BY YOUR SIDE...

Hi Friends ...

Well, I got a lot accomplished around the house today. And I went for a really long walk with Molly. All the while I was listening to music on my phone. Bill had downloaded a bunch of music onto my phone last year when I was really sick, and I've added a few songs. But I had never really spent a day listening to them all. It was nice and really put me in a good mood. Bill grilled out tonight -- fish, hotdogs, hamburgers and a bunch of side items. I'm getting spoiled with him doing so much cooking :-)

Anyway -- the song that really spoke to me today was "By Your Side," done by Tenth Avenue North. My friend Annie introduced me to this song a few months back, but it never spoke to me like it did today. When I heard it, I just felt very blessed to be in this world with a loving God.
So, I want to share the lyrics with you and strongly encourage you to download it yourself if you don't already have/know it.

Love,
Michele

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Why are you striving these days?
Why are you trying to earn grace?
Why are you crying?
Let me lift up your face,
Just don't turn away.

Why are you looking for love?
Why are your still searching as if I'm not enough?
To where will you go, child?
Tell me where will you run,
To where will you run?

And I'll be by your side,
Wherever you fall,
In the dead of night,
Whenever you call.
And please don't fight,
These hands that are holding you.
My hands are holding you.

Look at these hands and my side.
They swallowed the grave on that night.
When I drank the world's sin,
So I could carry you in,
And give you life.
I want to give you life.

And I'll be by your side,
Wherever you fall,
In the dead of night,
Whenever you call.
And please don't fight,
These hands that are holding you.
My hands are holding you.

And I'll be by your side,
Wherever you fall,
In the dead of night,
Whenever you call.
And please don't fight,
These hands that are holding you.
My hands are holding you.

Cause, I, I love you.
I want you to know,
That, I, I love you.
I'll never let go.

And I'll be by your side,
Wherever you fall,
In the dead of night,
Whenever you call.
And please don't fight,
These hands that are holding you.
My hands are holding you.

And I'll be by your side,
Wherever you fall,
In the dead of night,
Whenever you call.
And please don't fight,
These hands that are holding you.
My hands are holding you.

***How often do we fight the very hands that are holding us? It's my prayer tonight that you will take a minute and feel the very hands that are holding YOU.
Love, Michele XOXO