Lyrics to "Here I Am" by Downhere.

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Sometimes Your calling, comes in dream
Sometimes in comes in the Spirit's breeze, yeah
You reach for the deepest hope in me
And call out for the things of eternity

But I'm a man, of dust and stains,
You move in me, so I can say

Chorus
Here I am, Lord send me
All of my life, I make an offering,
Here I am, Lord send me
Somehow my story is a part of Your plan,
Here I am

When setbacks and failures, and upset plans
Test my faith and leave me with empty hands
Are You not the closest when it's hardest to stand
I know that You will finish what You began

And these broken parts You will redeem
Become the song that I can sing

Chorus

Overwhelmed by the thought of my weakness
And the fear that I'll fail You in the end
In this mess, I'm just one of the pieces,
I can't put this together but You can

Here I Am, Lord send me
I want to live my life as an offering
Here I Am, Lord send me
Somehow my story is a part of Your plan,
So Here I am

Here I Am, all my life an offering to You, to You
Somehow my story is a part of Your plan
Here I am


There is no other song that I have heard at this point that comes any closer to how our adoption story is being played out...starting from a dream 8 years ago. "Somehow my story IS a part of Your plan." We are all called to serve our Lord in different areas. I feel called to serve in THIS area. I feel so blessed to have been able to be a stay-at-home-mom. There is NOTHING I would rather be doing. I WANT to live my life as an offering...to help my Lord where ever He is calling me to help...and right now I feel it is mothering.

Adding another child with special needs to our family won't be all fun and games. We know that. It won't always be easy BUT it WILL be good. Love will prevail because love IS a choice NOT a feeling.

"Faith, Hope, and Love. Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us." Romans 5:1-5