In the waiting, in the searching………there was Jesus!

He’s always there! What a comforting thought today. Not just for when I feel troubled and scared, but when I feel confident and secure also. How many times do I find myself messing things up because, “I can do it myself”? It makes me think of the three year old that wants to pour their own milk………sorry, that image is scary. So many times I have insisted that I’ve got this and then I have to take the broken pieces to Him to fix, when in reality if I would’ve just let Him help in the beginning, there wouldn’t be any broken pieces to mend.

What is so beautiful about this song is that it reminds me that He was there all the time. From the hurting and waiting to the healing. He is there waiting for me to put my hand in His. He is there to encourage me and hold me up when I feel that I can’t take another step. And, He’s there to rejoice with me when He has just brought me through a victory.

As I began to sing this song this morning a great thankfulness flooded my heart that even when I didn’t want Him, He never stopped wanting me. He waited oh so patiently until I decided to find my way back through pain and sorrow. He is the great physician and He has made me whole.

When you’re waiting and hurting and healing, remember He is there to walk beside you.

Lyrics

Every time I try to make it on my own
Every time I try to stand, I start to fall
And all those lonely roads that I have traveled on
There was JesusWhen the life I built came crashing to the ground
When the friends I had were nowhere to be found
I couldn’t see it then but I can see it now
There was JesusIn the waiting, in the searching
In the healing, in the hurting
Like a blessing buried in the broken pieces
Every minute, every moment
Where I’ve been or where I’m going
Even when I didn’t know it
Or couldn’t see it
There was JesusFor this man who needs amazing kind of grace (mm-hmm)
For forgiveness and a price I couldn’t pay (mm-hmm, mm-hmm)
I’m not perfect so I thank God every day
There was Jesus
There was JesusIn the waiting, in the searching
In the healing, in the hurting
Like a blessing buried in the broken pieces
Every minute, every moment
Where I’ve been or where I’m going
Even when I didn’t know it
Or couldn’t see itThere was Jesus
On the mountains
In the valleys
There was Jesus
In the shadows
Of the alleysThere was Jesus
In the fire, in the flood
There was Jesus
Always is and always was, ohNo, I never walk alone
Never walk alone
You’re always thereIn the waiting, in the searching
In the healing, in the hurting
Like a blessing buried in the broken pieces
Every minute, every moment
Where I’ve been or where I’m going
Even when I didn’t know it
Or couldn’t see it
There was JesusThere was Jesus
There was Jesus
There was Jesus