I don’t need an umbrella….

We are doing a new small group study at our church called Downpour. James McDonald is the guy who is doing the study. And no, he is not the brother of Michael McDonald. Har.

I don’t have all my thoughts formed here, but I know this is something God has been preparing me for for a while now. I struggle to do His will and He loves me anyway. I pull back when he pushes me out of box of complacency and He doesn’t grow weary. I am ready for his deluge of renewal and revival in my heart and life. I have been preparing my field to receive His blessing and when he pours is down, the fruit it will bear will be abundant. I commit to getting out of the way and letting Him lead me.

I look forward to when I am able to convey my thoughts in the next 12 weeks and I can tell you the stories of how God is working in my life. Until then…. Here are the lyrics to one of my favorite songs; FFH’s Open Up the Sky. These words tell what my heart is saying and when I went through some really low times, I would listen to this song and feel hope. Hope that I could get swept up by God’s love as it washes over me and washed away all my sin and hurt.

Open Up the Sky, by FFH

I’ve had my share of heartache.
I’ve felt the sting of pain
From standing out in the desert
Praying for rain.
I’ve seen my lonely teardrops
Fall down my lonely face.
Oh, how I long to hear the
Thunder roll again.

And I want to be
Swept away in Thee.
Only You know what I need.

So, open up the sky, rain down Your love.
I don’t care if I never get enough.
I just want to be caught in that flood.
So, open up the sky, yeah,
Open up the sky.

I’ve had my disappointments.
I’ve cried a time or two.
These showers of love I long for,
They only come from You.
Now I want to go deeper ,
Fall in over my head.
So, send Your Holy downpour,
And let the healing begin.

And I can’t wait
To be swept away.
Only You can stop the pain.

So, open up the sky, rain down Your love.
I don’t care if I never get enough.
I just want to be caught in that flood.
So, open up the sky, yeah,
Open up the sky.

Wash me away.
(Wash me, wash me.)
‘Cause I don’t think I can wait another day.

Open up the sky,
(Open up the sky.)
Rain down Your love.
(Rain down Your love.)
I don’t care if I
(I don’t care if I.)
Never get enough.
(Never get enough.)
I just want to be caught in that flood.
So open up the sky.
(Open up the sky.)

So, open up the sky, rain down Your love.
I don’t care if I never get, never get enough.
I just want to be caught in that flood.
So, open up the sky, yeah,
Open up the sky, yeah,
Open up the sky.

Open up the sky.
Wash me away.
Open up the sky.
Wash me away.
Open up the sky.
Wash me away.
Open up the sky.
Wash me away.
Open up the sky.