Hallelujah

So recently I've been trying to broaden my interest in music, and I came across an old song on my ITunes by Jeff Buckley titled, "Hallelujah." Which was actually written by Leonard Cohen. I googled the lyrics and when I saw the last lyric, I decided it was time to blog.

"I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah"

The word Hallelujah means "praise, or an exclamation of joy." I'm trying to learn a lot of what it means to be wanted by God, to be sought after by him. We live in a world that when we wrong people or when people wrong us we hold grudges. I constantly have the thought in my head that if I do wrong, then I'm no longer going to be wanted. The truth is I expect the same grace from God that I receive from people. I am limiting the loving power of Christ because I always ask why would God want to accept me. Instead of looking at this unconditional love that I am given I focus on what I am doing wrong, and how I am going to fix it. I try to do my best, it doesn't work. I try to act holy, I fall short. When things go wrong in my relationship with Christ I run. I turn around feeling rejected and don't allow myself to see this love. I don't allow myself to see the cross, the forgiveness and the fact that he died for us because he knew we weren't finished.

So what is the point of this entry? It's to hopefully remind people and myself this: "You're Wanted" One day we will all be standing together, transgressions behind us, before the Lord with nothing on our tongues but Hallelujah.

"You're Wanted."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4

Where the Streets Have No Name

Why is this song incredible?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDkBzkA9L4s&feature=PlayList&p=0E283097E3B236D1&index=0&playnext=1