Monday, June 05, 2006
If You Want Me To
Every now and then there's a moment unlike all the others.
This past Sunday morning, Julie Clifford sang a song by Ginny Ownes called "If You Want Me To". And during that time, it was one of those moments. I'd like to ramble on about it, but I know that whatever I say will be wasted space compared to yesterday's performance and the lyrics to the song.
So let me just say, here are the lyrics.....
The pathway is broken
And the signs are unclear
And I dont know the reason why you brought me here
But just because you love me the way that you do
I'm gonna walk through the valley
If you want me to
Cause I'm not who I was
When I took my first step
And I'm clinging to the promise you're not through with me yet
So if all of these trials bring me closer to you
Then I will go through the fire
If you want me to
It may not be the way I would have chosen
When you lead me through a world that's not my home
But you never said it would be easy
You only said I'd never go alone
So when the whole world turns against me
And I'm all by myself
And I can't hear you answer my cries for help
I'll remember the suffering your love put you through
And I will go through the valley
If you want me to
I pray that we always have the strength to go through the fire if God wants us to.
This past Sunday morning, Julie Clifford sang a song by Ginny Ownes called "If You Want Me To". And during that time, it was one of those moments. I'd like to ramble on about it, but I know that whatever I say will be wasted space compared to yesterday's performance and the lyrics to the song.
So let me just say, here are the lyrics.....
The pathway is broken
And the signs are unclear
And I dont know the reason why you brought me here
But just because you love me the way that you do
I'm gonna walk through the valley
If you want me to
Cause I'm not who I was
When I took my first step
And I'm clinging to the promise you're not through with me yet
So if all of these trials bring me closer to you
Then I will go through the fire
If you want me to
It may not be the way I would have chosen
When you lead me through a world that's not my home
But you never said it would be easy
You only said I'd never go alone
So when the whole world turns against me
And I'm all by myself
And I can't hear you answer my cries for help
I'll remember the suffering your love put you through
And I will go through the valley
If you want me to
I pray that we always have the strength to go through the fire if God wants us to.
# posted by kjam22 @ 5:52 AM 
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I agree...when I heard that song, I thought about you.
You know the Willowcreek pastor has a book out (I can't remember which one) and it talks about, in part, relationship building...deepening might be a better word. Anyway, he said that there would be times in a relationship where you have to choose between comfort or "the next level". And if you go on to that next level, you might feel uncomfortable for a little bit.
I think that is what happened here. You have a relationship with Council Road. Some stuff came up. You had to decide whether to go-along-and-get-along or say "This is not a direction i feel we should take our relationship."
But you stood up and said that you felt that this should not be sponsored by our church...and some agreed and some didn't. And there was discussion about it, not because you brought it up, but because people feel differently about it. That's the whole "liberty" idea.
But Paul says "So whatever you believe about these things keep them between yourself and God" Romans 14:22a
and this
"If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love." Romans 14:15
No longer acting in love...that's pretty strong.
Anyway, I think you were acting on what you felt the Bible said. And that's what we are supposed to do.
But you are right...the song was great...and Julie did a great job of it.:-)
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You know the Willowcreek pastor has a book out (I can't remember which one) and it talks about, in part, relationship building...deepening might be a better word. Anyway, he said that there would be times in a relationship where you have to choose between comfort or "the next level". And if you go on to that next level, you might feel uncomfortable for a little bit.
I think that is what happened here. You have a relationship with Council Road. Some stuff came up. You had to decide whether to go-along-and-get-along or say "This is not a direction i feel we should take our relationship."
But you stood up and said that you felt that this should not be sponsored by our church...and some agreed and some didn't. And there was discussion about it, not because you brought it up, but because people feel differently about it. That's the whole "liberty" idea.
But Paul says "So whatever you believe about these things keep them between yourself and God" Romans 14:22a
and this
"If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love." Romans 14:15
No longer acting in love...that's pretty strong.
Anyway, I think you were acting on what you felt the Bible said. And that's what we are supposed to do.
But you are right...the song was great...and Julie did a great job of it.:-)
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