Laced With Grace

Bask in His presence today because His Love is better than life.

PSALM 63

O God, You are my God,

earnestly I seek You;
my soul thirsts for You,

my body longs for You,
in a dry and weary land
where there is no water.

I have seen You in the sanctuary

and beheld Your power and Your glory.

BECAUSE YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE,

my lips will glorify You.

I will praise You as long as I live,

and in Your name I will lift up my hands.

My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;

with singing lips my mouth will praise You.

On my bed I remember You;

I think of You through the watches of the night.

Because You are my help,

I sing in the shadow of Your wings.

My soul clings to You;

Your right  hand upholds me.

They who seek my life will be destroyed;
they will go down to the depths of the earth.

They will be given over to the sword
and become food for jackals.

But the king will rejoice in God;

all who swear by God’s name will praise Him,

while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

For the hungry and thirsty soul…HIS LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
.

For the eyes that are weary of looking at evil at every turn…HIS LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
. For the lips that are lacking in wisdom and praise…HIS LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE.
For the soul that is restless at night…HIS LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
.

For the hands that are feeble and weak…HIS LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
.

For the life that is hunted down by the enemy…HIS LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE.

For the one who has suffered loss or been abandoned…HIS LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE.

The winner’s of the Church Chix’s self-titled debut CD are commenter’s 1 & 5. Congratulation to Denise and Cyber Pope. We will contact you via email to get your snail mail address.

Please stop by on Monday, March 1st as we are revealing our new designed blog with a giveaway. Thank you Lori for giving LWG a new face.

This past month I had the opportunity to chat with Carol Moxley, bass-player of the Texas-based worship band “Church Chix”. Carol was one of the first bloggers I met when I started blogging almost 5 years ago – so there is a special bond . Find out at the end of the interview how you can get a copy of the CD (not available for sale (yet) at regular retail locations)…

1. Carol, I know you have been playing bass for a very long time. How long have you been playing together as a group known as “Church Chix“?

Iris, we’re humbled by your interest in Church Chix and we thank you for this opportunity to share our ministry with your readers here at Laced With Grace.

About six years ago, Toni and I played our guitars for our church’s women’s retreat. At that time we shared a common dream of a ladies’ praise/worship band that would be available to women’s ministries in need of music for retreats and other events. We didn’t know it at the time, but two other women musicians at our church also shared a similar dream with each other. We later found out a singer at our church also had the same calling on her heart and her college roommate (a violinist from another church) was looking for a praise team with which to use her musicianship. Later, we came across a female drummer from a nearby town with the same calling. The story of how it all came together is one of those things that is so bizarre and unexpected you know only God could have managed to make it happen. And he did! Rebecca and I are the only original members remaining – Toni joined a little later, the others after that – but looking back, we see how and why he lead the various members in and out of the group along the way. He is sovereign!

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