I want to thank you all once again for your prayers for my family. God was listening & working. We are on the road to restoration, but there is still a long road of healing ahead for everyone.
I've said many times before that I am a very musical person. Music speaks to me and I believe God uses it to reach me if that makes sense.
I was driving the other day when this amazing song came on the radio. It is called "Yours" by Steven Curtis Chapman. The dj said he wrote it after the tragic loss of his precious little girl. I can't even begin to imagine.
Here are a few of the lyrics:
And its all Yours, God, Yours, God
Everything is Yours
From the stars in the sky
To the depths of the ocean floor
And its all Yours, God, Yours, God
Everything is Yours
You're the Maker and Keeper, Father and Ruler of everything
It's all Yours, God
It's all Yours, God
It's all Yours, God
It's all Yours, God
The glory is Yours, God
All the honor is Yours, God
The power is Yours, God
The glory is Yours, God
You're the King of Kings
And Lord of Lords
And its all Yours, God, Yours, God
Everything is Yours
From the stars in the sky
To the depths of the ocean floor
And its all Yours, God, Yours, God
Everything is Yours
All the greatness and power, the glory and splendor and majesty
Everything is Yours
Yeah, it's all Yours
We are Yours
The glory and honor is Yours, everything is Yours
It's all Yours, God
My life is Yours, my heart is Yours
My hands and my feet are Yours
Every song that I sing
It's all Yours, all is Yours
All belongs to You
Our gifts are Yours, God
All our dreams are Yours, God
All our plans are Yours, God
The whole earth is Yours, God
Everything is Yours
As I listened to the words tears streamed down my face one after the other.
Can I be completely honest with you all here? During the chaos, confusion, and pain that has been my life for the past month or so there were times when I really began to doubt what I had asked for. I asked God to work a miracle in my family...I asked all of you to pray for a miracle. Then when it began to happen, I wasn't so sure I wanted it anymore. Does that make me crazy? (Ok, don't answer that!)
I realized though that my insecurites, my doubts, my fears were just that. They were "mine", not HIS. He always had a perfect plan. He always knew the outcome. He was never afraid. He never doubted me or my family.
When I finally let go of "my" feelings, I let His invade me. I am thankful that everything is His because when we try to do things on our own it becomes overwhelming and we allow uncertainty into our lives.
With Him we can be certain that EVERYTHING is His.
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Wow, thats a beautiful song! Thanks for sharing Britt! Love ya!
I wonder if I can truly sing that? Ya know? With all my heart? Could I truly say that?
I hope so.
Britt, thank you so much for leaving me a comment the other day. It meant so much to meet someone like me. Who hurts like me. And desires the same thing as me. I bet there are millions more of "us" out there - don'tcha think?
I will be checking back on you thanks to this blog world. And praying that you can fully sing,
"It's all yours God, it's all yours..."
Much love to you,
Melissa at Stretch Marks
Britt,
I just found you through Laced Wtih Grace and I dont' know your exact circumsatances, but I have to tell you I understand. My family has been going through an amazing miracle right now and my dad is being freed from a more than 30 year addiction to alcohol. What Christ is doing for us is NOTHING SHORT OF MIRACULOUS!! So I hope you don't mind, but I am going to "borrow" your youtube video because it speaks volumes to what is happening. It is amazing what confession of our need for Him can do for our lives: and that is what my dad is finally doing...I'll be praying for you and yours. From what I read it's no accident God lead me here: I suffered with feeling "fatherless" for years becaaus of dad's addiction, I suffered miscarriage and infertility until last year when God blessed me with a child, anyway, I haven't spent much time on your blog (yet), but for some reason I was just drawn to you by your recent posts. So be blessed, dear child and know that I will be praying for you and your family.
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