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K-Lai — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 21:49:00 -0800

I’m a failure today
I think I have all the signs
I can’t believe I’m here again
Oh, why can’t I succeed?

But I turn to You and I pray
How could You love me anyway?
Nothing good comes from man
But You say, “Come and follow me…”
Oh…

You take all my worries
You take my fears
You take all my failures
You, You set me free
I’m free, I’m free

Today’s a new day
Walking in Your loving grace
You bring promises
Removing my weighing chains

So I turn to You and I pray
How could You love me anyway?
Nothing good comes from man
But You say, “Come and follow me…”
Oh…

You take all my worries
You take my fears
You take all my failures
You, You set me free
I’m free, I’m free

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This song has always been really encouraging to me – it’s written by one of my good friends, Kristen. On her CD, Fulfilled, she explained how this song came about from a time when she came to understand that God loves us in spite of the many failures in our lives. In fact, He loves us because He cannot do anything else – anything less would violate His own nature.

This song spoke peace to my soul today, after I slopped through my anatomy tests. Med school has been a refining experience; I’m realizing that there’s so much I don’t know or understand, and every little bit of selfishness and resentment keeps being brought up to the surface. Today was definitely one of those days when my failures seemed to outweigh the successes in my life. But, as this song (and the correlating Scriptures) reminded me, it doesn’t matter whether I’ve failed every test this week or been the most insensitive jerk in the whole world. God is glorified when I am humbled before Him, and acknowledge that He alone can set me free from the prison of failure that can weigh my heart down.

“But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
- Romans 5:8 (NIV)

“But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ – the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection of the dead.”
- Philippians 3:7-11 (NIV)

“Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
For I will yet praise Him,
My Savior and my God.”
- Psalm 42:11 (NIV)

"Free" by Justin T

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 21:31:57 -0800

Man, I get abused by my classes too. Good word.

"Free" by Ronnica

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 10:52:15 -0800

Thanks for the shout-out! Thanks for sharing what you’ve been learning!

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