Awestruck

Overwhelmed

Life gets overwhelming sometimes. There are times when I don’t know what to do or say or where to turn. Days when I have such heavy burdens on my heart and there seems to be nothing I can do. That is when I turn to Him who holds all things in His hands. He knows my heart, He knows the burdens I am carrying, He hears the cries of my heart. Sometimes all you can do is pray. I pray for those who are on my mind and who my heart is burdened for. And I pray not that the burden be lifted, for it was in feeling the burden that drove me to prayer, but rather that God show me what I can do to bless and serve and thus respond to their needs. I like when the Lord lays it on my heart to intercede for someone, it’s exciting even though it is overwhelming. For I know that if I am faithful to respond to the burdening of my heart then He too will be faithful to answer my prayers. 

I’m listening to David Crowder while I pray, and agreeing with the words from his song Remedy: 

Here we are 
Here we are 
The broken and used 
Mistreated, abused 
Here we are 

Here You are 
Here You are 
The beautiful one 
Who came like a Son 
Here You are 

So we lift up our voices 
We open our hands 
To cling to the love 
That we can’t comprehend 

Oh, lift up your voices 
And lift up your heads 
To sing of the love 
That has freed us from sin 

He is the one 
Who has saved us 
He is the one 
Who embraced us 
He is the one who has come 
And is coming again 
He’s the remedy 

Here we are 
Here we are 
Bandaged and bruised 
Awaiting a cure 
Here we are 

Here You are 
Here You are 
Our beautiful King 
Bringing relief 
Here You are with us 

So we lift up our voices 
And open our hands 
Let go of the things 
That have kept us from Him 

He is the one 
Who has saved us 
He is the one 
Who forgave us 
He is the one who has come 
And is coming again 
He’s the remedy 

Oh, I can’t comprehend 
I can’t take it all in 
Never understand 
Such perfect love come 
For the broken and beat 
For the wounded and weak 
Oh, come fall at His feet 
He’s the remedy 
He’s the remedy 

So sing, sing 

You are the one 
Who has saved us 
You are the one 
Who forgave us 
You are the one who has come 
And is coming again 
To make it alright 
Oh, to make it alright 
You’re the remedy 
Oh, in us 
You’re the remedy 

Let us be the remedy 
Let us bring the remedy