Oh, Happiness

Oh, happiness
There is grace enough for us
And the whole human race

(Verse 1)
From the full streams
Of Your care
All who come
Begin again

Hard or friend
Rich or poor
All who need
Need fear no more
Such a thing to give away

(Verse 2)
All regrets
Let go, forget
There's something that
Mends all of that

Such a thing to give away

(Bridge)
Sound the church bells
Let 'em ringLet 'em ring
For everything can be redeemed
We can be redeemed
All of us

David Crowder Band/CD Church Music

I love this song. My kids and I heard it about 10 times on the way home from church tonight. The lyrics speak so clearly. Oh, happiness...there's grace...enough for us and the whole human race. That includes me. And you. Wow. How awesome is that? Makes me want to scream it. Share it. Tell everyone that I meet. "Hey, God's grace is enough. For you. And me. Is that not cool or what?!"


We're studying the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan at church. This book is AWESOME. It hits the nail smack on the head. For real. Today's chapter was amazing. We talked about being in absolute, crazy love with God. For example....let's look at it this way. Food. We all eat food. What do we do when we eat a delicious meal? Do we go back for seconds? Why? Do we stop eating when we're full? I don't. I LOVE to eat. I eat seconds. Why? Cause it's good. Same is true with being in love with God. When we taste God's love, do we taste then back away....uh, no. We want more. We desire more. We want seconds, thirds...MORE. What if food had no taste? Would we eat just enough to survive? Many go through life tasting just enough of God just to get by. Just enough to make it. Is that how you live? I used to. "God, thanks for keeping me safe today; God please help me get out of debt; God save my boogerheaded husband; God fix this; God do that....God help me make this mess right." PUH-LEESE. Quit it already. I'm speaking to myself here. Enough with just getting by. I want to desire Him. Know Him. Feel Him. Taste Him. Why? Because He is good. And what do you do when you have tasted something good? You share it. I want to share Him with everyone. My family. My kids. My husband. My friends. My neighbors. Everyone. You. Your family.
God is so amazing. I can go on and on here. The way He reveals Himself on a daily basis is miraculous. Little things happen here and there; there's no explaining it away. Whether its getting from point A to point B on time or finding a lost binkie in the car...He's there. In the little things and the big things....ALL BILLS PAID ON TIME! Holla!!
Anyway...enough rambling. I'm just excited. And I guess that's my whole point. I want to be on fire for God. That reminds me of another song that my kids sing. It's a Toby Mac song.... one of the verses goes like this:


Fire, I'm feenin' for a flicker
Then we'll fan the flame up into something bigger
Started out and we was hot,
looked up and now we're not
We gonna catch a fire,
catch a fire for God

Of course, when I sing it, it sounds funny and uncool....but TM makes it sound pretty neat. (that's how you know I'm old...I just called Rap "neat.") Anyway...the song makes sense... Catch a fire for God.


I am on Fire. Don't even try to put me out.
:)