First, thank you so much for your comments on my last post.. they really helped. I appreciate your prayers also, more than you will ever know.
On the way home from church this morning, this song came on. The words really touched my heart and calmed my thoughts. I have been praying so hard that Christ would calm my fears and put his hand on my heart, and I believe that He did through your comments and through this song. It really amazes me that even when I doubt His sovereignty, he somehow manages to look past that and gently guide me back to where I belong, putting my focus back into prospective. It has been a very long 3 weeks filled with pure exhaustion, and I feel like I have lost all sense of control….
And that’s right where He wants me.
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.
For when I am weak, then I am strong. -2 Corinthians 12:8-10
Everybody falls sometimes
Gotta find the strength to rise
From the ashes and make a new beginning
Anyone can feel the ache
You think it’s more than you can take
But you are stronger, stronger than you know
Don’t you give up now
The sun will soon be shining
You gotta face the clouds
To find the silver lining
I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do
It doesn’t matter what you’ve heard
Impossible is not a word
It’s just a reason for someone not to try
Everybody’s scared to death
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It’ll be alright
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing
I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do
Overcome the odds
You don’t have a chance
(That’s what faith can do)
When the world says you can’t
It’ll tell you that you can!
I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do
That’s what faith can do!
Even if you fall sometimes
You will have the strength to rise
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What a beautiful song. Thanks for sharing that; I’ve never heard it before, and think I will need to get that on my iPod. Awesome, encouraging words!
I will keep praying. May God envelope you in His love.
My favorite line…..everybody’s scared to death! I need that reminder, we are all scared, but you go on! It’s my favorite song!
Heather, I am praying for you. Giving the “control” to God is such a hard thing to do, but there is so much freedom there. I struggle with this daily…..for 2 years now it has been a very real struggle for me as I have wrestled w/God over losing my dad (he’s alive physically, but not mentally) to Alzheimers disease…he’s only 60 years old and has been in a nursing home for 2 years. walking through this valley has been very painful, and probably will be for quite some time, but I can honestly say that God has grown me in so many ways and I know him more intimately now than I did 2 years ago. I see him as Sovereign over EVERYTHING and know that He has my best interests at heart. It’s at that place of being empty, w/nowhere else to turn that HE meets us. There’s a beautiful song called The Valley of Vision and it’s a sweet reminder of the Truth that He is with us in the valley. I could go on and on, but I just want to tell you that I think you are an amazing woman of God and I am learning so much from your blog…i stumbled upon it and I know that it wasn’t a mistake. thank you for being real in your blogging and for sharing your heart…….I will continue to pray for you. In Him, ~patty r.
Awesome!! Thanks for sharing
Happy Friday