The last few days have been really bizarre for me. After starting and stopping a few blog entries, I wasn’t really happy with anything. My husband called me in the other room a few minutes ago to watch a performance of Aaron Shust doing his song “Give me Words to Speak”. I’ve never heard the words to the song (I’m lyrically challenged) and when I looked them up I decided to post them. I offer you an excerpt of Aaron’s words to you today:
Give me Words to Speak
Calloused and bruised
dazed and confused
My Spirit is left wanting something more
Than my selfish hopes
and my selfish dreams
I’m lying with my face down to the floor
I’m crying out for more
Give me Words to speak
Don’t let my Spirit sleep
Cause I can’t think of anything worth saying
But I know that I owe You my life
So give me Words to speak
Don’t let my Spirit sleep
Every night, every day
I find that I have nothing left to say
So I stand here in silence awaiting Your guidance
I’m wanting only Your voice to be heard
Let them be Your Words
Let them be Your words
For me, the take-away from this song is to want more than just selfish desires, to remember that I owe God my life (!), and to let God’s voice to be heard over my own. As “calloused and bruised, dazed and confused” as I am at times, this life is still all and only about God and Him receiving glory in and from it.
By His mercy, may I not waste another moment on me .
May tomorrow be an others-focused day for all of us. And may God’s voice be heard over my own.
Blessings to you and yours.
HT: Aaron Shust
