music monday// rise up

There’ve been times I silently slip into self-pity and wallow in the wilderness of worry…especially concerning my present circumstances and how my future will play out. And I know time knows nothing. Time thinks the pressing, current circumstances will always be. But I’m glad I know the Author of time who is into restoration. He restores broken dreams and shattered lives. He never forgets the sincere desires of our hearts. He knows, He cares. and He's rooting for us to rise up each time we stumble.

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I know how it can be hard to rise up from some heartache. It’s okay to grieve that pain, that disappointment that totally made your heart sink to the bottom of your toes…it’s okay to cry over the loss, those dashed expectations. It’s okay to purge your soul of the tears. But please, do not stay in that place of grief and sorrow. There is a time to grieve, and a time to rise up and move on. Way easier said than done, yeah? I know. Try and give grief the time it needs. And. let. it. go. 

rise up~ matt maher

When you see the road ahead

That you’ve been down before

When you’re halfway to nowhere

And you can’t pay the toll

You’re hanging onto mercy withered on the vine

With your feet on the ground

Your head in the clouds

And your heart on the line

Open up your eyes

You’ve got to rise up, rise up

When this life has got you down

You’ve got to look up, look up

When you search and nothing’s found

My eyes have seen the glory

Of the love that’s here and now

It’s coming down, so rise up now

When you’re told that day is over

Long after the sun goes down

And your mind, it keeps on racing

At the dreams that don’t come round

When you don’t know how to surrender

Cause your whole life’s been a fight

When the dark holds you,

And you can’t break through

Cause you haven’t seen the light

Open up your eyes…

And all the lambs roar like lions

And all the prisoners breaking their chains

And all the poor find their treasure

Cause heaven is coming this way

“many are saying of me, ‘God will not deliver him.’ but You, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.” Psalm 3:2-3

“fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy that was set before Him He endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider Him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” Hebrews 12:2-3

“For though the righteous falls seven times, they rise again…” proverbs 24:16

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We can rise up from every burden that has weighed us down. When we draw from His strength each day, we can overcome and stand on our feet again. Forget the slanderers, the critics, the gossips, the negative people that the enemy easily uses against you. you know your heart is right with the Lord, and that is enough. you don’t have to cower in the dark. Rise. up.

xoxo, gen.