God speaks to me through different ways, and one of those ways, is through songs. I'm gonna start this random series of posts where I share songs that I feel walked me through certain stages of my life, and some, still. For lack of a better thing to do perhaps, but these songs are close to my heart. Songs that I sing by myself whenever I need it. It's an ever growing list.
The first song to kick-start this list is Jenny and Tyler's Through Your Eyes.
We all go through seasons. Seasons of being in the wilderness, and of attaining the promise. Seasons of dry spells, and overflowing rivers. Of sowing, and reaping. This song speaks to me when I find myself in the desert; wandering, lost, and just barren.
When all that's around me reek of me being a failure — the blank pages, abandoned guitars. When I find my own thoughts creaking in, telling me how I'm worthless and wasting my time. When I fail Him, giving into temptation and falling into sin. There are days that "he" wins; defeating my courage, wearing me down.
And he whispers ever so gently, 'No one else has to know about this.' 'Keep your walls up.' 'People don't really care.' 'You don't matter.'
I know these words are wrong, but I still believe these lies.
The line at the end: “I want to see myself through Your eyes,” is a desperate cry to see myself as the Lord sees me. Not what my parents see, not what my pastor sees, not what my peers see, not even what I see. But what He sees in me.
I hope that this song may be of use to you, as it has been, and still is, to me.
Here's the story behind the song: https://jennyandtyler.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/through-your-eyes-story-behind-the-song/
The first song to kick-start this list is Jenny and Tyler's Through Your Eyes.
We all go through seasons. Seasons of being in the wilderness, and of attaining the promise. Seasons of dry spells, and overflowing rivers. Of sowing, and reaping. This song speaks to me when I find myself in the desert; wandering, lost, and just barren.
When all that's around me reek of me being a failure — the blank pages, abandoned guitars. When I find my own thoughts creaking in, telling me how I'm worthless and wasting my time. When I fail Him, giving into temptation and falling into sin. There are days that "he" wins; defeating my courage, wearing me down.
And he whispers ever so gently, 'No one else has to know about this.' 'Keep your walls up.' 'People don't really care.' 'You don't matter.'
I know these words are wrong, but I still believe these lies.
The line at the end: “I want to see myself through Your eyes,” is a desperate cry to see myself as the Lord sees me. Not what my parents see, not what my pastor sees, not what my peers see, not even what I see. But what He sees in me.
I hope that this song may be of use to you, as it has been, and still is, to me.
Here's the story behind the song: https://jennyandtyler.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/through-your-eyes-story-behind-the-song/
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