The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.  Isaiah 40:8


One of my most favorite songs by Casting Crowns....says it all: )

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt.
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart.

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You're

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again.
Who am I, that the Voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
not because of who I am
but because of what You done
not because of what I done
but because of who you are

I am the flower quickly fading
here today and gone tomorrow
a wave tossed in the ocean(ocean)
a vapor in the wind
still You hear me when I call You
Lord you catch me when I'm falling
and You told me who I am (I am)
I am Yours

not because of who I am
but because of what You done
not because of what I done
but because of who You are

I am the flower quickly fading
here today and gone tomorrow
a wave tossed in the ocean(ocean)
a vapor in the wind
still You hear me when I call You
Lord You catch me when I'm falling
and you told me who I am (I am)
I am yours, I am yours ,I am yours.

Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours

If: Kernel

 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.- John 12:24

In this verse Jesus was referring to His death and resurrection. This verse is also about spiritual brokenness and surrender to God.  Brokenness will produce a harvest of abundance, once we are completely surrendered. Jesus was teaching that as long as the grain remains unplanted and un-yielded, it cannot bear fruit.  For me personally…I absolutely loved my job as a Sheriff’s Deputy.  God however was calling me to lay down my job and begin to do something I did not know how to do,  "Paint"….Fear set in, I fought and fought the promptings of the Lord to paint…I didn’t even know where to begin…I had never even picked up a paint brush… so, I remained un-yielded for quite some time.  It wasn’t until I became sick that I was forced to give up my job anyway.  Once I was finally broken and yielded before the Lord, I surrendered and began to paint.  God gave me something more beautiful than I could ever ask for.  He showed me what I was truly born to doJ So this week ask yourself this question … What is Jesus saying to me personally about surrender in my life?