amazed - jared anderson

this is another one of the cds that i hesitated in buying. but really, the cd is awesome!

its title is "arise - a new celebration of worship". it's a compilation of songs by don moen, jared anderson, lincoln brewster, paul baloche, lenny leblanc and robert mark. love some of the songs...

today's song is titled, "amazed". our Lord is amazing, amen?

and i am touched to post this song today because of today's praise and worship. we sang a new song, "blessed" by hillsong. and during the bridge and spontaneous worship, the whole church is really on fire! God really burned us in His Spirit then! for one thing, i was psalming! i haven't done that before! (or at least i think i haven't...) and i was psalming out loud!!! that one i definitely haven't done before!

anyways, i was really amazed by God. today i was supposed to do the slides and i used the same background as last week's. val thought maybe i should change it. and Jesus pointed me to use the background of mountains with 2 people standing on one of the mountaintops towards the sun. and when i look at the background when worshiping, a phrase pop into my mind:

God can lift me up higher than the mountains. higher than the sun is His shoulders.

and then i began crying. then a psalm just came out for how amazing God is - how He came down to earth just to save us all.

when i was leaving the church, God reminded me again about this song, "amazed", and i began singing alone in my brother's car. it's a great song! and it's the simplicity of the song that makes us wonder how amazing His grace is for us!

Amazed
By: Jared Anderson

You dance over me
While I am unaware
You sing all around
But I never hear the sound

Lord I'm amazed by You
Lord I'm amazed by You
Lord I'm amazed by You
How You love me

How wide
How deep
How great
Is Your love for me

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and now, i am chatting with ci mar. i began to wonder again: what will happen when i converted earlier? and ci mar told me that this lyrics means that God is always surrounding us with His amazing ways, trying to captivate our hearts. but we're just slow to reacting to His grace. reality, we should not regret on what we have missed, but look forward on what is in the future. His grace is still plentiful. we cannot grab what is left in the past. so why cry over spilled milk? drink the rest before you spill it again!

=)

"for great and powerful Your Kingdom will reign, Your glory and righteousness will always remain. one touch of Your mighty hand, all nations will bow, and my heart will sing to You always"
- chorus of "King forevermore" by southside Christian church