Being on the worship team, I sometimes get introduced to songs I haven’t heard…in time to learn them and sing them for Sunday! HA! (That is on Thursday night!) 🙂
Yesterday, as I enjoyed sitting with my family and worshipping before the Lord while holding them tight (we are dorks, what can I say?), the worship pastor revisited one of the songs we introduced to the congregation three weeks ago.
“Fix Your Eyes.” Oh, how I needed…NEED…that.
Here are the lyrics…I hope you will hop over to your favorite mp3 (or whatever) online store and purchase this song, sung beautifully by Twila Paris. It is an OLD one…and every bit as timely now as ever:
When I look into Your eyes
I see the love that died for me
When I look into Your eyes
I see the hope that I will be a faithful child
Following close behind
Following ever blinded
To the things that should not move me
Saying to my soul
fix your eyes on Jesus
Saying to my soul
fix your eyes on Jesus
Fix your eyes on Jesus
Fix your eyes on Jesus
Fix your eyes on Jesus
Fix your eyes on Jesus
When I look into Your eyes
I feel the grief when I have sinned
When I look into Your eyes
I find delight
When I have been a faithful child
Saying to my soul
fix your eyes on Jesus
Saying to my soul
fix your eyes on Jesus
Fix your eyes on Jesus
Fix your eyes on Jesus
Fix your eyes on Jesus
Fix your eyes on Jesus
Fix your eyes upon the prize
The highest calling you will find
Following close behind
Following ever blinded
To the things that should not move me
Saying to my soul
fix your eyes on Jesus
Saying to my soul
fix your eyes on Jesus
Fix your eyes on Jesus
Fix your eyes on Jesus
Fix your eyes on Jesus
Fix your eyes on Jesus
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I confess to you as I do to the Lord. I have not been walking my talk. It seems that I use everything under the sun to justify focusing on ME, MY weight, MY food, MY struggles… So, as I have been challenging anyone who reads this blog to focus on the Lord instead of your body, your clothes, your _______, I, too, have needed to fix my eyes…change my focus…OFF of me, on to the Lord.
I am going to go through that list I have been generating of characteristics of God and how he relates to me…and I am going to…RIGHT NOW…take some time to praise him and thank him for his character. Not just 5 of the things on my list…I think I need a massive praise party. So that is where I am heading now…out to my deck to worship the King of Kings.
What a great way to start the day…I hope you will join me.
What does this have to do with food, eating, and losing weight? Everything. I know it does from my experience. Try it with me and we will see…but not for the sake of weight and food related issues…I go out there to worship him because he is worthy. He alone is worthy of this much of my focus…(and more). He alone is worthy of all my thoughts and “obsession.”
Hello Heidi,I am back and just saw the videos, both, the marble jar one and the one on our bodies being Temple's of the Holy Spirit. WOW, WOW.I need to catch up on my reading, but intend too by next Monday. I love you for doing this, and I am praying for the fatigue you are experiencing. You walk a good walk too, what a lovely child of the Father's you are. He must be so happy with you. SO, you make an occassional mistake, but look at all the folks you are bringing to him. Maybe, your struggles help you help us with ours. Just know that you are in my prayers. I need to remind myself so often that my body is his Temple, and I need to remember to conform my thoughts to his will, and to capture those thoughts unto him. Sometimes stress hinders us all, but his joy keeps us going, and that is what I pray for you, that his joy keeps you going (and I know it does).I had a tramatic experience this weekend, and it helped make up our minds that we have to sell now, so pray that now we choose the right place to move too. We haven't even started to think of it yet, but we were broken into this weekend, my car was smashed in at the window with a brick, and our garage was broken into. Other than a hammeer, which was used to break in someplace else,nothing was taken. It appears the car alarm scared them away. My little grandson was with us when we came home, and it was quite an experience for him.GOd answers prayers in strange ways, we did not know whether ot move or not, and now we know.Pray for us, I am 65 and my husband is 72, been in our house 38 years, so this will not be easy. Many memories, and we thought we were set.BUT, WITH GOD ALL THINGS, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, and he brings everything to a good place for those who trust in him.LOLmadaline
Hello Heidi,I am back and just saw the videos, both, the marble jar one and the one on our bodies being Temple's of the Holy Spirit. WOW, WOW.I need to catch up on my reading, but intend too by next Monday. I love you for doing this, and I am praying for the fatigue you are experiencing. You walk a good walk too, what a lovely child of the Father's you are. He must be so happy with you. SO, you make an occassional mistake, but look at all the folks you are bringing to him. Maybe, your struggles help you help us with ours. Just know that you are in my prayers. I need to remind myself so often that my body is his Temple, and I need to remember to conform my thoughts to his will, and to capture those thoughts unto him. Sometimes stress hinders us all, but his joy keeps us going, and that is what I pray for you, that his joy keeps you going (and I know it does).I had a tramatic experience this weekend, and it helped make up our minds that we have to sell now, so pray that now we choose the right place to move too. We haven't even started to think of it yet, but we were broken into this weekend, my car was smashed in at the window with a brick, and our garage was broken into. Other than a hammeer, which was used to break in someplace else,nothing was taken. It appears the car alarm scared them away. My little grandson was with us when we came home, and it was quite an experience for him.GOd answers prayers in strange ways, we did not know whether ot move or not, and now we know.Pray for us, I am 65 and my husband is 72, been in our house 38 years, so this will not be easy. Many memories, and we thought we were set.BUT, WITH GOD ALL THINGS, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, and he brings everything to a good place for those who trust in him.LOLmadaline