The Promise

Emily and I were just listening to the newest Sara Groves album (if you don't know her, she is simply the best artist out there and has ministered to us for years in amazing ways.)

And recently we have both been under attack in our own hearts and from the outside to give up on the promise of healing for Noah and Andrew. We have heard God speak about their future, seen prophesy come to pass exactly as it was said, dreamed, worked and believed that God was doing an amazing thing with them both today and ultimately. But, it's also been very hard to hold on. Getting them into school has been very difficult and costly. Noah has stopped sleeping through the night again and all of the changes of moving show again how different they really are from what the world calls "right."

Anyway, we were listening to the second track, "In the girl there's a room" when we got to this line and our hearts were shored up, yet again, to the hope of healing. Reminded that the best definition of hope isn't being able to see into the future it is, to quote Kendal Harmon, "Hope is an unshakable confidance in the character of God."

We have all heard God say, "Noah has already been healed." And, though we haven't seen it, we know that it has already been accomplished in the mind of God and so is as solidly reliable as if it were in the past.

Back to the song:

In The Girl There's A Room

by Sara Groves

in the girl there's a room
in the room there's a table
on the table there's a candle
and it won't burn out

in the woman there’s a song
in the song there is hope
in the hope revolution

in the boy there's a voice
in the voice there's a calling
in the call there's a promise
and it won't quiet down

in the man there's vision
in the vision is a road
it's the road to his freedom...

oh, tell me what you know
about god and the world and the human soul
how so much can go wrong
and still there are songs

in the man there’s a plan
in the plan is his future
and the future’s for his child and he won’t slow down

in the girl there is faith
and the faith there’s a prayer
in the prayer there’s a promise

in the boy is a dream
in the dream he is standing
and he stands without falling
and he won't back down

in the woman is a picture
in the picture is a girl
in the girl there's a room...

chorus

in our hearts and souls
an unstoppable refrain
hope stands in defiance

in the girl there’s a room
in the room there’s a table
on the table there’s a candle and it won’t burn out
it won’t burn out...