Sunday, May 10, 2015

Earth has no sorrow that heaven can't heal

Not too long ago, Tina sent me a page from her journal with a quote from Hinds Feet on High Places and the line "Earth has no sorrow that heaven can't heal" on the bottom. I thought she was just being profound until I heard this lyric on the radio. I looked it up and it was Crowder, one of her favorite bands (apparently she only knew it was a song lyric, a friend had passed it to her, but she didn't know the song - she was pumped to learn it was Crowder). In any event, today, I made it my moving meditation - 

I love yoga because it helps me see the rest I have in this already/not yet world. Breathing, bending, stretching, balancing, it's all an expression that I live as a blood-bought sinner being prepared to meet Christ in His forever kingdom. This world is not my home, and no matter how I am called to travel through it, I will meet Jesus and spend eternity enjoying Him in all HIs fullness. There will be no more death, no more sickness or pain; every single sad thing will have come untrue. And although a tear-free reality is not yet ours to be grasped, the hope of it it is. And it is in this hope that we are saved (See Romans 8:18-25). 


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

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