Rise Up and Shine!

Helloooooooooooo!

It’s time! Time to get up and move, that is!  Time to dance, time to walk, run, laugh, sing, rejoice, praise!!!

Yes, it’s time to rise up from wherever you are and shine!!!

I’ll supply the words, and you supply the tune, the beat, the drum, piano, screaming guitar, etc!! In other words, dance to the beat of your own drum 🙂

And as we dance, here’s a question to ponder:  Do you like to fly under the radar; live simply, don’t make waves, see everything in black and white terms? Do you feel your life is boring or not meaningful?

Well…here are the words to a great song – ponder them in your heart as you sing and dance today!

Colors

Let the oceans roar

Let the earth cry out

The Lord is real

 Yeah yeah

Let my voice raise high

Let my heart cry out

This love I feel

(repeat)

For You came to me

In a whitewashed time

Nothing was real,

Nothing worth a dime

Went through my days

Just getting by

Nothing to show

Or testify

 

Nothing to testify.

 

But then I heard You say,

“I made you, you are Mine,

Rise up and shine”

“Open your eyes and see

The colors I have made to be,

Change your white to bright

And make a difference

 

Yeah, change your white to bright

and go make a difference”

 

So, let the oceans roar

Let the earth cry out

The Lord is real

 Yeah yeah

Let my voice raise high

Let my heart cry out

This joy I feel

 

So yeah, I opened my eyes

And looked around me,

Wow! 

 Now I see, God,

You are real

And all around me

 

I have a call

A difference to make

A purpose to fill

And not for my sake

 

So, yeah, I changed my white to bright

And now my heart can see

The colors you made

And purpose for me

Yeah, a purpose for me

and victory 

 

I changed my white to bright

And now I see

The difference you made

The difference for me

 

 So, let the oceans roar

Let the earth cry out

The Lord is real

 

Let my voice raise high

Let my heart cry out

This love I feel

 

So, let the oceans roar

Let the earth cry out

This love is real

 

The Lord is real

And now I feel

I was meant to be

To make a difference,

 

Yeah, to make a difference

To make a difference…

 You see?

“I made you, you are Mine,

Rise up and shine”

Jeremiah 1:5 – “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you…”

Jeremiah 31:3 – “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn (made) you with lovingkindness.”

Isaiah 41:3 – “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine!”

 John 8:32 – “…and you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”

 Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Have you changed your white to bright?  Do you wanna make a difference? Let’s do it! Now’s the time! 

 

Let’s live in the difference!!