More thoughts....

Father you are the reason for my waking each morn,

You are the hope in which my heart will rest,

I hang my head, reflecting on my past with scorn,

But you lift my chin up off my chest,

Erasing all stains from my slate,

Making it brand new,

You changed the outcome of my fate,

I owe all my thanks to You.

I have a lover who is always there,

Listening with open arms,

He is always just and always fair,

He protects me from all harm,

He will never leave me and never lie,

He is ever faithful and true,

I am the apple of his eye,

His bride and princess too.

He will never cheat or hold a grudge,

No secrets He keeps from me,

Slow to anger and merciful judge,

My lover has set me free.  

My Jesus

My prince I thank thee for thy love,

I don't deserve thy favor,

Yet every moment I spend with you,

I will forever savor,

I thank thee for thy attention,

its worth more than gold,

The greatest feeling in the world,

is to have your hand to hold,

My charming prince I love thee

You are my one desire,

In my heart there burns a love,

Thriving on love's fire,

I cannot live without you,

My dear beloved friend,

My heart longs to be with you

Always to the end.

Come, meet me here tonite,

Take me by my hand,

You are my guiding light,

By you I will always stand.

I am your lovely daughter,

Take me in your embrace,

I dance for you day and night,

in the light of your sweet grace

My Father, I sit down at your feet,

and give you all of me,

With you alone I wish to meet,

Your beauty I wish to see,

Your kind eyes give me hope

Your peace fills my soul,

Without your love I could not cope,

Only you can make me whole,

Father I sit upon your knee,

Hold me close to you

In your presence its clear to me,

Truths I never knew,

I am beautiful and precious in your sight,

A princess of the King,

In my soul dwells the power of your might,

Power to change any thing.

Check this out!

This is a link to a Youth Street video that I love because its all crew and their parents talking. Have a Look!!! :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9G2cbLk1bA&feature=player_embedded

I love Youth Street!!!

 Wow, So I got back from 5 Day Escape about a week ago. For those of you who are new to reading my blog, 5DE is a youth camp that we just did, where we took 106 youth ages 12-17 down to the Gold Coast for a week of fun, friendship, and God stuff. We did everything from laser tag, to messy games, to canoeing, to Dream World (theme park), to surfing, wakeboarding, water skiing, and tubing, to shopping, to dance parties, and late night movies. It was chaotic yet amazing, exhausting yet fulfilling. When our last night rolled around, we dove straight in to God stuff as we call it here in youth ministry. We'd been building up for it all week by having conversations with the youth on the bus rides or in our camp cabins about God and what they believed and what we believe. My friend Luke shared his testimony and about  living life to the fullest in Christ and the Holy Spirit was touching these guys hearts like wildfire. Our altar call was a bit different then normal, we had the crew split up into 3 different group, group 1-I want to go deeper with God, 2-I want to give my life to the Lord, and group 3- I have some questions.
We had 20 crew give their lives to the Lord and 60 recommitted their lives to going deeper with God. There were young people crying, worshipping God with all their hearts, praying for eachother and for staff leaders. It is so exciting to see God touch this generation of young people amidst the trash and chaos they have to endure from day to day. God is truly the only hope we have in this world, and these young people are finally starting to realize this truth!