I really appreciate Steve Curtis Chapman’s music at the moment – honest, gritty, grieving, laced with hope.
Here is his latest offering talking about the connection he has with heaven now that his daughter is their. I definitely relate to this song.
I am off to Africa tomorrow for 2 weeks. I am going to Burkina Faso which has seen awful floods in recent weeks with over 150,000 made homeless. Such large scale suffering dwarfs mine without diminishing it. Despite what is hard, sad and mind-numbingly painful – I have much to be thankful for.
And if you allow it, even the pain of death and loss can connect you with heaven in a way which is profound. To quote another recent song – When all is said and Done by Matt Redman
As I walk this broken world,
Tune my life to heaven´s song
For I am Yours.
And when all is said and done,
Tune my life to heaven´s song
Forevermore.
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By: Songs for a stillborn baby « Living in the Rainbow on 20/11/2009
at 7:39 pm
that is a beautiful song.
Exciting about the trip to BF!
What country are you guys from?
We are in SA.
Virginia – have you read Dr Jack Haydorn’s “I’ll hold you in heaven”? it’s great.
By: Caz on 06/11/2009
at 1:17 pm
That is so beautiful.
I wish I had that kind of faith.
By: Virginia on 17/09/2009
at 2:50 am