The Cross Was Enough

Several different worship songs have helped carry me through these past 7+ months that our kids have been home. We had already been listening a lot to Chris Tomlin's CD "Our God is Greater," when my friend Jen encouraged me to get that CD and listen to it a lot. I highly recommend it, as well as the  the Passion White Flag CD, which we listen to a lot right now. There is just something about God's truth with music that help cement God's truths into your soul . . . especially during difficult times. 

My current favorite song is, "Jesus Son of God" ( by Chris Tomlin and Christy Nockels from the Passion White Flag CD). God uses it every time I listen to it to speak truths into my soul that I desperately need right now. 

Here are my favorite lyrics from the song (full lyrics here): 

(Verse 2)
You took our sin
You bore our shame
You rose to life
You defeated the grave
A love like this, the world has never known

(Bridge)
Be lifted higher
Than all You've overcome
Your name be louder
Than any other song
There is no power
That can come against Your love
The cross was enough

The cross was enough

Singing, "You took our sin, you bore our shame" . . . I pray for my daughter - knowing the shame she feels is immense - longing for her to soon know that Jesus bore her sin and her shame so that she can be free from the ugly lies of the enemy.

And let me just reiterate my absolute favorite part of the song:

THERE IS NO POWER 


THAT CAN COME AGAINST YOUR LOVE


THE CROSS WAS ENOUGH


THE CROSS WAS ENOUGH


I belt out these lines - usually with tears streaming down my face - every time I hear this song. The chains in my daughter's life look so heavy and the hurt inside irreparable, but the truth is that the CROSS WAS ENOUGH to conquer it all. No power can come against what Jesus did on the cross by overcoming sin. Oh, the peace, joy and hope that fill my soul when those truths are pounded down deep in my soul through that song!

Sunday night after we roasted hot dogs with kids in our new little fire pit, Jason and I were sitting in our back yard watching all four of the kids play happily in the pool. I was reflecting on what a gift it is that even in the midst of a difficult season of spiritual war in our lives and with lots of RAD all day long, there is such peace, hope and joy in my soul . . . most of the time. But only because God, in His grace, has worked in my heart and helped me to fully trust Him with it all. I know that I will continue to struggle to trust Him with how He is working in our family, but for now, my heart if full of HOPE and I am so thankful. 

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

Romans 15:13

P.S. Here is the video of the song I've been talking about if you want to watch it.