Comfort Song

COMFORT SONG
Christian Jung
(c) 2008

VERSE 1
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Child of Mine, I've heard your cry and my heart is breaking with yours
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You are always on My mind
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The hurt you feel is so very real, like a stabbing pain deep inside
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Oh how I hate it that you feel this way

PRECHORUS
Em-------------------------------A
So many questions fill the air like stars in the night
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May they fade away as you embrace the morning light, because

CHORUS
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The pain this day has begotten will someday soon be forgotten
G----Gm
I'll wipe your tears away
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One day we'll be reunited, and all the wrongs will be righted
G-----Gm
Yeah I can barely wait

VERSE 2
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Wounded heart, fragile soul. your world's been turned upside down
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My yoke is easy My burden is light
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Precious one, so undone, your sorrow's too much to bear
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I want to rescue you from this storm

PRECHORUS
Em-----------------------------A
So many questions will arise as you live this life
Em---------------------------------A
May they fade away as you embrace the morning light, because

CHORUS

BRIDGE
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Today I turned to the Father and whispered a prayer for you
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He whispered back and said to Me He's felt exactly the way you do
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He has also suffered loss, He knows what you're going through
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And now He's reaching out His arms to comfort you, comfort you

CHORUS
D----------------------------D/F#-------------------------------------G
The pain this day has begotten will someday soon be forgotten
G-----Gm
I'll wipe your tears away
D--------------------------D/F#-----------------G
One day we'll be reunited, and all the wrongs will be righted
G------Gm
Yeah I can barely wait
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The healing I have to offer to you my sons and my daughters
G-----Gm
Is here for you today
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The day we'll be reunited is just beyond the horizon
G-----Gm----------D--D/F#--G---Gm---------------D
Yeah I can barely wait, yeah I can barely wait

COMMENTARY:

This is the first time I have ever written a song from God's perspective to us. Our close friends, Jesse and Tanya Gellatly had just returned from Mozambique, Africa on furlough for a couple of months. Tanya had miscarried earlier in the summer while in Africa and returned back to the states three months pregnant. Her and Jesse were beaming with joy as they were fully expecting that this baby would make it full-term and that they were going to be parents. I got a disturbing phone call one evening only a few days after they had returned to the States saying that Tanya had just lost the baby and was miscarrying a second time. My heart just broke for her and for Jesse. Of course, I didn't really know what to say, so I just went into a time of prayer. During that time of prayer, I asked Jesus to reveal to me how he felt about what was happening to Tanya. From that question flowed "Comfort Song." I wrote the song in a matter of hours and then went to bed, continuing on in prayer for Jesse and Tanya. They came over the next morning and I played the song for them. Tanya was in tears. We quickly decided to hit the studio upstairs at Whipple Creek Church and record the song. We got it recorded, mixed and mastered in three days and burned enough copies to hand out at church that Sunday. I played the song live that Sunday. The wierd thing about this song that God gave me, is that I feel it is for the Church, big "C," body of Christ; for all of those who have suffered the loss of a loved one in their life. You can hear the song to the right under the "Live/Unreleased (c) 2008" playlist. Please feel free to download it and pass it on to anyone who you think the lyrics in "Comfort Song" might bring comfort to.

THOUGHTS ON WORSHIP

Hey guys,
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Hope you are having a fantastic week. Lots of crazy things happening in our country. Lots of cool things happening in our church. Once again I want to thank you all for being such an awesome part of our worship team. I thought worship this last Sunday was phenomenal in spite of little glitches during practice and such. For those of you who weren't on the rotation this past Sunday, I would really like us to try as much as possible to be at the church for practice promptly at 8:00 am. I believe that if this happens, any stress due to time restraints will be alleviated. And again, sorry for being too abrasive during practice. I realize that was the case this past week and I want you all to know how much I love you. I also want you to know how difficult it can be to direct a team of 7 musicians and 6 singers while getting into a place of intimate worship of the Father, and then keeping in mind the one hundred people coming in to meet at the feet of Jesus.
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Phew! Thank God for His strength to be able to meet such a task with the anticipation that His Holy Spirit will reveal Himself in power and that the heavens are going to be opened, and we, as worship leaders and as a congregation, get to lift our voices and the sounds that come from our instruments heavenward before the throne of the very One who fashioned us from nothing. We all need His strength to meet such a task because this is what God has designed us to do; to love Him and to love others. Oh that we, worship leaders in His Church, would just clothe ourselves with humility, starting with me, and submit ourselves to God and to each other. We are family and we still have this stinkin' sinful nature that wants to pop it's ugly head up, even though we are doing our best to walk in the Spirit. I'm tired of it. I so much want my sinful nature to stay crucified with Christ on the cross. Thank God that He is not finished with any of us yet. We are all works in progress and there will be a day when we will gather around His throne and worship Him unhindered by our sinful nature. Until that day...Let's be the fragrance of Christ to each other, to those who enter the doors of Whipple Creek Church and to the rest of the world on this side of eternity.
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Can I get an amen?!?
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ALSO - This last Sunday there was an announcement about an APEST (Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Shepherd, Teacher) Seminar coming up at Whipple Creek Church on Saturday, November 22nd, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Our staff at Whipple took the APEST test over a year ago, I think, and it is a great tool to recognize how God has gifted us for leadership with these positional gifts. Basically, I think it would be a great idea for us as a worship team, to take the test online and go to the seminar if possible. The test costs $10.00 and the seminar costs $30.00. Would you mind taking the APEST test online and then printing out three copies of the results (One for you, one to bring to the seminar if you can make it, and one for me...you can bring it one Sunday if you like)? If money is an issue with any of this stuff, let me know. I don't want money stopping you from either taking the test ($10.00 isn't too much I don't think) and attending the seminar ($30.00 could be a stretch for some of you...we will cover the cost of whatever you cannot). Then we, as a worship team, can look at how God has gifted each one of us...and my hope is that it will help us to get a bigger picture of God's destiny for each one of us individually and also how we can best work together as a team, complimenting one another in our gifts. Whatcha think? Can you let me know if you are in or not by shooting me a quick email? Thanks a billion. Here is the link to the online APEST:
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http://theforgottenways.org/apest/
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You guys are amazing and I am blessed beyond belief being able to work with you all. See you on Sunday.
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Grace and peace,

Christian