Coded for Worship

Over the past several months, I’ve had difficulty with my prayer time.  It’s not something I’ve been too keen on sharing with many, but now that God has broken so many chains in my life during recent days, I can speak without shame.

This morning, I was using The Valley of Vision as an aide during my prayer time and the entry entitled “The Deeps” was a great help to me and God spoke to me (loudly) through it.  I wanted to share parts of it here.

Give me a deeper repentance, a horror of sin, a dread of its approach;
Help me chastely to flee it, and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be thine alone.

Give me more sweetness in the Word, deeper holiness in speech, thought, action, and let me not seek moral virtue apart from thee.

I have no Master but thee … no peace but that thou bestowest.
I am nothing but that thou makest me,
I have nothing but that I receive from thee,
I can be nothing but that grace adorns me.

Quarry me deep, dear Lord,
and then fill me to overflowing
with living water.

(emphasis mine)

Amen and amen.

Today, my wife and I decided to take the day (while it was still nice out) and go see WALL·E and spend the rest of the afternoon walking around Huntsville’s new Bridge Street Town Centre.  I’ll post more about the film later, but it is officially my favorite Pixar film to-date (Pixar is über creative).

Bridge Street was nice, as it was not too crowded — but it was a very sunny (i.e. hot) afternoon.  So that called for some ice cream.  I got to visit an Huntsville’s own Apple Store, but didn’t stay too long as the girls aren’t as geeked up on the fruit as yours truly.

We finished off our stay with a ride on the carousel.  With that, we ended our day and headed home as the rains headed in.  It was a wonderful day spent with a wonderful family full of simple, yet wonderful things — all given to me by a wonderful God (including the rain).

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”

-James 1:17 (ESV)

After a few fruitless searches by both myself and a friend, I’ve finally found a solid copy of the sheet music and chords to “Jesus Messiah” by Chris Tomlin.

“Jesus Messiah” Chords and Sheet Music

Nine years? Has it been that long?

You’ve been with me through more than I could have ever imagined anyone sticking with me.  You really do live up to your name — you truly are angelic.  You have been an instrument of grace, of mercy, and you’ve yet to give up on the task of teaching me what unconditional love really is.  I would not trade a single second of the past nine years for the world and everything in it.  I cannot imagine my life without you and hope I never have to.

Happy anniversary, my bride.