{"id":20439,"date":"2014-06-29T00:35:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T04:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=20439"},"modified":"2014-06-29T14:40:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T18:40:41","slug":"can-just","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/29\/can-just\/","title":{"rendered":"I Can Just Be Me"},"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 been doing all that I can<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">To hold it all together, piece by piece<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;ve been feeling like a failure<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Trying to be braver<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Than I could ever be<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8230;It&#8217;s just not me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So be my Healer, be my Comfort<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Be my Peace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018Cause I can be broken<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I can be needy, Lord, I need You now<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">To be, be my God<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8230;So I can just be me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;ve been living like an orphan<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Trying to belong here<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">But it&#8217;s just not my home<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;ve been holding on so tightly<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">To all the things that I think<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">That satisfy my soul<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8230;But I&#8217;m letting go<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So be my Father, my mighty Warrior<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Be my King<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018Cause I can be scattered, frail and shattered<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lord, I need You now <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">To be, be my God <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8230;So I can just be me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018Cause I was lost<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">In this dark world<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018Til I was finally found in You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">So now I&#8217;m needy, desperately pleading<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Oh Lord, be all to me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So be my Savior, be my Lifeline<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Won&#8217;t You be my everything?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018Cause I&#8217;m so tired<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Of trying to be someone<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I was never meant to be<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Be my God, please be my God<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Be my God so I can just be me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">So I can just be me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8230;I can just be me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1X8D5stUFCU?list=RD1X8D5stUFCU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Singer \/ Songwriter: Laura Story, along with Jason Ingram<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t you just imagine leafing through your Bible and coming upon these words&#8230;they are so similar to one of David\u2019s songs, don\u2019t you think? \u00a0This song sings just like one (no, like MANY) of the psalms. \u00a0Perhaps these words are very similar to a song in your own heart? \u00a0I\u2019ll tell you&#8230;they are close to my own, at times.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I can whine&#8230;and complain! \u00a0Despite the great measure of grace and blessing that my God has poured into my life, at times I seem to forget. \u00a0I can become overwhelmed with the situations and circumstances. \u00a0And then \u00a0attempt to wrestle with these ugly things rather than resting and relying on my God.<\/p>\n<p>Silly me! \u00a0I try to take things into my own &lt;incapable&gt; hands instead of seeking the only One Who IS capable&#8212;my Lord, Jesus the Christ, the One to Whom all \u201call authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given&#8230;\u201d (Matthew 28:18).<\/p>\n<p>I (and you also, my friends!) we are not alone in struggling with matters such as this! \u00a0We\u2019ve already recognized that David called out to God in his struggles. But we also have the examples and godly encouragement of other men throughout the pages of the Bible. \u00a0The Apostle Paul and his disciple, Timothy, are two who I thought of immediately! \u00a0Paul wrote in his letters to encourage the believers in the first century Church &lt;and us, too!!!&gt; to rely on all that Christ had made available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But He said to me, \u201cMy grace is sufficient for you,<br \/>\nfor My power is made perfect in weakness.\u201d<br \/>\nTherefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses,<br \/>\nso that the power of Christ may rest upon me.<br \/>\nFor the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses,<br \/>\ninsults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities.<br \/>\nFor when I am weak, then I am strong.<br \/>\n2 Corinthians 12:9, 10 ESV<\/p>\n<p>In Paul\u2019s letters to Timothy, as he taught him regarding leadership, Paul faithfully reminded Timothy that God is the One Who is to be trusted and relied upon. \u00a0For example, He said:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know Whom I have believed, and am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.<br \/>\n2 Timothy 1:12 NIV<\/p>\n<p>All throughout the Scriptures, God\u2019s people are instructed over and over and over again of the simplicity of the commands He has for us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He has showed you, O man, what is good.<br \/>\nAnd what does the Lord require of you<br \/>\nbut to do justly,<br \/>\nand to love kindness and mercy,<br \/>\nand to humble yourself and walk humbly with your God?<br \/>\nMicah 6:8<\/p>\n<p>We need to remember. \u00a0And to trust and obey. \u00a0It is SO much simpler to do things God\u2019s way! \u00a0And then \u2018I can just be me!\u2019 \u00a0 Amen?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oh, how we praise You, dear Lord! \u00a0What joy we have in our hearts knowing that You ARE our\u00a0Healer, Comfort, Peace&#8230; our Father, Mighty Warrior, King&#8230; our Savior, Lifeline&#8230; truly our everything! \u00a0How gracious, kind, and compassionate You are towards our human nature which, at times, is weak and needy and tired! \u00a0Thank You for how patient and longsuffering You are with us&#8230;never leaving us nor forsaking us even when we are whiny and complaining. \u00a0Thank You for Your grace and mercy, Your lovingkindness, Your forgiveness, Your love! \u00a0Thank You for always being there when turn our little hearts around and acknowledge that You have not changed&#8230;and never will. \u00a0Thank You for forming and making us\u2014to \u2018just be me!\u2019 \u00a0We love and adore You, Faithful Father! \u00a0And pray in Jesus\u2019 name. \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been doing all that I can To hold it all together, piece by piece I&#8217;ve been feeling like a failure Trying to be braver Than I could ever be &#8230;It&#8217;s just not me So be my Healer, be my Comfort Be my Peace \u2018Cause I can be broken I can be needy, Lord, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"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":[1514,6661,235,1287,425,6662,6236,5655,6031,4932],"class_list":["post-20439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-2-corinthians-129-10","tag-2-timothy-112-micah-68","tag-coleen-hayden","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-i-can-just-be-me","tag-jason-ingram","tag-laura-story","tag-matthew-2818","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","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-5jF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20439","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\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20439"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20451,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20439\/revisions\/20451"}],"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=20439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}