Grace...God's good, good, good grace

So, this afternooon I've been listening to different music, making chord sheets for some and just listening to other stuff. I bought Hillsong's latest record, This Is Our God, which is absolutely incredible. There's hardly a song on the entire album that does not impress me.

On that record is a song called Where We Belong. There's a line in the chorus that says "Your grace beyond reason has paid for our freedom." When I actually comprehended what the words were saying, I was floored. This is so true. Not only did God free us through his grace, but he did it beyond reason, because of his unending love for us. It's amazing, the love God has for us. In my experience, I feel that I've only gotten a taste of his love. I can't wait to experience the full thing that we will see that one, glorious day.

This brings me back to another song entitled, How He Loves, written by John Mark McMillan. There's a line in this song that says, "if grace is an ocean, we're all sinking." This metaphor gives a great depiction of God's grace for us and how great it is. God has shown us enough grace to resemble the oceans in size. And not only is his grace an ocean but we're all sinking in it. We can't even stay afloat in its greatness. It's hard to imagine, but these metaphors are so accurate and true.

One more song that reflects that great grace of our God. Let it Go by Kirk Franklin. This afternoon, I watched a video where he performed this song at some awards show, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ4uWwZMq5M and then I watched the actual music video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pngBZQpUPI . It's a story of a kid who grew up with a rough life, emotionally, physically, and spiritually among others. But, the whole testimony of the song shows how God's grace is good enough to free this guy from the addiction, the guilt, the pain, and allows him to live with joy today. Man, it's so good to hear these stories.

Twitter

So, to be a wee bit random, I just put the URL to my blog on my twitter "site" and thought that maybe I should share how I can be found on twitter. Well, since calebblanton was taken, I had to insert a _ between names. So, all that to say this, twitter.com/caleb_blanton.

Speaking of, when I first heard of twitter, I literally 'LOL'ed all over myself. "I saw your tweet" was actually the first that I heard of twitter and I vowed to never "tweet" because of just how it sounded. As you can see, I've been tweetin' for a while.

Anyways, if you're debating on whether you should be a twitterer or not, my advice is to not knock it 'til you try it. I actually enjoy it. It's alot simpler than having to update a facebook status and all.

Until next time, remember that Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water, and make it drink!