Honor

What does that word mean? Its not a word I hear often and I certainly haven't pondered it's depth and breadth. Honor is simply acknowledging the value of someone or something. One of the things about honor is that it is a choice. An example I heard of this was when someone places something of high value in front of you, you sigh and gasp. You are concerned about touching it for fear of breaking or scratching it. The other thing about honor is that it is a place. Things that we honor are given a place of honor in our home or office. So, think about what this means about how we view God. In church this past Sunday we sang a song that had this phrase..."May You receive the honor that You're due". Once again I found myself asking for forgiveness. Have I really give God the honor that He's due? Not just a worldly dose of it but what He actually deserves from me?! Oh, how I fall horribly short! So, it started me done this thought path. I need to honor God by being amazed to be in His presence. In the presence of The most valuable! WOW that He allows me to approach Him! WOW that I can call on His name! WOW that He wants me to! WOW that He loves me...even though I forget to give Him the place of honor. Lord, forgive me for not giving you the honor that you deserve from me. Lord, help me to give up the seat of honor in my life and let you, rightfully, have it.

How Can It Be?!

This past Sunday we sang a song during worship that always seems to grab my attention. The words that get me are "Amazing love how can it be that you my King would die for me?". I can't help but to contemplate the depth of that question. How can it be? It is extremely difficult to comprehend why He would chose to do that for me! The depth of the love that God has for us is absolutely amazing. Later in that service we sang another song with the words "Jesus You gave Your everything for me, I give my all to you". As these words were sung I had an internal struggle to reconcile these two songs. It came out something like this..."How can it be that You my King would die for me? I've failed to give you my all...How can it be, How can it be?!" I found myself acknowledging that as much as I wanted to sing the last song, I couldn't honestly say those words knowing the sacrifice that was made on my behalf! At the same time, it's incredible to attempt to fathom the depth of love that God has knowing that I would fall consistently short and He wanted to make sure that despite my failures he made a way for me to stay in relationship with him.

Thank you Lord for Your grace and mercy!