Here's to grabbing His Hand!

Yesterday night, I was sitting in my truck at the park reading a book. I had a CD playing low so I could concentrate on what I was reading. My mind can't handle both (no joke!), but I wanted music playing. The CD that was in, was the Facing The Giants soundtrack. I picked it up the day before at a Half Price Books, after months of looking for it in Wal-marts and Targets. Perfect. Timing! I got it for five bucks AND there was a certain song that reached out at me and spoke straight to my heart while I was sitting there in the truck. My heart's ears perked up as the song was playing and I stopped reading to listen. It was the part in the song about David. As I kept listening, my heart kept soaking it up. It was like, through the song, God reached out His hands and embraced me. It was an addition to Hope. It's still in my breath. And ofcourse, I'm real thankful for it, and want to share. We are endlessly bullied all the time ("endlessly" and "all the time" are the same thing aren't they??) Not just by others naturally, but by ourselves. Giants want to oppress us. Beat us up. Knock us down. And hold us there. I have struggled with oppression a lot in the past year or so. I know I'm not the only one. I also know what our Hope is. No matter how hard it feels to get up, His hand is always there reaching for ours. We just have to reach up and grab it. And let Him breath in us. We have to let Him destroy our view of ourselves. We have to let Him show and tell us who we really are. And as our view starts to change, so do we. His Strength is made perfect in weakness! (2cor 12).

Here's to grabbing on to His Hand!
Here's to an ever growing relationship between Him and us!
Here's to sometimes needing help!
And here's to taking it!
Here is to His Strength being made perfect in our weakness!

Really thankful for The Voice of Truth.
-MLB

See lyrics and hear video below.
P.s. I chose this video on youtube because while I was watching this movie, I wanted to get the soundtrack right away. It's a low budget movie, but it is SO touching! I love the way God moves and I love the way Faith is being built in all kinds of different ways. Am I promoting the movie too? Yeah. lol. At the beginning you might think "this aint that great." By the middle you will want to keep watching. And by the end you might be tearing up, maybe even bawling your eyes out. I HIGHLY suggest you give it a chance.

                                 Voice of Truth/ By Casting Crowns

Oh,what I would do to have

the kind of faith it takes

                    To climb out of this boat I'm in                    

Onto the crashing waves

To step out of my comfort zone

Into the realm of the unknown

Where Jesus is,

And he's holding out his hand

But the waves are calling out my name

and they laugh at me

Reminding me of all the times

I've tried before and failed

The waves they keep on telling me

time and time again

"Boy, you'll never win,

You you'll never win

But the Voice of truth tells me a different story

the Voice of truth says "do not be afraid!"

and the Voice of truth says "this is for My glory"

Out of all the voices calling out to me

I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of truth

Oh, what I would do

to have the kind of strength it takes

To stand before a giant

with just a sling and a stone

Surrounded by the sound

of a thousand warriors

shaking in their armor

Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand

But the giant's calling out

my name and he laughs at me

Reminding me of all the times

I've tried before and failed

The giant keeps on telling me

time and time again

"Boy you'll never win,

you'll never win."

But the voice of truth tells me a different story

the Voice of truth says "do not be afraid!"

and the Voice of truth says "this is for My glory"

Out of all the voices calling out to me

I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of truth

But the stone was just the right size

to put the giant on the ground

and the waves they don't seem so high

from on top of them looking down

I will soar with the wings of eagles

when I stop and listen to the sound of Jesus

singing over me

But the Voice of truth tells me a different story

The Voice of truth says "do not be afraid!"

And the Voice of truth says "this is for my glory"

Out of all the voices calling out to me (calling out to me)

I will choose to listen and believe (I will choose to listen and believe)

I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of truth

I will listen and believe

I will listen and believe the Voice of truth

I will listen and believe

'Cause Jesus you are the Voice of truth

And I will listen to you.. oh you are the Voice of truth