{"id":3823,"date":"2020-11-07T18:49:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T23:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/?p=3823"},"modified":"2020-12-21T19:04:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T00:04:25","slug":"open-my-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/open-my-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Open My Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next morning I was combing my hair, the heaviness like a leaden shroud around my body.  The words, &#8220;Light, light, light up the sky &#8230;&#8230;..open my eyes &#8230;&#8221; kept coming to me.  I&#8217;m not my boys.  Half the songs I love I can&#8217;t sing the words to or remember the titles for so I have to google the words I remember.  I knew God was speaking to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-7-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-7.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I looked it up and listened to the song, &#8220;Light up the Sky,&#8221; by the Afters.  <br>&#8220;Open my eyes &#8230;.. Show me You are with me.&#8221;  I cried and played it again.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-8-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-8-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-8-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-8-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-8-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-8.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The words fit my heart so perfectly.  So many times we pray that God would be with us; but the truth is He always is.  We need to pray that He would open our eyes so we can see Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Afters - Light Up The Sky - Official Video\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8LQH6UDi15s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the second time I clicked on a mix channel of the song expecting it to play first since that was the song listed.  Instead, &#8220;Famous For,&#8221; &#8230;&#8230; the song God gave me for Liam with so much promise of miraculous healing &#8230;. started playing.  My heart nearly leaped out of my body!!!  So many times God brings me those songs when I&#8217;m struggling hardest to believe.  As long as He continues to bring me messages of a miracle, I will continue in faith that He will do one for Liam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_1096-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_1096-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_1096-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_1096-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_1096.jpg 1356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We drove home that day, picked up our girls, and put things away from the trip.  Life felt kind of surreal, the way you move around like a dream you wish you could wake out of.  That evening one of Adam&#8217;s friends from church sent me this beautiful song.  I still cry at the hope and beauty of these words as God gently led my heart back to quiet rest and faith in what He had said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-9-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-9-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-9-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-9-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-9-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-9-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-1-9.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;While I wait.  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