Everything Is Sacred

I have always loved Caedmon's Call's music but this morning the song "Sacred" hit very close to home so I thought I would share!

Sacred

Words and Music by Randall Goodgame and Andrew Osenga

This house is a good mess

It’s the proof of life

No way would I trade jobs

But it don’t pay overtime

I’ll get to the laundry

I don’t know when

I’m saying a prayer tonight

'Cause tomorrow it starts again

Could it be that everything is sacred?

And all this time

Everything I’ve dreamed of

Has been right before my eyes

The children are sleeping

But they’re running through my mind

The sun makes them happy

And the music makes them unwind

My cup runneth over

And I worry about the stain

Teach me to run to You

Like they run to me for every little thing

When I forget to drink from you

I can feel the banks harden

Lord, make me like a stream

To feed the garden

Wake up, little sleeper

the Lord, God Almighty

Made your Mama keeper

So rise and shine

Rise and shine 'cause

Everything is sacred

And all this time

Everything I’ve dreamed of

Has been right before my eyes

Some new pictures of Abby!

the wait is over

In case you haven't heard...the wait is over for Jamee and I! We picked up our DAUGHTER (Abby Elizabeth Miller) this past Monday! I won't even try to explain all of the emotions we've felt over the past few days...but the main one is JOY. We'll be putting up more posts as time goes...but just wanted to make everyone aware!

JOHN

Thursday Reflection

As I was driving to work today, the song "Mighty to Save" came on the radio. As most of you who know me know that I absolutely love, love, love that song! However when I listened, some of the lyrics spoke to me in a much different way. The 2nd verse goes, "Take me as you find me. All my fears and failures. Fill my life again. I give my life to follow. Everything I believe in. Now I surrender." If you take the time to truly take those words in, you will see that those are pretty powerful statements to make! And if we say them with honesty and follow through actions, we may face situations that we never invisioned and we may have our faith tested. It is not a part of my theology to think that God caused my disease or that God desired to bring me the pain of infertility, BUT I believe that as these trials began He wanted to see how I would react. In all of it, it would be very easy to blame God for all of the pain and suffering in my life and turn and run away. The world we live in today seems to promote bitterness so I think that I probably could have gotten along by joining the "Bitter Betty" group. Or I could chose to look to God for strength, security, and refuge. I could chose to stand on faith. Now of course this is never easy and there are times where my faith has wavered and I could not see past all of my questions but I think it is in moments like these where we can stand and say "Take me as You find me" and He will provide all that we need to get through any trial we may face. The bridge of the songs says, "Shine your light and let the whole world see. We're singing for the glory of a Risen King." I think that it is once we've walked through these trials we are truly able to shine our lights and share with the world how God is Lord over all and He is our Savior and Redeemer and all of His promises hold true. These words may not speak to anyone else other than me today but I am thankful the my God is mighty to save and I know that throughout our adoption journey, He has been right there and for that I am thankful to be able to shine my light and sing for the power of a Risen King!

In Christ,
Jamee

Weaving Families: The Magazine Summer 2009

This is an absolutely wonderful magazine & I encourage everyone to take a look! Weaving Families is an awesome ministry and this is their new publication! There is a wealth of information among these pages! Enjoy!

Weaving Families:the magazine Summer 2009

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