This is one of the songs I claimed when coming to
the decision to come to China the first time.
It has since been one that comes to mind often and that I
claim over and over again. It was just playing on the radio {Along with 'He's Always Been Faithful;
another great one for me right now to remember where to keep my eyes and to not
be fearful!! Love how He puts the right music in the playlist so that I hear
what I need to when I need it!}
When setbacks and failures, and upset plans,
Test my faith and leave me with empty hands,
Are you not the closest when it's hardest to stand?
I know that you will finish what you began
Test my faith and leave me with empty hands,
Are you not the closest when it's hardest to stand?
I know that you will finish what you began
These broken parts you redeem,
Become the song, that I can sing
Become the song, that I can sing
Overwhelmed by the thought of my weakness,
And the fear that I'll fail you in the end,
In this mess, I'm just one of the pieces,
I can't put this together but you can.
And the fear that I'll fail you in the end,
In this mess, I'm just one of the pieces,
I can't put this together but you can.
Here I am
Somehow my story, Is a part of your plan,
Here I am
Here I am
send me!
This is always the part of the song that gets to me the most.
Often there are days when it is very literately hard for me to stand.
And those have always been the times I feel Him the most.
Not to mention that I am often fearful of failing Him, as I am
"Prone to wander, Oh I fear it, prone to leave the One I love"
as the song 'Come Thou Fount" puts it.
I'm still sad that Downhere is no longer together as a band! :(
Today, we had a quick run through of the play we will perform
for the Chinese Language competition.
We needed to show it to our teacher for her approval,
feedback, and because she is our coach for the competition.
We had her in stitches, as I predicted!
Sadly, she said that our 10 minute production does need to be
sped up a bit as there are many performances and each one
can not take that long or else we will never get out of there!
We will figure out a way to shave some time off without losing the
best parts!
After our rehearsal and brainstorming session,
she took everyone out for ice cream! AAWW!
OOpps, I've been spotted!
She is looking pretty excited about her Green Tea and Milk Ice cream!
Our beautiful, kind, and extremely patient
Comprehensive teacher!
I think she has been my teacher for every
semester but my very first!
Bad angle! yuck!!
That's better!
With the stunning Asih!
Even though it has been nearly two years,
I still love saying I live in a castle!
Palm trees!! Ah, California, how I miss you!
Look!! GREEN!!
I'm sorry....I am sure that there are those that are really sick
of hearing about my work out routines....but I wanted
to share some exciting progress report,
Its my Little Thing for the day!
Its not pretty, its not perfect, its not all that great even.
But this reminds me of how much I am being protected and taken care of!
Three months ago, not even a full three months ago,
I was thinking I was going to have to hop a plane to get back
I was thinking I was going to have to hop a plane to get back
{wasn't even really sure how I was going to fly when I couldn't
sit or move without pain! How do you get 150 pounds of
stuff over the ocean when you can't even tie your shoes?}
Last month, I had to 'walk' my feet back in order to
complete these. Today, I could do the jump back!
This is not in any way to get a pat on the back and be told
how awesome I am or how impressive it is!
This really is to show what He is doing in my life
and how, by His strength, I am going to stave off more injury,
keep walking, and make it back to the States a fraction of the
person that left! {Size wise!}
Thank you to each of you who has been such an encouragement
along the way! I still have a battle ahead of me! Please stay along side me in it!
#ItsTheLittleThings
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