Does J-O-Y consume me?

This song really spoke to me today...on many levels. On our love of God, our love of others, and our love of self. It seems many of us would do anything for our spouse, or our children, or our parents, etc...but would be do the same for God? Would we give up EVERYTHING to follow our Savior? Would we make a sacrifice for Him, after He made the ultimate sacrifice for us? I don't know that many people today can say yes. Its heartbreaking. I hope that I could pick up and follow my Lord, wherever He asked me to go.


And then another part of the song talks about how we have to forget what the world has told us...the world tells us to Love ourselves! Live for today and live for YOU! Me, myself and I are the 3 most important people in my life...right? WRONG! This is not how it was meant to be. We were not put here to serve only ourselves. Its this selfishness that has caused so much turmoil, sadness, depression, and corruption in our world. We live for ourselves. We abandon marriages, children, responsibilities at work, and even churches all because we want to do what makes us feel better individually. How sad is that? I think its devastating. I think if we went by the 'JOY' acronym, we'd find all our relationships would improve. Jesus-Others-Yourself! What? Put ourselves last? Yep...thats what I said.


There are many other things I hear from this song...things about marriage, parenting, etc...but the main thing is that we have let our love of what should be important become unconsuming and let our selfish needs completely consume us. I have so much more to say, but I can't get my thoughts out right. Anyways, I hope you enjoy and are blessed by the heartsong of my day. It just speaks volumes to me.


You Can Have Me lyrics

If I saw You on the street
And You said come and follow me
But I had to give up everything
All I once held dear and all of my dreams
Would I love You enough to let go
Or would my love run dry
When You asked for my life
When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me
If You’re all You claim to be
Then I’m not losing anything
So I will crawl upon my knees
Just to know the joy of suffering
I will love You enough to let go
Lord, I give you my life
I give you my life
When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me
I want to be where You are
I’m running into Your arms
And I will never look back
So Jesus, here is my heart
When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me
When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
My Father, my love
You can have me