I WILL Praise YOU in These Storms

This song by Casting Crowns has been ministering to my heart for a few days and I can't stop singing it.

Praise You In The Storm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHdcyue0bSw

A financial storm has overwhelmed me and the shock to my system was magnified because the day before I understood the severity of the storm I was richly blessed.

I lent someone money in June that I knew I needed to pay a bill coming due in July and they promised to get it to me the next month and they still haven't and I need to pay it. Oh am I mad! I got wiser from this but it doesn't help me pay it. Then I decided I'd make it happen without getting the money back and so I'm just feeling like I'm in a storm.

This song started reverberating in my heart and mind and THEN....

I've been reading Joyce Meyer's Lord Heal My Hurts. Well, it's actually a Bible Study Workbook and God convicted me of an addictive behaviour, my accountability partners told me. And the struggle is on! But God is faithful and I WILL BE healed because I believe HIS word.

HE...IS...WITH....ME! And I praise Him for helping me get through THEM to the other side.

My Inspiration

Music speaks to my heart and helps me make sense of things I'm thinking about and feeling.

Cora took me to THE SOUND OF MUSIC Saturday August 8th at Princess of Wales Theatre in Downtown Toronto. This is the song that spoke to me the most. In this stage version the Mother Abess sang it to Maria when she ran to the abbey to escape from the realization that she was falling in love with the Captain.

I haven't been able to find a YouTube Version that I like so here are just the lyrics to:


CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAION

Climb every mountain, search high and low
Follow every by way, every path you know
Climb every mountain, ford every stream
Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream
A dream that will need, all the love you can give
Everyday of your life, for as long as you live
Climb every mountain, ford every stream
Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream
A dream that will need, all the love you can give
Everyday of your life, for as long as you live
Climb every mountain, ford every stream
Follow every rainbow, till you find your... dream...

This is my quest! This is my dream! Music NEEDS to be part of it and keeping this blog will share it with you and help me remember why and when songs touched my heart and SOUL.

Thanks for sharing my music journey with me. It means so much to my heart!