Yesterday in church we were singing the sacrament song, Behold The Great Redeemer Die, and you know, there are the normal hymns that make me cry almost every time I sing them, but this one has never been one of them. We started singing the 4th verse which goes, “Father, from me remove this cup. Yet, if thou wilt, I’ll drink it up. I’ve done the work thou gavest me, I’ve done the work thou gavest me; Receive my spirit unto thee.” Suddenly, I was crying. I know that I’ve been given the life and trials that I’ve have been for a reason, but that doesn’t make it any easier. There are just so many time that I wonder, “Why me? What purpose does God have to send me through Hell and back?” I’m only human and constantly wish that He would take my trials away. To “Remove this cup from me.” The hardest thing to do is to hand your life over to God. To say, “Ok, Lord, I have no clue what I’m doing, but apparently you do, so here. Here’s absolute control of my life. Do with it as you may. I wont fight it anymore.” We’re all human. We don’t like the thought of not being in control of our lives.
Singing those words yesterday… I cant really explain now what I was feeling, but it was a cross between, helplessness and relief. Then an overwhelming feeling of comfort. I know that no matter what my Heavenly Father will take care of me. And my family. He’s not going to give us a trial that we can’t handle. We may not be able to handle it on our own, but that’s why we have family, and the ability to pray. I, and my family, have been and are still going though a lot. And I bet there’s still more, harder things to come. But God is there with us, just waiting for us to ask Him for the help that he so desperately wants to give us.
I use music a lot to help me get through whatever I’m going through, so I thought I’d make a list of some of the songs that mean a lot to me. Along with an excerpt from each one.
Stand
Rascal Flatts
“When push comes to shove
You tast what you’re made of
You might bend till you break
Cuz its all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you’ve had enough
You get mad, you get strong
Wipe your hands shake it off
Then you stand.”
Carrie Underwood
“Jesus, take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cuz I can’t do this on my own
I’m letting go
Give me one more chance
Save me from this road I’m on
Jesus, take the wheel”
So Small
Carrie Underwood
“Sometimes that mountain you’ve been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
What you’ve been out there
Searching for forever
Is in your hands
When you figure out that love is all that matters
After all
It sure makes everything else
Seem so small
Its so easy to get lost inside
A problem that seems so big at the time
Its like a river that’s so wide
It swallows you whole
While you’re sitting ‘round thinkin ‘bout
What you can’t change
And worrin ‘bout all the wrong things
Times flying by, movin so fast
You better make it count
Cuz you can’t get it back”
Avril Lavigne
“You’re not alone
Together we stand
I’ll be by your side
You know I’ll take your hand
When it gets cold
And it feels like the end
There’s no place to go
You know I won’t give in
No, I won’t give in
Keep holding on
Cuz you know we’ll make it through
Just stay strong
Cuz you know I’m here for you
There’s nothing you would say
Nothing you could do
There’s no other way
When it comes to the truth
So keep holding on…
Whatever’s meant to be
Will work out perfectly”
And then of course my favorite:
If You’re Goin Through Hell
Rodney Atkins
“Well, you know those times
When you feel like there’s a sign there on your back
Says: I don’t mind if you kick me
Seems like everybody has
Things go from bad to worse
You think they can’t get anyworse than that
And then they do
You step off the straight and narrow
And you don’t know where you are
Use the needle of your compass to sew up your broken heart
Ask directions of a genie in a bottle of Jim Bean
And she lies to you
That’s when you learn the truth
If you’re going through hell
Keep on going
Don’t slow down
If you’re scared don’t show it
You might get out ‘fore the devil even knows you’re there
Well, I’ve been down in that darkness
I’ve been down to my last match
Felt a hundred different demons
Breathing fire down my back
And I knew that if I stumbled
I’d fall right into the traps that they were layin
But the good news is there’s angels
Everywhere out on the streets
Holdin out a hand to pull you back up on your feet
The ones that you’ve been dragging for so long you’re on your knees
You might as well be prayin”
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