What I like about the song At the Cross

Welcome to Good Apples Friday

Today I wanted to share this song called "At the Cross" by Chris Tomlin.

There's a place where mercy reigns and never dies

There's a place where streams of grace flow deep and wide
Where all the love I've ever found
Comes like a flood
Comes flowing down

[Chorus:]
At the cross
At the cross
I surrender my life
I'm in awe of You
I'm in awe of You
Where Your love ran red
And my sin washed white
I owe all to You
I owe all to You Jesus

There's a place where sin and shame are powerless
Where my heart has peace with God and forgiveness
Where all the love I've ever found
Comes like a flood
Comes flowing down

[Chorus]

Here my hope is found
Here on holy ground
Here I bow down
Here I bow down
Here arms open wide
Here You save my life
Here I bow down
Here I bow

I love this song so much. It's so peaceful.

I love the line "I'm in awe of you."

Whenever I think about Jesus dyeing on the cross I think about the sacrifice he gave up.  

How he died for the ones who were beating him to death.

He gave his life for us; the ones who constantly disobey and hate him.

"I'm in awe of you"

You are awesome God.

To die for us.

To die for them.

To love us so much that you would die for us.

And how do we apply to this message?

To this loving God who died for us.

How do we apply to this?

We bow down to him.

We follow him.

And we tell others about this amazing God.

Isn't God amazing?

Every single Good Apples Friday post I write I always leave saying,

"WOW. WOW. My God is so awesome. So amazing. So powerful. So loving. So caring. So forgiving."

I hope you feel this way to when you read about God.

Have a lovely week.

A great Reformation Day!

And that you may be reminded of how amazing God is every single day.

bouncing in to say bye,

                               bernie

Be You. Be Unique.

Sarah from the introverted extrovert made this for me a couple years ago.

Thanks Sarah! I feel like this picture suits what I'm about to post about.

I've been struggling with blogging these days. Asking myself are people really liking my blog? Are people even interested in things I say. At the end of the day I always tell myself to keep posting. To just keep moving on, but it's not always easy. Whenever I look at my blog I feel like no one is interested.

I'm different from other bloggers. All the blogs I read write beautiful stories and poems. I like writing, but I'm not so good at it. I have a different style from everybody else. Sometimes I'm discouraged to post my writing because it's so different. Whenever I read other peoples posts their grammar is perfect, but I struggle with that.

I feel like my photography isn't as good as everyone's else. Everything looks perfect and my photography is good, just not as good as theirs. Sometimes that discourages me and makes me not takes pictures as much.

But I shouldn't be like that. I shouldn't compare myself. I shouldn't be afraid to post different things because no one else posts about it or I feel they might not be interested.

BE UNIQUE. BE DIFFERENT.

Stop comparing their blog to yours and trying to make yours like theirs.

BE YOU. NOT THEM.

I'm here to say, I'm not perfect. This post probably have some grammar mistakes. But that's okay.

Keep blogging. Because you'll never get better if you just stop.

Keep trying.

It'll be worth it. I promise.

Most of all, be you.

Don't be afraid.

bouncing in to say bye,

                               bernie

Good Apples Friday // He Is With You

Welcome to Good Apples Friday

Today I wanted to share these verses and this quote.

I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world."

I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."

This is a great reminder that someday all our pain, frustration, and hard times will come to and end. That someday we will spend the rest of our lives with God.

Hang in there! You can do this. I know it's hard. I know sometimes you just want to get so stressful  and mad about what you're going through. But God is with you.

Know that this is all God's plan for YOUR good.

Take a breather. Lay down. Spend time with God.

It's comforting.

Remember, you can do this!

If you have any prayer requests be sure to comment them down below!! :)

Have a wonderful weekend!

bouncing in to say bye,

                                bernie