Casting Crowns - "Does Anybody See Her"
Bet you can't watch this and have dry eyes afterwards!
posted by Greg Hazelrig @ 10:33 AM
10 comments
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Friday, March 30, 2007
Bet you can't watch this and have dry eyes afterwards!
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10 Comments:
I couldn't. Thanks for sharing this. I've heard the song many times, but I've never really listened to the lyrics.
Whoa, Greg. That's tough to watch. Like Wayne, I've heard the song many times without really hearing or understanding the lyrics. Thanks so much for sharing this.
didn't cry, this was/is all too close.
Have you hear the Princess Bubble girls speak about their fairy tale? They are trying to reach this same group Casting Crowns sings about.
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this is where my former best friend is now. i didnt leave us. she did. she's in so much trouble. partys, drugs, sex .... she's called names in school and talked about by all the "bad boys". i prayed and tried to talk to her, but she knew what she was doing and didnt need another mom she said. now she's alone with the things she's made for herself. and sad things is, she's a Christian. we prayed and worshiped God together so many times. Please pray for her before its to late. i love her. God knows who she is. <><
dear halfpint,
I will be praying for your unamed friend. it sounds like she is in trouble, so just remember that at any time she may need a true friend again. I pray that you will be on the watchout for that time in case God can use you to help her. we all make decisions in this world that are bad. God's grace is so that we can come back to Him. please keep that in mind if she decides to come back to you. may God grant you the wisdom to say what's needed and courage to stand against evil in your own life. may
God also give you the compassion that your friend needs.
halfpint,
if i could encourage you it would be this. i became the friend you are talking about. i knew God. i drifted. my heart grew cold. i made one wrong choice after another. some generous people may call them lapses in judgment. God called it sin. i was in a slow descent down and picking up speed. but... but .... but... people were praying for me. my parents were praying. friends who know Jesus were praying. people who loved my parents and yet didn't know me were praying.
my heart became so lonesome for God and i had hit for me, rock bottom. i started going to church again because my heart kept hearing that verse in romans about not letting my heart become hard while it is still called Today.
no one at that church talked to me except the person who handed me the bulletin. i would pray sad little prayers asking God if i could please make a friend that sunday in church, and yet no-one talked to me.
three weeks after i turned my heart back to God i found out i was pregnant. i was so scared and so alone.
God has a bigger and better plan though. As soon as i found out i was pregnant i dedicated my baby to Him. to make a long story as short as possible God brought people into my life (or me into theirs? i've never been quite sure on that one) who helped me get out of the horrible living situation i was in. they gave me a home to stay in until i could get an apartment of my own. they supported me and loved me and comforted me the many times i cried. they love my baby and were so good to her.
i was able to move back home with my parents. i am now back in school. my daughter is 2 yrs old and after salvation she is the greatest blessing and gift of mercy God has ever given me. i will thank Him forever for her and for those who loved me and helped me while i was pregnant, scared and alone.
i still run into people who see my sin and don't see me, people who don't understand my daughter is not a "judgment" but a mercy and a blessing and a sign of the kindness, gentleness and wonder of God.
anyway, the whole point of this ramble is to keep praying. you may not see the results today, tomorrow or even in a year. BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL. the prodigal does come home.
under his mercy and grace,
sea dreamer
uhm, meant to say that verse in hebrews not in romans about not hardening one's heart while it is still called Today.
Thank you, sea dreamer, for sharing. May God bless you.
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