In Christ Alone

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, 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 power of Christ in me
From a life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny

No power of hell, no scheme of man
Could ever pluck me from His hand
Til He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I stand

I will stand, I will stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground, all other ground
Is sinking sand, is sinking sand
So I stand.




In Christ Alone
Songwriters: Getty, Julian Keith; Townend, Stuart Richard

It's not that I haven't had anything to say...

It's not that I haven't had anything to say... it's that I haven't known how. I set out on a quest to find answers. And holy cow, I'm finding them. I'm finding them in the lessons I'm learning and I'm finding that I have the answers when I don't think I do. And even better, I have a peace about them. With the answers I keep finding in the most unusual places, I find myself growing stronger. I can actually feel the strength returning to my body- to my heart, to my decisions, to my relationships. I no longer feel like that babe in the woods, barely able to walk, never mind find her way through the thicket safely without running into danger. Even today, I don't feel like a small child. Today for the first time, I feel like an adult, who has made decisions and had decisions made out of her control, and still accepted them for the reality that they were. I know I still have a ways to go, for life is a full journey- full of unexpectedness and hiccups- but my heart is at rest. My heart can finally rest in God. I'm finally letting it. And now, my prayer is that beauty will start to flow from it.