Our beloved Auntie Joan let us adopt her worship cd the other day...and two songs have really stood out....but this one is a favorite for even the kids....which leads us each to request it every time we get into the van.
Tonight it's my battle cry:
The darker the night the brighter the day
the fiercer the fight the stronger the faith
so i place my hope in You
the deeper the sin the stronger the blood
the more to forgive, the more reason to love
so i place my trust in You
in Your ways oh God
redemption is so much better than perfection
in Your ways oh God
over and over
You prove You're so faithful
over and over
You prove Yourself a redeemer
so i place all my hope in You
The artist is Kristene Mueller and this song, Redemption rocks like a SixPence None the Richer song.
More importantly it stirred up the promises of God deep down in my heart.
I love the second line....."The Fiercer the Fight...the Stronger the Faith"
What's truer than that?
The harder we need to fight....the more our faith is challenged, and proven to be failing or better yet, proven to be strong! God let my faith be proven true! I DO believe you have spoken into our lives and we LONG to follow Your voice. Let that be able to be said of us...that we followed you, we believed and didn't give up...not for the prize of another house....but for You Lord. For our faith challenge.
I really could write a novel about the ups and downs of our househunt......but most of it seems so inconsequential.
Not to discount the daily miracles....but I just don't have time to write ALL of them down!
Truly God is in the details, and those are exciting....the glimpses of Him that we see throughout this process....the lessons I'm learning in patience, in submission, in obedience, in humility, all that 'good stuff' ;)
We seem to have found favor in so many avenues.....and yet, physically, we have not 'moved' in the past 4 months.
So in the end my heart quickens at the thought of the finish line.
Yet, even when it seems to be peeking around the corner.......and then the next day another detour is introduced.....I hear this song...
Over and over....You've proved You're so Faithful.
Over and over.....You've proved Yourself a Redeemer.
Amen and Amen...
not only has He redeemed my fallen soul, my imperfect natural, sinful ways.....but He promises to redeem the time. This time of dryness, of what sometimes feels like 'wandering' through the wilderness.
It's all redeemable.
Because He is true, and these things are NOT happening without reason.
So we sit back and agree.....
Yes, Lord
We place our hope in You.
We place our Trust in You.
Thank you for being trustworthy......and so much more.
1 comment:
Amen to that! We <3 that song too. But don't you love it when it SO speaks to your life ... like the Lord speaking to you directly without question. He is SO amazing in His sovereignty to be real. We love you friend. And in all of this (your house hunting) it's done for the good, even if we can't see everything clearly right now. Just like Ryan and his real estate stuff ... we would not trade that experience and growth for anything ... even for comfort in the now. We just trust that we will have a bright future in HIM. :)
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