Day 241 - February 10 - Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast
Yesterday seems to have been the day for music to take its place again - a number of you either quoted lyrics to me yesterday, or even just snippets of the words of a song. I even heard someone whistling a tune that brought the words back to me yesterday! I also came back again, as I drove home from work yesterday, to a song that we've been singing and whistling and humming since June in Fresno. It's a song that's done by a group called Take No Glory called "I run to You", which Cherié and I have been doing continuously since June, so this song has a special significance to us -
Right now I need You more than I ever have before
Only You see who I really am, so I run to You
There are no words I can find, to describe this hurt inside
Only You can give me strength, so I run to You
On You my rock I’ll stand, when I feel like I’m crumbling
You promise You have a plan, so use this for Your glory
Please rescue me
I am drowning, do You even see?
Oh Lord, please comfort me
Where are You? Have You abandoned me?
It’s hard to answer why, You’ve allowed this in my life
Only You know what is best, so I run to You
And I don’t know where I’ll go
But I know You’ll be there with me
And no matter what may come, I can run to You
Your mercy endures, my sorrow will fade away
Though I walk in the midst of trouble
I know You, You will revive me
You will revive me…
Right now I need You more than I ever have before
Only You see who I really am, so I run to You
Interestingly, the vocalist is the daughter of some friends of ours from church. Even more interesting is what I'm about to do , which is to put in a plug for another website - something I (for the most part) refuse to do. But, because of the nature of the group, I am led to do so. If you go to their website, which is www.takenoglory.com, you can download their album for free. Donations are of course accepted, but they encourage you to come download and share their music, and if you're half as blessed by their songs as I have been, you will be pleased that you did so.
Cherié is out having dinner with a girlfriend tonight, so Connor and I are batchin' it for a few hours. Unfortunately, we're both wrapped up in separate computer tasks, so I'm going to wrap this up to spend some time alone with him before we hit the sheets. He had a good day today - he seems to have recovered from whatever the issue was over the weekend. I would continue to ask your prayer support for us in this regard, however - it seems that these difficult nights, struggle-filled days, and the like seem to multiply on the weekend, making it harder and harder to get to church. So there's yet another in my long litany of prayer requests, that we could have a blessedly easy weekend so we can manage to get out of the house for a change.
God bless you as you bless us,
Eric
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posted by Eric Williamson @ 9:19 PM
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Eric,
Love the words to that song...and the "run to You"...which we all need to do on a regular basis. And the Father wants us to do this. Also....will be praying as you asked for a "easy" week-end to allow for the family to worship together at church.
And the post earlier in the week...it was OK to use me as an example...you understood what I was saying, or meaning, about what this site meant for me...knowing how and what to pray.
God bless you guys...glad Connor is better today. He WILL be good to go this week-end, I am trusting..
Kathy S.
We run to God in humility and gratefulness that He would minister to you through our music. We praise Jesus...and ask Him to intercede for Connor. We will be continually praying for your family :)
Joyfully Serving Jesus,
Take No Glory
(Ian & Johnna Utile)
Thank you for sharing the lyrics. I'm in one of my hard places and the lyrics touched me there.
That is what often happens when I check on you guys (which is almost daily, if not a few times a day). So consider that as part of what this site means to me, in answer to a question you posed earlier. Sometimes I log on to see how I can pray for you, and YOU minister to me. Thank you. Thanks be to God!
Lisa Gramann
Durham
Thank you for sharing the lyrics and the website to that song. The words were an encouragement to me. I love music and sometimes just listen to it for a blessing also.
I am happy that Cherie' was able to get out! :)
We are praying for you! Always.
What meaningful lyrics--have a friend who is going through some tough times right now and I will share w/ their family, as well. It is wonderful to know that God never forgets us--even when we feel like He has or when we forget Him & His power!
I will definitely pray for a wkend that goes better so you can get to church. I am convinced that Satan puts things in our lives to keep us from worship--my worst headaches are on Sunday and it's not b/c I got to bed late, ate anything different or whatever...so I often go to church w/ a headache that would keep other people in bed rather than have Satan defeat me.
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