And so I stand

So - I'm taking a ladies' Bible study on the book of Ruth - Thursday evenings this summer at a local church.  It's not the church we attend - and I only have one kind-of acquaintance at the church - and one acquaintance in the Bible Study (though she's not in my group).  Tonight was the third week - and it was excellent discussion once again.  

Each week on the way there and back I have Chris Tomlin playing on Pandora (on my Droid) as I drive.  And, each evening on the way back, the song "In Christ Alone" has played - each time performed by a different artist - each time right about the same spot on my journey home.  Coincidence?  I think not.

This song always "hits me hard" - and I end up crying each Thursday night.  So, tonight I decided to blog the lyrics.  This blog isn't "for you." It's for ME.  It's a reminder to me that I'm claiming it - all of it - especially the bolded parts.

In Christ alone my hope is found

He is my light, my strength, my song

This Cornerstone, this solid ground

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depths of peace

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease

My Comforter, my All in All

Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone, who took on flesh

Fullness of God in helpless Babe

This gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones He came to save

'Til on that cross as Jesus died

The wrath of God was satisfied

For every sin on Him was laid

Here in the death of Christ I live, I live

There in the ground His body lay

Light of the world by darkness slain

Then bursting forth in glorious Day

Up from the grave He rose again

And as He stands in victory

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me

For I am His and He is mine

Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death

This is the power of Christ in me

From a life's first cry to final breath

Jesus commands my destiny

No power of hell, no scheme of man

Could ever pluck me from His hand

'Til He returns or calls me home

Here in the power of Christ I stand

I will stand, I will stand

All other ground is sinking sand

All other ground, all other ground

Is sinking sand, is sinking sand

So I stand