails went in.
My heart will ever more proclaim
I had not lived until that day.
And I know there is a crown for me
beyond where mortal eyes can see
and I don’t nod to any man,
but offer me just as I am.

So I come rejoicing with hands held high,
and I come singing words of new life.

Just as I am, without one plea,
but that thy blood was shed for me
and that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God,
O Lamb of God,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

O Lamb of God, I come.

(Nichole Nordeman, Just as I am)

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.

Romans 8:31-39

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

As it is written:

“ For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

its really cool its like you type in your favourite artist, and then you get to hear songs of the same genre. ie. type in nichole nordeman and you get related artists like bethany dillon and ginny owens etc.

we’ve had three nice days of sun in dublin and its been pretty. its fourteen deg and everyones wearing summer clothes. =) i can’t wait for the hols to come. so many things to do….which i can’t do now…. i wanna go homee…. okay back to hepatitis and chronic liver diseaseee

“when we hear the word of God, we need to hear it with faith and respond..”

Speak, O Lord

(words and music by Keith Getty and Stuart Townsend)

Speak, O Lord, as we come to You
To receive the food of Your Holy Word.
Take Your truth, plant it deep in us;
Shape and fashion us in Your likeness,
That the light of Christ might be seen today
In our acts of love and our deeds of faith.
Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us
All Your purposes for Your glory.

Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds;
Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us—
Truths unchanged from the dawn of time
That will echo down through eternity.
And by grace we’ll stand on Your promises,
And by faith we’ll walk as You walk with us.
Speak, O Lord, till Your church is built
And the earth is filled with Your glory.

“Until we come to terms with war as the context of our days we will not understand life. We will misinterpret 90 percent of what is happening around us and to us. It will be very hard to believe that God’s intentons toward us are life abundant; it will be even harder not to feel that somehow we are just blowing it.”

“Before he promised us life, Jesus warned that a thief would try to steal, kill and destroy it. How come we don’t think that the thief then actually steals, kills and destroys? You won’t understand your life, you won’t see clearly what has happened to you or how to live forward from here, unless you see it as battle.”
1) Things are not what they seem.
2)This is a world at war.

“We live in a far more dramatic, far more dangerous story than we ever imagined. The reason we love The Chronicles of Narnia or Star wars or The Matrix or LOTR is that they are telling us somethign about our lives that we never, ever get on the evening news. Or from most pulpits. This is our most desperate hour. Without this burning in our hearts, we lose the meaning of our days. It all withers down to fast food and bills and voice mail and who really cares anyway?”

3) In this desperate hour,we have a crucial role to play.

“You are not what you think you are. There is a glory to your life that your Enemy fears, and he is hell-bent on destroying that glory before you act on it.”

“The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.”

- John Eldredge, “Waking The Dead”

You Are God Alone
You are not a god
Created by human hands
You are not a god
Dependant on any mortal man
You are not a god
In need of anything we can give
By Your plan, that’s just the way it is

Chorus:
You are God alone
From before time began
You were on Your throne
Your are God alone
And right now
In the good times and bad
You are on Your throne
You are God alone

You’re the only God
Whose power none can contend
You’re the only God
Whose name and praise will never end
You’re the only God
Who’s worthy of everything we can give
You are God
And that’s just the way it is

Bridge:
Unchangeable
Unshakable
Unstoppable
That’s what You are

It’s good to be back cos its gonna be where I learn to find the Lord even more real in my life, so I’m gonna be thankful for that even though I may not like what I face. It’s different this time tho – this time I know cos He’s there, in the wind, the rain, the gloom, even in people, streets, everywhere- He’s with me, and so I think this time I’m learning to see this place in a different light. = I’m actually happy now. =D

Anyways, I wanted to post photos of my food! I’m so happy cos I managed to steam sea bass

Isn’t it pretty? So pretty I love fish….

Say hello to the fish head – topped with chopped garlic and ermm..ginger inside.

Veggies – sautee garlic, add chicken, proceed to add random vegetables (e.g. capsicums, carrots, onions, choy sum)

I will bless the Lord forever
I will trust Him at all times
He has delivered me from all fear
He has set my feet upon a rock
I will not be moved
And I’ll say of the Lord

You are my shield, my strength
My portion, deliverer
My shelter, strong tower
My very present help in time of need

“may the favour of the Lord our God rest upon us, establish the work of our hands for us – yes, establish the work of our hands.” psalm 90:17

the more i listen to this song, the more it comforts my soul.

i love it