my mind has wandered this morning back to the times that the Lord first romanced me ...
a few weeks ago, our student ministry had our usual Wednesday night student service called "ONE"...we always open up with about twenty minutes of worship and then go into the message...but the worship that night was somewhat different for me...a song began to play that took me back to age 16...all of a sudden, as I felt my eyes close and the tears begin to fall, I heard the Lord whisper to me from behind.."Ashleigh, take off your shoes..." those sweet words were all too familiar with me...in high school, our Wednesday nights were what I lived for and longed for each week...Jesus literally called out to me during those sweet times of worship in high school...they looked very different than what we see now, as we were in the "MPB" student building, the walls were painted black, the setting was just different, different people...but none the less, He would call out to me during those Wednesday nights...with notebook and pen ready, on the edge of my seat literally every week...I knew I would hear from him...He romanced me during those years and even still romances me to this day...but...there is just something so sweet about hearing his voice and his love songs in high school...I would hear him say...
"Ashleigh, take off your shoes...let me see you..."
"Ashleigh, if I could just sit with you a while, Ashleigh I wanna hold you..."
"Ashleigh, let me sweep you away...do you feel my hand in yours?"
"Ashleigh, you captivate me...my grace flows down on you..."
"Ashleigh, I walk on waves...I run with clouds..I paint the sky for you to see..."
"Ashleigh, lay back against me and breath...feel my heartbeat..."
I was swept away by him, I was romanced by him, I was asked to dance by him...through the worship...God literally breathed life into me through the songs the band chose to play...as I look back, I see now SO clearly that God ordained and set up each song for me. He led the band to choose those exact songs, with those exact lyrics...so he could reach..
me.
This morning, I've allowed myself to play time travel and travel back to high school...back to those first sweet moments of falling in love with Him...and I wanna share with YOU fine folks my top ten list of songs that Jesus used to romance me...these songs probably aren't played anymore hardly EVER....and you might look at them and call me old school, but sheesh...those moment when you hear him, when you fall in love with him...you just never forget those moments...and these songs are apart of who I am, because the God of creation used these as a tool to reach me...to reach the depths of my heart that only He could reach...I encourage you to find YOUR songs... to get you together a fancy playlist, to get alone, to take off your shoes...to be still before Him, and just listen for him through worship...
He's intoxicating...He's captivating..He's become my obsession...
these songs not only take me back to the first time I experienced Jesus, but listening to them even now...my Daddy reminds me that He is still in love with me...that he is pursuing me, that he is still singing a love song to me...
what song is he singing to you? =)
Love in Jesus,
Ash
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