The Kah Spirit - her spiritual journey

19 May 2006

Above All

Above all powers, above all kings
Above all nature, and all created things
Above all wisdom and all the ways of men
You were here before the world began

Above all kingdom, above all thrones
Above all wonders the world has ever known
Above all wealth and treasures of the earth
There's no way to measure what You're worth

Crucified, laid behind a stone
You lived to die, rejected and alone
Like a rose, trampled on the ground
You took the fall and thought of me
Above all

if i speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, i am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. if i have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if i have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, i am nothing. if i give all i possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, i gain nothing.

love is patient, love is kind. it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. it is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. it always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

love never fails. but where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. for we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. when i was a child, i talked like a child, i thought like a child, i reasoned like a child. when i became a man, i put childish ways behind me. now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror then we shall see face to face. now i know in part; then i shall know fully, even as i am fully known.

and now these three remain: faith, hope and love. but the greatest of these is love.

I have wondered and wandered dangerously about how would I live my life if I reject God, reject His teachings, His mercy, reject His fellowship, His compassion...reject His love.

I may have an awesome life; I may spend as much as I want without the thought of tithing or offerings. I may not even touch the piano or guitar because I see no purpose learning them anymore. I may have less Christian books and more mystery thrillers on my shelf. I don't need to pray before I eat, pray before I sleep...I don't even need to be kind to others! I could live as selfishly as life allows me to be.

Yet, yet and yet. If I did not know God, did not accept His love...I would find life as meaningless and confusing as the next roller coaster ride. I go up, I come down, I twirl around, and I will find myself in the same place again. Where I started.

Could God be anymore real than this?

It used to be darkness
Without You
I lived my life in blindness
But now I'm found

And I'll sing I'll sing I love You so
And I'll sing because the world can't take away Your love

Maybe that's why God gave me the talent to sing.

Found me in weakness
Broken
You came to me in kindness
And now I live

And I'll sing I'll sing I love You so
And I'll sing because the world can't take away Your love

They may not agree with me...but though I may not love Him very much, I know, at least, He still loves me as much as He will when I love Him much.

And so, dearest, please wait as I pursue my Prince. Pursue Him too...I'm with you always.

Posted by rebekah at 11:08 PM 

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