music monday// mine

hi folks! sooooo, i returned from a local missions trip just today! it was in a community somewhere in my country, Ghana. and of course, i made lotssss of friends with the kids there. ;) more details on the trip later.

today, i'm sharing a sweet song by hollyn. it makes me dwell on how i have Jesus as mine. i know He died and rose for humanity yet i still get to have a very personal relationship with Him. isn't that just amazingggg?!!! enjoy the song!

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mine// hollyn

Nothing in this world
Nothing in this whole wide world
Could ever take me from Your hand
Even if I run away
And I don't have the strength to make it back home
I know that You will guide me

Cause You are the One who picked me up
Brushed me off and called me loved
You showed me I am Yours

You are mine
Jesus, You are mine
I know that I'm unworthy
Completely undeserving
I'm amazed, I'm amazed
That I am Yours
And You are mine
You are mine

Even when I can't feel You
Even when my soul is crying out
And it looks like I have nobody

Lord, You'll be the One to pick me up
Brush me off and call me loved
Yes, I know that I am Yours

And You are mine
Jesus, You are mine
I know that I'm unworthy
Completely undeserving
I'm amazed, I'm amazed
That I am Yours
And You are mine

I am home, I am home
I am home here with You
I am home, I am home
I am home here with You

Oh, Jesus I am home, I am home
I am home right here with You
I'm blessed to call you... mine
I'm amazed that you are... mine

I know that I'm unworthy
Completely undeserving
I'm amazed, I'm amazed
That I am Yours
Oh, I'm amazed
I'm amazed
That I am Yours
And You are mine
You are mine 

Jesus Himself says:  "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand." //John 10:28-29

 "...to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes."// isaiah 61:3

  i know sometimes the enemy tries to play on our minds and tries so hard to use people and circumstance to make feel unworthy and think that we are trash but thank God there is Jesus! He loves us sooo much! and absolutely nothing can take us from Him unless we choose to walk away from Him to dwell in the camp of the enemy and stubbornly refuse to go back to Him.

i love that Jesus loves me...on my good days, and especially on my bad days. and i love that when I was in the pit of depression He was there with me...crying in the pit with Me and pulled me out, brushed me off and called me loved. i love how He keeps reminding me that He is alwayssss with me and that i should keep my focus on Him. He is a tender Bestfriend and i love, love, how i can tell Him everything and anything, even when i have hard questions i need Him to explain. He is awesome!

 as you're reading this i'd like to encourage you to make your walk with Jesus very personal. He has unique ways that He communicates with all of His children. Physically talking to Him and journaling help me to get up close and personal with Him. He is mine, and i am His and i love it!

xoxo

gen delali

music monday// You don't miss a thing

Hiya! I'm sharing a song that holds such a special place in my heart. i love it so much because it's like poetry to my soul. it reminds me of how Jesus pursues me so relentlessly. no matter where i go, wherever i am, He is with me, He knows me by my name. and what even baffles my mind is how there are thousands and thousands of humans walking the face of this earth and yet He still knows me and loves me as if i'm the only person He has as a friend and co-hier of our Father.

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You don't miss a thing// bethel music

When You stand
I feel the floor of Heaven tremble
As You breathe
We live and have our being
When You speak
Oh I feel it in my chest
When You sing
All my fears are put to rest

What a wondrous thing
I can stand to sing
Cause when I fall to my knees,
You’re the one who pulls me up again

What a mystery
That You notice me
And in a crowd of ten thousand
You don’t miss a thing
You don't miss a thing

When You sigh
The wind becomes a sonnet
When You laugh
The storm around me ceases
You whisper
And all my enemies are scattered
You surround me
With angels on assignment

What a wondrous thing
I can stand to sing
Cause when I fall to my knees
You're the one who pulls me up again

What a mystery
That you notice me
And in a crowd of ten thousand
You don't miss a thing
Cause You see everything

And I am seen
And I am known
  By the King of kings
And Lord of lords

There's no place I can go
Where Your love won't find me
No place I can hide
That You don't see
  No place I can fall
Where Your love couldn't catch me
You see it all, You see it all
Through the eyes of love...oh oh oh oh oh

There's no place I can go
  Your love won't find me
No place I can hide
That You can't see
No place I can fall
  Your love wouldn't catch me
You see it all, You see it all
And You're in everything, You're all around me..yeah eehh

When I withdraw..still You pursue

There's no place I can go
Where Your love won't find me
No place I can hide
That you don't see
When I'm misunderstood
Your love understands me
You see it all, you see it all
You're in everything

There's no place I can go
That you won't find me
There's no place I can hide
That You don't see
No place I could fall
Your love wouldn't catch me
You see it all, You see it all
Through the eyes of love

i hope you have thoroughly soaked in the beautiful lyrics of this soul-stirring song. i love bethel music so much! The love of Jesus sets me free, it allows me to dance in this safe freedom, it fills my heart full to the brim to know that the most important Person ever to walk on this earth loves me! and knows me! and pursues me!whoaaaa! this is some crazy, crazy love! francis chan is absolutely right with his book.

 i bet you'd feel special if the queen of England knew your name, and was personallyyour friend, only a phone call away. how much more Jesus, the King of aaaaallllllll kings! the fact that we can't see Him wit our physical eyes does not mean that He's not real. as Christians our walk is one of faith, not by sight. He's so near. He knows you! let's seek Him by intentionally spending time with Him, the Word, by talking to Him every single day throughout the day, by listening to what He has to say about the day He has planned for us. He's incredible ad awesome!

 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’// acts 17:28

 Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
    you formed me in my mother’s womb.
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
    Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
    I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
    you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
    how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
    all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
    before I’d even lived one day.

^17-22 Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful!
    God, I’ll never comprehend them!
I couldn’t even begin to count them—
    any more than I could count the sand of the sea.
Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with you!

God, investigate my life;
    get all the facts firsthand.
I’m an open book to you;
    even from a distance, you know what I’m thinking.
You know when I leave and when I get back;
    I’m never out of your sight.
You know everything I’m going to say
    before I start the first sentence.
I look behind me and you’re there,
    then up ahead and you’re there, too—
    your reassuring presence, coming and going.
This is too much, too wonderful—
    I can’t take it all in! // psalm 139:1-6 (msg)


Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
    you formed me in my mother’s womb.
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
    Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
    I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
    you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
    how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
    all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
    before I’d even lived one day.

Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful!
    God, I’ll never comprehend them!
I couldn’t even begin to count them—
    any more than I could count the sand of the sea.Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with you!// psalm 139:13-22 (msg)

Jesus loves each human being so much! We are all unique too and no wonder we all have different thumbprints. He loves us all personally. He's able to do this because He's Jesus, our Savior. Only He can save, only He can love us this way. let's trust Him with our lives some more. He's so present and close to our hearts

xoxo,

gen delali.

music monday // still that girl

hey, hey, hey! I've been a lil MIA the past couple of weeks. my bad, folks.
so today, I'm gonna share a beautiful song of bravery by britt nicole! the song brings memories of the years when i was so wide eyed with so much hope that my plans were gonna play out. you know, when i thought there was no way God was going to deny me the scholarship i wanted with all my heart right after I completed uni. The world was before me and i couldn't wait to make a change.

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oh, but He had other plans. plans that i thought were too different from who i thought i was. plans that seemed way, way, way too good to be true to the point that they completely freaked me out.

but as the years have been passing by, I'm beginning to realize how perfectly faithful Father is. so not getting the scholarship for the program i wanted stung. buuuttt, He's so gooood. He's provided me with a scholarship to study what He wanted me to study for my masters all along! And me + God, we're still gonna make the change I always wanted. And it's gonna be waaaayyyyyy better than my dreams. some dreams must die for better things to be birthed.

so, yah, enjoy the song.

still that girl// britt nicole

Dreams, they come

Plans, they change. Yeah, we’re gonna break

Things we face make us who we are

Baby, you’re a star shining in the dark

Let’s go back to the summer,

The summer when we dreamed in love

Let’s go back again, let’s go back again

Yeah, back again, my friend to the summer when…

I’m holding a picture from 7 years back

I smile at the memory, it’s smiling right back at me, and I see

Brown hair and bright eyes, such a beautiful blue,

A heart full of laughter with nothing to lose

That’s how I remember you

You were young, you were free

And you dared to believe you could be the girl

Who could change the world

Then your life took a turn

And you fell and it hurt

But you’re still that girl

And you’re gonna change this world

Woa oo oo o o o, you’re still that girl

Sometimes life don’t go the way you planned

And we all have days when we just don’t understand

Searching for meaning, it’s not always easy

But your story’s not over, it’s still being told

Your sunrise is coming, brighter than gold

Lets go back again to the summer when

What if the picture is bigger than you see

And God has you right where He wants you to be

Just listen to your heart

He’s telling you with every beat

You’re still that girl

You were young, you were free

And you dared to believe you could be the girl

Who could change the world

Then your life took a turn

And you fell and it hurt

But you’re still that girl

And you’re gonna change this world

Woa oo oo o o o, you’re still that girl

I see it in your eyes, I see it in your smile

                                                                You’re still that girl

"In their hearts man plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps."// proverbs 16:9


Remember that no matter how twisted your plans get, God has better plans for your precious life. It's gonna take some time, but things will pan out so well and fine if you truly trust in Him and never give up. no matter where your story has gotten to, you're still that girl and you're gonna change this world one person at a time. :)

and it doesn't even matter that i've blogged about this song before. ;)

xoxo, gen delali