I will never be too cool for you...

This morning at church, missionaries our church supports, Alan & Linda Stephenson, visited us and shared the work they are doing in Tanzania. Very inspirational. They spoke about being a fool for Christ, and encouraged us to consider 'Who's fool are you?' They spoke about being a fool for christ, so that you can then be 'full of Christ'. Being a fool for Christ is about dying to yourself, so that Christ might live in you as fully as He can, without you getting in the way. Being a fool, and submitting to His will and His ways that are higher than yours. It inspired me to write this for Him...

Who are you a fool for?

I want to be a fool for you God

To know that no matter what

When I trip and stumble falling flat on my face

When everyone else is laughing and teasing

And when the world is telling me

Stay down, you don’t deserve to get up

You Lord will be there,

You’ll lift me up, dust me off

You’ll say, no child of mine is a fool in my sight

Though you may stumble

Though you may fall

I can see that your heart was right with me

You didn’t care that in running to me

As hard as you might

As long as it took

As foolish as you felt, when they said

Who are you to think you can make it?

That you are deserving of His love?

You see, what they fail to realise

Is that, because you have prepared to put it all on the line

To go the distance

To run the race that I have set for you

I will honour that

I will come to you

It is I, Yes, it is I

Who is the victor

I will come and live in you

In me, you will be victorious

My glory lives, so that one day you will see it

You will know, that as foolish as you may have felt

All wisdom and knowledge and the fullness of Christ

Will be a crown for you

Don’t get caught up in wanting to be right all the time

Let go and know that I Am

Where you aren’t- I Am

Where you aren’t clever- I Am

Where you aren’t confident- I Am

Where you aren’t brave- I Am

Where you aren’t enough- I Am

Thank you Lord for all that I am not, and for all that you are: I Am

Your loving foolish daughter Sonia xxx