Hallelujah, You bring dead things back to life. Hallelujah, Your mercies are new every morning. I have forced my lips to form the word even when I wasn’t feeling it. I have to believe there is a heavenly melody stronger than all the noise in this world.įor the last 4 months, I have whispered hallelujah in the darkness, and God has met me in the space between fear and faith.

Sometimes, our pain screams so loudly we just struggle to hear the rhythm of redemption that underscores everything we experience. Your Deliverer is sweetly singing salvation over your life. One day soon, God will wipe away every tear. He took on flesh and gave all to set us free from this brokenness. He orders everything beautifully.Īnd, He does not stand idly by and watch us weep. Look all around you at the delicate flowers and leaves of grass. Maybe that’s where the healing begins.įriend, God can but speak a word and create something out of nothing. Maybe God is waiting for you to look up and mouth a hard hallelujah. Have you ever been there? Is your weary heart tired of trusting God because your dream is shattered into a million tiny pieces? How can this be part of your plan for me, God? I just don’t understand why You allowed this.

It’s hard when everywhere you look you see the fingerprints of a hellish plot to destroy you. My soundless lips formed faith-filled phrases I desperately needed to hear. The words were hard to say, so at first, I just mouthed them. I closed my mind to everything around me and let the eyes of my heart look up to heaven as everyone around me sang. I need you to come like the rain and cover me with a refreshing. I sucked in a deep breath and started using the church bulletin like a fan to try to cool myself down.

I had no idea how we were going to make it through. The past 48 hours had aged me, and the world felt heavy. I was sweating like I’d run a marathon, and I’m quite sure my blood pressure was through the roof. Bruce and I slid quietly into the last row in the sanctuary just as the worship band started to sing.

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