I Got The Music In Me...

Aside from being a wife and mother, there is nothing that I have been more passionate about than music.  However, since we left the last church we belonged to and my daddy died, it seemed the music had left me.  You couldn't understand this unless you were a person who didn't just listen to music, but felt it in your soul.

 Music is in every aspect of my whole life.  It's in my daughters laugh, my son's games, my husband's smile.  Music hides in the trenches of the worst days I ever had.  It comforts me when I am weary.  I hear it in the rain and thunder, in the morning just before dawn, in the evening when all is still, and children sleep sound in their beds. 

Music is there when we are born. It follows us through life. It's there in the end . It was there when I walked down the aisle to my new life with my husband.  And then again when we welcomed our children into our world together. It was there with my mother and I, the evening we said goodbye to my dad.

In all of my life, my ups and downs, music has been the one constant. It's never changing. There is a song for every single feeling that I feel. It is in every crack and crevice of my being. It consumes me. But... For about a half beat.....I seemed to have lost it all.

The thing about a song, though. There is always a dramatic rest right before the best part. Sometimes the song takes a sad turn and all seems to be lost.... And then the DRUMS SOUND and the guitar plays, and the orchestra joins in...It's trimphant, victorious, and it leaves you breathless.  Kind of like life. It hurts sometimes, but we always get through to the ending.

This Song is my battle cry. When the devil gets me down, and tries to steel my song. I sing this song and know that Jesus, my voice of truth will take care of me. He will carry me to the end.


Voice Of Truth lyricsSongwriters: Hall, Mark; Casting Crowns;

Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat I'm in
On to the crashing waves

To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown
Where Jesus is
And He's holding out His hand

But the waves are calling out my name
And they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed

The waves they keep on telling me
Time and time again
"Boy, you'll never win!
You'll never win!"

But the voice of truth tells me a different story
The voice of truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
And the voice of truth says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I would choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

Oh what I would do to have
The kind of strength it takes
To stand before a giant
With just a sling and a stone

Surrounded by the sound
Of a thousand warriors
Shaking in their armor
Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand

But the giant's calling out my name
And he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed

The giant keeps on telling me
Time and time again
"Boy you'll never win!
You'll never win!"

But the voice of truth tells me a different story
The voice of truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
And the voice of truth says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth.