Good Reminder...

Heard this song on the way to work and as I sang along, the tears came to my eyes as the reality of the words sunk in...
No matter how hard my journey has been, no matter how weary I've become....how it feels like I'm hanging on by my fingernails...I'm never alone, and the bridge is being built so the road can lead me home....
I was sitting last night alone with my thoughts trying to figure out how to decide which battles were worth picking....and I got sad and everything I'm dealing with right now came down upon my head and I had a hard time picking it up....and then this morning, my wonderful savior sent me a song....along with this verse on my calendar "I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint" Jeremiah 31:25 NIV

I HAVE BEEN THERE
Mark Schultz - I HAVE BEEN THERE
From the album - SONG CINEMA
Label - Word (2001)

In a room without a view
A new mother smiles and holds the tiny fingers of her brand new baby girl
Her husband takes her by the hand
So unsure about the future and no money can they make it in this world
And they pray, Lord all we have to give is love
Then they heard a gentle voice, like an echo from above

I have been there
I know what fear is all about
Yes, I have been there
I’m standing with you now
I have been there
And I came to build a bridge oh so this road could lead you home
Oh, I have been there

He’d been a pastor twenty years
But tonight he sits alone and broken-hearted in the corner of the church
He’s tried to save a fallen world
With his words and with his wisdom but it seems like it’s only getting worse
And he cried, Oh Lord I just don’t understand
And then he felt the hand of grace and he heard a voice that said

Yes, I have been there
I know what pain is all about
I have been there
And I am standing with you now
I have been there
And I came to build a bridge oh so this road could lead you home
Oh, I have been there

An older man up on a hill
Holding flowers but he can’t hold back the tears he has come to say goodbye
He thinks about the life she lived
Thinks about how hard it’s been to live without her sixty years right by his side
And he cries, Oh Lord I loved her ‘till the end
Then he heard a gentle voice say you’ll see her once again

I have been there
I know what sorrow is all about
Yes, I have been there
And I am standing with you now
I have been there
And I came to build a bridge oh so this road could lead her home
The road could lead her home
Oh, I have been there
Well, I overcame the cross
I have been there
So her life would not be lost
I have been there
And I came to build a bridge oh so this road could lead you home
The road could lead you home
Oh, I have been there

Good stuff yeah? Right now in my devotions I'm studying a passage in Ephesians 6 - where are told that we do not wrestle flesh and blood - and how it doesn't get easier - that's a hard one to swallow - that it doesn't get easier the deeper we get with God - yes, we are better equipped - but we also know that there are more attacks - we're a bigger threat - so we fight the urge to sit down and shut up and hope that Satan leaves us alone - we fight down that urge and don our armor....and fight on.....the trick is to remember we do have armor, and we do have a Champion...and we are never ever alone....even when we cry silent tears into the night...even when the sobs wrack the body....even when the all the tears are cried....never alone....I bet if we stopped to look for it, we'd feel those comforting arms every time....and know the tears are seen, felt and counted....
So here is where I pick up my head, brush aside the tears and look for the joy to overflow my soul