{"id":25954,"date":"2015-05-22T00:15:41","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T04:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25954"},"modified":"2015-05-21T11:15:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T15:15:09","slug":"storyteller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/22\/storyteller\/","title":{"rendered":"Storyteller"},"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;\">On a Sunday evening I\u2019m looking back over all the years<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And where I\u2019ve been looking at a photograph<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Remembering You were right there and You have been ever since<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> With very page that turns, I see Your faithfulness<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The mountain where I climbed<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The valley where I fell, You were there all along<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You brought the pieces together, made me this storyteller<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Now I know it is well, it is well, that\u2019s the story I\u2019ll tell<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There were some nights I felt like they would last forever<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But You kept me breathing, You were with me right then<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And all that You have done for me, I could never hold it in<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So, here\u2019s to me telling this story over and over again<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You hold the broken<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You hear my every cry, every cry<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> My eyes are open, I know that it is well, it is well<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xID_t--BrqE?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Morgan Harper Nichols<br \/>\nwritten along with Paul Mabury<\/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 *\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>As a counselor, one fact I try to stress to all of my bereavement clients is that <em>each of us have a story<\/em>. \u00a0I encourage them to share it with me, with others&#8230;to write it down so it can be remembered. This does happen at times, but the usual response I receive is one of resistance.<\/p>\n<p>As we are walking through life we don\u2019t always see the significance of our own story. \u00a0Most times we feel we don\u2019t even have one. \u00a0We minimize our lives and situations, with the word &#8216;<strong><em>just<\/em><\/strong>&#8216;\u2014I\u2019m <em>just<\/em> a mom. I\u2019m <em>just<\/em> a wife. I\u2019m <em>just<\/em> one person. Whatever our \u201c<em>just<\/em>\u201d is, we cling to it; for whatever reason, we are unable to see the power behind our story.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>God wrote a story for each one of us<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0He penned every detail. \u00a0Every situation and every event was written by His hand. \u00a0Our story was not written for our benefit only, but to be used as a testimony for others. \u00a0Our stories are beautiful and inspirational. \u00a0They are our stories. \u00a0God made us the storyteller but (as the words of the song says), He was there when we climbed and when we fell, He knew what would be on our pages. \u00a0Yet He still made us the storyteller.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this song inspires you to embrace your story and to tell it. \u00a0May it help you to understand that what we have experienced in life has a purpose, and to understand that He has a plan.<\/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 *\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let\u2019s Pray<\/span><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Lord, thank You for the beauty behind our story. \u00a0Please help us to see this beauty and to embrace it as our testimony. \u00a0You wrote our story and You made us the storyteller. \u00a0Please allow our story to bless others&#8230;allow it to bless ourselves. 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