No Noose Is Good Noose

Hi.
Being the ever-hungry person I am, I just ate a lovely sandwich. Then mum came home and gave me a subway that she'd bought for me. I love food. I love my mum more though. But that's not quite the actual reason this post is bought before you today. The last few days I've been feeling starved of God's prescence in my life...like I'm devoid of any influence from Him at all. After talking with a couple of friends, and going over some stuff from ages ago (like my testimony, old jeke posts, etc) I've been noticing what I think may be what be my likely trouble right about now-ish.

Life has been pretty sweet lately, and as such I've grown confident and proud. Uh-oh. That doesn't sound good. An attitude of "Hey, I can pretty much take care of myself" has arisen. *Warning bells sound*. What happens when one thinks one does not need God to run one's life? Nothing too beneficial, I can tell you that much. Anyhows, if you wouldn't mind, I'd like you to read the following song. It's called "Replace Me", and it's by Family Force 5.

My Batteries died sometime ago
Gotta heart shaped box where they must go
Corrosion's building everyday
My flesh is leading me astray that's why I started to decay and I will slowly rot away but I can't feel that anyway

This heart it wants to beat

These Lungs they want to breathe

These eyes they wants to see

Gotta Mouth that wants to sing

Desperation
Needing You
Every last breath
I scream for you
Shatter me into a million pieces...Make me new

Crush me, tear me, break me, mold me
Make me what you want me to be
I am yours for you to use
Oh, Take and Replace me with you

Needing more than just a jump start to get me through
My disconnection is now the issue.....

I miss my 1st love bad and its driving me mad
Just Like a mixed up crazy person out of his head
Its been a long long time I've been on the decline
I do an a-bout face so I can be replaced. 180!!!

This heart it wants to beat

These Lungs they want to breathe

These eyes they wants to see

Gotta Mouth that wants to sing

Desperation
Needing you
Every last breath
I scream for you
Shatter me into a million pieces...Make me new

Crush me, tear me, break me, mold me
Make me what you want me to be
I am yours for you to use
Oh, Take and Replace me with you

One for the body
Two for the soul
Three to get ready
Now go go go

Replace me with you!!!

Desperation
Needing you
Every last breath
I scream for you
Shatter me into a million pieces...Make me new

Crush me, tear me, break me, mould me
Make me what you want me to be
I am yours for you to use
Oh, Take and Replace me with you

Tonight, that's what I'm going to be asking the Lord to do with me. Tommorrow I'm going to ask Him to keep it up. The day after, I'm going to ask Him to not let me slip away from this. I've got to stop forging my own path through this hectic world, and follow the path that He's drawn up for me with His wonderful redemption plan. The chorus (text in bold) is what I need right now...there is no other word for it except desperation...desperation to be made new. Whatever it needs to be done, I want God to do it...if He needs to crush me, or tear me, if He needs to break and mould me, so be it.

Lord, take and replace me, with you. May it be no longer I that liveth, but Christ that liveth in me.
Amen.

Sean.