I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, celebrating with your family and friends. There truly is nothing like it! I was able to spend the entire weekend with My Three Sons and my beautiful DIL, Rachel. We had such fun! I was blessed to be in church with all three of the boys, that doesn’t happen very often. I have to travel to see them because my youngest, Korey leads worship and middle son Kristopher plays the bass. My oldest son, Kyle, is the worship pastor in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. So it is difficult for them to get away. I cannot complain! The icing on the cake was the pastor’s wife, Mary Odum Hudson, giving the Word for Mother’s Day.
We finally got a decent picture taken…it’s been a while. It isn’t easy with all of the faces they make but we persevered!
Last week I couldn’t get enough of the song, “Forever“ by Kari Jobe. I believe it came out the first of the year and it definitely is making an impact. It speaks of the cross and crucifixion of our Lord but it doesn’t leave Him there! Toward the end of the song there is a recitation by Isaac Wimberley that just preaches a beautiful sermon. He begins by saying, “If there are words for Him…then I don’t have them.” Isn’t that the truth when we try to explain the Almighty God?!
It is almost impossible to put into words Who He is, What He can do and the joy the infilling of His presence brings!
The video is at the end of the post but take time to read these words. Then try to imagine how you would describe the Lord to someone who has never heard of Him. I would love to hear your thoughts.
with enough agility to breathe out the greatness of his love, And my voice, you see,
my voice, is so inhibited, restrained by human limits
that it’s hard to even sing the praise of…
You see… if there are words for Him then I don’t have them. My God…
His grace is remarkable, mercies are enumerable,
strength is impenetrable, He is honorable, accountable, favorable,
He is unsearchable yet knowable, indefinable yet approachable, indescribable yet personal,
He is beyond comprehension, further than imagination, constant through generations, king of every nation. But if there are words for Him then I don’t have them.
You see, my words are few, and to try to capture the one true God,
using my vocabulary will never do,
but I use words as an expression,
an expression of worship to a Savior,
A Savior who is both worthy and deserving of my praise, so I use words. My heart extols the Lord, blesses his name forever,
He has won my heart captured my mind and has bound them both together,
He has defeated me in my rebellion, conquered me in my sin,
He has welcomed me into his presence, completely invited me in.
He has made himself the object of my sight,
flooding me with mercies in the morning,
drowning me with grace in the night. But if there are words for Him
then I don’t have them.
But what I do have is Good News,
for my God knew that man-made words would never do,
for words are just tools that we use to point to the Truth,
so He sent His son Jesus Christ as “The Word”, living proof, He is the image of the invisible God, the first born of all creation,
for by Him all things are created, giving nothingness formation,
and by His words he sustains, in the power of His Name,
for He is before all things and over all things he reigns, holy is His Name,
so praise Him for His life… The way he persevered in strife,
the humble son of God becoming the perfect sacrifice,
praise Him for His death… that He willingly stood in our place, that he lovingly endured the grave,
that he battled our enemy and on the third day rose in victory He is everything that was promised,
praise Him as your risen King,
lift your voice and sing for one day He will return for us
and we will finally be united with our Savior for eternity, eternity. So it’s not just words that I proclaim,
for my words point to “The Word” and “The Word” has a Name,
HOPE has a Name,
JOY has a Name,
PEACE has a Name,
LOVE has a Name
and that Name is Jesus Christ. Praise His Name forever!
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How awesome is that, Beth! Me and Kari Jobe, lol. Blessings, friend.
I was searching for this video by Kari and your blog came up. How cool!
So grateful to our risen Lord and Savior! Thankful you had a wonderful Mother’s Day! Thank you for sharing this wonderful song. I can never get enough of the “Revelation Song”. I have to cry every time I hear it! We will never be able to praise Him enough for taking our place!
Thank you Holly. I hope you had a great day Sunday too!
Thank you Sharon…I don’t get to be with them as often as I would like but am grateful for every day! Blessings to you dear friend.
I love “That’s my King!” God is so good to bless us with family. I am grateful.
So glad you had a wonderful Mother’s Day and got to be with all three of your boys! How fun! Thanks so much for linking up to Testimony Tuesday and for reminding us to praise Him, regardless of how inadequate our words may be.
Beautiful lyrics. Yes, words are inadequate to describe The Word, but I will use them to praise Him and to tell Him how very much I love Him!
Your boys are so cute! I loved the picture of the four of you. What a special day, for a special lady who deserves every honor!
GOD BLESS!
Wonderful picture of you and your family, a blessed Mothers Day indeed. I love that song, the lyrics remind me of S.M. Lockridge, “Yeah, that’s my King!”