Crazy Trust

My faith muscles are feeling sore lately. That's a good thing. It means they've been used, and are in the process of getting stronger! I'm doing my best to keep my spiritual protein (challenging and encouraging scriptures) intake high so those muscles have something to build with.

This chapter in my life, as with many, has involved a great deal of travel. One of the advantages of spending copious amounts of time behind the wheel is that I get to listen to music to keep awake. My car is from a decade that used cassettes, so I have a stash of oldy-goldy tapes to mix in with more recent MP3s (via an adapter). Here are some songs that have been a deep encouragement over the last weeks:

"Uncharted Territory" ~ Rachael Lampa (2011)

Verse 1:

So unlike me, what's going on
I'm usually not the one
To be afraid, hesitate
Second guess what I've done
Am I over-thinking it, complicating it
Should I let go and let it be

Chorus:

Never done this before how am I supposed to know where to go from here
No prescription, no rules, no direction, no signs that will make it clear
Like the first man on the moon, Columbus 1492
Like baby steps, and babies don't worry, so why should I
Uncharted territory
Uncharted territory

Verse 2:

Sort of unprepared, just a little scared
Say go get it girl, grab a hold of it
Look inside myself, find buried deep
Patience; don't give up on me
Am I over-thinking it, complicating it
All I gotta do is do it

"The Plan" ~ Steve Green (1998)

Chorus:
I don't need to have the plan in hand

I don't need to have the end in sight

All I need to do is follow you, wherever you lead 

And do what you ask me to

Verse 1:

Trusting you, Lord, with all my heart

Following you all my days

Whether I can or can't understand

I'll acknowledge you in all my ways

Verse 2:
Though I am pressed on every side 

I am not in despair

My faith in you will carry me through 

Though I may not see where You're leading me

"Crazy" ~ Mercy Me (2002)

Verse 1:

Why I would I spend my life longing for the day that it would end
Why would I spend my time pointing to another man 

Isn't that crazy

How can I find hope in dying, with promises unseen 

How can I learn your way is better in everything I'm taught to be
Isn't that crazy

Chorus:

I have not been called to the wisdom of this world
But to a God who's calling out to me
And even though the world may think
I'm losing touch with reality
It would be crazy
To choose this world over eternity

Verse 2:

And if I boast let me boast of filthy rags made clean
And if I glory let me glory in my Savior's suffering
Isn't that crazy

And as I live this daily life I trust you for everything
And I will only take a step when I feel You leading me
Isn't that crazy

Chorus:

I have not been called to the wisdom of this world
But to a God who is calling out to me 

And even though the world my think
I'm losing touch with reality
It would be crazy
To choose this world over eternity

You can call me crazy...

:)