{"id":28339,"date":"2015-11-03T00:15:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T05:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=28339"},"modified":"2015-11-02T22:06:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T03:06:40","slug":"already-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/03\/already-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Already There"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyrics-body\">\n<div id=\"lyrics-body-text\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; 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=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\">From where I&#8217;m standing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> Lord, it&#8217;s so hard for me to see<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> Where this is going<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> And where You&#8217;re leading me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> I wish I knew how<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> All my fears and all my questions<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> Are going to play out<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> In a world I can&#8217;t control<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\">When I&#8217;m lost in the mystery<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> To You my future is a memory<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\">&#8216;Cause You&#8217;re already there<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> You&#8217;re already there<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> Standing at the end of my life<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> Waiting on the other side<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> And You&#8217;re already there<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> You&#8217;re already there<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\">From where You&#8217;re standing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> Lord, You see a grand design<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> That You imagined<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> When You breathed me into life<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> And all the chaos<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> Comes together in Your hands<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> Like a masterpiece<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> Of Your picture-perfect plan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\">When I&#8217;m lost in the mystery<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> To You my future is a memory<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\">One day I&#8217;ll stand before You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> And look back on the life I&#8217;ve lived<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> I can&#8217;t wait to enjoy the view<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> And see how all the pieces fit<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\">One day I&#8217;ll stand before You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;\"> And look back on the life I&#8217;ve lived<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qtg9axTtNLg?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"song-last-performed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"song-last-performed\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Casting Crowns<\/em><br \/>\nSongwriters: Matthew West, John Mark Hall, Bernie Herms<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u00a0\u271e \u00a0 \u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This morning my mother-in-law, Martha, got up to tell my husband she was not feeling well. \u00a0She had been up since 2 a.m. with a headache and could not go to sleep. \u00a0You see, she had fallen on Saturday afternoon and bumped her head. \u00a0Nikki and I did not tell John, because Martha had asked us not to. \u00a0So I had to tell him what happened with her by my side and he fussed, but she quieted him down. \u00a0So off to the emergency room they went at 4:10 a.m. \u00a0Thank goodness they were able to get in and out quickly. \u00a0They performed a CT scan and she is fine. \u00a0They came back home, he went to work, she started preparing breakfast, and I left for work. \u00a0I am glad it was nothing. \u00a0But there are some things we need to work out still with her in the household. I should have told John so we could have taken her Saturday afternoon and had her checked out then.<\/p>\n<p>As we get older and have to live with our children or in a facility for seniors, God is there to watch over us. \u00a0He knows what our future holds. \u00a0It is up to us how we are to live it. \u00a0Should we live in fear or in dread? \u00a0No, God is <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">already there,<\/span><\/em> waiting, preparing the way for us. All we have to do is seek His will for us with earnest intentions and know with confidence that God will work it all out for His glory. \u00a0Look at Paul&#8230;he knew from visions God had given him what was waiting\u00a0for him in Jerusalem, and he still pursued the\u00a0mission God had given him (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts+20%3A17-38&amp;version=NASB;AMPC;NIV;ESV;HCSB\" target=\"_blank\">Acts 20:17-38<\/a>). \u00a0Paul knew what was most important.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u00a0\u271e \u00a0 \u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Father, help us develop the passion Paul had to serve You no matter what. \u00a0Help us to achieve and see joy and opportunity to do our best for you in all situations. \u00a0We have lost our way and do not see what we need to do any more. \u00a0Give us courage to tell others about You. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, Amen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"song-media-container\" class=\"node-column-container node-column2-container\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><!-- song-videos --><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"song-last-performed\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From where I&#8217;m standing Lord, it&#8217;s so hard for me to see Where this is going And where You&#8217;re leading me I wish I knew how All my fears and all my questions Are going to play out In a world I can&#8217;t control When I&#8217;m lost in the mystery To You my future is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"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":[9626,9627,2645,4932,1071],"class_list":["post-28339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-acts-2017-38","tag-already-there","tag-casting-crowns","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-tina-marin","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-7n5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28339","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28339"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28431,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28339\/revisions\/28431"}],"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=28339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}