I woke up early this Saturday morning thinking of a concert from last night. God had brought   to me an old song called Somewhere Over the Rainbow about a week ago. This happens to me  from time to time where He reminds me of an old song I sang as a little girl…and then has me look at the lyrics and begin singing it..

I have to tell you I have fallen in love with this song…not just because it’s beautiful but because it reminds me of HOME…..not my home here on earth..but my home in heaven…How sweet also is it that God would show me how He was drawing me even as a little girl yet I did not see Him or hear Him at the time. Yet He spent a lifetime pursuing me..God is jealous for me and you…that we might know His love for us.

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Take a look..

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There’s a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.

Someday I’ll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That’s where you’ll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can’t I?

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can’t I?

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The truths of this song are that there is a place where our troubles will melt away as Christ wipes the last tear..and the clouds of life will be far behind us….this place I long for at times….a place of peace….a place where I will see the one who created me….the one who has watched each tear fall, and wept over my every heartache as He did Lazarus…the only ONE who knows every intimate detail of my life….my thoughts…my hidden fears and discouragements…the one who has thrown parties over my victories of faith….who must laugh at me as I pitch my fits and dig in my heels….the one who applauds loudest…the one who never misses a concert….the one who sings over me…over you..

Do you know of this place..Heaven? Do you know it can be your HOME too? Do you know the ONE preparing a place for those who have called Him Lord and Savior?

The other truth of this song is that we can fly with Christ….and let Him bring our dreams to life. Honestly, much of our own dreams pale in comparison to what He designed for us. For He wants to do “immeasurably more than you could ever think or imagine…” For some reason we settle by not taking risks, by not walking through fears, by looking at the possibility of failure…when failure is only a reality when we choose to settle…it’s in the settling that is the true failure..

Girls…ladies….let’s make a deal….as Drama Queens for the King….we will never settle for less than what God has for us…we will never settle for what we know of Him now..but we will continue to draw closer to Him through prayer and His Word…we will never settle at keeping Him to ourselves…but we will go preach the gospel to all creation….we will never settle for what the world says is normal….but we will go for the impossible with a God who declares all things are possible for those who believe..

Love MUCH!