What a busy day this turned out to be. I started the day early this morning with A Train the Trainer conference and heard Dr. John Ewart. Wow what a lot of information I have a ton to digest from this conference. I learned so much from this conference and an evangelistic concept that nearly every church is missing. I will blog about this later on after I have digested some things.
Tonight I also attended a concert with Living Sacrifice it was actually a farewell concert for them and also a group called Crossway. I enjoyed the concert but Crossway performed 2 songs that really spoke to me. The first song is Titled “Took It All Away”
TOOK IT ALL AWAY
I’VE BEEN NUMB FROM THE SHOCK OF DEVESTATION LEFT SO CONFUSED THAT IT PARALIZED MY PRAYERS AN UNEXPECTED PAIN TORE MY HEART INTO PIECES AND JUST LEFT MY FAITH HANGING THERE BUT I ROSE UP FROM ASHES OF MY DESPAIR
AND WITH YOUR STRENGTH I STOOD AND I DECLARED
CHORUS THAT IF YOU TOOK IT ALL AWAY EVERY GIFT YOU EVER GAVE THE SUN THAT SHINES IN MY DAYS THE STARS THAT YOU DISPLAY AND IF YOU NEVER BLESSED AGAIN IF YOU GAVE ANOTHER TRIAL INSTEAD IF THE PRECIOUS THING THAT I HELD WAS STRIPPED OUT OF MY HAND I WOULD STAND AND PRAISE YOUR HOLY NAME
IF YOU TOOK IT ALL AWAY
GOD, I MUST BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE WITH ME AND THAT YOU STILL HAVE PURPOSE AND A PLAN AND WHEN YOU HAVE PROVED AND YOU HAVE TRIED ME I’LL SHINE LIKE GOLD IN YOUR HANDS AND I’LL RISE UP FROM THE ASHES OF MY DESPAIR
LORD, WITH YOUR STRENGTH I’LL STAND AND I’LL DECLARE
BRIDGE WHEN I FEEL I CAN’T LAST ANOTHER DAY I’LL CRY BLESSED BE YOUR NAME BLESSED BE YOUR NAME WHEN I CAN’T SEE THE HOPE THROUGH THE PAIN I’LL CRY BLESSED BE YOUR NAME
BLESSED BE YOUR NAME
This song just really spoke to my heart. I was forced to ask myself as I was holding my son. ”God what if you took it all away”. What would my response be would I be able to stand and declare the praises of God. This has been a rough time in my life. I have lost for a time one of the things that I held very dear to my heart. It came right after God and my family in my life and when you lose that it is difficult. I am thankful I have been able to praise God and know He has a far greater plan and that which has been meant for evil will in know way prevail. Because I will still praise my God.
The second song was Titled “When I Hear the Thunder”
WHEN I HEAR THE THUNDER
SOMETIMES AT NIGHT I CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE HAS GONE TO BED KNOWIN’ ONCE AGAIN I’VE GOTTEN IN TOO DEEP
AND THE WATERS WILL SOON BE ABOVE MY HEAD
AND I BEG OF YOU TO CHANGE THE WORLD AROUND ME SO TOMORROW WON’T BE LOOKING QUITE SO DIM AND I AWAKE TO THE WATERS DEEP ENOUGH TO DROWN ME
BUT, THROUGH IT ALL YOU TAUGHT ME HOW TO SWIM
CHORUS: AND WHEN I HEAR THE THUNDER, AND I THINK I’M GOIN’ UNDER I REMEMBER YOU’RE THE LIFTER OF MY HEAD YOU’VE HAD A THOUSAND CHANCES TO CHANGE MY CIRCUMSTANCES
BUT, THANK YOU LORD, THANK YOU LORD FOR CHANGIN’ ME INSTEAD
THERE ARE TIMES I CAN’T HELP FEELIN’ LOST LIKE A SHIP DRIFTIN’ ON THE OPEN SEA AND THE WINDS AND WAVES LEAVE ME PITCHED AND TOSSED
AND A STORM BEGINS TO BUILD INSIDE OF ME
AND I BEG OF YOU TO CHANGE THE WORLD AROUND ME AS FEAR AND FAITH ARE FIGHTING FOR CONTROL AMID THE RAGING WATERS SWIRLIN’ ALL AROUND ME
YOU’VE BECOME THE ANCHOR FOR MY SOUL
This was just an awesome reminder for me especially with what was going on today that God is in control and I am not going to drowned. It was also a reminder that so often God will put us into our circumstances. I heard today that we could possibly be praying against God’s will when we pray for people to not go through something. Perhaps God put them in the situation for a reason. god has truly become my Anchor in the middle of this storm.