In The Days That Followed...

Broken - Lifehouse
A few days ago, I was so shattered that I felt abandoned by everyone, including God. I know it's not the truth, that there were and are many just waiting to stand next to me as I face down the strongest of my own demons. I felt like I was so desperate to stop feeling the way I was that I was contemplating suicide. Through the pain is where I will find healing, because in order for a wound to heal, you have to clean it out. If you just cover it up, eventually the wound will become infected and you will have a much more dangerous situation.

That's What Faith Can Do - Kutless
It is when we step beyond our deepest pain to reach out to someone, anyone, that we acknowledge our weakness. As scripture points out, it is in our weakness that God's strength is revealed. Reaching out is scary, no matter how trustworthy the person we are reaching for has proven themselves. When we make that contact, it means that two or more are gathered and that we present a united front against temptation and damage to ourselves.

Forgiven - Sanctus Real
It doesn't matter what you have done, God says that it can be forgiven. It doesn't matter how bad your past looks, there will always be those who were better and those who were worse than you were. We are not called to forever remain the person that we were, but we are called to become the person that we are destined to be. I have so much in my past that I have struggled most of my life with feeling that I'm not worthy of forgiveness, that God isn't big enough to forgive me because of all that I have done. Except God is big enough to forgive all of us.

Someone Worth Dying For - MikesChair
God sees each and every one of us as someone worthy of giving Himself for. He sees us for who we can be, not the way that the world sees us. He wishes that we could see ourselves and each other the way that He does.

How He Loves Us - Kim Walker/ Jesus Culture
We don't always realize that we are worthy of what Jesus did for us. But He knows that we are. It doesn't matter what it is, He is ready to redeem us through His love.

Sweetly Broken - Jeremy Riddle
Through His actions, Christ showed us what it truly means to be broken. It doesn't mean that we are just at our lowest point, it means that we are at the point where we can go no further on our own power. We don't deserve the redeeming love that is poured out on us in our brokenness. This is the point where I am still struggling, the idea of wholly surrendering myself to God. I know He wants me to, but that doesn't make it easier.

Courageous - Casting Crowns
It isn't easy to lay it all down and surrender at the feet of God. It takes a huge amount of courage, so much that we don't have it in us to push all the way on our own. God is calling us to reach beyond ourselves and serve Him in the way we should. He does not want to see any lost, and that means stepping up to the plate and reaching out to our neighbors  - an act requiring courage. I'm working on getting to the point where I am comfortable sharing my faith with anyone, regardless of the lines I have to cross to do so.

In Better Hands - Natalie Grant
Where is our life more secure? Resting securely in the hands of God or clutched desperately in our own hands? Would you rather be holding on to the edge of a cliff, about to fall to your own demise or being held in the arms of your Father, holding you securely, tucked close to His heart? It's time to place our lives in His hands. Our hands are but a part of our body, but His are big enough to lift everyone in the world up at the same time. We are absolutely in better hands when we allow ourselves to be in God's hands.