A True Worship Melody

~~ Psalm 30:11-12 (GNT) ~~  You have changed my sadness into a joyful dance; You have taken away my sorrow and surrounded me with joy.  So I will not be silent; I will sing praise to you. Lord, you are my God; I will give you thanks forever.

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by Carley Cooper

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Here is a Worship Melody in the truest form.  I just had to share this with you today.  As I begin writing this, it’s about 4:00 pm EST on Saturday, June 23.  

I live alone and I woke up this morning with my Bipolar being in a bad place, with no one to turn to or comfort me.  I spent some time crying feeling like there was no hope for me.  This episode did have a trigger though, and there’s a long story behind that.  The nutshell version is that a really big dream that I had crashed last night when I found out someone important is moving out of the country.  It was someone that I had hoped to have a future with.  I’ve had several big trauma’s this year, and it’s only half over yet.  My emotional and mental strength had run out, and it hurt so bad that I was in physical pain as well. 

My morning prayer and devotional time refueled me enough that I spent my morning doing housework.  Sometimes nothing works for a downward spiral like good ol’ fashioned hard work.  It’s amazing how much you can find to clean, even in a small 500 sq. foot apartment, when you need to! 

Afterward, I spent the early part of the afternoon doing my power walking in Barrie’s Heritage Park.  Beeeeeeeautiful spot, by the way!  As I walked, I didn’t listen to my regular walking workout routine on my MP3 player.  I listened to worship music.  About half of my music collection on my MP3 player is by my friend, Chris Blakley.  He’s in town again this weekend to preach and perform.  I’m looking forward to it.  We never know for sure when he’s going to make it here, and it’s always a great time filled with the Holy Spirit when he is here.  Going and going sometimes, like the Energizer bunny, like I was today is another Bipolar symptom.  By the time I made it home, between pushing my body and the blessing of music, I was feeling better.  I was finally ready to collapse, so I wasn’t great, but good just the same.  I was glad that this energy surge was short lived.  Praise God for that!  Sometimes they can last for days, with little or no sleep.    

I sat down to my computer, checked email, Facebook messages, and did a small project.  Then this song came on my player.  It’s called I’ll Take Jesus by Jason Crabb.  It’s a tune that I listen to all the time.  Quite often when I hear it I get stuck on it.  What I mean is that I can’t help but play it over a few times before I let the player continue on to others.  I always feel the Holy Spirit so strong during this song.  Today was no exception.  I’ve had a few incidents when I can feel God with me so strong that it’s almost tangible.  It is such an incredible experience; and this afternoon was like that.  I found myself putting the settings to continuously repeat that song, and it played for at least a few hours.  Before I knew what hit me, I realized I was sitting in my living room alone with tears streaming down my face, singing along with this song, and my hands raised to Jesus because I was so filled with His love. 

I just saw this on a photo on my Facebook Newsfeed, “When life knocks me down, Jesus picks me up.”  No matter how dark things seem He always brings me to the Light.  Every time I hit rock bottom, He lifts me up.  He never misses an opportunity to send me encouragement when I need it.  God has a great plan for my future.  He spoke loudly to me today through this melody, and I couldn’t help but to worship Him because of it. 

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~~ Dear God ~~  I love You.  Thank You for always picking me up and loving me back.  In Jesus name, AMEN.

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Here’s the lyrics to I’ll Take Jesus.  Below is a video Jason Crabb performing it live on stage. 

I’ll Take Jesus

by Jason Crabb

Verse I

As they gambled for the robe He wore,

they chose a worldly trail.

Not thinking about eternity

as the soldiers drove the nails.

Will we learn from what they've done

or make the same mistake?

Me or the world My child,

Which one will you take?

Chorus

I'll take Jesus, I'll take Jesus.

I've tried those earthly pleasures and they failed.

When you see the gates of Heaven,

you hear the Master say;

Me or the world My child,

Which one will you take?

Verse II

As the pages of my life have turned,

and time has rolled away,

you see, the greatest things that I have done

they're not gonna matter on that day.

All my earthly treasures

that I have laid away,

Listen, they're gonna be to me just a memory

and this you'll hear me say,

Chorus

I'll take Jesus, I'll take Jesus.

I've tried those earthly pleasures and they failed.

When you see the gates of Heaven,

and you hear the Master say;

Me or the world my child,

Which one will you take?

Me or the world my child,

Which one will you take?

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