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I was at work one day, when I felt compelled to jot down a few words. Those words were "Eyes Wide Open". In haste I e-mailed them to my friend Joy Russell and asked her if she would put music to them. To this day I am not sure why I did not just save those words for after work and see what I could come up with, but I am glad that I passed them on. That day Joy had music to match the lyrics. It was one of those moments where you could never have tried to do it, the Lord just made it happen.

This song is a picture of a time in my life when I had decided that the only way to have a real relationship with the Lord and with others was through complete vulnerability. I found that this type of openness started with my being honest with myself. It was a gut-wrenching time, but a necessary revelation. What I found was that through my public disclosure I was actually becoming more of a witness to the work of the Lord in my life. As I allowed Christ into my dark corners, His light permeated my life and was able to shine forth to others.

Each of us are vessels that the Lord can use. Everyone has a road that they have walked down, and each of those stories is a witness to what the Lord can do in our lives. Some of those stories are incomplete and we may not understand how God can use these times as of yet, but others are a great testament to what the Lord has brought us through. Our testimony comes out of the broken places in our lives and shines the glory of God into the world.

"Let Your glory fall, let Your love flow down, for the world to see, flow through me. . ."

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EYES WIDE OPEN