{"id":26307,"date":"2015-06-15T00:15:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T04:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26307"},"modified":"2015-06-14T10:15:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T14:15:30","slug":"shoulders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/15\/shoulders\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoulders"},"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;\">When confusion&#8217;s my companion<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And despair holds me for ransom<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will feel no fear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I know that You are near<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">When I&#8217;m caught deep in the valley<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">With chaos for my company<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;ll find my comfort here<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018Cause I know that You are near<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>My help comes from You<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>You&#8217;re right here, pulling me through<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>You carry my weakness, my sickness, my brokenness all on Your shoulders <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Your shoulders<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>My help comes from You<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>You are my rest, my rescue<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>I don&#8217;t have to see to believe that You&#8217;re lifting me up on Your shoulders <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Your shoulders<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You mend what once was shattered<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And You turn my tears to laughter<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Your forgiveness is my fortress<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Oh, Your mercy is relentless<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">My help is from You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Don&#8217;t have to see it to believe it<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">My help is from You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Don&#8217;t have to see it, \u2018cause I know, \u2018cause I know it&#8217;s true<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TfiYWaeAcRw?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">for KING and COUNTRY<br \/>\nWriters: Luke Smallbone \/ Joel Smallbone \/ Ben Glover \/ Tedd Tjornhom<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\"><strong>My help comes from the Lord,<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\"><strong> The Maker of heaven and earth.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nPsalm 121:2 HCSB<\/p>\n<p>Right now my life feels very chaotic. \u00a0Like a roller coaster ride. \u00a0It is full of uncertainty and most of it is out of my control. \u00a0But, strangely enough, I&#8217;m not in a panic (which is unusual for me). \u00a0I heard this song and the last part just kept repeating over and over in my head.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">My help is from You, don&#8217;t have to see it to believe it<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> My help is from you, don&#8217;t have to see it,<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u2018cause I know, \u2018cause I know it&#8217;s true<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It surprises me that I am not trying to take control of my circumstance and that I am not stressing out at this point. \u00a0Romans 8:6 NLT states that &#8220;&#8230;letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.&#8221; \u00a0Psalm 27:13 is one of my life verses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">I would have despaired unless I had believed<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\"> that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These are the only things that could possibly explain why I am not in full-fledged panic mode. \u00a0I know where my help comes from:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles for us!<br \/>\n2 Chronicles 32:8<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You are my Help and my Deliverer&#8230;.O my God<br \/>\nPsalm 40:17, Psalm 70:5 AMP<\/p>\n<p>Because I know Who is my Help I can &#8220;Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall praise Him, my Help and my God&#8221; (Psalm 42:5). \u00a02 Corinthians 5:7 says we are to &#8220;&#8230;live by faith, not by sight.&#8221; \u00a0I don&#8217;t have to see God at work to know He is there. \u00a0I simply have faith He is working behind the scenes. \u00a0Hebrews 11:1 NASB, one of my favorite verses, explains it like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\"><strong>Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jesus said &#8220;Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed&#8221; (John 20:29 NASB).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I am standing firmly on these verses, and I<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Don&#8217;t have to see it, \u2018cause I know, \u2018cause I know it&#8217;s true<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When 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