"If I Ever Needed You"

First of all, let me say...GOD IS AWESOME! (Another day of great sugar levels and amazing happenings)

Songs have been the theme of my day...

When I woke up this morning I had these words in my heart..."I'm desperate for your hand...I need you now..."  I couldn't place what these words were from...but as I laid in bed, I kept thinking, "I need you God, I need you to get me through this day."  (I am not a morning person and mornings are very hard).  I just kept repeating over and over in my mind...I need you God...I need you God...  I was thinking that these words were from a song, but I couldn't think of what the song was.  So, when I got out of bed, I went and wrote down those words that had been on my heart.  I wanted to be able to Google those words and see what song they were from.

I continued with my morning routine, but still could not think of what song those words were from.  The only song that I could sing was "How Great Is Our God" by Chris Tomlin (more about this later...again, God is AWESOME!).

All day long I tried and tried to remember what song had been on my heart in the morning.  This evening, after work, I was able to search for those words that I had thankfully written down.  So after a few google searches, I found the song I was looking for..."If I Ever Needed You" by Casting Crowns.  Curiosity got the best of me, and I had to know why the song was written.  So, again, I Googled it.  Mark, from Casting Crowns, wrote this particular song.  He tells of lying in bed one night tossing and turning. His wife tells him to tell God, "Speak Lord for your servant hears."  (If you read my post yesterday, it was about drawing near to God and asking Him to answer prayers...see, God is AWESOME!)  Anyway, back to Mark's story...so he lays in bed a little longer and prays that God will give him a word or give him rest.  Then he realizes that he's been laying there humming a melody for those several tossing and turning hours.  He got up and went to his keyboard and played the chord he had been humming and within a short amount of time, had the first verse to "If I Ever Needed You."  He goes on to talk about the desperation we should have to know God.  We should want to be close to God personally and corporately.  Wow!  Hello, we're in the Daniel Fast!

Does God speak to us?  He does when we ask...and we listen...

Now I did mention earlier about another song on my heart today...it seemed to stick with me all day.  Well, tonight in our Wednesday night Bible study we were studying about God's AWESOMENESS (if you didn't get that already).  At the end of class Jerry showed a YouTube video - I don't want to say anymore, it may spoil the video.  Check it out...it is called "Louie Giglio Mashup of Stars and Whales Singing God's Praise."

At this moment, I am just awestruck at the last few days.  I'm so anxious for what's ahead...