New Song

Last sunday I found new meaning in a song (and i've been singing it all week while watching it unravel in the lives of those surrounding me)......as I was overcome with emotion, not just my own, but that of everyone around me...voices swelling, hands in the air....a standing ovation and clapping for joy. Joy and hope in the Lord. For they had seen His hand and how he had brought them through. They had lived these words. They still are. I was humbled. I stopped singing to listen to the hundreds around me that were singing from the bottom of their hearts. I have always loved this song and it has held a special meaning for me, but that day, i found the literal meaning....straight from Psalm 23.

Even though I walk through the valley

Of the shadow of death,

Your perfect love is casting out fear.

And even when I'm caught in the middle

Of the storms of this life,

I won't turn back; I know you are near.

And I will fear no evil,

For my God is with me.

And if my God is with me,

Whom then shall I fear? Whom then shall I fear?

O, no, You never let go,

Through the calm and through the storm

O, no, You never let go,

In every high and every low

O no, You never let go, Lord You never let go of me.

And I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on

A glorious light beyond all compare.

And there will be an end to these troubles,

But until that day comes,

We'll live to know You here on the earth.

Yes, I can see a light that is coming

For the heart that holds on,

And there will be an end

To these troubles,

But until that day comes,

Still I will praise You,

Still I will praise You.

A scripture that has been running in my mind since the last post:

"...This is the message from the one who is holy and true. He is the one who has the key of David. He OPENS doors, and no one can shut them; he SHUTS doors, and no one can open them. I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that NO ONE can shut. You have little strength yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me."

-Revelations 3:7-8