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.
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.
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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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...
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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