Antagonistic Worship

There are a lot of songs that God has brought about providentially timed through the years to provide the comfort I needed. As of late there have been a wealth more, new and old, they all have a perfect place woven in the stories of this blog (& some in the untold stories) and I want to share these beautiful lyrics that God faithfully provided to "lift up my head" on countless days and nights. I will share these periodically and maybe you can make the match with the blog entry. However I think none have been more instructional to see the work that God has done over the past 6 months (& 4 years) through being in my 2nd year of Jr. High ministry.

I must admit, at first I was quite antagonistic towards these silly songs we sang with the kids for worship, but as a someone commented the same concern a few weeks later, I replied "I trust our leaders, they know what they’re doing." I believed that and those words proved true. I learned to enjoy the silliness of the songs and soon was allowing myself to rejoice, putting on the joy by believing even in the simplicity of the lyrics "cast your burdens unto Jesus for He cares for you" while we reeled in our fishing line in hand motions and after "clapping a friends had next to ya" singing with a huge smile on my face "Jesus is a friend, He's a friend next to ya". And then singing a beautiful rendition of "Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so." Oh those words never sounded and felt so good & true. Now that is worship in spirit & in truth. And it's humblining because I really needed to hear those simple lyrics each and every time.

And then there are those providential nights when we sing the good hymns of the faith just when I need them “what can wash away my sin, nothing, but the blood of Jesus. . .” and good solid contemporary ones that I had been just been thinking on and praying through “. . . Refiner’s fire my heart's one desire is to be holy set apart for you lord.”