You have to take a step to move ahead.........

Ever since Wednesday and my small group, I have had this song just playing over and over in my head, in my heart and in my spirit.....  Tell Your Heart to Beat Again by Danny Gokey.  I know that I have heard this song before, but I heard it differently this week.  You can click on the link and watch and listen (the lyrics are on the video).  But for the sake of this blog...here are the lyrics.

Tell Your Heart to Beat Again

By Danny Gokey

You're shattered

Like you've never been before

The life you knew

In a thousand pieces on the floor

And words fall short in times like these

When this world drives you to your knees

You think you're never gonna get back

To the you that used to be

Tell your heart to beat again

Close your eyes and breathe it in

Let the shadows fall away

Step into the light of grace

Yesterday's a closing door

You don't live there anymore

Say goodbye to where you've been

And tell your heart to beat again

Beginning  Just let that word wash over you

It's alright now Love's healing hands have pulled you through

So get back up, take step one

Leave the darkness, feel the sun

Cause your story's far from over

And your journey's just begun

Tell your heart to beat again

Close your eyes and breathe it in

Let the shadows fall away

Step into the light of grace

Yesterday's a closing door

You don't live there anymore

Say goodbye to where you've been

And tell your heart to beat again

Let every heartbreak

And every scar

Be a picture that reminds you

Who has carried you this far

'Cause love sees farther than you ever could

In this moment heaven's working

Everything for your good

Tell your heart to beat again

Close your eyes and breathe it in

Let the shadows fall away

Step into the light of grace

Yesterday's a closing door

You don't live there anymore

Say goodbye to where you've been

And tell your heart to beat again

Your heart to beat again

Beat again

Oh, so tell your heart to beat again

I have blogged about the death of my grandson Lucas in November of 2014.  There is nothing that can prepare you for something like this tragedy.  Looking back, I really don't know how my son and daughter-in-law have gotten through this.  But this week, all I can think about is how Doug and Susie have made a choice to tell their hearts to beat again.  There is no way that I can really understand the depth of their loss...only someone who has lost a baby can begin to understand.  But when I heard this song, especially this verse........

Beginning  Just let that word wash over you

It's alright now Love's healing hands have pulled you through

So get back up, take step one

Leave the darkness, feel the sun

Cause your story's far from over

And your journey's just begun

I felt so proud and thankful and hopeful for our family.  Every day...EVERY DAY.... Doug and Susie have made a choice to close their eyes and breathe and tell their hearts to beat again.  What a brave and wonderful and strong thing that is. And they have been able to do that because of the love and healing hands of Jesus.  

This weekend, Ken and I got to spend time with Doug and Susie and Gwen and Tim and the kids. (More about our weekend away in another blog tomorrow!) For me it was very much putting an exclamation point on what I had been feeling since Wednesday.  The 6 of us (the adults) sat around the table last night (after the kids were asleep) playing a rousing game of Trivial Pursuit.  As usual (for our family) we were laughing and talking.  I am so thankful that Doug and Susie didn't allow the lose of Lucas to stop them in their tracks.  They have gotten back up, they have made that choice, they have taken that step.  And I know that the story is far from over.  Yes, I am a thankful mom today.

Jesus, thank you for Danny Gokey and this amazing song.  Holy Spirit, you so often speak to me through lyrics and this week has been another one of those times.  Thank you for the reminder that we all have to make a choice, every day, to breathe and take a step.  Jesus thank you for the wonderful example Doug and Susie are for all of us.  Thank you for family and time together.  Amen