Thoughts...

This morning we went to Easter Sunrise Service and it was simply amazing. It was a reader's theater, completely out of scripture, and it was just amazing. This song has been my "theme song" for about the last year. It all started last March when I was at a children's ministry conference in Chicago. We (Bob & I) were anxiously awaiting our first placement call, we'd been licensed for over a year and nothing was happening. That weekend in Chicago, the praise team sang this a few times. On our last day they started to sing it for our last session and I just cried out to God...break my heart for what breaks yours, everything I have for your kingdom's cause...tears streaming down my face my heart breaking...it was an awesome worship experience! Within the hour my phone was buzzing in my pocket..right in the middle of a great speaker...I looked and saw it was home calling me. What in the world? I'm going to be home tonight, can't they just leave me alone? :-) I hurried out of the auditorium, knowing in my heart that Bob wouldn't call unless it was really really important!

He was in a near state of panic..."Honey we just got a call about a little boy that needs a foster home! What should I tell them??" Oh my goodness! God acts fast! After several phone calls back and forth we decided that yes, we should accept the placement. I mean, really! How could I say no after I had just told God that I gave him everything I had for his kingdom's cause! Within 30 minutes that little guy was in our home...lost, confused, crying, his entire world had been turned upside down. Little did I know how my heart would break over and over again for him and his circumstance. I would come downstairs at night after tucking him in and just weep for his broken heart, for his family's messed up sense of right and wrong, for his unknown future.

Many times I thought to myself, this is just a little taste of what God's broken heart for this sin filled world feels like. I have just one small child that I'm weeping for. How much more he must cry for his broken children.

So, back to this morning....I was tempted to not go b/c it had been a late night...kids would be tired, there were 2 other services to go to....etc, etc. But God had other plans...he woke up our oldest and our youngest, both eagerly anticipating a Sunrise Service! So hurry hurry and we all made it to church...from bed to the pew in 45 minutes!

I am so glad that the Holy Spirit had his way with me this morning. I was blessed beyond measure between the scripture, the music, the sunrise....more than I could have ever hoped for. Anyway, my Easter thoughts circle back around to Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest...He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Hallelujah!

I see the King of Glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
The whole earth shakes

I see his love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing
The people sing

Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest

Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest

I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith

I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We're on our knees
We're on our knees

Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved me

Break my heart for what breaks yours
Everything I have for your kingdom's cause
As I walk from earth to eternity.

Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna in the Highest

Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna in the Highest!

Hillsong United