If You washed away my vanity
If You took away my words
If all my world was swept away
Would You be enough for me?
Would my beating heart still sing?
If I lost it all
Would my hands stay lifted
To the God who gives and takes away
If You take it all
This life You've given
Still my heart will sing to You
When my life is not what I expected
The plans I made have failed
When there's nothing left to steal me away
Will You be enough for me?
Will my broken heart still sing?
If I lost it all
Would my hands stay lifted
To the God who gives
And takes away
If You take it all
This life You've given
Still my heart
Will sing to You
Even if You take it all away
You’ll never let me go
Take it all away
But I still know
That I'm Yours
I'm still Yours
The above song is by Kutless from their worship album. I love their music and we even got to see them live last summer at Creationfest. Some parts of the song I don’t really agree with, but the concept is what I want to talk about.
If we lost it all, would we still worship God? I don’t believe it is God that takes it away from us, as living on this earth means sadness and heartache, but I believe that when it is taken away, we can still look to God for support. Part of our faith is believing in a higher power and that comfort will come from God/Jesus. We were never promised a better life on this earth, but we were promised comfort and love. This earth is filled with sin, and there is no way around it. Even if you move into the woods where you have no people (and no flush toilets), I am sure the sin of this earth will still show up. It will always be around and until we die and go be with God/Jesus in Heaven, we have to figure out ways to manage.
So, would we still worship God/Jesus? I sure hope so. I know we haven’t lost it all (in 2012), but it honestly felt like we lost most of it. But we still looked to God for comfort. I have made sure to play my worship music a lot more because it is what helps me survive. We aren’t the only ones that have gone through struggles, that much I am sure of. But knowing that and living it, that is a little different. Sometimes it feels like we are the only ones and so one curls up into a ball and stays in the cave which we call home. We are slowly crawling out of that cave though and things are starting to look up. God did not make this happen to us, as he loves us very much and wants us to be joyful. But God did take care of us and bring us peace.
I know that God/Jesus will never let us go, and there is great comfort in that. The sin of this world will surround us, but we have forgiveness and love from God/Jesus and that protects us from the despair and the sadness. Sure we have our moments, but that is our weakness in not having faith. I will be the first to admit that, but we are working through that. We aren’t perfect and that is ok. God loves us anyway (phew).
Yes, my broken heart will sing…it will sing for God/Jesus and all that he has done for us. He comforts us, he brings us peace and he loves us unconditionally. What more do we need in this life? Personally a home in Southern California would be nice, but that might be asking for too much…but heck…why not dream big LOL
So here is to 2013 and the new start it is bringing us. It will bring us great joy and happiness. We are going to be celebrating our 25th anniversary, so that has to be good luck. So many people lost bets on us making it this far, and those people will not be invited to our party.
God is great, my hands are lifted…