The Garden Devotional by Kari JobeSample

"I Will Sing"

I need to see You here
I need to know You're in control
Though my heart is torn wide open
I will trust, I will remember
I need to hear Your voice
Speaking to silence all my doubts
Your word won't return empty
You will break though every darkness
Even when my break is weak
I will sing, I will sing
Even in my suffering
I will sing, I will sing
- From "I Will Sing"

I touched on it yesterday, but this is an album written through the ebbs and flows of walking through what's descibed in the lyrics above.

These songs are personal, raw, and honest because they helped me sing my way into trust and faith when it was hard. They helped me to discover how God meets us in our grief, holds us in our sorrow, and is the lifter of our heads ... giving us the strength to walk through every moment in life, no matter how hard ... giving us the strength to sing.

Today you might find yourself going through a difficult season. Maybe your heart is breaking under the weight of the pain you feel. Never forget that God is kind, strong, loving, and compassionate, and He will draw near to you as you draw close to Him.

Here are some Scriptures that I pray will give you peace and strength today...

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! 1 John 3:1

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. Psalm 103:8

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39