But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wing's as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. -Isaiah 40:31
This is a song that is recently becoming popular in my world lately -a Chris Tomlin original- but is playing through my head lately.
Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord,
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord,
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Our God You reign forever
Our hope, Our strong deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint, You won't grow weary
Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord,
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord,
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Our God You reign forever
Our hope, Our strong deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint, You won't grow weary
You're the defender of the weak
You comfort those in need
You lift us up on wings like eagles
Our God You reign forever
Our hope, Our strong deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint, You won't grow weary
You're the defender of the weak
You comfort those in need
You lift us up on wings like eagles
God, You are everlasting
As many of you now know, Cascade is supposidly closing its doors for good. I do not say this in certaintly because my mind and my heart won't allow me to. It might take a long time before I accept it, if I ever do. With all of this I still feel a sense of peace. I don't understand it. I am at such a weird position. I have roughly a year of school left, that in all reality should be finished at OC but here's the thing. We serve a God that is greater than we can imagine. I can't get to that next part until I know that I have done all I can to settle the things in my heart, which is what is now being called "The Movement". Basically, we are going to save Cascade. Plans are being made, we are pleading with God and lastly, we are not giving up Hope. Call us crazy, or unrealistic. I dare you. It's nothing that hasn't been said already in the almost two days we've had to begin to digest this news. Cascade is not dead. It never will be - so stop saying it. It might be that we don't attend it as a school and we aren't all together but it is not dead. Cascade isn't a building. It is the people. It is the burning passion that lies within our hearts. It will live on. In the meantime, I will join and fight the best I know how to keep this institution alive and running. I wish I was a writer and could just slow down and articulate my thoughts in a better way.
My best friend is leading this movement, whether he wants to or not. He's doing it because God has placed that on him, or so that is how it seems. I hope you get to read what he wrote, and I wish that I could tell him face-to-face how proud I am to be called his friend. (I guess I'll have to deal with that when or if he reads this...) There in him lies great potential for God to do some amazing things. I don't know much of anything really, but I know that God does not put such things in your heart that you are this passionate about for no reason.
"Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him…" -Psalm 37:5-7
On a completely different note, today I was given some life changing news that is not my own to discuss at the moment but nonetheless, I will ask for your prayers in this situation. It really put things into perspective about Cascade and is making me realize what truly matters in this life.
God loves me.
This is a song that is recently becoming popular in my world lately -a Chris Tomlin original- but is playing through my head lately.
Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord,
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord,
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Our God You reign forever
Our hope, Our strong deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint, You won't grow weary
Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord,
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord,
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Our God You reign forever
Our hope, Our strong deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint, You won't grow weary
You're the defender of the weak
You comfort those in need
You lift us up on wings like eagles
Our God You reign forever
Our hope, Our strong deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint, You won't grow weary
You're the defender of the weak
You comfort those in need
You lift us up on wings like eagles
God, You are everlasting
As many of you now know, Cascade is supposidly closing its doors for good. I do not say this in certaintly because my mind and my heart won't allow me to. It might take a long time before I accept it, if I ever do. With all of this I still feel a sense of peace. I don't understand it. I am at such a weird position. I have roughly a year of school left, that in all reality should be finished at OC but here's the thing. We serve a God that is greater than we can imagine. I can't get to that next part until I know that I have done all I can to settle the things in my heart, which is what is now being called "The Movement". Basically, we are going to save Cascade. Plans are being made, we are pleading with God and lastly, we are not giving up Hope. Call us crazy, or unrealistic. I dare you. It's nothing that hasn't been said already in the almost two days we've had to begin to digest this news. Cascade is not dead. It never will be - so stop saying it. It might be that we don't attend it as a school and we aren't all together but it is not dead. Cascade isn't a building. It is the people. It is the burning passion that lies within our hearts. It will live on. In the meantime, I will join and fight the best I know how to keep this institution alive and running. I wish I was a writer and could just slow down and articulate my thoughts in a better way.
My best friend is leading this movement, whether he wants to or not. He's doing it because God has placed that on him, or so that is how it seems. I hope you get to read what he wrote, and I wish that I could tell him face-to-face how proud I am to be called his friend. (I guess I'll have to deal with that when or if he reads this...) There in him lies great potential for God to do some amazing things. I don't know much of anything really, but I know that God does not put such things in your heart that you are this passionate about for no reason.
"Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him…" -Psalm 37:5-7
On a completely different note, today I was given some life changing news that is not my own to discuss at the moment but nonetheless, I will ask for your prayers in this situation. It really put things into perspective about Cascade and is making me realize what truly matters in this life.
God loves me.
Jesus died for me.
I can have hope in the ressurection.
I will leave you with one more verse. I wish I could say that I just knew it, but I am not the one who has The Word down by memory. I'm that person that googles versus they need to hear and read. It works, God leads me to what I need to hear in one form or another.
Dear friends, don't be surprised by the fiery troubles that are coming in order to test you. Don't feel as though something strange is happening to you, but be happy as you share Christ's sufferings. Then you will also be full of joy when he appears again in his glory. -I Peter 4:12-13
This is an image that I randomly found a few months ago that I love.
"There is always hope."
I will leave you with one more verse. I wish I could say that I just knew it, but I am not the one who has The Word down by memory. I'm that person that googles versus they need to hear and read. It works, God leads me to what I need to hear in one form or another.
Dear friends, don't be surprised by the fiery troubles that are coming in order to test you. Don't feel as though something strange is happening to you, but be happy as you share Christ's sufferings. Then you will also be full of joy when he appears again in his glory. -I Peter 4:12-13
This is an image that I randomly found a few months ago that I love.
"There is always hope."
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2 comments:
I like your blog and this is a great post! We are praying for you all. I think some sort of Dwight/Save Cascade t-shirts are in order. It's awesome that you are listening to God and leaning on one another. God Bless!
Good post, Heather. It has been a tough week, but I keep thinking about how God is the one constant we can count on.
Side note: my word verification says, "siners", but I thought it said "sinners". Thought maybe I was getting a message as to the cause of all our troubles this week!
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