Friday, August 9, 2013

"Only The World"

Anyone who has read any of my blogs for any length of time knows that music is very near and dear to my heart - it speaks to me in amazing ways. I have often had a hard time determining my "favorite" musician but if I was FORCED to pick I would say Mandisa. I say this because I own all of her albums (except her Christmas one because I have enough Christmas music) but her lyrics speak so directly to my heart on so many levels that I can't just pick a few songs to download - I end up with the whole album every time.

This morning I was cleaning and this song came on my playlist: "Only the World"

  • Mandisa: Only The World

  • Artist: Mandisa
  • Songwriters: Clint Lagerberg, Matthew West
Been a hard one, been a bad one
Been a tough one, been a sad one
It's been one of those days
That keeps chipping away at my heart

Nothing new here, it's what I do here
It's a stereotypical day in the life
I'm surrounded by all of the pain and the strife
But I know it's alright

Cause it's only the world I'm living in

It's only today I've been given

There ain't no way I'm giving in
'Cause it's only the world

I know the best is still yet to come
'Cause even when my days in the world are done
There's gonna be so much more than only the world for me
Yeah, it's only the world

Anybody, can you hear me?
Do you feel me? I mean, do you feel me?
I know I'm not the only one
Wearing the weight of this world

We got problems, said it's alright
Just remember, yeah, it's alright
Take a good look around
We're just stuck on the ground for a little while
Don't it make you smile?

'Cause it's only the world I'm living in
It's only today I've been given
And there ain't no way I'm giving in
'Cause it's only the world

I know the best is still yet to come
'Cause even when my days in the world are done
There's gonna be so much more than only the world for me
Yeah, it's only the world, yeah, it's only the world

Heaven is a place where the tears on every face
Will be wiped away
And I can't wait to go, but for now it's enough to know
This is only temporary, this is only

'Cause it's only the world I'm living in
It's only today I've been given
And there ain't no way I'm giving in
'Cause it's only the world

I know the best is still yet to come
'Cause even when my days in the world are done
There's gonna be so much more than only the world for me


I love that line...
"Nothing new here, it's what I do here; It's a stereotypical day in the life; I'm surrounded by all of the pain and the strife"

I have felt like that - A LOT LATELY... pain and suffering and strife is what I do here. Now, I know - there are people who have things a lot worse than me, but this is my pain I'm living in... as I said from the quote from Private Practice a couple posts ago - being hit by a "truckload of suck"... we all have a different truckload of suck... this world is full of people getting hit by truckloads of suck every day but the only one we have to deal with is our own. Knowing someone else has a different or worse truckload of suck doesn't make my truckload of suck any better. I have struggled and doubted my faith this week and this song hit me square in the heart this morning. This is ONLY TEMPORARY... someday there will be no more tears. Revelation 21:4 -

[* rabbit trail warning...
 So what will He do with those tears He's collected in a bottle once He wipes away all the tears and there will be no more? Psalm 56:8 -
"You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?" ]


OK - back on track...  I love the line in this song...
"Heaven is a place where the tears on every face
Will be wiped away
And I can't wait to go, but for now it's enough to know
This is only temporary"


I can't wait to go either - it is going to be SO AWESOME. This world is full of tribulation and trials - this world is full of sin - but this is ONLY THE WORLD. There is something SO MUCH better coming someday. Even in the midst of my doubts I believe in my heart of hearts I have known the truth - I have known Whom I have believed. My faith may waver, I may have doubts sometimes, but down deep it is solid. Without my faith, without my Lord, without my God and Savior I have no hope.

As I posted late last night - reflecting on the past few years of my life as I copied and pasted my blog I can clearly see God's handiwork in my life. There have been times it hasn't been pretty... it's not so pretty right now... but from HIS point of view - He is weaving a beautiful masterpiece. And that, my friends, is an amazing and powerful Truth.

Seeking to Not Waste the Pain by Sharing My Journey,

Sherri

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for writing this blog =) It's so encouraging yet real!

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