Your love never fails

YOU ARE GOOD
By: Gateway Worship

Verse 1:
Your kindness leads me to repentance,
Your goodness draws me to Your side.
Your mercy calls me to be like You,
Your favor is my delight.

Pre chorus:
Everyday I awaken my praise,
And pour out a song from my heart.

Chorus:
You are good,
You are good,
You are good.
Your mercy is forever

Bridge:
Your kindness is forever,
Your goodness is forever,
Your mercy is forever,
Forever.

I was playing this song during my own worship time. Came to know this song through a CD which i bought but didn't really grasp the song's fullness until when my church's Worship Min. started playing it during service. It really spoke to me then and i learnt how to play the song through Daniel Choo's blog.

It can become quite a sobering thought at times when songs nowadays are not as simple as the way they are in the past and nowadays, bands and musicians try to put so much complexity into songs and somehow it loses it's focus. Especially worship songs nowadays.....present generations seek more complexity in the songs we sing and worship God with.....sometimes when the song is too simple, many would say it is boring or not fun enough to listen too or worship God with.

But who are we to decide what type of songs should WE want to sing to the Lord? Who are we to decide how WE want to sing to God? Who are we to say a song to the lord is boring because it dosen't have enough vocabulary or nice tunes? Who are we to judge and decide? Is it self satisfaction instead of selflessness? Is it God focused or man focused?

Sometimes going back to the simple songs works wonders for our worship....sometimes no music and just the voices is more than enough....it's the heart...not how we play, not how we sing, not how we look, not how we perform and not how we pose in worship......it's wayyy more. What would we do if God takes away the instruments? what would we do if we have no music? What is music? Can we still sing even without the guitar or tunes and music? Is music something we need so much that even if we have to stay silent in the presence of the Lord, we find it a bore or something less interesting?

This song spoke to me as it has such simple lyrics and yet such powerful impact in how great and good our God is....it's that simple.....Our God is good.

It was a tiring day after work/attachment and my friend Dixon was nice enough to tell me about some ice cream store that sold pretty good ice cream. Going back in time abit, it was a week ago when he showed me the site and while looking at the ice creams available, one particular ice cream caught my attention besides the bailey's and bourbon Ice cream.....it was names [Hazel's Nuts]. I was laughing and Dixon wondered why was i laughing at that ice cream and after telling him i had a friend Hazel, he understood why hehe :). As usual we made abit of guyish jokes that thank God the name Hazel dosen't go with guys otherwise the name [Hazel's Nuts] is gonna sound really really wrong :P.

Anyway, after work today, i headed down to the ice cream store and it was called UDDERS. Kinda wierd name but it was in a nice little corner and the ice creams were sooo nice and in great variety too :) I had a hard choice choosing but still decided to go with the [Bailey's Bourbon] and [Hazel's nuts] . The [Hazel's Nuts] Ice cram was really nice especially when you eat the inside together with the ice cream extrerior, it taste alot like Ferrero Rocher haha! I truly enjoyed that short moment of frenziness indeed haha!!

[THE DISTANT SHOT]

 

[CLOSE UP TO THE BAILEY'S AND HAZEL'S NUTS ICE CREAM :) ]



[HAZEL'S NUTS ICE CREAM CLOSE UP]

[STILL]

Check out this cool move that defines gracie Jiu Jitsu from normal japanese Jiu Jitsu :)

BRIEF INTRO!! :)



THE DETAILS TO THE TRIANGLE CHOKE :)

Many a times we always tend to let the human nature within us to take over. It pulls our strings and makes us behave, do and think of things that most of the time or all the time UNGODLY. Being a victim pretty often to such matters isn't easy and it has always been a constant struggle to stay focused on Jesus and to be secure with who I am and what I am in Jesus, even when things around us starts to crumble and fall. Would we truly stand by and be true to Godliness or Christ likeness when bad times come? Sometimes I try so hard to not be a victim of what the world would want me to be but it only brings out more fatique and pain. Why? Answer would be I am doing it by my own strength.....

It came a time that wasn't too long ago when i hated myself for being who i am. Sometimes even now i still do feel that way.....with always having the bad habit of belittling myself whenever others around me seem to thrive in areas where I don't seem to be good in. I was never the type who knew how to talk or socialise my way among people and be popular or have many friends..... what i guess is that people don't really like the way I am being so quiet and all.....maybe they prefer people who speak out more know how to joke more or speak their lingo ETC....

Many a times I try but always end up with nothing....and than some person i know comes by and does soo much better....not only do i start feeling seriously handicapped but also jealous......that a friend of mine comes by and does it like a piece of cake while I had to struggle and end up come to nothing...... 

Being lonely sometimes has it's toll on me....many have close friends who they can really count on....many of those i look to or believe in stray away because of simply who i am.... it now ony leaves me to really just seeking Jesus....it's kinda hard knowing sometimes you have no community and only Jesus.

Crying during prayers in the quiet night has become a pretty common thing as i make a transition from having not to hold onto my friends too hard and having a possibility of being forgotten as if our friendships just disappeared....it's selfish i guess but who likes to be alone? No one does.... but it's something I have to really take in......trying to love them eventhough i know i would gain nothing is hard....but it's soemthing unconditional love is named for yeah?

Through the pain and struggles...sometimes it's really telling myself even if people forget me or I ain't liked or not treated genuinely or also being fooled to believing in trust of friendships or taken advantage of.....Jesus and God would always be there for me.....Jesus never fails. But i'll try to still love, for it's as simply the way Jesus would love them....