Walking through life with God...

When I am down and lonely about certain circumstances in my life, I really can't help myself but think of the song "Lift Up Your Hands" sang by a phenomenal Filipino artist Basil Valdez. This song is one of my favorite songs of all time. I don't know, but it just really moves my whole being everytime I hear it. Great composition, great song that makes me space out and yet meditate how wonderful the message it unfolds. It is all about life. O yeah, LIFE! Right, this is just a four-letter word yet its meaning transcends beyond how Mr. Webster defined it. It seems simple yet behind its simplicity lies a lot of intricacies. It is never easy. It is never constant. No matter who & what we are, whether we are rich or poor, young or old, we all have our fair share of its complexity and inconsistency. We all experience good and bad; sad and happy times along the way. There are moments that we feel like "wow, we're fulfilled!", but, there are instances too that we think the world is knocking us down...instances that drown and overwhelm us to negative emotions. But, you know what? Though tough times come along, life is not that bad at all. We just have to accept its reality that it is all the time a combination of pain and joy; ups and downs; success and failures. We just have to believe that we are not alone in this journey. We have families and friends whom we can always count on and most of all we have JESUS who will lift us up when we're down, take us out from darkness and will at all times walk through life with us. He is the only One True God that can give us rest in this restless world. Anyways, below is the lyrics of the song that I mentioned above. Then, tell me if it doesn't touch you.

Title: Lift Up Your Hands

Life is not at all that bad my friend, mmm….If you believe in yourself
If you believe there’s someone
Who walks through life with you.
You’ll never be alone
Just learn to reach out
And open your heart
Lift up your hands to God
And He’ll show you the way

And He said,“Cast your burdens upon me,
Those who are heavily laden
Come to me all of you who are tired
Of carrying heavy loads
For the yoke I will give you is easy
And My burden is light
Come to Me and I will give you rest.”

When you feel the world is tumbling down on you
And you have no one that you can hold on to
Just face the rising sun and you’ll see hope
And there’s no need to run
Lift up your hands to God
And He’ll make you feel alright

Have a good one my friends.....jd