Take my life and let it be...

Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.

Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee;
Take my voice and let me sing,
Always, only for my King.

Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee;
Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold.

Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in endless praise;
Take my intellect and use
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.

Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall be no longer mine;
Take my heart, it is Thine own,
It shall be Thy royal throne.

Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store;
Take myself and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.


This is a song that I have come to love... and something I've been thinking about recently is that my life is not my own. I'm heartbroken to be totally honest, about not living at home this summer. But if this is where God has me... then THIS is where I need to be. And I need to be joyful in it even though right here in this moment, I'd rather be somewhere else this summer.

"Take my will and make it Thine; It shall be no longer mine." -Wow! We sing words like this all the time, but how often do we sit back, really understand what we're saying and truly mean it?

I've also been reading Psalm 27 thanks to a friend who texted me a verse from there when I was having my graduation freak out moments. The last verse says, "Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD." I am in the process of waiting for a lot; When is dad going to get a job? Will/When will I get a teaching job? What's my housing situation going to be for the summer and for next year? Are my parents going to be moving? So many questions with out answers and I sooo wish that I could just hear God's voice audibly and He would just tell me the answers!

But faith is trusting Him in the midst of the unanswered questions. My pastor once said, "Never mistake God's silence for His absense." How true. So. I'm going to have faith and be JOYFUL wherever the Lord puts me in this next phase of life. I'm going to try to reach out and share Him with whoever He puts in my path... and I'm going to remember that this earth is NOT our home. My true home in heaven awaits me, and this is where He has me now, to share His love with the world.

Not my will, Lord, but YOURS. May I receive it with joy, and know that Your will is the best place I could possibly be.