"Here I Go Again"

“Here I Go Again”
Casting Crowns

Father, hear my prayer
I need the perfect words
Words that she will hear
And know they're straight from You
I don't know what to say
I only know it hurts
To see my friend slowly fade away

Chorus:
So maybe this time
I'll speak the words of life
With Your fire in my eyes
But that old familiar fear
is tearin' at my words
What am I so afraid of?
'Cause here I go again
Talkin' 'bout the rain
And mullin' over things
that won't live past today
And as I dance around the truth
Time is not her friend
This might be my last chance
to tell her that You love her

But here I go again
Here I go again

Lord, You love her so
You gave Your only Son
If she will just believe
She will never die
But how then will she know
What she has never heard?
Lord she has never seen mirrored in my life

Chorus:

But here I go again
Here I go, here I go

Chorus:

This might be my last chance
To tell her that You love her
This might be my last chance
To tell her that You love her

You love her, You love her
What am I so afraid
What am I so afraid
What am I so afraid of?
How then will she know
What she has never heard?

This song, slightly adapted from the original Casting Crowns version, was playing on Kimberly’s computer earlier this evening. After listening to the lyrics, I felt like the band was right here, singing to me about the girls at The Oasis. My prayer for my time here is that every day I will OOOZE with God’s love. That it will stick to everyone I touch, see, greet, and talk with. That they will be so stuck in it that they would give up trying to run from it.

The lyrics say “This might be my last chance to tell her that You love her.” We have girls constantly in and out of The Oasis, depending on the outcome of their court dates, but regardless of what the courts say, God has not guaranteed me tomorrow to show them His love. It needs to happen TODAY.

Please be with me in prayer that God will shine His light through my life, so bright that no one can ignore it. That the girls will see God’s love through the way that I love them, and that they will want more.