{"id":19651,"date":"2014-05-14T00:15:44","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T04:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=19651"},"modified":"2014-05-13T23:07:05","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T03:07:05","slug":"im-brandon-heath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/14\/im-brandon-heath\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Not Who I Was"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"insideContent\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_ctl00_cphMain_pnlMiddleColumn\" class=\"middleColumn\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_ctl00_cphMain_cphMiddleColumn_DropZone1_updatepanel\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_ctl00_cphMain_cphMiddleColumn_DropZone1_dzcontainer\" class=\"dropzone PBClear\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_ctl00_cphMain_cphMiddleColumn_DropZone1_columnDisplay_ctl00_zone\" class=\"PBViewing\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wish you could see me now<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I wish I could show you how<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m not who I was<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I used to be mad at you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> A little on the hurt side too<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But I&#8217;m not who I was<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I found my way around<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To forgiving you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Some time ago<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But I never got to tell you so<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I found us in a photograph<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I saw me and I had to laugh<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You know, I&#8217;m not who I was<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You were there, you were right above me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And I wonder if you ever loved me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Just for who I was<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">When the pain came back again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Like a bitter friend<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It was all that I could do<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To keep myself from blaming you<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I reckon it&#8217;s a funny thing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I figured out I can sing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Now I&#8217;m not who I was<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I write about love and such<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Maybe &#8217;cause I want it so much<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m not who I was<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I was thinking maybe I<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I should let you know<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I am not the same<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But I never did forget your name<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Hello<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Well the thing I find most amazing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In amazing grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Is the chance to give it out<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Maybe that&#8217;s what love is all about<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wish you could see me now<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I wish I could show you how<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m not who I was<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Listen while you read&#8230;<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K1ZgtCRO-KY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~ \u00a0Singer \/ Songwriter: Brandon Heath \u00a0~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>About 6 years ago, I started mending fences and rebuilding relationships with people I had really hurt during a really horrible time in my life. \u00a0I was in a slimy pit and I was stuck there for a while. \u00a0I hurt everyone that I held most dear and \u00a0loved the most. \u00a0Can you relate? \u00a0Is there anyone in your life that you want to tell them that you aren&#8217;t that same person that you were? \u00a0Now that Jesus is first in your life again, or maybe for the first time, you want to shout it from the rooftops that your life looks so different now. \u00a0Your light shines only for Him. \u00a0You aren\u2019t that same gossip that used to tell what you heard about others. \u00a0You aren\u2019t that same jealous friend that wasn\u2019t happy for the good things that happened for others. \u00a0You aren\u2019t that same person that held a grudge instead of giving grace and forgiveness. \u00a0And doesn\u2019t it feel good?<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Heath wrote this song about his stepmom. \u00a0After his father and she got a divorce, he lost touch with her. \u00a0He didn\u2019t try to reach out to her. \u00a0Many birthdays and holidays went by without even so much as a card. \u00a0Later, when his life was radically changed and Jesus took the wheel, he wanted her to know that he had changed. \u00a0He wasn\u2019t that same man and he wanted her to know that he actually cared about her&#8230;he even loved her. \u00a0What an amazing story of how our Jesus takes lives and redeems them and rebuilds them and makes it so good that we want to shout it from the rooftops!<\/p>\n<p>The line \u201cI figured out I can sing, I\u2019m not who I was\u201d tells me that when you give your life to Jesus and you allow Him to live through you, you find gifts that He has given you that you never knew you had. \u00a0What is your life like now? \u00a0Can you go back through and see where He has changed you? \u00a0Guess what! \u00a0You don\u2019t have to speak any words for <em>people will know<\/em> Who you serve and follow by the way you live now. \u00a0You will live your amends and apologies, and people will see the grace that you so readily give instead of holding grudges. \u00a0I\u2019m praying with you today that our lives will reflect Him and that we will live the abundant life because we have been totally transformed!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let us pray<\/span>: \u00a0Dear Lord, You still change lives radically and change us from the inside out. \u00a0You fill us with Your Spirit and we cannot help but smile and spread the joy that we have. \u00a0Thank You for the gift of forgiveness that we can readily forgive those that wrong us. \u00a0We give up the sins of our past and start living out our amends to those we have wronged. \u00a0Oh Lord, we love You! \u00a0And we are no longer who we were! \u00a0In Jesus name, 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