kayleigh - My Favorite song as a Christain

Hmmm. I like it.
Here's one of my favorites:

Spirit of God, descend upon my heart;
Wean it from earth, through all it's pulses move;
Stoop to my weakness, Mighty as Thou art,
And make me love Thee as I ought to love.

There are many other verses, but I won't clog up your blog with them :)

Keep blogging, Kayleigh!

Posted by: stephanie at March 7, 2003 06:18 PM

Kayleigh...

I am a friend of Benjamin and Stephanie. I have a weblog too, if you want to visit it sometime. I became a Christian when I was seventeen years old, so I know what it's like and am glad you do too now.

I wanted to share a couple of songs I like with you.

Do you know this one? It's short and simple, but good--it reminds me that I am God's, and all he requires of me is to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with him.

STEP BY STEP

O God, you are my God,
And I will ever praise you.
O God, you are my God,
And I will ever praise you.
I will seek you in the morning,
And I will learn to walk in your ways;
And step by step you'll lead me,
And I will follow you all of my days.

Kayleigh (I love your name), this next song is my absolute favorite song in the world. Unlike that first and shorter song, this one is a bit longer and hundreds of years old. It is my personal testimony of what Jesus did/is doing/will continue to do for me.

BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD ABOVE

Before the throne of God above,
I have a strong, a perfect plea,
A great High Priest whose name is Love,
Who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands,
My name is writen on His heart;
I know that while in heav'n He stands,
no tongue can bid me thence depart.
No tongue can bid me thence depart.

When Satan tempts me to despair,
and tells me of the guilt within,
upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end of all my sin.
Because the sinless Saviour died,
my sinful soul is counted free;
For God the Just is satisfied
to look on Him and pardon me.
To look on Him and pardon me.

Behold Him there! The risen Lamb,
my perfect, spotless Righteousness!
The great unchangeable I AM,
the King of glory and of grace!
One with Himself I cannot die,
My soul is purchased by His blood;
My life is hid with Christ on high,
with Christ, my Saviour and my God.
With Christ, my Saviour and my God!

I have enjoyed reading your entries. I hope you will continue to write to us and share what God is doing. We are excited to have the privilege of knowing you from afar like this.

your friend and sister in Christ,
Joy McCarnan

Posted by: joy at May 20, 2003 10:26 PM

Kayleigh, I just wanted to say thanx for sending me to this site- its awesome! I love the song You are my all in all. Its so true! My favorite Bible verse is Isaiah 41:10 it starts out Fear thou not for I am with you... isn't it kool that God is with us always and forever. It doesn't matter where we are in the world- He's there! This verse has especially helped me moving from America to Scotland. I am so glad that I moved here with my family!

Posted by: Elisabeth at June 16, 2003 08:49 PM

hey, kayleigh. hope you're doing well. we'd love to read your blogs again... �
~ joy in chicagoland, usa

Posted by: joy mccarnan at July 29, 2003 11:44 PM

This Fathomless Love

Verse One
Lord what moved Your heart
To love lowly man
Before any star could
Herald Your praise
And why did You come
Abasing Yourself
Veiled in a robe
Of frail human clay
Why would You the pure
Give Your life for the vile
The innocent
Seeking the guilty
To be reconciled

Chorus
I cant comprehend
This fathomless love
Im gripped and amazed
At what You have done
Why would the Adored
Become the despised
To bear all the furious wrath
That was mine
How awesome this mystery of
Your fathomless love for me

Verse Two
Why would You adopt
And take as Your own
Those who had crushed
Your one precious Son
Why mercy and grace
Towards Your enemies
Your name they have cursed
And Your throne they have shunned
Oh how could You choose
To show kindness to these
The ones who would
Mock You and hate You
The ones just like me

Posted by: slig at March 6, 2004 10:00 PM

This Fathomless Love

Verse One
Lord what moved Your heart
To love lowly man
Before any star could
Herald Your praise
And why did You come
Abasing Yourself
Veiled in a robe
Of frail human clay
Why would You the pure
Give Your life for the vile
The innocent
Seeking the guilty
To be reconciled

Chorus
I cant comprehend
This fathomless love
Im gripped and amazed
At what You have done
Why would the Adored
Become the despised
To bear all the furious wrath
That was mine
How awesome this mystery of
Your fathomless love for me

Verse Two
Why would You adopt
And take as Your own
Those who had crushed
Your one precious Son
Why mercy and grace
Towards Your enemies
Your name they have cursed
And Your throne they have shunned
Oh how could You choose
To show kindness to these
The ones who would
Mock You and hate You
The ones just like me

Posted by: slig at March 6, 2004 10:04 PM

Whoa. I'm looking at my entry here, wondering how I managed to put the same song twice. Not sure. But it is a good song, worth reading twice.

Posted by: slig at March 13, 2004 01:32 PM