All Sons and Daughters-Wake Up

We have seen the pain
that shaped our hearts
And in our shame
We're still breathing, 'cause

We have seen the hope
of your healing
Rising from our souls
is the feeling
We are drawing close
Your light is shining through
Your light is shining through

Wake up, wake up, wake up
wake up all you sleepers
Stand up, stand up
Stand up all you dreamers
Hands up, hands up
Hands up all believers
Take up your cross, carry it on

all that you reveal
with light in us
will come to life
and start breathing, 'cause

here we stand our hearts are yours, Lord
not our will but yours be done, Lord

 

I'm reading a book called Mended Pieces of a life made whole by Angie Smith.  After a period of loss in her life, she felt the Lord's prompting to break a pitcher.  As she broke it, she asked God, "What next?"  What God told her was to put it back together.  She explains how daunting of a task it was.  She says it took most of the night to glue each piece into the proper place.  But what she learned was so valuable.  She learned that God uses the cracked parts of our lives to allow His light to shine through us.  Without the cracks, the light wouldn't shine through. 

 

I share this because the cracks in my life are slowly being glued back together by the ultimate craftsman and this song perfectly describes the desire of my heart.  I want to be healed.  I want to be mended.  I want to be put back together in His way.  I want my cracks to radiate with His joy and beauty.  I want to wake up and start living again. 

 

 

all that you reveal
with light in us
will come to life
and start breathing, 'cause

here we stand our hearts are yours, Lord
not our will but yours be done, Lord