Today marks 34 years since the release of my song “I Will Be Here”. This song still means so much to Mary Beth & me, and I’m grateful for the countless stories of how much this song means to many of you as well. (Special thanks to Phil Naish, producer of the original version of this song, for joining me on this one!)
"But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life." - 1 Timothy 1:15-16
God hides in plain sight. In our world, on our streets, in the back alleys and warehouses and boardrooms that look nothing like God’s hangouts. He’s dressed up as the misfits who embarrass us and the tollbooth workers we pass by unnoticed.
And he’s beneath our skin too. He has sunk himself into our unglamorous lives that there he might do what he does best: give, love, serve, help, and pray.
The little things we do—like pouring cereal for our sleepy children before school, driving a delivery truck to keep businesses rolling, visiting a friend who’s laid up in the hospital—these seemingly little things are divine deeds over which angels rejoice.
The evening news will never report on them. The church newsletter won’t mention them. No one will upload a YouTube video about them that goes viral.
Yet that’s their hidden beauty: unnoticed by earth, applauded by heaven.
To us they seem as natural and boring as watching the grass grow. But to God, they are his humble, holy niche in a world blinded by bigger, better, bolder.
-from my book, Your God Is Too Glorious: Finding God in the Most Unexpected Places
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May you believe that God's plan to redeem your story is already in motion. Though the enemy's aim is to steal, kill, & destroy, Jesus knows how to bring abundance back into your life. God is for you. He loves you. He is a prayer-answering, miracle-working God, & loves your faith.
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Here’s one thing I always know for certain … what the enemy meant for evil God will use for good.
I will trust in God. Serve God. And even in the darkest nights when I still cry, I will find rest in the light of his love. Then tomorrow, I’ll get up and do it all again.