Small

Again with the music my friends! I just can't get enough it. This week... playin' on my local iPod is some seriously rockin' Country love! WOOT! And yet again Carrie Underwood has taken my attention. Her most recent song to just throw me for a loop is called "So Small", which I think I may have blogged about in the past. However, this song is so incredibly true. Take a look:

What you got if you ain't got love
the kind that you just want to give away
It's okay to open up
go ahead and let the light shine through
I know it's hard on a rainy day
you want to shut the world out and just be left alone
But don't run out on your faith

Cause sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand
What you've been up there searching for
forever is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else seem so small

It's so easy to get lost inside
a problem that seems so big at the time
it's like a river thats so wideit swallows you whole
While you sit around thinking about what you can't change
and worrying about all the wrong things
time's flying by
moving so fast
you better make it count 'cause you can't get it back

Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand
What you've been up there searching for
forever is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else Seem so small

Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand
What you've been up there searching for
forever is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else
Oh it sure makes everything else Seem so small


Recently, I've looked back on my life over the past year. It's been a rollercoaster and I've faced many challenges and struggles. However, as I sit here and look back on everything that's happened I seriously feel like it not all that bad. At the time my break up and school struggles seemed like something so overwhelming that I couldn't even make it through the day...

And I remember having arguments with the Lord, pleading that He would take it all away. The great news is that He did take all that pain away and replaced it with His eternal grace and love. It didn't come all at once and it took TIME to get to where I am today....but even in my darkest hours, I was able to press forward
one
step
at
a
time.

Simply with the love of Jesus holding me up along the way... and giving me little tid bits of grace.
And as Carrie says, "Sometimes that Mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand." In the grand scheme of things, those devastating months of my life were just that - a grain of sand. And that grain of sand has made me stronger, more aware of my needs, and in the long run a much happier and appreciative person. Thank you Lord for carrying me through the trials of life and teaching me along the way - for I know that the mountains are often a grain of sand that you use to bring forth your blessings and future hope.

Just remember when you're in the valley, there's always a mountain of hope and blessings for you on the other side - much greater than you can ever even imagine. It just takes TIME to get there....

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, pleans to give you hope and a future." - Jeremiah 29:11

:-)