Trust

I haven't blogged in a few months and boy do I feel it.  It has been said that inspiration minus expression equals depression.  Oh, I'm not really depressed, but I sure feel kind of "dreary".  I want to write and sometimes have thoughts and ideas, but I just don't follow through with blogging them.  I think I feel like I need to have the whole "story" in my mind from start to finish.  When I don't have that, I just don't start.  But I really feel the need to write something.  So here I am, at my keyboard, with a few hints of ideas, but nothing complete.  I'm trusting that something good will happen here.  This should be interesting!

I have a song in my head.  It's on the top of my favorite playlist so I hear it a lot.  It's called You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban.  It has a very soothing melody and starts out:       

           When I am down and oh my soul so weary,
           When troubles come and my heart burdened be,
           Then I am still and wait here in the silence
           Until you come and sit a while with me.

 This song continues with a chorus:

            You raise me up so I can stand on mountains.
            You raise me up to walk on stormy seas.
            I am strong when I am on your shoulders.
            You raise me up to more than I can be.

This chorus repeats a few more times, starting out somewhat quiet and peaceful.  Each time it repeats the volume increases, until the final rendition, which is very powerful! 

I love music.  It would be fair to say that good music speaks to my heart.  Some of the best inspiration comes while listening to music.  As I said, I hear this song a lot.  But not too long ago, after hearing it numerous times, it occurred to me that this song is not just for comfort.  Don't get me wrong.  It provides great comfort.  But on this one occasion, this song sounded like a call to action, even a battle cry.  I could see myself standing on that mountain and I wasn't there for a picnic or to sight see.  I was on that mountain to get a broader view.  You know what I mean.  When you're standing up on a mountain you have a different vantage point, you see things differently.  You see things more clearly and of course, there's more to see, much, much more.  Perspective is different.  Maybe even an eternal perspective. 

And those stormy seas!  Yeah, how about those stormy seas.  We all face them.  But we don't learn to walk on those seas just to show off or brag.  We do gain strength by trusting in the one person, the only person that can help us raise up out of the depths of the troubled waters.  I realized that conquering those storms doesn't mean they go away.  However, it does mean that I can realize my own strength and the power I have within, when partnered with the strength, power and love of Jesus Christ.

When I envisioned myself on the shoulders of the Savior, I felt bigger than life.  I felt I was now face to face with the Goliaths in my life and able to look those Goliaths straight in the eyes, yeah both eyes, not just one.  I could meet them head on and not shrink!  But only on the shoulders of my Savior.

Perhaps there's a reason for that clearer, broader view, that eternal perspective and there's something we should be doing with the strength we gain from rising out of the troubled seas and facing our Goliaths head on.  Perhaps there's a grand plan for all of us.  One that requires we become more than we think we can possibly become. A plan that requires we learn to trust and move forward, even when we don't see the whole plan or "story" from start to finish.  Of course, we get to choose whether we stand on that mountain in the first place.  We get to choose if we accept the help of our Savior and rise up out of the stormy water.  Yes, we get to choose to start our story, and keep moving, not knowing where it will lead.


link to this incredible and inspiring song

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oni0tO_HN30