Thursday, July 18, 2013

Shoulding Myself

I started to title this blog Top Ten Reasons not to Should Myself... and while I could come up with 10 with some thought, the biggest one is this: God is God and I am not. I am really good at shoulding myself (thanks to my friend Summer for introducing me to that term)
  • I think I "should" feel a certain way.
  • I think I "should" be over certain things.
  • I think I "should" be doing certain things.
Should... should... should... if I'm not careful I can "should" myself into feeling completely terrible about where I am, how I feel, how long a process is taking... 

I came across this oldie but goodie song by Steven Curtis Chapman called "God is God" That is what I am resting on tonight...



And the pain falls like a curtain
On the things I once called certain
And I have to say the words I fear the most
I just don't know

And the questions without answers
Come and paralyze the dancer
So I stand here on the stage afraid to move
Afraid to fall, oh, but fall I must
On this truth that my life has been formed from the dust

God is God and I am not
I can only see a part of the picture He's painting
God is God and I am man
So I'll never understand it all
For only God is God

And the sky begins to thunder
And I'm filled with awe and wonder
'Til the only burning question that remains
Is who am I

Can I form a single mountain
Take the stars in hand and count them
Can I even take a breath without God giving it to me
He is first and last before all that has been
Beyond all that will pass


God is God and I am not
I can only see a part of the picture He's painting
God is God and I am man
So I'll never understand it all


For only God is God
Oh, how great are the riches of His wisdom and knowledge
How unsearchable for to Him and through Him and from Him are all things

So let us worship before the throne
Of the One who is worthy of worship alone


God is God and I am not
I can only see a part of the picture He's painting
God is God and I am man
So I'll never understand it all
For only God is God




Resting in Him,

Sherri