Vengo a Adorarte

Adriana, Uli and I singing Vengo a Adorarte (Here I am to Worship) at church on Sunday

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Oh luz del mundo, bajaste a la oscuridad,
Mis ojos abriste, pude ver.
Belleza que causa que mi ser te adore,
esperanza de vida en ti.

Vengo a adorarte, vengo a postrarme
Vengo a decirte eres mi Dios.
Eres simplemente bello, simplemente digno
Tan maravilloso para mí.

Oh rey eterno, tan alto y exaltado,
glorioso en el cielo eres tu.
Al mundo que hiciste, humilde viniste,
pobre te hiciste por amor.

Nunca sabré cuanto costo,
Ver mi pecado en la cruz.

Overwhelmed by God's provision...

So I've been praying a lot lately for God to make things very clear for me regarding decisions about jobs and staying or going and how long and money...

And God did just that. He has made things clear enough for the foreseeable future.

Praise God! Praise Him for His marvelous works! Praise Him in His sanctuary!
Let everything that Has breath praise the Lord!
Give thanks to the Lord for He is good!
His Love endures forever!

Some inspriration from C. S. Lewis

“It is a dreadful truth that the sate of having to depend solely on God is what we all dread most. And of course that just shows how very much, how almost exclusively, we have been depending on things. But… we will not turn to him as long as He leaves us anything else to turn to… It is good of Him to force us; but dear me, how hard to feel that it is good at the time.” (C. S. Lewis in a letter to a friend)

“The thing is to rely only on God. The time will come when you will regard all this misery as a small price to pay for having been brought to that dependence. Meanwhile (don’t I know) the trouble is that relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.” (Lewis again in another letter to a friend)

A Song that is encouraging to me

For Such a Time as This

Crystal Lewis

I built my house here
long side this mountain
This rugged mountain that stands so tall
I've had a good life
Above the lowlands
It's more than I asked for, but less than I dreamed
I've often heard a voice call down to me
If you'd climb higher you'd find wondrous things to see
But the way is steep
And a storm may come...

For such a time as this
Isn't it much to great a risk
I've never flown from the edge of a cliff
Never walked on the water
But if I turned away
How would I know what I have missed
Have I waited all of my life
For such a time as this

I've been content to not ask those questions
That stir the waters and move the waves
The windless waters are so much more peaceful
They calm my spirit in silent song
I've often wondered what's eluding me
The yearning's meant to free me from complacency
But the way is steep
And a storm my come...

For such a time as this
Isn't it much to great a risk
I've never flown from the edge of a cliff
Never walked on the water
But if I turned away
How would I know what I have missed
Have I waited all of my life
For such a time as this 

Sometimes the thrill of soaring has to begin with the fear of falling...

For such a time as this
Isn't it much to great a risk
I've never flown from the edge of a cliff
Never walked on the water
But if I turned away
How would I know what I have missed
Have I waited all of my life
For such a time as this 

a poem inspired by the style of dr. seuss and my intense dislike of beans...

i don't like beans of any kind
yes it is true, i always find

i don't like beans, it's not just in my mind! 

refried, pinto, black eyed pea,

they all taste the same to me
(and that's no good so please let me be!)

i do not like any kind of bean! 

(well maybe green,
but even of those i'm not always so keen)

i don't like them in Monterrey 

anymore than i did in the USA

refried, pintos, black eyed peas,
i would NOT like them at Mick-y-dees

i did not like them at Girard Drive
i will not like them as long as i'm alive!

Attacked by a Wild Animal!

I forgot to mention I was attacked by wild animals today! Well actually only one. And it was a duck, It was white and used it's bill to attack me! I nearly tripped over the dumb bird at first before I even realized there was an animal underfoot! Then it kept pecking at my shoes and my lower leg around my ankle! I couldn’t get it to leave me alone! And I kept nearly tripping over it! This continued for several minutes. Finally, it lost interest or something. So there you go. I can now say that I have been attacked by a duck.

I also forgot to mention the scenic drive Anita took me on this afternoon, but pictures tell that story far better than words.

McDonald's etc.

So I went to McDonalds today where I learned that they don’t start serving lunch until 12:00 and it was only 11:00, so I got a breakfast item off of the menu and went for it “Mexican style” thinking it would just be the eggs that would have the peppers and stuff in them, which they did, and it was good, but they also put beans and cheese on the McMuffin on the platter instead of the bisquit with gravy that I was expecting. And you know how I feel about beans! (Or maybe you don’t, but now you do) I do not like them! At all! So I won’t be getting it “Mexican style” the next time. But that’s okay. Live and learn. It’s pretty sweet to be sitting at McDonalds and see Cerra de la Silla in the background.

Oh, on Saturday I got to see not one but two different movies in Spanish in a movie theatre here. The first was El Delphin and the second was El Estudiante. I understood enough to enjoy the movies, but I would really like to see El Estudiante again sometime with subtitles or something because I enjoyed it a lot and wish I could have understood all of the dialogue.

And Sunday night was a big ole long youth rally where 6 of the Churches of Christ in Monterrey got together for about 2 ½ hours of singing and preaching and then had some good food and fellowship afterwards. It was a lot of fun.

Sunday Morning

I sang "Desde mi interior" (From the Inside Out) by Hillsong on Sunday morning. It was fun to be able to sing in their language and know they were understanding what I was singing this time. 

Desde mi interior (From the inside out)
A veces te fallé, mas tú fuiste fiel,
Tu gracia me levantó, me basta tu amor,
Dios eterno, tu luz por siempre brillará
Y tu gloria, incomparable sin final. 

Señor, tu voluntad permanecerá,
En ti me quiero perder en adoración,
Dios eterno, tu luz por siempre brillará
Y tu gloria, incomparable sin final.

De mi corazón te doy el control,
Consume todo mi interior, Dios.
Justicia y amor me abrazan, Señor,
Te amo desde mi interior.

Dios eterno, tu luz por siempre brillará,
Y tu gloria, incomparable sin final.
El clamor de mi ser es contigo estar
Desde mi interior mi alma clamará.