Sunday, October 24, 2010

THE song and the story

First, the story...
Corey made the 3 hour trip from our hometown to the NICU and back each week to work, and so he clocked a lot of hours in the car and a lot of hours listening to the radio. At one point he told me that he heard an awesome song that was perfect for what we were going through and wrote the artist's name down on a scrap of paper in his wallet. Considering my brain was only about 1/4 to 1/2 working I quickly forgot the name and never did get a chance to hear that song on the radio.
Fast forward to this week. I was checking out one of my favorite blogs, which had a post about the artist JJ Heller and the following song link. I decided to check it out and Corey was in the room with me. Soon he was humming along. I asked how in the world he knew this random song and he said "This is THE song, the one with the awesome words that I wrote down and wanted you to hear." Then I had to start it over and actually fully listen. Wow. It is THE song. If you asked me to put into words what was going on in my head and heart after delivering my child due to life threatening circumstances and then watching him fight for his own life for the following months, I wouldn't know how to do it. But this song does as good of job as I ever could.
THE song...


I have unanswered prayers
I have trouble I wish wasn’t there
And I have asked a thousand ways
That you would take my pain away
You would take my pain away

I am trying to understand
How to walk this weary land
Make straight the paths that crooked lie
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine

When my world is shaking, heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave your hands

When you walked upon the earth
You healed the broken, lost and hurt
I know you hate to see me cry
One day you will set all things right
Yeah, one day you will set all things right

When my world is shaking, heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave your hands

Your hands that shaped the world
Are holding me
They hold me still

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