{"id":25040,"date":"2015-03-22T00:15:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T04:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25040"},"modified":"2015-03-21T10:04:52","modified_gmt":"2015-03-21T14:04:52","slug":"stars-in-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/22\/stars-in-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars In The Night"},"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;\">No matter where you lead, we want to follow You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Trouble is we forget who we belong to<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> We chase the wind and tides<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> We chase the reasons why<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Chase the spark inside each other&#8217;s eyes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Desires are a war, we want that final shore<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Sailing on until we find what we&#8217;ve been looking for<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Hallelujah, we&#8217;re running to You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> On fire from the mercy in Your eyes<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And through the dark, singing we are Yours<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your love will lead us through the fight<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Like stars in the night<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Stars in the night<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Stars in the night<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Lead us through the fight<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">We fix our eyes on what we know is true<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Even in our shame, grace makes a way through<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Be our obsession, our constellation<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You are light in and out of every season<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So we keep pressing on with our redemption song<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> No one can undo what You&#8217;ve done<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">All our lives for the other side, where we&#8217;ll never die<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And in the darkest night, we will lift our eyes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The life that lies ahead is more than all we leave behind<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bUWYzJ2-pfw?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tenth Avenue North<br \/>\nMike Donehey, songwriter<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>What if the only thing we <em>really<\/em> chased after was God&#8217;s own heart? \u00a0And what if the things of this world <em>really<\/em> didn&#8217;t matter and we consciously thought of how fleeting they truly are&#8230;because they<em> really<\/em> are. \u00a0What if the spiritual gifts were the only gifts that we asked for. \u00a0What a beautiful, loving, peaceful world we would live in! \u00a0But it seems we are<em> really<\/em> always looking for and hoping for something else to fill the void. We want what our friend has&#8230;or what we used to have&#8230;or what we have always dreamed of. \u00a0That void can only <em>really<\/em> be satisfied with God, your Father and your Creator.<\/p>\n<p>And when we <em>really<\/em> have tried it all and nothing works&#8212;not money or alcohol or a woman or a man&#8212;we run as fast as we can to the God Whose arms are waiting and Whose love can <em>really<\/em> heal all wounds and fulfill all our needs. \u00a0Even though there may be shame in how far you may have gone, your Savior took your guilt away. \u00a0There is enough grace, \u00a0too, for every sin you ever have or will commit. \u00a0There&#8217;s redemption, too, in His name.<\/p>\n<p>Are you down today? \u00a0Dear soul, I ask you to lift up your face and look up. There is hope and healing today. \u00a0And though it has been dark, His light shines bright. \u00a0No, we cannot go back and change the past&#8230;but we can cling to the One that holds our future and it is full of Jesus! \u00a0And, remember, this is but a blink. \u00a0Earth is so temporary as we are created for so much more than this&#8230;Heaven waits for us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But, as it is written,<br \/>\n\u201cWhat no eye has seen, nor ear heard,<br \/>\nnor the heart of man imagined,<br \/>\nwhat God has prepared for those who love Him&#8230;\u201d<br \/>\n1 Corinthians 2:9<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His servants will worship Him. They will see His face, and His Name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their Light, and they will reign forever and ever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Revelation 22:1-5<\/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>Pray with me today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Dear Lord, You are so amazing and awesome. \u00a0Your Name is above all other names and You are worthy of all praise and honor and glory. Lord, may we realize that all this chasing and looking for things that we think will make us happy or fill our cup is only a temporary fix. \u00a0We will never be fully satisfied until we empty everything and fill the void with only You. \u00a0And though You have made this world full of beauty and wonder, it is not our permanent home&#8230;Heaven is ours and we will live with You! \u00a0What a day of rejoicing that will be! \u00a0But until then, keep our eyes on You and our hearts so full of You that love just spills over. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter where you lead, we want to follow You Trouble is we forget who we belong to We chase the wind and tides We chase the reasons why Chase the spark inside each other&#8217;s eyes Desires are a war, we want that final shore Sailing on until we find what we&#8217;ve been looking for [&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":[7249,425,8630,8629,8628,589,4932,8631,8627,5658],"class_list":["post-25040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-1-corinthians-29","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-he-alone-fills-the-void","tag-heaven-awaits","tag-hope-in-him","tag-kim-spring","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-revelation-221-5","tag-stars-in-the-night","tag-tenth-avenue-north","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-6vS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25040","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=25040"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25055,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25040\/revisions\/25055"}],"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=25040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}