{"id":22378,"date":"2014-10-19T00:15:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T04:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=22378"},"modified":"2014-10-18T23:45:23","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T03:45:23","slug":"today-beautiful-david-dunn-written-david-dunn-sam-tinnez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/19\/today-beautiful-david-dunn-written-david-dunn-sam-tinnez\/","title":{"rendered":"Today Is Beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><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><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Sometimes the day won&#8217;t ever end<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Sometimes you just throw up your hands<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It&#8217;s the little things sometimes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Sometimes the world has just gone dark<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Sometimes your praying for a spark<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It&#8217;s the little things sometimes<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">But if you lift your eyes<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> See it in a different light<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Just a cloud up in the open sky<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let the rain fall away<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;Cause today is beautiful<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Right now it feels so hard to breathe<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Right now you&#8217;re asking God why me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It&#8217;s what you can see right now<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Cause right now there&#8217;s a greater truth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Right now there&#8217;s a bigger view<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Than what you can see right now<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">If you see more than what&#8217;s in front of you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You might see more of heavens view<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> If you see more than what&#8217;s in front of you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You might see more of heavens view<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hFLgmvzk-ik?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Singer\/Songwriter David Dunn (written with Sam Tinnesz, Blake Bollinger)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> * \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u271e \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * <\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all about perspective. \u00a0When you&#8217;re standing too close to a painting or a picture, you miss out on the whole picture. \u00a0You can only see a small piece of the painting. That&#8217;s how it is with life. \u00a0When we are standing in the midst of our story, and the rain is falling and storms are raging, all we can see is the water in our eyes. \u00a0But if we step back under a walkway, out of the rain, we can see sometimes what had to be. \u00a0Oh, there will be things we will not understand on this side of Heaven. \u00a0But one day, our eyes will be open and we will see the view from Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Your life is beautiful because He made it. \u00a0Sometimes we are so focused on what we are going through&#8230;maybe our heads are down because we don&#8217;t have the strength to look up. \u00a0All we have to do is ask and God will deliver. \u00a0All we have to do is look up&#8212;and see there is light, there is joy, and there is hope. \u00a0At the end of that day that you thought would never end, there is a promise that joy will come in the morning. \u00a0At the end of the rain, sometimes you can even see a rainbow. \u00a0If you look hard enough, you will see that there is beauty all around us.<\/p>\n<p>Our Creator made sure that we would be surrounded by His goodness. \u00a0His artwork fills the earth. \u00a0The sun is shining and the stars are singing His praises. \u00a0The ocean knows where to stop and the fish of the sea have their own song of praise. \u00a0The Bible says that even the rocks will cry out in praise. \u00a0Luke 19:40 says, &#8220;I tell you,&#8221; He replied, &#8220;if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.&#8221; \u00a0And we, as His chosen people, have the ability to sing His praises in the middle of whatever it is that we are going through. Just close your eyes, and ask the Holy Spirit to help you see this life in His light.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars?<br \/>\nHe brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name.<br \/>\nBecause of His great power and incompatible strength, not a single one is missing.<br \/>\nIsaiah 40:26<\/p>\n<p>And because of His strength, you will be empowered to keep on!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> * \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u271e \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Let us pray<\/strong><\/span>: \u00a0Dear Lord, You are amazing. \u00a0You are the Creator of this amazing place, and You are Holy. \u00a0You made the stars and the moon and the sun all for our enjoyment, and we are so grateful. \u00a0Thank You that we can see things so differently when our eyes are on You. \u00a0That life is just a little brighter when we look up to the heavens for our help. \u00a0This world can be so hard, but You went before us to prepare the way. \u00a0Thank You for the rain. \u00a0For when the sun comes out, we are so grateful. \u00a0We love You. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the day won&#8217;t ever end Sometimes you just throw up your hands It&#8217;s the little things sometimes Sometimes the world has just gone dark Sometimes your praying for a spark It&#8217;s the little things sometimes But if you lift your eyes See it in a different light Just a cloud up in the open [&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":[7583,1287,2029,5197,7528,589,7581,2941,5440,7582],"class_list":["post-22378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-david-dunn","tag-gch","tag-girlfriend-coffee-hour","tag-his-word","tag-isaiah-4026","tag-kim-spring","tag-luke-1940","tag-perspective","tag-psalm-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-today-is-beautiful","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-5OW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22378","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=22378"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22390,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22378\/revisions\/22390"}],"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=22378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}