It’s Monday morning and Al and I have been driving now for 14 hours! We just left Minot, ND, and we’re about an hour from the border. It’s been a fun time down here in the excited States! They sure do have some funny road signs and store fronts in the U.S., such as the ‘Micro-Incision Vasectomy Reversal’, with a ‘money-back guarantee’! or the ‘Rusty Chandelier Antiques’ or the ‘Shelton Fireworks’ sign with a slightly smaller ‘No Smoking’ sign underneath! Our personal favorite for the trip was the construction sign reading, “Hit Roadside Worker: Fine: $10,000”! Simply classic! We laughed for a long time about that one.
The night of driving was tiring, but quite awesome at the same time. At about 3 a.m. while Al was asleep, I was listening to some music from IHOP and the Lord met me powerfully as I drove down the interstate.
Here are some of the lyrics:
“Bring restoration
Bring restoration
You taken my pain
You’ve called me by a new name
You’ve taken my shame
And in it’s place, you give me joy.
You take my mourning and turn it into dancing
You take my sadness and turn it into joy
You take my weeping and turn into laughter
Chorus:
You bring restoration
You bring restoration to my soul
Bridge:
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You’ve make all things new
As I drove down that dark interstate with that song playing, the Lord came and reached into me and brought a 2 month journey of healing to a new level of completion. It was incredibly powerful.
From about 4 -5 a.m. as we drove along, it was as if the Lord treated us to our own personal lightshow: all around in the distance we watched lightening strikes for nearly an hour, but we never drove through any of the storm!
At around 5:30 a.m. we cranked up the volume on this incredible live chorus from the cd, and we welcomed the dawn of a new day, joining in with 10,000 voices:
“I believe that you will come, like the rain”!!
It’s beyond amazing what the Holy Spirit can do with such a simple declaration!
Amen Lord! Let it be.
June 4 - Psalm 16
10 years ago
2 comments:
I love this song. David Brymer performed it at Onething - Kansas City last year. I was there and it was incredible. The Holy Spirit was literally healing people emotionally on the spot. I don't know anything else about it. I got it on DVD and it is on the Yearn, Faint, Cry podcast.
I'm going back to Onething this year. Hope that you will be there!
Jim, could you please enlighten us with the songwriter's name? I've been trying to find the song. and, thanks for the lyrics; you're the only one who's got them up on the Internet! Thanks, John
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