Live Life Together Tour

Happy Friday! I am super excited today and the anticipation of this evenings festivities may just wear me out before it even begins!

Tonight, Francie and I are headed to Saint Augustine to come face to face with someone who has  impacted both our lives over the years and continues to minister to us today. I was 10 years old the first time I came to identify with and love the music of Amy Grant. That was the beginning of a beautiful relationship. 

I will never forget when I first heard "Father's Eyes". I felt this song, as if she had somehow stolen my very own thoughts and feelings about God as my Father.  The line "when people look inside my life I want to hear them say, she's got her Father's Eyes" this was exactly how I felt.  Of course, Amy did not write this song but through her platform this song became the anthem song of thousands of girls all over the world. 

From that moment on the music of Amy Grant became a  constant companion throughout the seasons of my life. The album that had the greatest impact on my life was Age to Age. I was 12. My relationship with God was the most stable and important relationship in my life. Being in a gospel group with my family travelling all around to churches, revivals, festivals , music and singing had become an expressive part of who I was and who God was to me. My teen years pulled me in different directions, as you can imagine, so much was going on and it was a difficult time spiritually and emotional, the Age to Age album, put into words exactly where I was and help keep me grounded in my faith.

 One song on that album , "Arms of Love",  became a song that would  be sung and prayed over and over during those years, as you read the lyrics and recall your own teenage struggles I think you will understand why.   (click this link to hear the song)  Arms of Love

Arms of Love

Lord, I'm really glad you're here
Hope You feel the same
When You see all my fear
And how I fail
I fall sometimes
It's hard to walk in shifting sand
I miss the rock and find
I've nowhere left to stand
I start to cry
Lord, please help me
Raise my hand, so You can pick me up
Hold me close, hold me tighter

I have found a place where I can hide
It's safe inside
Your arms of love
Like a child who's held throughout a storm
You keep me warm
In Your arms of love

Storms will come and storms will go
Wonder just how many storms
It takes until I finally know
You're here always
Even when my skies are far from gray,
I can stay
Teach me to stay there