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Nothing Is Wasted
Ineke Marsman-Polhuijs, Henk Pool
Based on words someone said when explaining Isaiah 61. There is nothing that God considers garbage in our life or throws away. He fulfills His plans with us, makes beautiful things out of brokenness. A song to express hope in difficult situations and to praise God no matter what.
book Isaiah 61:1-3 book Isaiah 61:10-11 book Habakkuk 3:17-19 book Isaiah 40:8 language English music_note Hymn music_note Singer/Songwriter lightbulb Thankfulness lightbulb Shame lightbulb Love lightbulb Rejoice lightbulb Righteousness lightbulb Salvation lightbulb Adoration lightbulb Anxiety lightbulb Truth lightbulb Confidence lightbulb God's Word lightbulb Perspective lightbulb Blessing lightbulb Beauty lightbulb Comfort lightbulb Declaration lightbulb Distress lightbulb Grace lightbulb Vulnerability category Congregational category Declarational category Reflectional category Confessional
article library_music 7 months ago
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Come To The Water
Ineke Marsman-Polhuijs
We sang the song Oceans in church, a few months after our daughter was stillborn. I used to love that song. I always longed to walk in faith wherever God would lead me. But now I found myself not being able to sing it. What if going wherever He leads would mean I lose another child? I suddenly realized I didn’t trust God anymore. I was shocked. Some months later I went to a songwriters retreat. In a workshop the leader invited us to write down what bothers us and to give it over to God. After that we asked God what He wanted to show us. I ‘see’ a man on the water. The sea is calm and the sun breaks through, right above the man. We told each other what we received. Then we prayed again and I ‘heared’ a song line from the band Live: ‘Run to the water. I find you there’. I thought it was funny. I’ve always loved Live and God knows that of course. I didn’t know what to do with it, though. ‘Isn’t that man Jesus?’ someone said. I was startled and immediately thought of the song Oceans again. I realised Jesus was inviting me to walk on the water, in the light. I wrestled with what this means exactly. I listened to Oceans again and then the last line hits me: ‘in the presence of my Saviour’. That’s what someone said as well: ‘But Ineke, you don’t walk alone on that water. God is always there.’ It is true. If I honestly look back, I can’t recall a moment I was completely left alone. I was always in the presence of my Saviour. I kneeled down and told God that I don’t dare, but somewhere deep-down want to trust Him. I just didn’t know how. Then I described what I saw in this song. In the months following, I sang it again and again.
book Mark 6:49-50 book Matthew 14:28-29 book Isaiah 55:1-2 language English music_note Singer/Songwriter music_note Pop lightbulb Life lightbulb Trust lightbulb Calling lightbulb Listen lightbulb Invitation lightbulb Quietness lightbulb Wonder lightbulb Obedience lightbulb Longing lightbulb Doubt lightbulb Alienation lightbulb Assurance lightbulb Submission lightbulb Confusion lightbulb Grief lightbulb Intimacy lightbulb Meditation lightbulb Renewal lightbulb Vulnerability lightbulb Surrender lightbulb Faith category Meditational category Personal category Reflectional category Invitational
article library_music 7 months ago
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You Did Everything
Ineke Marsman-Polhuijs, Henk Pool
Reading the story of the Prodigal Son, I was struck by how the father hugged his son and gave him a coat, a robe. He restored his status, clothed him. Suddenly I was reminded of the soldiers who took away the robe of Jesus, God’s Son, when He was crucified. They cast lots to decide whose it would be. Jesus laid down His robe, His authority, His dignity, His status, for me to be clothed with garments of salvation and wrapped in a robe of righteousness (Isaiah 61:10). I was so amazed that I wrote this song.
book Isaiah 53:1-8 book Isaiah 61:10-11 book Luke 15:11-32 book 2 Corinthians 5:21 book Colossians 2:13-14 book Matthew 27:32-53 book Mark 15:20 book Luke 23:32-34 book John 19:23-24 language English music_note Hymn music_note Singer/Songwriter lightbulb Worthiness lightbulb Praise lightbulb Commitment lightbulb Help lightbulb Life lightbulb Will lightbulb Wholeness lightbulb Cross lightbulb Atonement lightbulb Grace lightbulb Worship lightbulb Surrender lightbulb Awesome lightbulb Lamb Of God lightbulb Prayer lightbulb Adoration lightbulb Calvary lightbulb Communion lightbulb Eucharist lightbulb Humiliation lightbulb Lent lightbulb Jesus lightbulb Suffering lightbulb Messiah lightbulb Offering lightbulb Prodigal lightbulb Reconciliation lightbulb Wonder lightbulb Weakness lightbulb Vulnerability category Congregational category Confessional category Reflectional category Response
article library_music 7 months ago