Welcome-- Come As You Are

Hello, cupcakes!

Welcome to my blog :)

This is where I will be posting lessons and lyrics and whatever else comes to mind. Let's start with an introduction on who I am!

My name is Abby, I'm a child of the One True King. 

I live in the Mitten, and I'm a typical college kid-- making mistakes, learning lessons and living life! However, I'm not quite like many typical college kids because I don't find my satisfaction in worldly treasures, I find it in Jesus Christ. I believe Jesus is my Lord and Savior and He's given me a new reason for life and a new song to sing. Without Him I'd be nothing!

But now let's be honest here, this blog has been so delayed because I keep waiting for some big revelation about life, and I wouldn't say I've had one huge revelation about who I am and how I should live, rather, I learn new lessons everyday and here is where I'll be expressing it most of the time. And I'd like to start off with something that I'll be posting about frequently. I'll be analyzing song lyrics of songs that have impacted my life, and how they've done that--basically talking about the important message I got from the song. So here we go...

Come As You Are by: David Crowder

"Come out of sadness From wherever you've been,

Come broken hearted Let rescue begin,
Come find your mercy, Oh, sinner come kneel
Earth has no sorrow That heaven can't heal.
Earth has no sorrow That heaven can't heal.

So lay down your burdens Lay down your shame,
All who are broken Lift up your face,
Oh wanderer come home, You're not too far.
So lay down your hurt, Lay down your heart,
Come as you are.

There's hope for the hopeless And all those who've strayed,
Come sit at the table, Come taste the grace,
There's rest for the weary, Rest that endures,
Earth has no sorrow That heaven can't cure.

So lay down your burdens Lay down your shame,
All who are broken Lift up your face,
Oh wanderer come home, You're not too far.
So lay down your hurt, Lay down your heart,
Come as you are.

Come as you are,
Fall in his arms,
Come as you are.

There's joy for the morning, Oh, sinner be still,
Earth has no sorrow That heaven can't heal,
Earth has no sorrow That heaven can't heal.

So lay down your burdens Lay down your shame,
All who are broken Lift up your face,
Oh wanderer come home, You're not too far.
So lay down your hurt, Lay down your heart,
Come as you are, Come as you are,
Come as you are."

The overall theme of this song, to me, is just about simply being yourself before God and letting Him love you for you. And that's a lot harder than it sounds, that's for sure. Now let's look at the verses...

v1:Come out of sadness From wherever you've been,

Come broken hearted Let rescue begin,
Come find your mercy, Oh, sinner come kneel
Earth has no sorrow That heaven can't heal.

v2:There's hope for the hopeless And all those who've strayed,
Come sit at the table, Come taste the grace,
There's rest for the weary, Rest that endures,
Earth has no sorrow That heaven can't cure.

v3:There's joy for the morning, Oh, sinner be still,
Earth has no sorrow That heaven can't heal.

Each of these three verses is a strong reminder to come out of your sadness and guilt and pain and shame and remember that God is greater than your brokenness and He's greater than even your darkest secret sins. I also love that at the end of each verse it says earth has no sorrow that Heaven cant heal/cure, because that is absolutely true. I'm currently going through my own very real, earthly pain, and I need that constant reminder that no matter my pain, there is no earthly sorrow, pain, or struggle that God cannot beat, because He is greater than I. He is greater than this. And He is greater than everything. But I think my favorite part of these verses is in the second verse when it says to sit and the table and taste the grace. That is in invitation to all, all meaning all people-- yes, sinners welcome-- to sit at the table with Jesus and taste His grace and love and mercy and please just be still and know that He is God. And he loves you, He wants you, and He chose and made you and then He lived and died for you. You are His and no darkness can stop our God.

And then lets look at the bridge and the chorus...

Chorus:So lay down your burdens Lay down your shame,
All who are broken Lift up your face,
Oh wanderer come home, You're not too far.
So lay down your hurt, Lay down your heart,
Come as you are.

Bridge:Come as you are,
Fall in his arms,
Come as you are.

This song is one of my favorite songs, not just David Crowder songs, but one of my favorite songs in general because I love the message it gives especially in the Chorus and bridge. No matter what you've done, or who you've been, you belong to God no matter how far you've fallen. I personally have strayed away from him for a while lately, and I felt a tug on my heart telling me to make some changes in the way I've been living, because I'm tired of living a part-time Christian life, when I have a full time Lord and Savior. You can come just as you are to Him and He will love you for who you are. But the best part is, though Jesus loves us the way we are, He loves us too much to leave us the way we came. He wants to work in us and change us and begin a new life in us. So come as you are to Jesus, and don't worry about how far or for how long you have strayed because He wants you back, I promise. Just come to him, fall in His arms, the arms of love, hope and peace-- The arms of Jesus-- and let him change your life from the inside out.

Have a splendid day and welcome to November! ♥

~AbbyLynn