{"id":20616,"date":"2014-07-08T00:15:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T04:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=20616"},"modified":"2014-07-07T15:11:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T19:11:45","slug":"broken-hallelujahs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/08\/broken-hallelujahs\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken Hallelujahs"},"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 can barely stand right now<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Everything is crashing down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And I wonder where You are<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I try to find the words to pray<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I don\u2019t always know what to say<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">But You\u2019re the one that can hear my heart<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Even though I don\u2019t know what Your plan is<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I know You\u2019re making beauty from these ashes<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I\u2019ve seen joy and I\u2019ve seen pain<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">On my knees, I call Your name<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Here\u2019s my broken hallelujah<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">With nothing left to hold onto<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I raise these empty hands to You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Here\u2019s my broken hallelujah<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You know the things that have brought me here<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You know the story of every tear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018Cause You\u2019ve been here from the very start<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Even though I don\u2019t know what your plan is<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I know You\u2019re making beauty from these ashes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">When all is taken away, don\u2019t let my heart be changed<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let me always sing Hallelujah<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">When I feel afraid, don\u2019t let my hope be erased<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let me always sing Hallelujah<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let me always sing Hallelujah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will always sing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will always sing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Here\u2019s my broken hallelujah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fo3DudOzV4k?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><center><\/center><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Writer(s): Josh Havens\/Matt Fuqua\/Jordan Mohilowski\/Dan Ostebo<br \/>\nPerformed by The Afters<\/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>The first time I heard this song, I cried. \u00a0Wept uncontrollably. \u00a0This was my journey. \u00a0I had walked this path. \u00a0I <em>have<\/em> seen joy and pain. \u00a0I still get a lump in my throat every time I hear it. \u00a0Often I will find myself singing it in my head.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We have all been there&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Replaced in the life of someone you thought was a friend<\/li>\n<li>Rejected by someone who mattered<\/li>\n<li>Betrayed by one closest to you<\/li>\n<li>Made a mistake so grievous you believed it could never be atoned<\/li>\n<li>Mired in the pit of despair<\/li>\n<li>Broken into so many pieces you feel beyond repair<\/li>\n<li>Unable to stand, barely able to think<\/li>\n<li>In intense pain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So what do we do? Here\u2019s what one great man of God did:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Job stood up and tore his robe in grief.<br \/>\nThen he shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship.<br \/>\nJob 1:20 NLT<\/p>\n<p>Six years ago I found myself in just such a place. I felt I had lost everything that mattered. What I did surprises me as I look back. I turned to my only source of comfort\u2014the only One I could truly trust\u2014Jesus. \u00a0I would have never thought my faith was that strong. \u00a0As I cried out to Him, I didn\u2019t realize I was offering Him the one thing He desired&#8230;a broken hallelujah.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/brokenpiecescynda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20617\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/brokenpiecescynda-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"brokenpiecescynda\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/brokenpiecescynda-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/brokenpiecescynda-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/brokenpiecescynda.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center>God knows what the plan is. Only He can make beauty from the broken pieces of our lives. In fact, He sees beauty in the broken. Being broken can lift us up if we lift up our broken hallelujahs to Him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To grant [consolation and joy] to those who mourn in Zion\u2014<br \/>\nto give them an ornament (a garland or diadem) of beauty instead of ashes,<br \/>\nthe oil of joy instead of mourning,<br \/>\nthe garment [expressive] of praise instead of a heavy, burdened, and failing spirit\u2014<br \/>\nthat they may be called oaks of righteousness [lofty, strong, and magnificent,<br \/>\ndistinguished for uprightness, justice, and right standing with God],<br \/>\nthe planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.<br \/>\nIsaiah 61:3 AMP<\/p>\n<p>I have been on my knees, empty hands lifted, calling out His name. \u00a0I don\u2019t always have words to pray but God hears my heart. \u00a0He has captured EVERY one of the tears I\u2019ve cried in a special bottle (maybe more like a barrel). \u00a0I am so very thankful He was with me from the start and never left my side.<\/p>\n<p>When these times come, as I know they will, my one desire is that my heart won\u2019t change and my hope won\u2019t be erased, that I will always sing <em><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Hallelujah<\/span><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can barely stand right now Everything is crashing down And I wonder where You are I try to find the words to pray I don\u2019t always know what to say But You\u2019re the one that can hear my heart Even though I don\u2019t know what Your plan is I know You\u2019re making beauty from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"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":[6748,5889,1287,425,1482,6749,4932,6301],"class_list":["post-20616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-broken-hallelujahs","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-isaiah-613","tag-job-13","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-the-afters","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-5mw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20616","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\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20616"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20624,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20616\/revisions\/20624"}],"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=20616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}