Saturday, August 8, 2009

Psalms- waiting list


I think most of readers here are religious and familiar with psalms.
I love psalms, they are like a second language, a language for prayer..

Sometimes I come across a song or an hymn that are really pertinent to me. And I think of them as an apocryph book of psalms. Like a waiting list for the next edition.
Do you know what I mean?

Today I think of East to West from Casting Crowns. It's my song for today. Hanging there hoping for a more faithful tomorrow.
Here I am Lord and I'm drowning
In a sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me
I yearn for peace and rest
I don't want to end up where you found me
And it echoes in my mind
Keeps me awake tonight

I know you've cast my sins as far
As the East is from the West
And I stand before you now
As though I've never sinned but today
I feel like I'm just one mistake away
From you leaving me this way

Jesus can you show me
Just how far the East is from the West
Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been
Come rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest
Cause you know just how far the East is from the West
From one scarred hand to the other

I start the day the war begins
Endless reminding of my sin
Time and time again
Your Truth is drowned out by the storm I'm in
Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away
From you leaving me this way

Jesus can you show me
Just how far the East is from the West
Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been
Come rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest
Cause you know just how far the East is from the West
From one scarred hand to the other

I know you've washed me white
Turned my darkness into light
I need your peace to get me through
To get me through this night
I can't live by what I feel
But by the truth your word reveals
I'm not holding on to you
But you are holding on to me



Picture is from John Adams, Mount Williamson

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