{"id":939,"date":"2016-02-29T15:01:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T21:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecharalife.com\/?p=939"},"modified":"2016-02-29T15:01:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T21:01:50","slug":"come-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecharalife.com\/?p=939","title":{"rendered":"Come To Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Goodness, time flies &#8211; it&#8217;s already the last day of February, and a week since I turned 23 (I got to celebrate with my friends for most of the week, which was quite spectacular!). As a small end-of-February celebration, I thought that I&#8217;d share some music that I&#8217;ve been listening to as my bread and butter for the past month, a song that I&#8217;m sure will encourage and refresh anyone who hears, as much as it did me. I don&#8217;t remember how I came across it (probably on Pandora &#8211; that app seriously gets it right sometimes), but it was close to the end of January, and I remember stopping whatever I was doing to listen to the words of this song. The words gripped me, not only because of their simplicity, but because of the power and absolute truth behind them. They&#8217;re written as if straight from God&#8217;s heart to ours, and it&#8217;s just overwhelmingly beautiful to me. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The words speak for themselves, but I will note that one of my favorite parts is where it says, &#8220;Though you feel I\u2019m far away, I\u2019m closer than your breath.&#8221; Isn&#8217;t that so cool?! When I first heard that, I mentally said, &#8220;Whoa!&#8221; That&#8217;s one of those things that as a child of God, we all know, but sometimes we need to be reminded of just how close The Lord is to us as His children.<\/p>\n<p>We are <em>never<\/em> alone.<\/p>\n<p>He is <em>always<\/em> looking out for our best interests, and being able to trust in our unshakable God allows us to be so deeply anchored in Him that no matter how windy or wavy life gets, we know we&#8217;ll be more than okay.<\/p>\n<p>Trust God wherever you are right now; He quietly whispers for us to come to Him, so He can refresh us, build us up, and be all that we need.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Come To Me (LIVE) - Jenn Johnson | You Make Me Brave\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5rMNIDW8Vho?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"copy-paste-block\" style=\"text-align: center;\">I am the Lord your God, I go before you now<br \/>\nI stand beside you, I\u2019m all around you<br \/>\nThough you feel I\u2019m far away, I\u2019m closer than your breath<br \/>\nI am with you wherever you go<\/p>\n<p class=\"copy-paste-block\" style=\"text-align: center;\">I am the Lord your peace, no evil will conquer you<br \/>\nSteady now your heart and mind, come into My rest<br \/>\nOh, let your faith arise, lift up your weary head<br \/>\nI am with you wherever you go<\/p>\n<p class=\"copy-paste-block\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Come to Me, I\u2019m all you need<br \/>\nCome to Me, I\u2019m everything<br \/>\nCome to Me, I\u2019m all you need<br \/>\nCome to Me, I\u2019m everything<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I am your anchor in the wind and the waves<br \/>\nI am your steadfast, so don\u2019t be afraid<br \/>\nIf your heart and flesh fail you, I\u2019m your faithful strength<br \/>\nI am with you wherever you go<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Come to Me, I\u2019m all you need<br \/>\nCome to Me, I\u2019m everything<br \/>\nCome to Me, I\u2019m all you need<br \/>\nCome to Me, I\u2019m everything<\/p>\n<p class=\"copy-paste-block\" style=\"text-align: center;\">When the storm rages, I won&#8217;t be afraid<br \/>\nCause I have locked eyes on You face to face<br \/>\nYour voice I will follow, Your eyes I will see<br \/>\nCome a little closer, come close to Me<\/p>\n<p class=\"copy-paste-block\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Cause You are my anchor in the wind and the waves<br \/>\nYou are my steadfast, and I won&#8217;t be afraid<br \/>\nCause even in the darkest nights, I know You are there<br \/>\nSo I press into Jesus, release all my care<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goodness, time flies &#8211; it&#8217;s already the last day of February, and a week since I turned 23 (I got to celebrate with my friends for most of the week, which was quite spectacular!). As a small end-of-February celebration, I thought that I&#8217;d share some music that I&#8217;ve been listening to as my bread and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[238,237],"tags":[316,357,358,142,210],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecharalife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecharalife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecharalife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecharalife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecharalife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=939"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/thecharalife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":979,"href":"https:\/\/thecharalife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions\/979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecharalife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecharalife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecharalife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}