A song only the redeemed can sing

August 24, 2008 - Sunday

A song only the redeemed can sing I can't help but write a blog about this song. This song is so amazing. It's so my heart. It sounds like some of the language I use in some of my songs.. (not the minor sound, though..) (*** FULL LYRICS POSTED BELOW 1 PET. VERSE) (SONG BY KRISTENE MUELLER. GO TO MY MYSPACE TO LISTEN TO THE SONG AND TO LINK TO HER MYSPACE.) I just love every single word. I love that it's so true that We DO sing songs the angels only dream of singing. I listen to it (go listen to it while you read!) I listen to it and I picture.. well, myself... I picture me coming from the fire. In slow-motion, Mission Impossible style. Or like my buddies Shadrack Meshack and Abednigo. But I do. I picture such a ransomed.. me in all of these lyrics, in the whole song. Because.. "I know what it means!" (part of the lyrics.) I see myself outside in that storm it talks about... and it just stops. And my head open to heaven. Oh so glorious! Some times I guess I wonder in my head... what would it be like to not be the fallen race? To be an angel created by God for God (which, I mean, we were created by God and for God..) but you know what I mean? To live an existence in heaven. And to make war for His peoples. And I know angels have fallen and did fall- I get that, but we are the fallen race. We don't live an existence in heaven. We are here. we are now. And He died for us. He DIED for us. And we have been redeemed. And the angels look on us in awe at the way we worship Him. At the fact that we HAVE been redeemed. and CAN be redeemed. But they look and they see something... a relationship that is so uniquely different than the one they can have. We fight and we charge and we make it and we press through with hardships and with joys and with life. We pray and we cry and we weep and we laugh. And here we are. They are watching, with all who have gone before us, "What are they going to do now?" (1 Peter 1:6-8... posted below.) I quoted it before i knew where it was... lol.. wow. We sing the songs of His faithfulness and His great love and redemption. And we can. because we know what it means. We know what the redemption means. Because We've been redeemed. We've been REDEEMED. RANSOMED. We are His TREASURE. His treasured church. Hallelujah! the song of the storm ceasing.. the song of the dawn breaking...the song of us coming up out of death- we were once DEAD and if He can save us from DEATH and HELL than He can freakin' make us like Him more and more with each passing day! Than He can surely aid is in the fight against lukewarmness! Against being comfy cosy in our graveclothes! Some of you still find the old life you left behind attractive! No you canNOT change the past. But why talk about how glorious it is/was? Do you not believe in your own salvation? Even the ANGELS cant sing the songs of salvation!! the song of my last tear falling.. the song of my rescue coming... the song of the undefeated lover coming forth from the fire... I will NOT be defeated in my love for Him. The fire and the flames, they will not quench me. They will not dy me up, pass me out, barbecue me, they will not snuff me out. Because I AM an undefeated LOVER because He has saved me from HELL and the grave! He has taken the hell that satan would have loved to put INSIDE of me and He allowed it not to enter my heart! He took me out of hell and hell out of me! Some of you need a fresh revelation because do you get it? WE ARE HIS PEOPLE. we ARE HIS PEOPLE. HE SINGS SONGS OF SALVATION OVER US! suffering making love genuine sorrow making joy reckless losing making finding glorious. Oh how He loves you so. Oh how He loves us so! It never freakin' ends!! It's like an earthquake inside all of us. Will you let it shake you? Will you let yourself LOOK and appear to the world "dumb enough" to "shake" as with the effects of that earthquake exploding inside of you? Will you let your appearance just GO and take hold of the beauty He has in His hand for you? You are a beautiful creation even the angels marvel at you, human! and you were made a step lower from the angels! Is it not enough? What more could you ask for?? The beauty is already there. DON'T STIFLE IT. Get the picture. And sing the song only you were meant to sing!! 1 Peter 1:6-12 So be truly glad.[b] There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. 7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. 8 You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. 9 The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls. 10 This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you. 11 They wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ's suffering and his great glory afterward. 12 They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen. Lyrics. BY KRISTENE MUELLER. LINK TO HER MYSPACE ON MY MYSPACE PROFILE SONG. There is a song I will sing that angels only dream of singing a song that moves the heart of God that only the redeemed can sing a song of the storm ceasing a song of the dawn breaking a song of the undeafeted soul coming forth from the grave its a song of my last tear falling a song of my rescue coming a song of the undefeated lover coming forth from the fire and i will sing of Your great faithfulness I KNOW i will sing of Your salvation and i will sing of the power of redemption for I know i will know what it means suffering making love genuine sorrow making joy reckless losing making finding glorious the song of the storm ceasing the song of the dawn breaking the song of the undefeated soul coming forth from the grave its a song of my last tear falling a song of my rescue coming a song of the undefeated lover coming forth from the fire I love singing of His great faithfulness!! He is so faithful!!

Unfailing love and Faithfulness- the Likeness.

Unfailing love and Faithfulness- the Likeness.


(if you dont read anything else, at least read the very bottom where it says "what is the likeness of Jesus after all?")

Not only do I want the extravagant purity and "clean" of Mary (mother of Jesus), as far as her heart, but I also want the heart of Mary- sitting at His feet where all motives of the heart are exposed. Where manipulation can't happen. Because you're simply there. Hearing Him.
I want to be so baptised. I was praying all day, God baptise me. I want His faithfulness. I want His unfailing love. As you notice in scripture, wherever scripture talks about His "unfailing love", it talks about His "faithfulness". and vice versa! Really check it out. (PSALMS 89!!!---->at the end of the last blog posted, you can read it there.) He bears both and NEVER one or the other! He bears both. God let me be infused with-so-I-can-give-away UNFAILING LOVE AANNDDD FAITHFULNESS! AND DONT YOU DARE LET ME HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER!!! Take verse 6 as an example (Proverbs 20:5-8) 5 The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters,
but a man of understanding draws them out.

6 Many a man claims to have unfailing love,
but a faithful man who can find?

7 The righteous man leads a blameless life;
blessed are his children after him.

So many times we have the unfailing love-- that part's from God-- but the faithfulness is a choice sometimes. Okay, always. The heart of the Father is to LOVE US. HE CANT HELP IT. YES, HE CHOOSES TO BUT HE WILL NEVER STOP LOVING! AND HE CHOOSES TO BE FAITHFUL!
But for us... God can infuse us with such unfailing love that it captivates us so completely. But unless we have the guts to choose faithfulness...nothing will ever be accomplished with that unfailing love.
It has NOTHING to do with "overcoming the flesh" (well, at least the way I see it, and the way I think anyone who reads this would understand.) I think it has less to do with overcoming the flesh and more with... it's just LIFE. Fear of change, maybe, when it'll never change what God has placed inside of you-- who you TRULY are. You won't be watered down. you wont be turned into some overspiritualized border line new age hippy. you wont 'lose' freedom. You'll just be His and He will be pouring out of you. and THAT will make you WRECKED- but COMPLETELY YOUUUUUU!!!
It'll all be enhanced when you're staring at Him holding your heart there with His unfailing love. If He's rescued you, ransomed you... thats it. You're YOU. You ARE how He sees you and you're closer and closer to that EVERY SINGLE DAY. nothing's gonna change that. Except the world, maybe.

His faithfulness and unfailing love are SO GREAT. I can't even believe it. I want to be found FAITHFUL in the unfailing love He's given me. I don't want to lie, I want TRUTH in the inward parts! He desires it from me, and I WILL give it to Him.


What is the likeness of Jesus, after all? CLEAN. white as snow. Unfailing love and faithfulness.
He claims to have the unfailing love. And He proves it with His faithfulness. (Prov. 20:6 turned around!) CLEAN. CLEAN. CLEAN. what's clean, you ask? He'll tell you.
Let it start with your eyes.

Liepaja....

What do you even call this? (somewhat about the trip, aka my heart)

I have no idea what to write. I have no idea what to say. Or do.

Liepaja was amazing, and I HATE that I'm writing that because it sounds just like every other trip every other person would write about.

There are no words to describe the past two weeks.

All I know is God gave me much grace over there and He used me. HE USED ME!

I WILL say it all became like 1 Cor. 13. When we took off from Orlando, thats what came to my head. Because a tthe end of 1 Cor 13 it states how Love lasts forever and even words of knowledge and wisdom are USELESS when the full picture comes and when all the little words and prophecies and what have you come together to create the finality of it. To create the big picture. and thats what i felt taking off. I felt like the past year of preparation and meetings and prayer and money didnt even happen because here we go, we are GOING. I felt like none of that even mattered now because WE ARE GOING. it was a perfect example of how true that verse is. all the little pieces to the picture that were scattered throughout the past year finally came together as a whole- so all the little things disappear. all you see is the whole. HERE WE GO.

I have no idea why I'm even writing this, I really don't. I just want to get out in some form what this trip was. But I truly don't think I'll ever be able to do that.

"We speak to nations, the Kingdom is coming there to you.."

Wow. The Kingdom is in Liepaja, Latvia.

the Kingdom IS Imanuels Kristigais Centrs.

and it IS in the Russian Orthodox Church, they just don't know it yet.

We did it. We did what we set out and accomplished to do. No matter what it looked like. We did it. We actually did it. I want so much more. I crave so much more. I long for so much more.

I could sit here and write all about what God revealed to me about the language and all that stuff, and how God used me personally and what I saw come from our team and what I saw in our wonderful Liepajans and how God used them and how God changed us and changed them and allll that stuff and salvation testimonies and healings and God's presence.

But right now, I just want to be there.

Right now I just want to remember.
I might feel like writing it in a week or so when I have had time to process everything. I just can't do it right now. There's so much I dont know where to begin. and its NOT jhust because it's my "first mission trip"--- thats not why I'm being like this. Because I will NEVER LET MY LAMP GROW COLD AND DIM. I will never NOT be like this. I will never not come back to America from a trip or from living abroad and be like this. How can I not? Even though it's somewhat agony, I pray the Lord never takes it away. Because it's part of why He CAN use me over there if that makes any sense to you in the world.

God is so gracious.