Zephaniah 3:17 (New International Version)
17 The LORD your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing."
He rejoices over me with singing! It is how God speaks to me - through song! I get songs in my head for people - I will sing it over them all day long!
All my favorite memories in life involve singing - road trips in the car with kent and my dad singing at the top of our lungs with the windows rolled down, kent and I dancing in our mom's living room listening to 70's albums, sitting in my sissy's bedroom singing "strawberry fields forever", kent and I driving home from college belting out "scenes from an italian restaurant" in 3 part harmony with Billy Joel, worship practice with bob & barbie at SCF, the Ebeneezer choir concert in the congo, our multi-language worship for cultural heritage week here at ICSB, and my last sunday in the africa - my fiancee' singing to me how I am his angel!
I was blessed this month with a great half-birthday treat - tickets to a Kirk Franklin concert!!!! For those of you who don't know who Kirk Franklin is - I'm sorry - he blesses my heart so much with his truth and joy. When I listen to a kirk album - I laugh, cry and dance!!! That is exactly what happened at the concert! It was the exact thing I needed at this time in my life!
I'm enclosing the words to the song that touched my heart the most at the concert - I am praying that these words will touch you as well:
"Imagine Me"
magine me
Loving what I see when the mirror looks at me cause I
I imagine me
In a place of no insecurities
And I'm finally happy cause
I imagine me
Letting go of all of the ones who hurt me
Cause they never did deserve me
Can you imagine me?
Saying no to thoughts that try to control me
Remembering all you told me
Lord, can you imagine me?
Over what my mama said
And healed from what my daddy did
And I wanna live and not read that page again
[Chorus:]
Imagine me, being free, trusting you totally finally I can...
Imagine me
I admit it was hard to see
You being in love with someone like me
But finally I can...
Imagine me
Being strong
And not letting people break me down
You won't get that joy this time around
Can you imagine me?
In a world (in a world) where nobody has to live afraid
Because of your love fears gone away
Can you imagine me?
[Bridge:]
Letting go of my past
And glad I have another chance
And my heart will dance
'Cause I don't have to read that page again
[Chorus x2]
[Vamp:]
This song is dedicated to people like me
Those that struggle with insecurities
acceptance and even self-esteem
you never felt good enough,
you never felt pretty enough,
but imagine God whispering in your ear
letting you know that everything that has happened is now. . .
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
it's all gone, every sadness
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
every mistake, every failure, it's all gone
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
depression, gone, bad faith, it's gone
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
low self-esteem, hallelujah, it's gone, it's all gone
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
it's gone, all my scars, all my pain
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
it's in the past, it's yesterday, it's all gone, ahhh
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
gone, what your mother did, gone, what your father did, hallelujah
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
It's gone
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