Keep Singing

by Mercy Me
Undone 2004

Another rainy day
I can't recall having sunshine on my face
All I feel is pain
All I wanna do is walk out of this place
But when I am stuck and I can't move
When I don't know what I should do
When I wonder if I'll ever make it through

I gotta keep singing
I gotta keep praising Your name
Your the one that's keeping my heart beating
I gotta keep singing
I gotta keep praising Your name
That's the only way that I'll find healing

Can I climb up in Your lap
I don't wanna leave
Jesus sing over me
I gotta keep singing

Can I climb up in Your lap
I don't wanna leave
Jesus sing over me
I gotta keep singing

Oh You're everything I need
And I gotta keep singing

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This has been one of my favorite songs here in Peru. Just posting the lyrics doesn't do the song justice. You'd really need to listen to it. Anyways, it doesn't rain here in Lima much at all (an average of 1 inch a year). It mists more than anything.... but in the winters we have a thick blanket of clouds that cover the sky, making it always dim and grey. Every now and then the sun comes out, but it isn't that frequent. Lima is already a spiritually oppressive place, and add the dimness to it, and it can be a bit more discouraging place to be. Whats more is that the winter here and the blanket that blocks the sun sticks around for about 6 months of the year.

Things here in and of themselves aren't always easy. There are clashes with the language, with the culture, with ministry.....etc. Sometimes I think the problems here may be magnified just for the daily clashes with culture etc. of being a missionary. So things may not be easy here in and of themselves, then when you add in other worries or concerns from back home, family, friends, future, etc... things are just plain rough sometimes. This song has been so encouraging to me. I know that there is nothing else to do but to fall at the feet of my Savior when things go south, when my heart aches, when I do want to escape or when I think I won't make it through. We have to just keep going, clinging onto Him, and praising Him..... He is where we find healing.