{"id":19682,"date":"2014-05-15T00:15:14","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T04:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=19682"},"modified":"2014-05-14T19:26:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T23:26:41","slug":"strangely-dim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/15\/strangely-dim\/","title":{"rendered":"Strangely Dim"},"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<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;ve got all these plans piled up sky high<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">A thousand dreams on hold<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And I don&#8217;t know why<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I got a front row seat<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">To the longest wait<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And I just can&#8217;t see<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Past the things I pray<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Today<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">But when I fix my eyes on all that You are<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Then every doubt I feel dee<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">p in my heart<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Grows strangely dim<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">All my worries fade a<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">nd fall to the ground<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;Cause when I seek Your face an<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">d don&#8217;t look around<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Any place I&#8217;m in g<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">rows strangely dim<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Sometimes where I stand<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">On this narrow road<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Is in a raging storm<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Or a valley low<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">But oh oh oh oh oh oh<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">But when I fix my eyes on all that You are<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Then every doubt I feel dee<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">p in my heart<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Grows strangely dim<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">All my worries fade a<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">nd fall to the ground<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;Cause when I seek Your face an<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">d don&#8217;t look around<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Any place I&#8217;m in g<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">rows strangely dim<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I don&#8217;t know, I don&#8217;t know<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">What tomorrow may hold<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">But I know, but I know<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">That You&#8217;re holding it all<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">So no matter what may come<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; \"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>I&#8217;m gonna fix my eyes on all that You are<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Then every doubt I feel dee<\/span><em>p in my heart<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Grows strangely dim<\/em><br \/>\n<em>All my worries fade a<\/em><em>nd fall to the ground<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;m gonna seek Your face an<\/em><em>d not look around<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8216;Til the \u00a0place I&#8217;m in g<\/em><em>rows strangely dim, strangely, strangely dim<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MjmZ2v0niCI?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \">Songwriters &#8211; Mia Fieldes, Seth Mosely, and Francesca Battistelli<br \/>\nPerformed by Francesca Battistelli<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">I once heard it described to me that what you focus on is what you magnify. Imagine looking through the lens of a camera when you focus on what you are taking a picture of the things around it grow dim. When life\u2019s circumstances are coming at us it is easy to get distracted by what\u2019s coming at us instead of turning our focus to the One Who will bring us through it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; \">I love these words from this old hymn&#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Turn your eyes upon Jesus<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Look full in His wonderful face<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And the things of earth will grow strangely dim<\/em><br \/>\n<em> In the light of His glory and grace<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When we choose to turn our focus to Jesus the things of this world&#8212;our circumstances, doubts, and worries&#8212;grow strangely dim. \u00a0When we are fully focused on Him there is fullness of joy!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \">Psalm 16:11 ESV states it beautifully,<br \/>\nYou make known to me the path of life;<br \/>\nin Your presence there is fullness of joy;<br \/>\nat Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">&#8220;What\u2019s the secret to joyful heart living and to having fullness of joy? \u00a0According to the Scriptures listed above, we obtain fullness of joy from being in the Presence of God. \u00a0And we enter into the Presence of God by praising Him. \u00a0And when we have joy, then we also have strength.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">So, whenever I am feeling less than joyFUL, or am feeling weak or am facing something difficult and need more strength, I stop what I am doing and begin to praise God. Sometimes it may take awhile for me to get my mind to quit thinking about everything else and just focus on HIM, but before long, I can feel His Presence and my joy returns, along with strength.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">Isn\u2019t it great to know that we have the power to enter into the Presence of Almighty God whenever we want to?&#8221;<br \/>\n(excerpt from <a href=\"http:\/\/joyfulheartliving.com\/insights\/in-his-presence-is-fullness-of-joy\/\" target=\"_blank\">JoyfulHeartLiving.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Heavenly Father, I thank You that when we turn our focus to ALL that You are the things of this world grow strangely dim. \u00a0Thank You for the peace in Your presence. \u00a0May we be filled with the fullness of joy that can only come from You\u2026in Jesus\u2019 name!!! \u00a0AMEN!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got all these plans piled up sky high A thousand dreams on hold And I don&#8217;t know why I got a front row seat To the longest wait And I just can&#8217;t see Past the things I pray Today But when I fix my eyes on all that You are Then every doubt I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":16629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[4770,6324,1287,425,6323,5174,4073,4932,6322,5448],"class_list":["post-19682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-francesca-battistelli","tag-fullness-of-joy","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-joyfulheart-com","tag-kim-gold","tag-psalm-1611","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-strangely-dim","tag-turn-your-eyes-upon-jesus","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-57s","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19685,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19682\/revisions\/19685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}