Creative Response Gracious, by definition gracious means showing divine grace. Grace by the Christian definition means the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings. And lastly, Tempest by definition. A wild, windy, and vicious storm. This gives me chills because God has such a wild and vicious love for us. My favorite worship song ‘Gracious Tempest’ by Hillsong Worship reminds me so greatly of the beautiful relationship we have with our heavenly father. He is with us at all times even though we’ve done so little to deserve it. He always provides for us the things we need no matter what we’ve done. Ephesians 2:8 reads “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith.
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Songs on the radio, our phones, and in church have a huge impact on us. We always have this music stuck in our heads whether we want it there or not. Do you ever have a song that no matter what, when it comes on you can’t skip it? That’s how I feel about the song Gracious Tempest. Whenever it comes on my playlist I stop whatever I’m doing and worship. I’ve mentioned before in journals and discussions that music means so much to me, more than I could ever explain. If I’m being honest, the music I listen to doesn’t always reflect the life that I live in my Christian faith. But this song is a song that’s on my normal playlist not my ‘Church music’ one. So this is why I chose to sing, and to sing this song. Because while I constantly have tons of songs in my head, this one is constantly …show more content…
My sins submerged your love have saved my soul." ( Hillsong Worship 1:09-1:33).These lyrics are my favorite in the song, they give me the strongest sense of encouragement. One thing that will never not fascinate me about our heavenly father is that his love is unwavering no matter the circumstance. This song sheds a light on what the bible says in Titus 3:4-5 “But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit” (ESV). Honestly I didn’t have a solid idea about how I felt about Christianity going into middle school and early high school. I had been through a lot, and I felt as if God was just sitting there laughing at my pain. Unbeknownst to me that wasn’t it at all. When we are going through hard things we tend to blame God and feel like he doesn’t hear us. We feel entitled to have our problems fixed instantly, and when that doesn’t happen we get angry at God when in reality he doesn’t owe us anything. We could have it a lot worse than we do. That is truly what we deserve but, God gracious as he is, gives us all that we need and more. Furthermore, God does nothing by accident. While I was busy being angry about having to move and going to middle school. God was slowly but surely leading me to becoming
Songs on the radio, our phones, and in church have a huge impact on us. We always have this music stuck in our heads whether we want it there or not. Do you ever have a song that no matter what, when it comes on you can’t skip it? That’s how I feel about the song Gracious Tempest. Whenever it comes on my playlist I stop whatever I’m doing and worship. I’ve mentioned before in journals and discussions that music means so much to me, more than I could ever explain. If I’m being honest, the music I listen to doesn’t always reflect the life that I live in my Christian faith. But this song is a song that’s on my normal playlist not my ‘Church music’ one. So this is why I chose to sing, and to sing this song. Because while I constantly have tons of songs in my head, this one is constantly …show more content…
My sins submerged your love have saved my soul." ( Hillsong Worship 1:09-1:33).These lyrics are my favorite in the song, they give me the strongest sense of encouragement. One thing that will never not fascinate me about our heavenly father is that his love is unwavering no matter the circumstance. This song sheds a light on what the bible says in Titus 3:4-5 “But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit” (ESV). Honestly I didn’t have a solid idea about how I felt about Christianity going into middle school and early high school. I had been through a lot, and I felt as if God was just sitting there laughing at my pain. Unbeknownst to me that wasn’t it at all. When we are going through hard things we tend to blame God and feel like he doesn’t hear us. We feel entitled to have our problems fixed instantly, and when that doesn’t happen we get angry at God when in reality he doesn’t owe us anything. We could have it a lot worse than we do. That is truly what we deserve but, God gracious as he is, gives us all that we need and more. Furthermore, God does nothing by accident. While I was busy being angry about having to move and going to middle school. God was slowly but surely leading me to becoming