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Lift Your Eyes Up - Leeland

I was chilling on the new Adirondack chairs in front of the house for my morning breakfast and quite time.  I normally like it to be quite so that I can think without music.  But this morning I decided to put on a Leeland song that had been running through my head and I was hooked.  I was listening to Beautiful Love and it was amazing.  I stopped my eating and just sat back and listened to the song.  Then my music advanced to this song, "Life Your Eyes Up" and I took note to write about it when I had a few few minuets.  The main thing that spoke to me about this song is how we are to Lift our Eyes to God when we are in time of prosper and pain, we are to look to God and praise him.  He knows us better than we know ourselves and he has an amazing plan for our lives.  We do not know that plan and is and at times the plan hurts but I rest my faith on the fact that all can be taken but I still have an eternal life with my Father.



It feels like your world's crashing down
And solid ground is hard to be found 
It feels like the walls are closing in 
And night has fallen 
And the sun is gone
Your heart is dry 
You need some time to find God

Come on, come on lift your eyes up
Lift your eyes up to the hills

Even in the testing fire
God supplies every need in your life
And He'll come like the morning star
And wipe away your heart's fears

Come on, come on lift your eyes up
Lift your eyes up to the hills

And the dark will fall and the light will shine
It's alright with God here
And the sun it will shine, it's a holy day
It's a brighter day for you 

All is Great in the Lord from EAS 1600 - by the way this class was really easy so I decided to do some writing instead.
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