Marci's Song

If you know me, you know that I like music... a lot. Especially music written by my friends. I love to support my friends who use song writing and the art of creating music to worship God. I love the power that their words have. I don't know if it is more because I know them, but something about it makes me able to connect to their songs in such a deep way. They almost always speak to my heart, whether it is the first time I am hearing the song or the 492nd time (Run-Joe Guerra). There is one particular song that my friend Marci wrote over the summer and she played it every day trying to get it just right. I loved being there through this process and seeing the final result. Then we all began singing along. Eventually Mariana learned to play it too. One Sunday morning in Romania we were singing at a church and we were able to sing Marci's Song. Although we sang it in English I know that it still blessed the people of the church. It continues to bless me and speak to my heart. I go through my day singing it quite often. It has been a serious reflection of my life over the last few months. It helps me to worship with reckless abandon, remember that God is God and I am not and the plans and things God has for my life are so much better than anything else I could even imagine. It seems that every time I sing it or read the words again I get something else out of it. Thank you Marci for using the gifts God has given you to play and write and sing to be a blessing to others.

To all my friends, I ask you this: What are you holding on to or holding back from God that is keeping you from focusing only on God's plans for you. Whether it is school or work or ministry, take a good look and ask if that thing you are letting get in the way is worth it. Ask if it is worth it to let that thing get in the way of what God's plans are. Let this song be a blessing to you. Let the lyrics pierce your heart. Let them restore your hope.

you're asking me to let go, of all the things i know
despite my fears
to lay down my dreams and break at the seams
to call you Lord
and the battle rages, as i fight these changes
that you've called me to
when i hold the cost, against your wondrous cross
your grace out weighs them all

chorus:
i will walk through, burning valleys
to know you
i will swim through, raging waters
to see you
there is nothing, that can come
that will deter me from you
for my heart beats for you only

i'll rejoice in suffering, and burn the offering
if it pleases you
cuz your hope eternal, burns beyond external
radiates in me
so take my life apart, and reconstruct my heart
i give it up
cuz you're all that matters, when my life it shatters
you're my saving grace

chorus x2
i will walk through, burning valleys
to know you
i will swim through, raging waters
to see you
there is nothing, that can come
that will deter me from you
for my heart beats for you only