{"id":20874,"date":"2014-07-23T00:25:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T04:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=20874"},"modified":"2014-07-23T00:25:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T04:25:53","slug":"glorious-unfolding-steven-curtis-chapman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/23\/glorious-unfolding-steven-curtis-chapman\/","title":{"rendered":"Glorious Unfolding"},"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;\">Lay your head down tonight<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Take a rest from the fight<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Don\u2019t try to figure it out<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Just listen to what I\u2019m whispering to your heart<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u2018Cause I know this is not<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Anything like you thought<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The story of your life was gonna be<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And it feels like the end has started closing in on you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But it\u2019s just not true<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There\u2019s so much of the story that\u2019s still yet to unfold<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And this is going to be a glorious unfolding<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Just you wait and SEE and you will be amazed<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You\u2019ve just got to believe the story is so far from over<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So hold on to every promise God has made to us<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And watch this glorious unfolding<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">God\u2019s plan from the start<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> For this world and your heart<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Has been to show His glory and His grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Forever revealing the depth and the beauty of<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> His unfailing Love<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And the story has only begun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">We were made to run through fields of forever<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Singing songs to our Savior and King<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So let us remember this life we\u2019re living<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Is just the beginning of the beginning<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Of this glorious unfolding<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> We will watch and SEE and we will be amazed<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> If we just keep on believing the story is so far from over<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And hold on to every promise God has made to us<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> We\u2019ll SEE the glorious unfolding<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Just watch and SEE (unfolding)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> This is just the beginning of the beginning (unfolding)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h3Q7wUoQV5Q?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Singer\/Songwriter &#8211; Steven Curtis Chapman<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I need a rest tonight <em>for sure<\/em> and all the things going on in my life that I wish I could just skip. \u00a0Anyone with me? \u00a0As Christians and children of God, we aren&#8217;t immune from hard things. \u00a0But the neat thing is that God is in the middle of it all and His plan is perfect. \u00a0We just have to walk through with faith, knowing that it is all for His glory and all for our good. \u00a0The difference in the valleys now is I know He is with me and His grace is sufficient for everything in my life. \u00a0I&#8217;m at peace.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Curtis Chapman wrote this song about life and how hard it can be. \u00a0But to have faith through it all that God is in control. \u00a0Sometimes we have an idea of what we think our life is going to be like, and sometimes it does feel like it is closing in on you <strong>but reall<\/strong>y it&#8217;s just the beginning. \u00a0God is writing your story and it is perfect. \u00a0We have to believe that what God has promised in His Word will come true and we will SEE one day that it was\u00a0just the beginning. \u00a0And we will be amazed, I believe it and I believe in Him.<\/p>\n<p>We were made for so much more than this world. \u00a0We are made to praise Him, and sing songs to Him, and just talk to Him. Isn&#8217;t it amazing that we don&#8217;t have to worry and stress about what will happen next because He already knows and He has got this under control. \u00a0And don&#8217;t forget that He loves you so much. \u00a0Just hang on for the &#8220;Glorious Unfolding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Let us pray<\/strong><\/span>: Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for being constant and in control. Help us to rest in You and have faith that, no matter what we are going through right now, You are still writing our story. \u00a0And when we have doubts, lead us to Your Word for encouragement and truth. \u00a0We love You and we praise You for planning our lives before we were ever born. \u00a0One day we will see all this was for something, and for Your glory. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lay your head down tonight Take a rest from the fight Don\u2019t try to figure it out Just listen to what I\u2019m whispering to your heart \u2018Cause I know this is not Anything like you thought The story of your life was gonna be And it feels like the end has started closing in on [&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":[6858,1287,425,6857,589,4932,1228,6041,1084],"class_list":["post-20874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-believe-in-him","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-glorious-unfolding","tag-kim-spring","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-rest","tag-steven-curtis-chapman","tag-trusting-god","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-5qG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20874","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=20874"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20887,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20874\/revisions\/20887"}],"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=20874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}