So this weekend I was on the worship team again! It is amazing how the Lord knows that I am going to need to practice a song a myriad of times, and then lead it 3 times before I'm going to be able to hear it. But that's what he did again! Finally the 3 worship gathering- I heard it! There were two songs in particular that brought it home to me! It started with a couple of lines out of this song below.
"Before a heartache can ever touch my life, it has to go through your hands."
Wow! Process that for a while! Everything that touches our life- goes through his hands. Everything! But God, why do you let some things through? Why don't you close your fingers to some of the really BIG hard places. It's almost as if you have to open your fingers wider to let them pass. Why not just pick them out instead and throw them away? Why not only let the good things pass? or are you? Are you sifting through and taking out so many things that we never know? Are you so big that you can do that for me, for Ren, for Cait & Brie- for all these people here today? Are you sifting so intimately for each of us? Yes, it seems so! Some of us have similar experiences and yet we each have different 'take' on it. You are using it differently for each of us. Hmmm? What have you sifted for today, Lord?
"I know that You can find a way to keep me from the pain, but if not, ...if not, I'll trust You!"
Hmmm? I know I'm not the only one having a hard time saying those words. Each service I saw hands go up to the face and tears come. No, it was sobs for some; body shaking, heart wrenching sobs. Lord, this is not easy for us! We know you can keep us from the pain! We have always believed you are BIG enough to do that. Yet we hurt! So deeply, so 'to the core! Can I trust You when it hurts so bad? I say "God is good, all the time!" When things are good, I shout it with exuberance. But when I'm hurting? Ah Lord, that is hard! Sometimes in that pain, I can barely breathe, let alone speak. Sometimes I don't like You! If you are the Blessed Controller of all things- and I believe you are, why would you NOT keep me from this pain?
Yet even in the pain, pain that comes to all of us at one time or another as part of this journey called life, I begin to see You! Not as the one who dishes out the pain, but as The Comforter, Healer, Mighy One; The Refuge and the Warrior! I see Your Strength, and Courage, Life and Hope! Ah, There it is!
God, You are my HOPE!
You are my ONLY HOPE!
My ONLY HOPE is YOU!
Yes Lord, I KNOW that YOU can find a way to keep me from the pain, but if not...
if not...
I'll trust You!
No Matter What!
No Matter What! (Listen here!)
Sung by Kerrie Roberts
I’m running back to your promises one more time, Lord that’s all I can hold on to
I gotta say this
has taken me by surprise, but nothing surprises You.
Before a heartache can ever touch my life, it has to go
through Your hands
And even though
I, keep asking why, I keep asking
why
CHORUS
No matter what, I’m gonna love You, no matter what, I’m gonna need You,
I know that
You can find a way to keep me from the pain but if not, if not,
I’ll trust
You, no matter what, no matter what.
VERSE 2 When I’m stuck in this nothing-ness by myself, I’m just sitting in silence
There’s no way I
can make it without Your help, I won’t even try it.
I know You have
Your reasons for everything, so I will keep believing
Whatever I might be
feeling, God You are my hope, and You'll be my strength,
(Chorus)
BRIDGE
Anything I don’t have You can give it to
me, but it’s ok if You don’t,
I’m not here for
those things, the touch of Your love is enough on its own,
No matter what I still love You and I’m gonna need You
CHORUS 2
No matter what I still love You and I’m gonna need You
No matter what I’m gonna love You,
no matter what I’m gonna need You,
I know that
You can find a way to keep me from the pain but if not, if not, I’ll trust You,
I know that
You can find a way to keep me from the pain, but if not, if not, I’ll trust You,
No matter
what, no matter, no matter what, No
matter, no matter what
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