So I heard a Matthew West song today called Strong Enough and the lyrics really hit me...
You must
You must think I'm strong
To give me what I'm going through
Well, forgive me
Forgive me if I'm wrong
But this looks like more than I can do
On my own
I know I'm not strong enough to be
everything that I'm supposed to be
I give up
I'm not stong enough
Hands of mercy won't you cover me
Lord right now I'm asking you to be
Strong enough
Strong enough
For the both of us
Well, maybe
Maybe that's the point
To reach the point of giving up
Cause when I'm finally
Finally at rock bottom
Well, that's when I start looking up
And reaching out
I know I'm not strong enough to be
Everything that I'm supposed to be
I give up
I'm not stong enough
Hands of mercy won't you cover me
Lord right now I'm asking you to be
Strong enough
Strong enough
Cause I'm broken
Down to nothing
But I'm still holding on to the one thing
You are God
and you are strong
When I am weak
I can do all things
Through Christ who gives me strength
And I don't have to be
Strong enough
Strong enough
I can do all things
Through Christ who gives me strength
And I don't have to be
Strong enough
Strong enough
Oh, yeah
I know I'm not strong enough to be
Everything that I'm supposed to be
I give up
I'm not stong enough
Hands of mercy won't you cover me
Lord right now I'm asking you to be
Strong enough
Strong enough
Strong enough
I don't know why this song stuck out so much, but I really liked the lyrics a lot. It reminded me that it's okay if I'm not strong all the time. God wants us to lean on Him for EVERYTHING. We were not put on this earth to have an easy life all the time...God gives us trials, but they make us STRONGER. Trials allow us to rest in His presence and trust in Him with all our being. I am learning to be thankful for trials because they are making me a stronger woman of God.
I just listened to this song twice today...I love the lyrics too! "Maybe that's the point, to reach the point of giving up"...giving up trying to be strong, trying to hold ourselves together, and letting Him be the strong one. I think that takes A LOT of pressure of off ourselves =)
ReplyDeleteIt's hard when people tell us to just be strong. I feel like I hear that often :/ and I know I tell other people to be strong sometimes too. And there are a lot of passages of Scripture that say "Be strong.." but the difference between what most people tell us to do and what the Bible says to do is that we are to be strong IN the Lord. I'm thankful for His strength =)
I'm glad you posted this today Sarah!! :)
So incredibly true, Chels =) I'm used to being strong all the time, but for once, I'm realizing that it's okay if I'm not right now. And this was the first time I'd heard this song and I definitely think it was a God thing for it to play on the radio today =)
ReplyDeleteI think it was a God thing too =) Also, this website is amazing--I love reading through the online magazine on here. I just discovered this site and some of her books this semester and I think I might like her stuff more than Captivating actually! :) It's really good.....I've been looking through it today and thought you'd like it too! It's http://www.setapartgirl.com/home.html :)
ReplyDeleteOoh thank you much!! =) I will definitely be checking it out!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the very timely reminder that we don't have to do things in our strength, that we can't do it on our own strength.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Sarah =) I've enjoyed being on it more than Facebook lately ;) :)
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