My revisions are in red tonight... Still working on the song lyrics part ... not sure I like it.
The woman of Samaria, my church family and music have taught me that each person matters to Jesus. Jesus wanted to bring new life to the woman at well; as a matter of fact he wants to bring new life to all of us.
In a way, Jesus was telling the Samaria woman and me, ‘you are more than the choices that you’ve made. You are more than the sum of your past mistakes. You’ve been remade. Thank you Tenth Avenue North for those words.
This story also teaches us that Jesus offers to forgive everyone. He offers new life to all, even if they have been very wicked. I still struggle with accepting God’s forgiveness. Sometimes it’s hard to believe He loves someone like me. Sometimes it’s hard to believe God has forgiven me when I have yet to be able to forgive myself. Sometimes it’s hard to fight off the evil.
But the hold of my sins is weakening … He is saving me from my sins. He has given me great hope and I find my hope in Him because of my community of faith here at PUMC. The woman at the well had her sins “washed away” by Jesus. This church (as a body of Christ) has helped me realize that God through Jesus “washed away” my sins. I have discovered His divine mercy in the living water of grace. The woman went to the well to get a jug of water. I went to the theater to find acceptance. Instead, I got so much more, a cleansed and refreshed spiritual life.
The journey that Mary Magdalene took that morning is for me, and you and you. It is for those who have doubts and questions or those who accept it all without any doubts. It is for all of us who are willing to leave the comfort of where we are to discover where we might be. It was a journey that started in darkness and ended in the light.
So, here is my journey, it goes something like this:
Come just as you are, taste the living water…
I’m desperate for you, I’m lost without you…
Oh how I need you
I once was lost and oh so bound by your grace I have been found…
Open the eyes of my part Lord…
Lord I come to You, Let my heart be changed, renewed …
I surrender it all to you
Let you love surround me…
To you I lift up my soul
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When times were tough and I faced one of my darkest valleys
Trust if Jesus; everything is go’ in be alright…
Just hold on a little while longer…
Somebody is praying me through…
You hold my life, you know my heart and you call me by name
Here I stand forever in your mighty hand…
Your love is a mountain firm beneath my feet…
He calls me friend…
Thanks for making your revisions public, Kelly. I love that you shared this with us.
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