A couple years ago, a day after a...we'll just call it...really bad day in my life, I climbed in my car to take my kids to school. I started the morning as I always had. Alarm went off. Crawled out of bed. Washed my eyes (being a long-time allergy sufferer, it's just what I do). Got my cup of coffee. Woke the kids up. Got them breakfast. Got them dressed. Then off we went.
On the way back home from dropping them off at school is when I allowed the emotions to come out. Then a song came on the radio I'd never heard before.
"Going Through the Motions" by Matthew West.
It floored me that it had come on when it did. It was literally describing the details of what my mind had been wrestling with. Come to find out, God had already been hard at work in my life...I just didn't know it yet.
Fast-forward to this past Friday.
On my way to work, I heard the following song. Once again by Matthew West. I had never heard it prior to this day.
Given how the events of the day were about to unfold, I should have recognized it as a prelude to God once again being hard at work in my life...and true to form, I just didn't know it yet.
Amazing.
Strong Enough by Matthew West
You must, You must think I’m strong
To give me what I’m going through
Well forgive me, forgive me if I’m wrong
But this looks like more than I can do
On my own
I know I’m not strong enough to be
Everything that I’m supposed to be
I give up, I’m not strong enough
Hands of mercy won’t You cover me?
Lord, right now I’m asking You to be
Strong enough, strong enough
For the both of us
Well maybe, maybe that’s the point
To reach the point of giving up
‘Cause when I’m finally, finally at rock bottom
Well that’s when I start looking up
And reaching out
I know I’m not strong enough to be
Everything that I’m supposed to be
I give up, I’m not strong enough
Hands of mercy won’t You cover me?
Lord, right now I’m asking You to be
Strong enough, strong enough
For the both of us
‘Cause I’m broken
Down to nothing
But I’m still holding on to the one thing
You are God
And You are strong when I am weak
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength
And I don’t have to be strong enough
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength
And I don’t have to be
Strong enough, strong enough
Oh yeah
I know I’m not strong enough to be
Everything that I’m supposed to be
I give up, I’m not strong enough
Hands of mercy won’t You cover me?
Lord, right now I’m asking You to be
Strong enough, strong enough
For the both of us
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