Please Come

This week I am feeling a little emotionally overwhelmed. One of my favorite and most popular ways to worship God is through music. I took a short iPod break this afternoon to spend time with the Lord in prayer and to debrief from my morning meetings. I listened to my favorite Nicole Nordeman album this afternoon. I heard Nordeman's song, "Please Come" and couldn't help but think of my dear friend Anna. She is such a beautiful woman and I feel so lucky to have full accessibility to her grace everyday. Thanks for being my "little banana!" Hear the song here

Oh the days when I drew lines around
my faith to keep you out, to keep me in, to keep it safe.
Oh the sense of my own self-entitlement
to say who’s wrong, who won’t be long, or cannot stay.
Cause somebody somewhere decided we’d be better off divided.
And somehow, despite the damage done He says come:

There is room enough for all of us
Please come, and the arms are open wide enough
Please come, and our parts are never greater than the sum
This is the heart of the one who
stands before the open door and bids us come.

Oh the times when I have failed to
recognize how many chairs are
gathered there around the feast.
To break the bread and break these
boundaries that have kept us
from our only common ground the
invitation to sit down if we will come:

Come from the best of humanity Come from the depths of depravity Come now and see how we need every different beat on this same street. Come.