OCP Blog challenge #9

Okay, so moving right along. This blog challenge was supposed to be about our favorite hymn or praise/worship song. Again, you ask me to pick just ONE??? What kind of deal is that?!

Anything by Casting Crowns blows me away. Mercy Me is good, too. I also love Todd Agnew, Jeremy Camp, Nicole C. Mullen, Chris Tomlin and Tammy Trent is just awesome!!!

But I think I have to go with Third Day and if I MUST pick just one of their songs, it has to be Cry Out to Jesus. Here are the lyrics:

Cry Out To Jesus - Third Day (2005)

To everyone who's lost someone they love
long before it was their time.
You feel like the days you had were not enough
when you said goodbye. (makes me think of Maw Maw and how MUCH I still miss her!)

And to all of the people with burdens and pains (my husband, my dad)
keepin' you back from your life.
You believe that there's nothing
and there is no one who can make it right.

There is hope for the helpless, rest for the weary,
and love for the broken hearts.
There is grace and forgiveness, mercy and healing
He'll meet you wherever you are.

Cry out to Jesus. Cry out to Jesus.

For the marriage that's struggling just to hang on (so many friends of mine)
They lost all of their faith in love.
and they've done all they can to make it right again
still it's not enough.

For the ones who can't break the addictions and chains (again, so many that I know)
you try to give up but you come back again.
Just remember that you're not alone
in your shame and your suffering.

There is hope for the helpless, rest for the weary,
and love for the broken hearts.
There is grace and forgiveness, mercy and healing
He'll meet you wherever you are.

Cry out to Jesus.

When you're lonely and it feels like the whole world is falling on you
you just reach out, you just cry out to Jesus

Cry to Jesus.

To the widow who suffers from being alone,
wipin' the tears from her eyes.
For the children around the world without a home, (oh gosh, how I wish I could take them all home with me!)
say a prayer tonight.

There is hope for the helpless, rest for the weary,
and love for the broken hearts.
There is grace and forgiveness, mercy and healing
that meets you wherever you are.
There is hope for the helpless, rest for the weary,
and love for the broken hearts.
There is grace and forgiveness, mercy and healing
that meets you wherever you are.

Cry out to Jesus. Cry out to Jesus.

Cry out to Jesus. Cry out to Jesus.


And I don't mean to make it sound like we should only call on Him during bad times. He wants to share our joys with us, too! But it breaks my heart to see so much suffering in the world and have people ask "where is God?" He's here! He's right here, hun! Just call on His name!

Blessings!