Today's post is going to be a quick one. This past summer, there was a lot going on. Dealing with money issues and trying to make sense of a calling and leading that just made no sense at all and that not everyone loved. There were some really tough days, very emotional days. The days that you look back on and are like wow, He was so there... I'm sorry for not seeing You. Anyways, the album Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North spoke a lot to me and I feel like the following song really expresses the love that God has for us and our desire to see Him, and even when we mess up and have no hope, He's still right there. Anyways, enjoy. pray through it. give it a listen. it helped shape my life into what it is now.

I know I need You
I need to love You
I love to see You, but it's been so long
I long to feel You
I feel this need for You
And I need to hear You, is that so wrong?

Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.

Now You pull me near You
When we're close, I fear You
Still I'm afraid to tell You, all that I've done
Are You done forgiving?
Oh can You look past my pretending?
Lord, I'm so tired of defending, what I've become
What have I become?

Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.

I hear You say,
"My love is over. It's underneath.
It's inside. It's in between.
The times you doubt Me, when you can't feel.
The times that you question, 'Is this for real? '
The times you're broken.
The times that you mend.
The times that you hate Me, and the times that you bend.
Well, My love is over, it's underneath.
It's inside, it's in between.
These times you're healing, and when your heart breaks.
The times that you feel like you're falling from grace.
The times you're hurting.
The times that you heal.
The times you go hungry, and attempted to steal.
The times of confusion, in chaos and pain.
I'm there in your sorrow, under the weight of your shame.
I'm there through your heartache.
I'm there in the storm.
My love I will keep you, by My pow'r alone.
I don't care where you fall, where you have been.
I'll never forsake you, My love never ends.
It never ends."

Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.

And for the record, I didn't really care for this album that much on first listen. But it's now one of my favorites. Thanks to my wife for making me listen to the CD of her cousin's wife's brother's band. Haha, good times.

much love.