I am on a Casting Crowns kick...Their music is just wonderful and beyond words. They are just about all me and my girls listen to driving back and forth in the car. This song I think we all can relate to...We all have friends that the Lord has put on our heart to pray over or help in some way or possibly even guide them to the Lord. I can think of several friends that I have had over the years that have gone through major life struggles. Some have sought the Lord during their difficult times while others have not and have fallen deeper and deeper into despair and internal and external strifes of life.
When I hear this song, I also think of myself and my own personal struggles and journey to the Lord and Truth. I am so thankful for my friends, family, and people I don't even know who have prayed for me during my lifetime and lifted me up to the Lord. I know who some of them are and I am sure there are some I don't know. Thank you to my Christian friends who have been so good to me and caring to me. Some have simply and quietly prayed for me. Some have given me good counsel. Some have just simply listened with a kind and gentle ear. What a wonderful blessing it is to have friends who care for you not only in this life but care for you and your eternal life beyond this world.
I dedicate this song to a few of my special friends out there who are going through some tough times right now. The Lord knows who they are. I lift them up to you, Lord. They are safe in Your Hands and Your Hands alone...And, I also lift myself up to You. I have done all I know to do and there is a way that seems so right to me, but You know where that leads...Take my Life and lift me up into Your Hands forever and ever and ever...Amen ~ cj patterson
Psalm 31:4-5 "Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge. Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth."
Proverbs 27:9 ~ "Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel."