If you have been in the car with me, listened to my Ipod, looked through my CD collection then you know that I have what the worlds considers a "strange" taste in music. I listen to The Inspirations, The Primitives, The McKameys, The Gaither Vocal Band, Karen Peck and New River and many other Southern Gospel groups.
Most people think this is the craziest thing they have ever heard. I've had several friends tell me that they love God, but they won't give Him their music. I also hear people say that it doesn't matter what they listen to, because they go to church on Sundays. I have a hard time believing that.
I can't see how someone can say that they are giving God everything, but are holding things back from Him. I also have a hard time when people say that you can make any song about God, because if others can't tell automatically to whom the song is referring to, then how can it be about God? I honestly believe that if God's in it, you'll know!
I have chosen to give God my everything. I don't agree with my friends' statements. I think that I owe God EVERYTHING. I don't get to pick and chose what I will surrender to Him and what I want to keep to myself. I have to surrender everything I am, own and will become to my Lord! The way I see it, He knows everything that was, is and is to come, then why not give Him my music, movies, language, interests, talents, and future plans? God gave His Son. Jesus gave His life... for US! I think the least we can do is give Them our EVERYTHING without holding anything back, because They didn't hold anything back from us.
"All to Jesus I surrender, all to Him I freely give. I will ever love and trust Him and in His presence daily live! I surrender ALL! I surrender ALL! All to Thee my Blessed Savior! I surrender ALL!"
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
It's Hard To Stumble (When You're Down On Your Knees)
This has been a year of hurting, loving, learning and growing for me. I am starting to realize the kind of person I am and starting to, clearly, seeing the person I want to become.
So far this journey has been on of apology. It seems like I apologize a lot quicker and a lot more often than I used to. I now realize the consequences of not only my actions, but my REactions as well. Reactions for me, are usually worse than whatever action took place before hand. I wear my heart on my sleeve and it's something that I am asking God to help me with.
I started to realize that my reactions were worse than my actions when I saw that even though I never really did anything wrong, and I was just getting warned about something, I would cry. I felt like I never did anything right. I still get that way a lot. It's hard for me to realize that I'm not getting in trouble every time someone tries to help or "correct" me. Since it is hard for me to figure out whether I am "in trouble" or just being "corrected", I tend to flip out a wee bit... I cry, get mad, become frustrated, and then get mad at myself for whatever happened.
I know, now, that my reactions are not healthy. As a Child of God, I should expect to be corrected! I should know that I am not always going to be right. I'm going to stumble, and when someone like a music school teacher, pastor or teacher try to help me along the way, I should THANK THEM and pray to God for the help to change those things.
I know I'm not perfect, nor will I ever be, but I will just keep praying for God's help! I will stumble, but I know it's hard to stumble when I'm down on my knees!
ITS HARD TO STUMBLE
HAVE YOU HAD THOSE DAYS WHEN, NOTHING WENT RIGHT, HOPING YOUR RAINBOW WOULD COME INTO SIGHT. THEN YOU REMEMBER IN ALL YOUR DISMAY EVERYTHING GOES BETTER EVERYTHING GOES BETTER WHEN YOU TAKE TIME TO PRAY.
CHORUS
ITS HARD TO STUMBLE(ITS HARD TO STUMBLE) WHEN YOU'RE DOWN ON YOUR KNEES (DOWN ON YOUE KNEES)EVERYTHING YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU DO THE GOOD LORD SEES(THE LORD ALWAYS SEES) AND HE WILL HELP YOU (HE'LL SURLY HELP YOU ) AND HE 'LL HEAR YOUR PLEA (HE'LL YEAR YOUR PLEA) CAUSE ITS HARD TO STUMBLE ITS HARD TO STUMBLE WHEN YOU'RE DOWN ON YOUR KNEES
THERE GONNA BE TRIALS WE ALL MUST FACE, BUT WE HAVE A SAVIOR HE SUPPLYS US WITH GRACE. WHEN WE CALL UPON HIM A PRESENT HELP HE WILL BE FOR ITS HARD TO STUMBLE ITS HARD TO STUMBLE WHEN YOUR DOWN ON YOUR KNEES.
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
So far this journey has been on of apology. It seems like I apologize a lot quicker and a lot more often than I used to. I now realize the consequences of not only my actions, but my REactions as well. Reactions for me, are usually worse than whatever action took place before hand. I wear my heart on my sleeve and it's something that I am asking God to help me with.
I started to realize that my reactions were worse than my actions when I saw that even though I never really did anything wrong, and I was just getting warned about something, I would cry. I felt like I never did anything right. I still get that way a lot. It's hard for me to realize that I'm not getting in trouble every time someone tries to help or "correct" me. Since it is hard for me to figure out whether I am "in trouble" or just being "corrected", I tend to flip out a wee bit... I cry, get mad, become frustrated, and then get mad at myself for whatever happened.
I know, now, that my reactions are not healthy. As a Child of God, I should expect to be corrected! I should know that I am not always going to be right. I'm going to stumble, and when someone like a music school teacher, pastor or teacher try to help me along the way, I should THANK THEM and pray to God for the help to change those things.
I know I'm not perfect, nor will I ever be, but I will just keep praying for God's help! I will stumble, but I know it's hard to stumble when I'm down on my knees!
ITS HARD TO STUMBLE
HAVE YOU HAD THOSE DAYS WHEN, NOTHING WENT RIGHT, HOPING YOUR RAINBOW WOULD COME INTO SIGHT. THEN YOU REMEMBER IN ALL YOUR DISMAY EVERYTHING GOES BETTER EVERYTHING GOES BETTER WHEN YOU TAKE TIME TO PRAY.
CHORUS
ITS HARD TO STUMBLE(ITS HARD TO STUMBLE) WHEN YOU'RE DOWN ON YOUR KNEES (DOWN ON YOUE KNEES)EVERYTHING YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU DO THE GOOD LORD SEES(THE LORD ALWAYS SEES) AND HE WILL HELP YOU (HE'LL SURLY HELP YOU ) AND HE 'LL HEAR YOUR PLEA (HE'LL YEAR YOUR PLEA) CAUSE ITS HARD TO STUMBLE ITS HARD TO STUMBLE WHEN YOU'RE DOWN ON YOUR KNEES
THERE GONNA BE TRIALS WE ALL MUST FACE, BUT WE HAVE A SAVIOR HE SUPPLYS US WITH GRACE. WHEN WE CALL UPON HIM A PRESENT HELP HE WILL BE FOR ITS HARD TO STUMBLE ITS HARD TO STUMBLE WHEN YOUR DOWN ON YOUR KNEES.
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
Sunday, January 8, 2012
I Am A Royal Descendent!
Okay, so you know that relative that is absolutely crazy? Yeah, we all have them. We love them, but we would rather them not be around 24/7. We also have those relatives that we love to be around. They spoil us, or make us laugh. They are just fun.
Families are just funny sometimes. They fight and they bicker, but through it all, they love each other. The old saying, "Blood is thicker than water" will always be true. Families are what hold people together.
We are all descendents of someone. Being a descendent is what makes us who we are. I am a descendent of Raymond Nix and Nikki Hughes who are descendents of Raymond Nix Sr., Carol Wilson, Annette Duke and Pete Hughes and so on and so forth. I am thankful for my family. They are a big part of my life story!
Although my family is a big part of what makes me: Katie Noel Nix, there is another family that makes me a Child of the King! One day I realized that I was lost and that I needed a Savior! When I surrendered my life to Jesus, I became part of THE family.
I am now a ROYAL DESCENDENT! (:
Royal Descendant
1.
I could tell you I'm nothing
And that would be telling the truth
I could say that I'm worthless,
A hopeless sinner, that's true
Oh but that is just part of the story
I haven't told everything
I was lost reborn and raised a child of the King!
Chorus
And I am a Royal Descendant of a King from Jerusalem
A part of the bloodline of David
That's who I am
And I claim kindred to Isaac, to Jacob, and Abraham
I'm a Royal Descendant of a King from Jerusalem
2.
How in this world can I stand and say such a thing
To say that I'm Royal and to claim
That my Father's a King
Oh, I'll have to take you to an altar
where it happened many years ago
I met the King and now I'm His and
that's all I know!
Chorus
Families are just funny sometimes. They fight and they bicker, but through it all, they love each other. The old saying, "Blood is thicker than water" will always be true. Families are what hold people together.
We are all descendents of someone. Being a descendent is what makes us who we are. I am a descendent of Raymond Nix and Nikki Hughes who are descendents of Raymond Nix Sr., Carol Wilson, Annette Duke and Pete Hughes and so on and so forth. I am thankful for my family. They are a big part of my life story!
Although my family is a big part of what makes me: Katie Noel Nix, there is another family that makes me a Child of the King! One day I realized that I was lost and that I needed a Savior! When I surrendered my life to Jesus, I became part of THE family.
I am now a ROYAL DESCENDENT! (:
Royal Descendant
1.
I could tell you I'm nothing
And that would be telling the truth
I could say that I'm worthless,
A hopeless sinner, that's true
Oh but that is just part of the story
I haven't told everything
I was lost reborn and raised a child of the King!
Chorus
And I am a Royal Descendant of a King from Jerusalem
A part of the bloodline of David
That's who I am
And I claim kindred to Isaac, to Jacob, and Abraham
I'm a Royal Descendant of a King from Jerusalem
2.
How in this world can I stand and say such a thing
To say that I'm Royal and to claim
That my Father's a King
Oh, I'll have to take you to an altar
where it happened many years ago
I met the King and now I'm His and
that's all I know!
Chorus
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