I've quieted my face.
"(1) My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. (2)But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. (3) O Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and forevermore." - Psalm 131 (NIV)
"Psalm 131 - I Have Quieted My Soul" - Dennis Bayne Culp
Take one good gander at me
I'm very ordinary, no reason to proud
I don't don't want to ponder positions
On origins and doctrines I'll never understand
Oh, trust comes very slowly, at least for me
I'd rather truth be shown to me and then believe
And finally, I am absolved of my own devices
I'm free ...
I have quieted my soul
My heart is content
I have quieted my soul
And the morning is peaceful and still
I don't need another science to see more or to clear my conscience
The good news stands alone
I'm not in line for a ribbon for pointing to the person in whom all truth is known
Oh, 'ologies,' 'isms,' big words and PhDs
They're nothing to what I have with Christ in me
At least I am absolved from my own devices
I'm free ...
I have quieted my soul
My heart is content
I have quieted my soul
And the morning is peaceful and still
In a microscope and from far away too
Every detail, it points to You
Let every mouth move to adore You
Let every body bow before You
Lord, let my heart be filled with more of You
Let every mouth move to adore You
Let every body bow before You
Lord, let my heart be filled with more of You
I have quieted my soul ...
I've said a lot of stupid stuff this semester. Yeah, it's my fault. I'm done talking for a while. I fell into a mess and it's led me to say some things I don't mean. I've felt very refreshed over the past 24+ hours. I added some philosophies about a few things and have gotten my life back on track ... not to mention the God-believing part of me.
"(7) We have escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped. (8) Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth." - Psalm 124:7-8 (NIV)
The world's not going my way? Oh well. It's not up to me anyway. Everything happens for a reason. The unexplainable may be revealed in time and it stands the chance it might not even do that. It's human nature to want what you can't have and it's my nature to want to patch every problem up ... even ones I have NOTHING to do with. I try to control what I can't and it made me lose control of what I actually can control. I'm taking control of these things and putting the rest to God. I want to feel how I did right after the wreck. I want to feel the presence of God surround me.
"Psalm 125 - Surround Me" - Dennis Bayne Culp
We crossed the river into a different world
Helmets fastened, rifles gleaming in the sun
Full of bravery yet apprehensive
The smoke from twisted altars is rising from the hills
Heaps and spires
Dossiers of darker truths
Glass and tires
And piles of wasted youth
In this hostile colony, surround me
Like the hills around the valleys, surround me
Surround me
When the smoke cleared we saw the damage done
Random violence spread with borrowed guns
In throes of wickedness, the adolescent
Showed us what the depths of hate can do
Heaps and spires
Dossiers of darker truths
Glass and tires
And piles of wasted youth
In this hostile colony, surround me
Like the hills around the valleys, surround me
Pestilence is all I see, surround me
Like the hills around the valleys, surround me
Surround me
Give amnesty to me, O Lord to those who trust in You
You will be our fortress Lord and You will not be moved
In this hostile colony, surround me
Like the hills around the valleys, surround me
Pestilence is all I see, surround me
Like the hills around the valleys, surround me
Surround me
"Psalm 131 - I Have Quieted My Soul" - Dennis Bayne Culp
Take one good gander at me
I'm very ordinary, no reason to proud
I don't don't want to ponder positions
On origins and doctrines I'll never understand
Oh, trust comes very slowly, at least for me
I'd rather truth be shown to me and then believe
And finally, I am absolved of my own devices
I'm free ...
I have quieted my soul
My heart is content
I have quieted my soul
And the morning is peaceful and still
I don't need another science to see more or to clear my conscience
The good news stands alone
I'm not in line for a ribbon for pointing to the person in whom all truth is known
Oh, 'ologies,' 'isms,' big words and PhDs
They're nothing to what I have with Christ in me
At least I am absolved from my own devices
I'm free ...
I have quieted my soul
My heart is content
I have quieted my soul
And the morning is peaceful and still
In a microscope and from far away too
Every detail, it points to You
Let every mouth move to adore You
Let every body bow before You
Lord, let my heart be filled with more of You
Let every mouth move to adore You
Let every body bow before You
Lord, let my heart be filled with more of You
I have quieted my soul ...
I've said a lot of stupid stuff this semester. Yeah, it's my fault. I'm done talking for a while. I fell into a mess and it's led me to say some things I don't mean. I've felt very refreshed over the past 24+ hours. I added some philosophies about a few things and have gotten my life back on track ... not to mention the God-believing part of me.
"(7) We have escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped. (8) Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth." - Psalm 124:7-8 (NIV)
The world's not going my way? Oh well. It's not up to me anyway. Everything happens for a reason. The unexplainable may be revealed in time and it stands the chance it might not even do that. It's human nature to want what you can't have and it's my nature to want to patch every problem up ... even ones I have NOTHING to do with. I try to control what I can't and it made me lose control of what I actually can control. I'm taking control of these things and putting the rest to God. I want to feel how I did right after the wreck. I want to feel the presence of God surround me.
"Psalm 125 - Surround Me" - Dennis Bayne Culp
We crossed the river into a different world
Helmets fastened, rifles gleaming in the sun
Full of bravery yet apprehensive
The smoke from twisted altars is rising from the hills
Heaps and spires
Dossiers of darker truths
Glass and tires
And piles of wasted youth
In this hostile colony, surround me
Like the hills around the valleys, surround me
Surround me
When the smoke cleared we saw the damage done
Random violence spread with borrowed guns
In throes of wickedness, the adolescent
Showed us what the depths of hate can do
Heaps and spires
Dossiers of darker truths
Glass and tires
And piles of wasted youth
In this hostile colony, surround me
Like the hills around the valleys, surround me
Pestilence is all I see, surround me
Like the hills around the valleys, surround me
Surround me
Give amnesty to me, O Lord to those who trust in You
You will be our fortress Lord and You will not be moved
In this hostile colony, surround me
Like the hills around the valleys, surround me
Pestilence is all I see, surround me
Like the hills around the valleys, surround me
Surround me