Moments with Misty Edwards

Misty Edwards is an incredible Christian artist. She dedicated her life to touch the heart of God through song. I have recently been dwelling on the words of two of her songs. The titles are "You Won't Relent" and "Finally I Surrender" both off her album called "Relentless". "You Won't Relent" is about how the Lord pursue's us and how He does not stop until He has our whole heart. 


Here are the words...
You Won't Relent

You won't relent until You have it all
My heart is Yours

I'll set You as a seal upon my heart
As a seal upon my arm
For there is love that is as strong as death
Jealousy demanding as the grave
Many waters cannot quench this love

Come be the fire inside of me
Come be the flame upon my heart
come be the fire inside of me
Until You and I are one

The other is "Finally I Surrender" ("Surrender)

All I want is You to have Your way

You are the Potter and I am the clay

All I need is You to have Your way
You are Creator and I'm what You've made

Finally I Surrender

You are God I am man You are sovereign

This is a simple heart cry, but one we all need to make. It is in a place of abandonment, that He can take our lives and bring us to our real purpose. He knows how each one of us fits in to His plan. I want to "Surrender" my life to change the way He desires, even if those changes are difficult at times.


Pastor Jamey of "The House" in Burnsville talks about how we need to be exactly who He created us to be. He said, anything less would grieve His heart. I want to purse that complete Surrender. I want Him to be the "fire inside of me, the flame upon my heart... until He and I are one."

Dark Night

Summary Can Be Found

There is an old classic that I read bits of when I lived in Spain. I was in placed where this old Saint lived and walked in places where St John of the Cross was... Leaves you wondering if my feet picked up some of their dust and it turned into a bit of anointing on my life. I find some of the experiences are similar, yet I have a long way to go. Joshua 1:3 "I will give you every place where you set your foot..." Maybe the dust brings a good dose of his saturated experiences.


Here are some quote from St John of the Cross...


"In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone." - St. John of the Cross


"In tribulation immediately draw near to God with Confidence and you will receive strength, enlightenment and instruction. Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him." - St. John of the Cross.


The attached article is a short summary of his book. Takes you through the principles he learned. One can take a moment of good reflection. I found myself revisiting some of his work, putting several things of real value into the Lord's hands and trusting that if they were to no longer be connected to us - that the Lord would know what He was working in us and it would have value in what it would work in our hearts.


"The fire of evil can better be fought with flames of ecstasy than through fasting and mortification." —Abraham Heschel