My Magnificent Obsession

So, I have a blog. Regardless of whether or not anyone reads it... :) I have commited this year, 2009, to be my 'Jesus Year'. & it has definitely started out with a bang! I attended a Beth Moore & Travis Cottrell Conference in December & there I purchased an audio series taken from the verse in Psalm 37, "Delight yourself in the Lord & He will give you the desires of your heart." I took the challenge to Delight myself in the Lord & let Him become the delight of my heart this year & already He has changed my life!! When I was in the middle of listening to Beth's series on delight, I was also listening to a CD by Steven Curtis Chapman. The song that caught my attention was "Magnificent Obsession"

Lord, You know how much
I want to know so much
In the way of answers and explanations
I cried and prayed
And sitll I seem to stay
In the middle of life's complications
All this pursuing leaves me feeling like I'm chasing down the wind
But now it's brought me back to You
And I can see again

THIS IS EVERYTHING I WANT
THIS IS EVERYTHING I NEED
I WANT THIS TO BE MY ONE CONSUMING PASSION
EVERYTHING MY HEART DESIRES
LORD, I WANT IT ALL TO BE FOR YOU, JESUS
BE MY MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION

So capture my heart again
Take me to depths I've bever been
Into the riches of Your grace and Your mercy
Return me to the cross
And let me be completely lost
In the wonder of the love
That You've shown me
Cut throught these chains that tie me down to so many lesser things
Let all my dreams fall to the ground
Until this one remains

Seriously. What powerful lyrics. My magnificent obsession. This is my heart for 2009... and for the rest of my life. "His love is better than life." Nothing else... Nothing else matters.