“Cleansed and made right, submitted and held tight.” Those are words from a song Jesus and I wrote together on the “Strength and Help” album. Sometime in between writing that song and this album I lost myself again.
Thankfully when we lose control and have hit the self-destruct button again, it is when our Savior comes and swoops us up.
Pride is something I have struggled with my whole life. Determined to live my life on my terms even though I prove over and over again that I am not capable of making good decisions for myself.
Jesus sat me down and asked me to realize two truths;
One: He can take better care of me than I can of myself.
Two: It’s time to grow up and leave childish things behind.
They seem to contradict each other. On one hand He tells me I’m a child of God and on the other hand He tells me I need to let go of childish things. It took me much time to realize that these two things have to coexist to follow Him. So during the writing process of these songs He cleaned house on all the hidden corners of my heart where my pride had been lurking and hiding from His light.
As a result these 5 songs that sent my feet running to Him, literally and figuratively were born. I love running to this music; when my body is working hard and my mind is focused on Him the result is that my Spirit soars and this is where I am found. I pray this album will have a similar effect on you.
In His Love,
Merissa
