{"id":20372,"date":"2014-06-25T00:15:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T04:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=20372"},"modified":"2014-06-24T20:51:44","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T00:51:44","slug":"moment-meredith-andrews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/25\/moment-meredith-andrews\/","title":{"rendered":"Not For A Moment"},"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;\">You were reaching through the storm<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Walking on the water<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Even when I could not see<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In the middle of it all<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> When I thought You were a thousand miles away<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Not for a moment did You forsake me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Not for a moment did You forsake me<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> After all You are constant<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> After all You are only good<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> After all You are sovereign<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Not for a moment will You forsake me<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Not for a moment will You forsake me<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You were singing in the dark<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Whispering Your promise<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Even when I could not hear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I was held in Your arms<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Carried for a thousand miles to show<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Not for a moment did You forsake me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And every step every breath You are there<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Every tear every cry every prayer<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In my heart at my worst<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> When my world falls down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Not for a moment will You forsake me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Even in the dark<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Even when it&#8217;s hard<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You will never leave me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> After all<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Not for a moment will You forsake me<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qoh26pC2RT8?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Songwriters: Meredith Andrews, Jacob Sooter, Mia Fieldes<br \/>\nPerformed by Meredith Andrews and Vertical Church Band<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>God promises us that He will never leave us or forsake us. \u00a0As you listen to this song, I hope you can let this promise enter into every area of your life. \u00a0This week was hard. \u00a0My husband and I, along with our precious second daughter, piled in the car at 6 am and headed to Freshman Orientation. \u00a0My baby is going to college in August, God willing. \u00a0And as the parents were asked to leave and form a separate group, I spilled. \u00a0I tried to hide the tears but to no avail. \u00a0Emotions hit and I realized that change is coming, like it or not. \u00a0But God will never change and He will never leave me in this alone.<\/p>\n<p>The words to this song I sing over and over: \u201cYou were reaching through the storm, walking on the water, even when I could not see&#8221; (through the &#8220;what if\u2019s&#8221; and the \u201cno way I can do this\u201d). \u00a0And \u00a0\u201cin the middle of it all\u201d (the doubting that I can do this financially, the deep sadness of a chapter that flew by and now she is growing up)\u00a0\u201cnot for a moment, did You forsake me\u201d&#8212;and You never will!<\/p>\n<p>Then we are reminded of all He <em><strong>is<\/strong><\/em>! \u00a0After all, He<strong><em> is<\/em><\/strong> constant, only good, and sovereign. \u00a0All these things He <strong><em>is<\/em> <\/strong>and it doesn\u2019t matter where we are. \u00a0He meets us there. \u00a0Even when we aren\u2019t listening or life is busy and so loud that we cannot hear His voice, He <strong><em>is<\/em><\/strong> still a constant and He<em><strong> is<\/strong><\/em> walking right beside us. He <em><strong>is<\/strong> <\/em>there&#8212;every step, every breath, every tear, every cry, every prayer&#8230; in your heart, at your worst, when your world falls down, in the dark, when it\u2019s hard&#8230;He <em><strong>is<\/strong><\/em> there with you. \u00a0He will NEVER leave. Not for a moment will He forsake you.<\/p>\n<p>If this is a trying time for you and you are feeling really alone, this song is for you today. \u00a0God wants to remind you that He<em><strong> is<\/strong> <\/em>always with you and He loves you! \u00a0He knows what is going on in your life and He isn\u2019t surprised by any of it. \u00a0Please cling to Him and these words. \u00a0Write them on a note card and place them in the most seen places. \u00a0Remember always: you are <em>loved<\/em> and you are <em>cherished<\/em> and you are <em>never alone<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Let us pray:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Dearest Lord, thank You for walking with us through this hard and sometimes lonely world. \u00a0You said that there would be trials and hard times; and to thank You for these times because we get to SEE Your hand in all of this. \u00a0We get to feel You carry us and witness Your miraculous ways. \u00a0Lord, we love You and we praise Your Name. \u00a0You are a Light in the darkness, You dry every tear, and You hear every prayer. \u00a0Help us to glorify You in these times and to share Your love with those who don\u2019t know You. \u00a0Keep our eyes on You. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name we pray, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You were reaching through the storm Walking on the water Even when I could not see In the middle of it all When I thought You were a thousand miles away Not for a moment did You forsake me Not for a moment did You forsake me After all You are constant After all You [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"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":[1287,425,6613,6635,6637,589,6633,6632,6414,2942,6636],"class_list":["post-20372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-god-is-always-there","tag-he-is-with-you","tag-he-never-leaves-nor-forsakes-us","tag-kim-spring","tag-meredith-andrews","tag-not-for-a-moment","tag-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs-2","tag-sovereign-lord","tag-vertical-church","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-5iA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20372","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20372"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20379,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20372\/revisions\/20379"}],"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=20372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}