{"id":3500,"date":"2015-06-24T09:34:12","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T13:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=3500"},"modified":"2015-06-24T09:34:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T13:34:12","slug":"worship-wednesday-i-need-you-now-by-plumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=3500","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – I Need You Now – by Plumb"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blog<\/a>Photo Credit: fbcoverstreet.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy\u00a0& find grace to help in time of need.<\/em> – Hebrews 4:16<\/a><\/p>\n

Some things we won’t understand until Heaven. Like the audacious, relentless love of God for us sin-riddled, distractible children. His tender and severe mercies. His seeming<\/em> silence in a world gone mad. His quiet, unobtrusive protection in the day-to-day “just keep breathing”. His blanketing grace in the unimaginable.<\/p>\n

Tiffany Arbuckle Lee, better known as the singer\/songwriter Plumb<\/a>, writes about this God in deeply intimate ways that resonate with my experience of Him. Especially in the darkness of life…and in that moment when light breaks through. Plumb reflects so vividly the different sides of our lives. All-out rock star gorgeousness and yet, turn around, and there’s this wife and mom trying to keep all the balls in the air…and through it all, this daughter of a watchful,\u00a0tender\u00a0God.<\/p>\n

She writes my experience of Him. We are driven to prayer sometimes by what’s happening in the world around us…and by those closest to us going through\u00a0hard times. Marriage struggles. Needing a job. Infertility. Loneliness. Health issues. Growing old.<\/p>\n

At night, I have times when sleep\u00a0doesn’t come\u00a0until my troubled thoughts turn to trusting prayer. We are like that child, burrowing his face, damp with angry tears, into his father’s shoulder. Then finally comes the release when that child settles in, the strain of the moment is broken, and his weight is transferred to the father. Then sleep comes…and peace.<\/p>\n

I have a picture of a couple of friends of ours on my bedside table.\u00a0 It reminds me to pray daily for them. They are Jeannie & Tom Elliff. \"Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

For a few short years we lived in the same city. Now we are states apart, but not in the heart. They taught us so much about this walk with God. This walk of faith – praying hard and leaning in on a God who loves completely. Their stories<\/a> of God’s\u00a0provision through great losses and great gains fuel hope and joy in our journey with\u00a0Him.<\/p>\n

\"Blog<\/a>Photo Credit: Jeannie’s Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

In looking toward another God-ordained turn in their road, Tom said this: \u201cSo here\u2019s what I want you to know\u2014you can rest assured in this\u2014we\u2019re going to run through the finish line.\u201d [Not ones to say they weren\u2019t up to it or drop their bags and give up, Elliff said he and his wife would run the course the Lord set before them with wholehearted reserve.]\u00a0<\/strong> [www.texanonline.net<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>I can do all things through him who strengthens me.<\/span><\/em> – Philippians 4:11-13<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

Worship<\/a> with me:<\/p>\n

Well everybody’s got a story to tell
\nAnd everybody’s got a wound to be healed
\nI want to believe there’s beauty here
\nCause oh, I get so tired of holding on
\nI can’t let go, I can’t move on
\nI want to believe there’s meaning here<\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)
\nHow many times have you heard me cry out
\n“God please take this”?
\nHow many times have you given me strength to
\nJust keep breathing?
\nOh I need you
\nGod, I need you now.<\/p>\n

Standing on a road I didn’t plan
\nWondering how I got to where I am
\nI’m trying to hear that still small voice
\nI’m trying to hear above the noise<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Oh I walk, oh I walk through the shadows
\nAnd I, I am so afraid
\nPlease stay, please stay right beside me
\nWith every single step I take<\/p>\n

How many times have you heard me cry out?
\nAnd how many times have you given me strength?<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

I need you now
\nI need you now*<\/p>\n

Tom & Jeannie’s prayer – and one we can pray for ourselves, as well\u00a0– resting\u00a0in God’s strength on the roads we did not plan. Whatever the road, He is with us.\"Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

My Blog on Tom & Jeannie Elliff at the Homegoing of Tom’s Father<\/a><\/p>\n

*Lyrics to Need You Now <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Songfacts of Need You Now<\/em> written by Plumb, Luke Sheets and Christa Wells<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video – Plumb – Need You Now<\/em> – Official Music Video<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Lyric Video – Need You Now (How Many Times)<\/em> by Plumb<\/a><\/p>\n

Plumb: How Songs of Healing Helped a Disintegrating Marriage<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video – Plumb Talks about Need You Now <\/em>and Going Through Times in Her Marriage<\/a><\/p>\n

Modern Rocker Turns to a Softer Sound<\/em> – Plumb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo Credit: fbcoverstreet.com Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy\u00a0& find grace to help in time of need. – Hebrews 4:16 Some things we won’t understand until Heaven. Like the audacious, relentless love of God for us sin-riddled, distractible children. His tender and severe mercies. … Continue reading Worship Wednesday – I Need You Now – by Plumb<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[794,50,1267,109,18,1103,795,337,433,761,789,1456,610,32,47,946],"tags":[437,7,1481,744,1836,1479,1480,936,42,1224,648,291,588,527,39,360],"class_list":["post-3500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faithfulness","category-god","category-healing","category-home-2","category-jesus","category-lifelong-learning","category-love-2","category-marriage-2","category-pray","category-redeeming-restoring","category-relationships","category-steadfast-love","category-thanksgiving-or-gratefulness","category-walk-with-god","category-wednesday-worship","category-worship","tag-darkness","tag-family","tag-finish-line","tag-finishing-strong","tag-god","tag-i-need-you-now","tag-jeannie-elliff","tag-loneliness","tag-marriage","tag-plumb","tag-prayer","tag-reconciliation","tag-strength","tag-tom-jeannie-elliff","tag-tom-elliff","tag-worship-wednesday"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pauPAB-Us","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3500"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3574,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions\/3574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}