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Of Things Believed

by Don Shreffler

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Mended 03:08
Mended Hebrews 11:1/Tozer/Isaiah 55:8-9 Of things believed, a confidence, Of things not seen, a conviction In you alone I find my rest In you release my contention To trust in realities we’ve not been shown Belief in the uncomprehended Til we know of you the way we have been known ‘Til our hearts and minds have been mended For not my thoughts, like your thoughts Nor all your ways or intentions In you alone, the heights, the depths In you release my dissension For your ways and ours are like Heaven from earth And your mighty deeds they are endless Our souls do await that one glorious day When our hearts and minds have been mended In you alone I find my rest ‘Til our hearts and minds have been mended
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Mine Eyes 04:59
Mine eyes Isaiah 6:5, Psalm 36:3-5, Romans 7:24-25 Woe to me, Lord I cry, unclean lips have I Mine eyes have seen the King the Lord Almighty My deeds are wicked and deceitful In my sleep my mind plots evil Oh My heart embraces wrong Wretched man, that I am, born in sin and death Drinking in iniquity like water In sin I bear a heavy burden To the law of sin a servant Oh to serve the law of God Your love Oh Lord reaches to the heavens Your faithfulness to the skies Your blood Oh Lord reaches down to save us Your righteousness came to die Woe to me, Lord I cry, unclean lips have I

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Mended is inspired by an A.W. Tozer quote I read while struggling with some theological ideas that I still don’t fully understand, and possibly never will…

"If all this appears to be self-contradictory---Amen, be it so. The various elements of truth stand in perpetual antithesis, sometimes requiring us to believe apparent opposites while we wait for the moment when we shall know as we are known. Then truth which now appears to be in conflict with itself will arise in shining unity and it will be seen that the conflict has not been in the truth but in our sin-damaged minds."

I am learning to exercise the act of surrender. Surrendering my heart to God in the moments of uncertainty that we all have. Surrendering my mind to the possibility that there are facets of God’s being that are too wondrous for me to entirely grasp. Allowing the mysteries of God to be a catalyst for worship instead of frustration (Hebrews 11:1 and Isaiah 55:8-9).

Mine Eyes is simply a raw and transparent view of my sinful condition and the Gospel that redeems it. The story of the Gospel is only complete when it doesn’t merely give the good news, but precedes that good news with the bad news. That’s the whole story. I am utterly and completely sinful. Jesus lived a perfect life, yet he took my sin upon him and the punishment that comes with it. We must fully concede our desperate condition. Only then will the Gospel be exercised in our lives (Isaiah 6:5, Psalm 36:3-5, Romans 7:24-25).

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released August 25, 2016

Credits
Songs written by Don Shreffler
Produced, recorded, and mixed by Nicholas Poss at Magic Air Studios
Mastered by Kevin Lively
Art design and layout by Wendy Shreffler
Don Shreffler – Acoustic guitar, vocals
Reagan Taylor – Vocals
Scott Luney – Mandolin
Nicholas Poss – All other instruments and programming

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don shreffler Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Don leads worship at The Vine Community Church in Oklahoma City. He is a proud Okie and an onion burger connoisseur. He is a singer of many songs, writer of a few.

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