Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Refined Parents

I was instant messaging Kari via Facebook this morning and we were talking about how sometimes it's not really about our kids but it is about us becoming better people through figuring out what to do with our kids and the strength it brings enduring the trials we face.  She said that a fellow adoptive mom -- you know who you are -- refers to us as "refined" parents.  Couldn't help but have the old song pop to my mind "Refiner's Fire" by Steve Green.  I told her that she should blog it.  She told me to because she's too tired.

When I was googling it to put the YouTube here I ran across this song, which I also love.

So here are both of them -- a gift from Kari and I to you -- if any of you share our faith and see how this applies.






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3 comments:

  1. Kathleen12:09 PM

    And the lyrics from For Good, from the musical Wicked:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-ncy4gzM4I&feature=fvwrel

    (Elphaba):
    I'm limited
    Just look at me - I'm limited
    And just look at you
    You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda
    So now it's up to you
    For both of us - now it's up to you...
    (Glinda):
    I've heard it said
    That people come into our lives for a reason
    Bringing something we must learn
    And we are led
    To those who help us most to grow
    If we let them
    And we help them in return
    Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
    But I know I'm who I am today
    Because I knew you...
    Like a comet pulled from orbit
    As it passes a sun
    Like a stream that meets a boulder
    Halfway through the wood
    Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
    But because I knew you
    I have been changed for good
    (Elphaba):
    It well may be
    That we will never meet again
    In this lifetime
    So let me say before we part
    So much of me
    Is made from what I learned from you
    You'll be with me
    Like a handprint on my heart
    And now whatever way our stories end
    I know you have re-written mine
    By being my friend...
    Like a ship blown from its mooring
    [ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/for-good-lyrics-wicked.html ]
    By a wind off the sea
    Like a seed dropped by a skybird
    In a distant wood
    Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
    But because I knew you
    (Glinda):
    Because I knew you
    (Both):
    I have been changed for good
    (Elphaba):
    And just to clear the air
    I ask forgiveness
    For the things I've done you blame me for
    (Glinda):
    But then, I guess we know
    There's blame to share
    (Both):
    And none of it seems to matter anymore
    (Glinda):
    Like a comet pulled from orbit
    As it passes a sun
    Like a stream that meets a boulder
    Halfway through the wood
    (Elphaba):
    Like a ship blown from its mooring
    By a wind off the sea
    Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood
    (Both):
    Who can say if I've been
    Changed for the better?
    I do believe I have been
    Changed for the better
    (Glinda):
    And because I knew you...
    (Elphaba):
    Because I knew you...
    (Both):
    Because I knew you...
    I have been changed for good...

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  2. Kathleen2:08 PM

    I left the wrong link in the previous comment - should have been http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5WNeBZ4rBU&feature=related

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  3. MsMP2:47 PM

    :-)

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