Those Times

I'm tired out. I'm tired of being busy, I'm tired of not having enough Jesus, exercise, and time in my day.  I'm tired of being tired. While driving this week I just needed some scripture. One of the chapters that I know pretty well is 1 Corinthians 13- I started reciting it to myself, and then I got to "Love never fails." That's what I needed. I needed to be reminded that my Creator's love never fails. It is so good to know. To rest assured in that. I have failed much too often this week, but He hasn't. Thank goodness God's love isn't based on what I have done, or will do! 
The song "Times" has stuck out and been what I have needed before, and as it came on Pandora it was again what I wanted to hear. So, here's your Friday song. A little long, but packed with good stuff: 

I know I need You
I need to love You
I'd love to see You but it's been so long

I long to feel You
I feel this need for You
I need to hear You
Is that so wrong

Now You pull me near You
When we're close I fear You
Still I'm afraid to tell you all that I've done

Are You done forgiving
Or can You look past my pretending, Lord
I'm so tired of defending what I've become
What have I become

I hear You say
My love is over
It's underneath
It's inside
It's in between

The times that you doubt me
When you can't feel
The times that you question
Is this for real

The times you're broken
The times that you mend
The times you hate me
And the times that you bend

Well my love is over
It's underneath
It's inside
It's in between

The times that you're healing
And when your heart breaks
The times that you feel like you've fallen from grace

The times you're hurting
The times that you heal
The times you go hungry and are tempted to steal

In times of confusion
In chaos and pain
I'm there in your sorrow under the weight of your shame

I'm there through your heart-ache
I'm there in the storm
My love I will keep you by my power alone

I don't care where you've fallen or where you have been
I'll never forsake you
My love never ends
It never ends

  -Times by Tenth Avenue North

"The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease,

For His compassions never fail.

They are new every morning;

Great is Your faithfulness." 

~Lamentations 3:22-23