Music moves me. It can speak to me in ways that other things don't. This is probably one reason I love to sing. I feel like I can be more expressive through song lyrics than speaking any day.
Well, today I was moved in just that way by a song in my laundry room. I was folding clothes and thinking and praying about the Haiti situation and many other people that I am praying for with seemingly impossible odds.
I had my cd player going and Martina McBride's song "Do It Anyway" was playing. I was singing at the top of my lungs when God spoke just those words to me.
We have thoughts like...
"My prayers won't change anything."
"Why should I pray for something that probably won't matter?"
"These people don't know me and will never know if I pray or not."
"It seems like I pray all the time and nothing happens."
"This situation is too big/bad for my little prayer to make a difference.
Well, I challenge you...just like God challenged me. DO IT ANYWAY.
Do it because it is right.
Do it because He tells us to.
Do it to build your faith.
Do it to learn to pray better.
Here are the amazing lyrics that God used to talk to me...
DO IT ANYWAY
You can spend your whole life buildin
something from nothin
One storm can come and blow it all away (I thought about all the people in Haiti right now)
BUILD IT ANYWAY
You can chase a dream
that seems so out of reach
And you know it may not ever come your way
DREAM IT ANYWAY
God is great
but sometimes life ain't good
And when I pray
it doesn't always seem to work out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
I do it anyway
This world's gone crazy
And it hard to believe
That tomorrow could be better than today
BELIEVE IT ANYWAY
You can love someone with all your heart
for all the right reasons
And in a moment they can choose to walk away
LOVE THEM ANYWAY
You can pour your soul out singin
a song you believe in
that tomorrow they'll forget you ever sang
SING IT ANYWAY
Ps. 141:2 "May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice."
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Ef you strike a thorn or rose,
Keep a-goin'!
Ef it hails, or ef it snows,
Keep a-goin!
'Taint no use to sit an' whine,
When the fish ain't on yer line;
Bait yer hook an' keep a-tryin'--
Keep a-goin'!
When the weather kills yer crop,
Keep a-goin'!
When you tumble from the top,
Keep a-goin'!
S'pose you're out of every dime,
Bein' so ain't any crime;
Tell the world you're feelin' prime--
Keep a-goin'!
When it looks like all is up,
Keep a-goin'!
Drain the sweetness from the cup,
Keep a-goin'!
See the wild birds on the wing,
Hear the bells that sweetly ring,
When you feel like sighin' sing--
Keep a-goin'!
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