Leave It All to Me

Okay, I know you all count on me to be deep and insightful.

So, you'll no doubt be surprised that the inspiration for this blog post is the TV show iCarly. I just love that show! Complete silliness!! I can't decide if I like Spencer the best or Sam. And I have to say that actress Miranda Cosgrove is a super-great "straight man" to all the comedy that happens around her on the show. I also like that my kids think it's "cool weird" to have a mom that can't wait until they premiere a new episode of iCarly.

I was listening to my iPod this morning...

...funny side note: my husband, Derek, has been taking my iPod shuffle to the gym with him. It's got some amazingly deep and insightful contemporary worship songs on it. I imagine him listening to TobyMac and David Crowder and Chris Tomlin....and then BAM! Miranda Cosgrove suddenly begins singing the iCarly theme song. Makes me laugh just thinking about what the look on his face must be at that moment.



And yes, my friend Paula Hall, Go Fish is also on that iPod. You should see Derek dance to THOSE songs!!

Oops, back to the iPod story. I was cleaning house this morning, as part of family stewardship time. And the iCarly song came on. I suddenly began cleaning at twice the speed and bouncing up and down to the cute little tune. Fun!

When it was done, I felt a bizarre Holy moment happening. Are you kidding me? God wants to speak to me about iCarly? I restarted the song and sat down and just listened to the words. Then, I called each of the boys to my side (they were grateful for a break in cleaning) and we shared ear buds and listened again...and again.

I told the boys, "Listen for fun at first. Then, listen to the song as if God was singing it directly into your heart. From His Heart to yours. And then from your heart to His" I watched as both of them brightened, began nodding their heads and listening with a new perspective.

So, I share the lyrics with you and wonder if you might enjoy them as a love song from Him to you! You see, (and here's the deep insightful part you might have come to know and love from me) I believe that there's a place in each of our hearts that cries out for God and hears His message for us and longs to answer Him. Believers either know or strive to learn what to do with His message to their hearts. But people who don't yet have that personal relationship with Him still hear Him and, not knowing what to do with what He's telling them, write lyrics like these:

(imagine God singing this to your heart)
I know you see
somehow the world will change for Me
And be so wonderful
Live life, breathe air
I know somehow were gonna get there
And feel so wonderful

I will make you change your mind
These things happen all the time
And It's all Reeeaaaaal
I'm telling you just how I feel

So, wake-up the members of My Nation
It's your time to BE
There's no chance unless you take one
Take the time to see
the brighter side of every situation

Some things are meant to be
So give Me your best and leave the rest to Me

(imagine your heart singing this to God)
I know its time
to raise the hand that draws the line
And be so wonderful
Golden sunshine
I know [with You] its gunna be mine
And BE so wonderful

(God sings to you)
Show me what you can become
There’s a dream in everyone
And It's all reeeaaaaal
I’m telling you just how I feel

So, wake-up the members of My Nation
It's your time to BE
There's no chance unless you take one
Take the time to see
the brighter side of every situation

Some things are meant to be
so give Me your best and leave the rest to me

Leave it all to Me
Leave it all to Me

So make it Mine
and see it through
you know you wont be free until you...

wake-up the members of My Nation
It's your time to be
There's no chance unless you take one
Take the time to see
the brighter side of every situation

Some things are meant to be
so give me your best and leave the rest to Me

Leave it all to me...Leave it all to me...Just leave it all to me

For those that need to hear the catchy-little-tune in order to enjoy it, here's a link:

iCarly Theme Song




I feel an enormous blessing, honor and calling to help children (especially my own) look for God everywhere and in everything and, in knowing Him and seeing Him, find an unending passion to serve Him.