"Spread His Fame"

This morning I've been doing some spring cleaning in Eli's room (packing up the too small clothes, getting out some bigger ones!) and catching up on some podcasts.  Nancy Leigh DeMoss on  Revive Our Hearts is doing a Lenten study called "The Wonder of His Name", covering 32 names of Jesus.  She concluded the first program with a spoken word piece by Shai Linne called "Spread His Name".  I had never heard it before (although looks like it's been around for a while), and I thought it was kinda cool so I'm sharing it.  Enjoy! 

Shai Linne “Spread His Fame.”

All praise to the name of the Savior who reigns.
He’s taken our blame, embraced all our shame,
He’s raised from the grave, so His fame we proclaim.
Salvation by grace through faith in His name. 

 

All praise to the name of the Savior who reigns.
He’s taken our blame, embraced all our shame,
He’s raised from the grave, so His fame we proclaim.
Salvation by grace through faith in His name.

 

Jesus, the beautiful and blessed Son.

 

Immutable, majestic one
Who was resurrected from the grave
for the depraved.
He paved the path for some.
Place faith in His passion, son;
Be saved from the wrath to come.

 

He’s fabulous, His status is immaculate.
I’m lacking the vernacular to adequately capture His glory.
Incomparable, unconquerable, all-powerful, unstoppable,
Absolutely phenomenal. 

 

No obstacle He can’t navigate.
He’s God, and so He fascinates.
With Him it’s impossible to exaggerate. 

 

Lord of all continents,
Source of all consciousness,
His compliments are the consequence of His accomplishments.
Every sphere of life, He’s the Lord of it,
And every other power is either fraudulent or subordinate. 

 

At first we snubbed Him,
Now His vessels of mercy love Him.
Your highest thought is infinitely unworthy of Him.
Beyond vocabulary His actions vary.
His wrath is scary,
All His adversaries are imaginary.

 

He has no competitors.Ask Nebuchadnezzar, bro.He’ll mess you up, have you eating grass,You can bet He’s amazing.

 

He takes in blatant, flagrant vagrants,
Breaks them, remakes them, and shapes them
To hate sin. 

 

Jesus!
There’s no better name!
That’ll never change,
And He’ll forever reign while we spread His fame. 

 

So all praise to the name of the Savior who reigns.
He’s taken our blame, embraced all our shame.
He’s raised from the grave, so His fame we proclaim,
Salvation by grace through faith in His name!

 

All praise to the name of the Savior who reigns.
He’s taken our blame, embraced all our shame.
He’s raised from the grave so His fame we proclaim
Salvation by grace through faith in His name! 

 

 

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2014: The Year of the Baby

Our little gift, Elijah.

So, I've been a little absent from the blogging scene recently, for the simple reason that I've been busy learning to be a mommy.  Our son, Elijah Nathan, was born on January 1st.  He is a cute, cuddily, content little bundle of joy, and he brings lots of smiles to my days.  God's miracle of birth and creating new life really is incredible!  We are very blessed, and have much to be thankful for.

Just after bath time!

As a very task and project oriented person, I am having to remind myself that my ever-pending to-do list is not all that important.  Laundry, dishes, house-cleaning, class samples to sew and volunteer projects ultimately don't have much eternal significance.  It's much more important (and fun for that matter) to spend time with my little son, teaching him what it means to be loved, so that he will come to know how much God loves him!  Some days I just want to sit in the rocking chair all day, holding him, and marveling in all the wonderful tiny little details of his tiny little person.

So, I am dubbing 2014 the Year of the Baby.  It seems like we are surrounded with friends who are either all expecting, or have just recently had a baby.  What a blessing to have so many individuals to walk this road together and share our baby-life lessons with!

Before Elijah was born, my mom gave me a devotional book that she had read as a young mother.  It's called "Meditations for the New Mother" by Helen Good Brenneman (originally published in 1953 by Herald Press).  The meditations included really are timely and special as I've tackled these early days of diaper changes and all-night feeding frenzies.  I'd like to share one with you...

The Perfect Gift

from "Meditations for the New Mother"

"A friend of ours, charmed by the joys of first parenthood, wrote us in a letter, 'I still wonder at what age parents may begin to take credit for such good behavior; so far the goodness of the gift reflects the greater goodness of the Giver.'  We all agree that there is no age when we can take credit for the miracle of love which is now ours, for the gift is absolutely unmerited and the glory belongs to the King of glory!"

"Our wiggly little bundle came at Christmas time, reminding us in a special way that babies are remarkable gifts.  Certainly no gift had ever brought with it such demands upon our time, energy, and pocketbook.  But neither had any previous Christmas present brought eternal significance.  A divinely planned blend of both our personalities, he was at the same time a new and living soul.  Scarcely aware of anything beyond himself and his needs, he came to us with an amazing capacity for love, a love which developed and matured as he was loved by other people and learned about the love of God.  And most significant of all, this gift was created by God Himself, in His own image and for His own glory.  Our for today, he is God's for eternity."