Lately what I seem to be coming back to whenever I think about God is just the fact the He's God. So infinitely bigger and greater than myself, and yet He loves me. It was one of those things that He obviously wanted me to grasp, the message seemed to be everywhere. The sermon at church was about the power of God's Name, the song my mom and I had to practice for worship was "Your Name", and all the passages I read seemed to be about it too. I guess it's just something I never really took the time to think about, but it's definitely not something I want to overlook. Knowing that when I can call on Him at any time there is the power to transform my life. In The Truth Project they pose the question "what is truth?" to a bunch of people on the street and basically they all said truth was whatever you wanted it to be. But ultimately the answer is that God is Truth.
God inspired me to do something I call "Truth writing" that stemmed from my doodles in class when I'm bored. I usually just write my name/signature in a bunch of different styles all over pages in my notebook when I should be taking notes. So instead of writing my name I started transcribing worship songs that declare the power and glory of God's Name. It was nothing short of amazing, there is something about writing words down by hand that gives them extra meaning. I was a little hesitant because my handwriting is terrible, but I think that actually helped because it forced me to concentrate on what I was writing. So often we read or sing things without really paying attention to the words. It can be many things: in church it can often become too routine, you might be sick of the song, you might think the song itself isn't good or is too childish. Take the song "Jesus Loves Me" for example, we teach it to children because it is such a fundamental Truth, one we all need to grasp. But somewhere along the way people can lose their childlike belief, and forget the truth in a song like this, when often these songs are the ones that really have the power to transform your life. I know that when I took the time to really analyze songs word for word, it put God into new reverence for me. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow no matter what we do. We should never grow tired of singing Jesus' Name, no matter how many times we repeat the chorus. In fact He should become more precious to us, and the refrain more powerful every time we declare the power in His Name.
