{"id":201,"date":"2012-02-20T13:12:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T18:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amysmic\/?p=201"},"modified":"2019-10-14T10:16:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:16:38","slug":"your-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/?p=201","title":{"rendered":"Your Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lately, it seems that at every turn I am being challenged in some way, whether spiritually, socially or emotionally. But I know the Lord is ever working things out for my good and for His glory. I trust this is the case with all of my being. I am thankful for these growing pains, for it is with joy I see the fruit they bear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for Your name\u2019s sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me\u00a0(Psalm 109:21).<\/strong> He is good. When feeling overwhelmed, it is a blessing to understand His goodness, to be held in His arms, and to believe His plan is filled with wonderful purpose. I praise Him for this, and I am humbled by it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are the lyrics to a new song. Though it was written to encourage a dear friend, its truths ring deep within my own heart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>YOUR ARMS<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>For PJ<\/em><br \/>\nAmy Branson Fata<br \/>\n\u00a9 2012 Portion Music<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019m finding myself in that place again<br \/>\nOf fear and doubt<br \/>\nI\u2019m finding myself in that place again<br \/>\nWhere sorrow abounds<br \/>\nYou know my heart<br \/>\nYou are never far<br \/>\nI\u2019m finding myself in that place again<br \/>\nYour arms<br \/>\nOh, Your arms<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You cover my life with Your wings of love<br \/>\nWhen the cold winds blow<br \/>\nYou quiet my mind with Your soothing Word<br \/>\nWhen the teardrops flow<br \/>\nYou shelter me<br \/>\nYou never leave<br \/>\nI\u2019m finding myself in that place again<br \/>\nYour arms<br \/>\nOh, Your arms<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All glory belongs<br \/>\nTo Your name alone<br \/>\nWhether I win or I lose<br \/>\nYou are on Your throne<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019m finding myself in that place again<br \/>\nWhere the world melts away<br \/>\nI\u2019m finding myself bowing at Your feet<br \/>\nKneeling in grace<br \/>\nYou wore my shame<br \/>\nYou bore the blame<br \/>\nWhen laying down Your life, stretched out on a cross<br \/>\nWith Your arms<br \/>\nOh, Your arms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, it seems that at every turn I am being challenged in some way, whether spiritually, socially or emotionally. But I know the Lord is ever working things out for my good and for His glory. I trust this is the case with all of my being. I am thankful for these growing pains, for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/?p=201\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Your Arms&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":877,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}