Day 2/90 Through the Bible--Genesis 17-28

17:5 Abraham’s new name reflects God’s promise to him. That would be so incredible to have your name as a testament of God’s promise; to be known, identified by what God will do in you.

17:1-18 God tells Abraham that he’ll be the father of many nations. Abraham is good with that. God tells Abraham that he will keep the covenant by circumcising all the males. Abraham says nothing. God tells Abraham that his wife, Sarah will have a child. Abraham cracks up and makes a big deal of it.

Sure, Abraham probably liked the “father of many nations” bit, but why no reaction to the second bit? Perhaps he was in shock. I think if I heard the sign of the covenant that God had in mind, I might have protested. “Is that really necessary, God?” Perhaps he just didn’t understand . . . yet. So, he cracks up about his old woman having a baby, instead. As if THAT was too hard for God.

Then, in chapter 18, God visits Abraham again. Perhaps Abraham forgot to mention to Sarah that God had told him that they were going to make a baby. God pops by to give a friendly reminder. What does Sarah do? She laughs. Imagine your grandparents having a baby. I laughed. Why is it a surprise that Sarah laughs? We somehow expect her to be more in-tune with God’s plan and power because, she’s a Bible character. Both Abraham and Sarah were almost 100 years old! The idea that people that old could have a baby, I find that laughable, too.

18:32 Lot was ineffective. He knew about God, but his presence in Sodom did nothing to improve its depravity. Sodom would have been spared for 10 righteous people. Lot. Lot’s wife. Lot’s two daughters. Lot’s two sons-in-law. That adds up to 6 people. It’s not quite 10 people, but surely Lot interacted with people outside of his family. Indeed, in 19:1 we learn that Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. The gate was where the city’s leaders, officials, and judges sat. These were the powerful, influential people of the city, and Lot was one of them. However, for all his power and influence, there were not even 10 righteous in the city. I wonder if Lot’s own family could have been counted among the righteous. Not to mention the others in Lot’s own household. When he went to Sodom, he had “flocks and herds and tents” (13:5) and herdsmen (13:7). Surely some of his servants would have heard him talk about God? The only ones saved were his immediate family. His wife didn’t end up making it, and later his daughters got him drunk to impregnate themselves. Sounds like Lot was really effective. (Please note the sarcasm.)

We know that Abram was 75 when God established His first promise and Abram left home (Gen. 12). Then next mention of Abraham’s age is when Ishmael was born (Gen. 16). Abraham was 86. After that, we know that he is 99 at the introduction of circumcision (Gen. 17), and following that we have the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham and Lot separate somewhere between them leaving home and Ishmael’s birth. That means it was somewhere between Abraham’s 75th year and his 86th year that Lot went to Sodom. The destruction of Sodom was after (or at) Abraham’s 99th year. Thus, we can estimate that Lot spent between 24 and 13 years in and/or around Sodom. In all that time, he had approximately no godly influence on the people.
In Gen. 13:13 they are “exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD,” and in Gen. 18:20, “the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave.” This doesn’t sound like anything has improved. The words “sinful” in chapter 13 and “sin” in chapter 18 are related. “Chatta’ah” and “chatta” come from the same word “chata,” meaning, “to sin; by inference to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn: - bear the blame, cleanse, commit [sin], by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend (-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin (-ful, -ness).” (Strong’s) The sin factor here has not changed. This sin is not unheard of, either. The “wicked” in 13:13 is the same word “ra’ah” in 6:5, when God decided to destroy mankind with the Flood. So, even in chapter 13, the city was ripe for destruction. Perhaps Lot’s stay delayed the destruction, but it was not enough to prevent it. There weren’t even 10 people to show for Lot’s involvement.

20:2 Okay, so now this old lady, who is “too old to bear children” is appealing enough for King Abimelech to take her. Interesting. She’s almost 100, but she’s still good looking. I could live with that.

20:18 All of Abimelech’s women were barren while Abraham and Sarah were there. They must’ve been there long enough for someone to notice that fact. Yet, for all that time, Abimelech had not come near Sarah. Perhaps they stayed so long because Abraham couldn’t figure out a way to reclaim his wife/sister since the king had taken her. Then, I find it interesting that Abraham prays and Abimelech’s family is healed and they can bear children again. Exactly after this, Sarah conceives and bears a son. Perhaps she was healed along with Abimelech’s household.

21:7 Sarah is thrilled that she could bear a son for her husband, “in his old age.” However, he wasn’t anywhere near too old to have kids. After Sarah dies, 37 years later, Abraham remarries and has 6 more sons (25:2), before dying at the age of 175.

21:8 I think it’s kinda funny that they decide to have a feast when Isaac is weaned. That doesn’t sound like a fun day for Isaac, but everyone else is having a party. Also, perhaps it was a rough day for Sarah, and so when she sees Ishmael scoffing, it sets her off so much more easily. Plus, now her son has made it through some pretty risky childhood, it’s more important to get rid of anyone who might rival her son. So, Ishmael, who’s maybe around 16, gets the boot with his mom.

21:22-34 Abraham makes a pact with Abimelech about the water resources. Is this the same Abimelech, perhaps?

22:12 Classic story of faith. Abraham believed God and acted. Abraham didn’t withhold his only son. If you think about it, God Himself didn’t withhold His only Son, either.

23:3-18 There’s such a cultural dance here as they decide on price in all politeness.

24:2 “Please, put your hand under my thigh . . .” Does anyone else find this kinda awkward? I know it’s cultural, but it’s just so foreign to me. I wonder what they’d think of pinkie promises.

24 In some ways, I think it would be rough to be Rebekah and to leave my home and family to marry a stranger. However, you gotta keep in mind that she was marrying the only son of a very wealthy man. I bet that helped.

25:25 Esau was a hairy, hairy baby. Now, sometimes premature babies have a lot of body hair, but it usually falls out within a few months. Ears, back, knuckles, chest. However, Esau’s seems to have lasted his whole life. Perhaps he had Hypertrichosis.

25:29 Esau has been out hunting for food. This isn’t an afternoon job, either. It could take weeks out, alone, in the wilderness. He probably ran out of food and ended up fasting. (A few verses later, in 26:1, we learn that there was a famine, perhaps it was already having an effect.) So, when he returned and was weary and starving, it’s safe to assume that he didn’t catch anything. I used to think he was silly for selling his birthright so easily. However, he might have literally been starving. He even says that he’s about to die. If it was a choice between my birthright and my life, I think I would take the stew, too.

26:1 Here is Abimelech, the King of the Philistines in Gerar again. The same guy? This time, it’s Isaac who lies about Rebekah, and the king discovers the deception. (Did nobody notice their two sons? Or, did they not come?) If I was Abimelech, I’d be tired of their whole, lying family. However, Isaac lives and thrives in the land, until the Philistines get jealous. They stop up all the wells (probably the ones in chapter 21 that were a part of Abimelech and Abraham’s pact). Then, Isaac leaves. Some bickering over wells ensues, and Abimelech goes with Phichol to meet with Isaac in Beersheba to make a pact. This is very similar to Abraham’s meeting at Beersheba with Abimelech and Phichol. Are these the same people?

Chapter 27

Rebekah fits right into this family. Abraham lied, Isaac lied, and now she’s teaching her son to be tricksy. It’s not surprising to see where Jacob’s later life and his dealings with Laban came from.

28:6-9 Esau notices that his parents don’t like the Hittite women. He already had two Hittite wives (26:34). So, in order to solve the problem, he takes another wife. This time it’s a relative, Ishmael’s daughter. If he’s trying to please his father, I don’t think that marrying the daughter of his father’s rival will get him any points.

28:20 Jacob pledges that if God will be with him, keep him safe, give him food and clothing, and that he will come back to his father’s house in peace, then God will be his God. There seems to be a lot of conditions here in this pledge. He’s expecting a lot from God.

Day 1/90 Through the Bible--Genesis 1-16

It’s interesting to imagine Moses writing down what God described to him in Creation. I wonder about how much Moses actually understood. Grass. Herbs. Fruit. Greater light. Lesser light. Sea creatures. Birds. “Cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth.” Okay, Moses knows about grass. Lots of grassy, green plants. “Sea creatures,” or “moving creatures.” A swarm “active mass of minute animals.” (Strong’s) I would guess he didn’t know much about what went on in the seas. He knew of fish, at least. As far as land animals go, I wouldn’t be surprised if cattle and sheep formed the majority of Moses’ experiences in that arena. Sure, he was a shepherd, but he seems very specific with “cattle” and then very un-specific with “creeping thing and beast of the earth.” It’s like he’s saying, “And, all those other things that walk.” Perhaps “cattle” is just a generalization for large animals? Let’s check. Okay, the Hebrew word is where we get “behemoth.” It basically means “a dumb beast, especially a quadruped or animal” (Strong’s) So, it’s a nice generalization. Memo to self: When Moses speaks of cattle (in my version), he may be talking about land animals.

God made the plants before the sun. Did God support them with photosynthesis before the sun showed up, or were they able to survive until the sun showed up the next day? What day were the insects made? I would think that they would be included with the animals. So, the poor Venus Fly Traps would have to wait a few days before getting a snack.

2:1-3 God rested on the 7^th day. My first thought is that if God took a break, then everything would fall apart. He holds everything together. He can’t take a break! However . . . if I take a break and rest, I don’t die. God was setting up a pattern of behavior for us to follow. Rest doesn’t mean not breathing, or pumping blood, or eating. Rest is an act of renewal. It’s a conscious pause in the chaos of life in which I choose to set aside the wastes of time and my to-do list. I can choose to enjoy life, pausing to appreciate it. If God takes a break, I die. If I don’t take a break, I die.

 Perhaps the four rivers branching out of Eden were the inspiration for the five rivers of hell in Greek mythology. 2:10-14

 “It is not good that man should be alone.” 2:18. Didn’t Adam have God? Adam wasn’t really alone. This is the first time God looked on His creation and said it wasn’t good. However, he wasn’t saying that Adam wasn’t good. It was only the fact that Adam was alone that wasn’t good. Does that mean God created something that was  . . .  deficient? *gasp* No, no, calm down. In a way, we’re all deficient without God. However, I believe that man was made incomplete, because man was made in God’s image. No, I don’t mean that God is incomplete. God is three Persons. These three Persons support and work with each other, just as man was created to support and work with another person.

2:21 I wonder if Adam had a scar from where the rib was taken out. If God closed up the flesh, it must’ve been perfect. Also, how did Adam know about his “surgery”? He knew that Eve was made from him, because of what he first said. Did God tell him? It’s also interesting to think of verse 24. Eve came from Adam’s flesh, and Adam’s flesh is reunited as the two become one flesh in marriage.

Did Adam and Eve have bellybuttons?

3:1 Why a snake?

4:7 “If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.” This is representative of the human condition. Sin hovers over us, but we are meant to soar free of its clutches.

5:3 Adam was 130 when he had Seth (son #3), which makes me wonder how old Cain and Abel had been. How long did Adam and Eve live in the Garden of Eden? Did Adam’s count of years begin before or after leaving the Garden? Did they even know how to track the years then or did God just tell Moses how long they had lived? Most of the people listed in the genealogy of chapter 5 lived to be over 900 years. Perhaps they figured it out in all that time, but if not, they must’ve had lives that just SEEMED really long, with no means of measuring it. But, I suppose, they wouldn’t have thought their lives were that long, since they had nothing else to compare it with. From Adam, to Seth, to Enosh, to Cainan, to Mahalalel, to Jared, to Enoch, to Methuselah, to Lamech, to Noah, the oldest guy (at death) was 969, and the youngest was 895. This is excluding Enoch, who didn’t die. He only reached 365 years old, and God took him. He must’ve been a devoted friend of God for God to take him when he’s only lived about 3/5 of his life.

Anyways, back to Cain and Abel. I wonder if they had families of their own. In the genealogy, the youngest age (that is listed) of having a son is 65, and the oldest is 187 (aside from Noah, who really threw the curve at 500 years old). So, the youngest it is listed that they have kids, is already a senior citizen. If Adam and Eve got kicked out of the Garden and had Cain and Abel right away, then it’s possible that they had been old enough to have families before the murder. However, it’s not until after the murder (and subsequent curse) that Cain begins his family. So, perhaps Abel had no family of his own.
I also wonder whether Seth was born before or after Abel was killed.

I’ve also kinda wondered before how the population of the world increased so much over the ten generations (Adam to Noah) that there would be so many people and cities and be so evil. However, when people live for 900 years, they are bound to have a few children (even if they wait until 65 to start). I wonder how early the girls married. With 900 years, and no contraceptives, I’m sure there were quite a few children born. I’m more surprised that they were able to procure enough food for everyone.

Adam: You’re pregnant AGAIN? We’re already got 5 babies, and I’m working and sweating all day as it is to put food in everyone’s mouths!
Eve: Well, they’re not eating YOU alive. You don’t have to carry them all around day or give birth to them!
Their understanding and technology must have advanced rapidly. It’s a lot of people. If they are living to be 900, they must’ve been pretty tough. If a woman had only 1 baby every two years, then she still may have had hundreds of children in her lifespan. If parents nowadays call the kid by the wrong name on occasion, it’s normal. I wonder how often the mothers called the wrong name back then. Also, let’s just give a low estimate (for living 900 years) and say that one woman may have had only 100 kids in her lifetime. Now, if each of those kids had 100 of their own, that’s somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 grandkids to remember (I leave a wide estimate because of the custom of siblings marrying back then). Just think of the size of the wallet you’d have to have in order to show all of them off. And, if you live that long, you might just have great-grandchildren, or great-great-grandchildren also. Adam himself lived long enough to have met his great-great-great-great-great-grandson, Methuselah. Seth and Enosh also lived long enough to meet their great-great-great-great-great-grandsons. However, it decreases after that. Cainan only lasts to his great-great-great-great-grandson, Mahalalel his great-great-great-grandson, Jared his great-great-grandson, Enoch his grandson (but he’s an exception because of his early departure), Methuselah his great-great-grandson, and Lamech his grandson(s).
Interestingly enough, Methuselah dies the year of the Flood. Perhaps he died in the Flood, or perhaps God delayed the Flood until after his death. Methuselah’s father was Enoch and walked with God, which I sometimes forget. I feel like they are usually treated as two very separate Bible stories. However, we are told in Exodus 20 to “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long.” Perhaps Methuselah honored his father, and that’s why he lived so long. I can just imagine an ancient Methuselah taking his last breath just as the rains began. God had told Noah the time of the Flood, perhaps He planned it, knowing that would be when Methuselah would die.

It never ceases to amaze me in 6:5 that “every intent of the thoughts of his [man’s] heart was only evil continually.” The entirety of mankind’s thoughts and plans was merely evil. The word for evil (ra’ah) is used twice in this verse. “Bad, evil (naturally or morally), adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease (-ure), distress, evil, grief (-vous), harm, heavy, hurt (-ful), ill (favoured), mischief, (-vous), misery, naught (-ty), noisome, sad (-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked (-ly, -ness, one), worse (-st) wretchedness, wrong.” (Strong’s) The evil was abundant. The Hebrew word “kol” is also used twice in this verse. “The whole; hence all, any or every, (in) all (manner), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing).” (Strong’s) ALL the thoughts were only evil ALL the time. That just astounds me how people are so evil, so aggressively evil. While the depths of depravity is still a surprise, the depths of mercy is also still a surprise.

6:22 “This Noah did, according to all that God commanded him, do he did.” This guy must be related to Abraham (Oh wait . . . hee hee), because he’s got some awesome faith and obedience going on. My family has a joke in our house, because my dad likes to talk about all these wonderful things we could/should do. “We could stop by McDonalds on the way home and then catch a movie tonight,” or, “We should all go pick out tablets, and then we’d all have one!” He’s really not meaning most of it literally, but we like to tease him for it. Sometimes, he gets our hopes up for no reasons, so we have started replying, “You said it. Now we’ve gotta do it.” If only we treated the Word of God like that. “You said it, now I will do all that You have commanded.” It’s as simple as that.

8:2 In my mind, I think I’ve always painted this idea of the sky raining until it couldn’t rain anymore; the fountains of the deep exhausting themselves, stopping, and then the flood waters receding. However, the Bible just says that they stopped. God restrained the rain. They could have kept going! As it was, it took 150 days for the floodwaters to recede. How long would it have taken if God had let the storms go for longer? I’m sure God could have let it go until Noah reached outer space. I’ve always wondered that if the ark was floating above the mountains, was the air thin? All those poor people and animals in one big boat, with one window and thin air. I’m sure glad God promised to never do that again.

8:20-21 Noah made sacrifices of clean animals, “and the LORD smelled a soothing [or pleasant] aroma.” Yeah, I bet it smelled pleasant. Barbeque usually smells pretty good.

9:6 “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed.” People often attribute the “eye for an eye” idea to Moses (or to the law given at the time of Moses) or to Hammurabi, but it seems like the idea of equal retribution was originally introduced from God here, just after the Flood.

Chapter 10 just amazes me. It maps out the origins of nations.

Japheth’s descendents are linked to the Assyrians, the Medes, the Greeks, the Sythians, Cyprus, etc.
Ham’s descendents are linked to the Babylonians, the Egyptians, the Canaanites, the Assyrians, the Arabs, the Phoenicians, the Philistines, the Amorites, the Jebusites, etc.
Shem’s descendents (the Shemites, or Semites, where we get Semitic people) are linked to the Arabs, the Israelites, the Midianites, the Ishmaelites, the Edomites, the Assyrians, the Persians, etc.

The genealogies are just a bunch of names and numbers, until you try to make some sense of it. Noah actually could have met his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson, Terah. Shem could have met his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson, Isaac. Shem saw 10 generations after him, and outlived seven of them. That’s pretty good for a guy who survived the flood!

12:1-4 When God called Abram to depart from his country, his family, and his father’s house to follow God, Abram was 75 years old. His father only lived to 205, and his grandfather only lived to 148! Abram’s life was half over, and God was calling him away from all comfort into the unknown. Talk about a mid-life crisis!

14:13 Abram is contacted when Lot is taken captive. Here is the first use of the word, “Hebrew.” It means “descended from Eber.” Back in chapter 11 we can see that Eber is Shem’s great-grandson. Since Abram was rich, he had the resources to rescue Lot when he was captured.

15:17 God alone passed between the bisected animal carcasses. Therefore, God’s covenant with Abram was not conditional on Abram’s own actions. Whether or not Abram kept his part of the bargain, by serving God, God would keep His promises, because He alone had walked between the animal pieces. It is a pledge that if one party reneges on the agreement, the same should be done to him as was done to the animals (as in cut in half). God alone walked through, therefore Abram doesn’t have to worry about being bisected.

Chapter 16

I’ve always kinda thought badly about Sarai. She’s demanding, unbelieving, and she terrorizes Hagar and Ishmael. However, it’s good to put some context to things. She’s only human, after all. When Abram had his “mid-life crisis,” Sarai went along with it. Now, she’s old, barren, and jealous. Her husband isn’t much help, either. He seems to shrug his shoulders and say, “Whatever.” However, as much focus as I’ve seen so far in Genesis on genealogy (both words coming from the same root), it’s not hard to imagine the pressure that she must’ve felt as a barren woman. It was shameful. She had no purpose in life. In her 127 years of life, she only bore one child. I wonder if she would’ve died if it were a girl. Nowadays, there is not as much pressure for women to have babies (or sons), but back then, Sarai would have faced a lot of pressure.

I'M NOT AT HOME

Psalm 139               
          Sunday, July 22, 2012

I’m not home in this world
Where no one understands.
I’m unknown and unknowable
In these strange, foreign lands.

I’m alone in this world

Where no one seems to care
I’m unpursued and unsought
In these lands of despair.

I’m small at heart in this world

Where no one seems to see.
I’m unimpressive and uninspiring
In these lands I can’t be free.

I’m falling apart in this world

Where no one has it right.
I’m unhinged and unstable
In these lands devoid of light.

This world is not my home

Where people can’t comprehend.
I’m known and loved.
In Your arms I can mend.

This world is not my home

Where people live so selfishly.
I’m pursued and cherished.
In Your eyes I’m loved attentively.

This world is not my home

Where people cannot feel.
I’m wonderful and powerful.
In Your presence I am real.

This world is not my home

Where people build on sand.
I’m ordained and secure
In the safety of Your hand.

LONGING FOR BELONGING

July 12, 2012

I’m feeling kinda lonely,
I’m feeling pretty blue.
I’m feeling like my heart has died
And my brain has turned to glue.
I’ve started walking upside-down
Yet feeling like I’m inside out.
I know someday I’ll feel at home
But even this I sometimes doubt.

          I’m longing for belonging
          For peace at least
          I don’t want to roam.
          I just want a home,
          A place to belong
          But my journey is long
          And my journey is tough
          But this worlds not enough.
               This world is not my home.
               I’m only passing through.
               Though in this world I roam
               This world will never do.

I’m missing all my friends.
It’s like I’ve lost a limb.
My present is monotonous
My future seems so grim.
It mocks me with uncertainties.
Yet everyone tells me there is hope.
Day after day I don’t belong,
And in this world I cannot cope.

Christ, too, longed for belonging
For the likes of you and me.
When He came to give His all for us
Upon that blessed tree.
Christ knows the pain so deep inside.
He knows the strains, the hurts, the strife.
He’s felt the ache when far from God.
Yet He beat death to give us life.

          I’m not alone. I’m not unknown.
          God took my wrongs. Now I belong.
          He gave His all, so He could call
          Me as His own. Now I am home.
          I’ve found my place, inside God’s grace.
          I’ll rest at last, secure and fast
          In arms of love, in heaven above.
          Longing no more. Belonging for sure.

I SEE PAST THE LIES

Monday 13 September 2010

With centered, loving, God-bound eyes
I look on you and, no surprise
I see past all of satan’s lies
as each one now, defeated, dies.

yet, silently, my heart just cries
and seeks an answer from the skies
for why the darkness still defies
the God Who all our freedom buys

and how could He, so very wise
let satan tie us with his ties
and teach us his depraved disguise
‘til we forget we’re meant to rise.

though we have God, yet satan vies
and tries to tempt with compromise
but yet no matter how he tries
he can’t escape his sure demise.

now God has no need to surmise
to see our sins in total size
nor does He need to improvise
a way to instruct or to chastise

He takes our sins, with no goodbyes
And buries them when we’re baptized.
now all the good our lives comprise
comes from the One Who all provides.

I look on you and my heart denies
all that sin and shame implies
my view now wholly rests, relies
on He Who sovereign grace supplies.

and where His blood He once applies
there’s nothing left now to despise
nor could satan ever devise
a way that could that blood revise

or steal us from our righteous prize.
for when your heart with God allies
and when your mind lets Him advise
and when you drop your sinful guise

it’s then your eye to heaven flies
it’s then that your soul will arise
He’ll lift your face to higher highs.
no lie can silence God’s reprise.

SING IT AND MEAN IT

Thursday 5 January 2006

How many times have I sung the words,
While their meaning remained unheard?
They speak to me of God above,
About His mercy and His love.
I open up my mouth and sing,
But no praises do I bring.
I hear only note and chord,
And send no music to the Lord.
I sing, but I sing only to sing.
My reason for singing is not for the King.
I’m singing to sing, and not to praise,
And I’m missing His truths in so many ways.
I want to worship instead of sing.
I want to worship Christ the King!
Music is lovely to my earthly ear,
But praises from the heart are what He wants to hear.
O God above, please hear my plea.
I want to worship only Thee!
And now, the words hold meaning for me.
You’ve opened my eyes, and I can see!
I see Your truths, I hear them ringing.
YOU have become my reason for singing!
I want to sing out loud and clear
The message I now hold so dear.
True music and worship will only begin
When it reaches our hearts and pours out from within.
We need to mean what we sing, every single part.
Then, the words from our mouths will flow straight to God’s heart.

ALONE WITH YOU

Alone with You, my Lord.
Alone, my God, my King.
I’m struggling to worship You.
I’m trying hard to sing.

In this place of desolation
My heart is thirsty for
A place where I will worship,
A sky where I can soar.

But people close around me.
Secularity surrounds me.
These “Christians” they drown me,
Until Your love has found me.

You throw me to the sky
With updrafts of Your love.
Though I must soar alone,
I still will soar above.

So, this is my choice:
I will lift my voice.
I will rise and sing.
I will praise my King.
I will give my all,
Though others may fall.
I will rise and soar,
And fly for my Lord

Though I must soar alone,
I still will soar above.