I hope everyone of my friends in the US had a blessed holiday. But whoever the Son sets free is FREE INDEED!!!!
I love the song “Hero” by Mariah Carey. Beautiful words… I had no clue what those words meant before I met Jesus. Mariah may have not known it, but as far as I’m concerned… she was singing prophetically over my life! I just want to share a portion of a post I wrote last year about this very song. Every time I hear it I cry…
Back in 2000 is when this crazy disease appeared, I went from doctor to doctor trying to find a diagnosis… I knew there was something wrong, but all of the medical tests said my health was normal. But how could that be with the crazy stuff going on with my body? So the doctors I saw just sent me to physical therapy- in hopes exercise or something could get me better- They didn’t know. Well it was at one of those visits to physical therapy; lying on one of the matted tables doing some crazy weight lifting exercises (I was so distraught knowing that they were doing absolutely nothing to improve my walking and coordination problems), when the song “Hero” by Mariah Carey started playing on the intercom. So there I was- doing these stupid exercises and listening to Mariah…
“There’s a hero… if you look inside your heart… You don’t have to be afraid of what you are…There’s an answer… if you reach into your soul…And the sorrow that you know… will melt away… And then a hero comes along… with the strength to carry on…And you cast your fears aside… and you know you can survive…So when you feel like hope is gone…look inside you and be strong…And you’ll finally see the truth…that a hero lies in you.”
As I’m listening to these words I’m saying to myself… “I need answers. I’m trying so hard, and I’m looking inside myself. I’m not strong enough. I don’t get it.” My eyes started tearing. “I’m hurting so bad. I just don’t get it. I’m no hero. What does this song mean?”
In the past few days, I’ve listened to this and cried and cried. But this time, they were tears of joy because I’ve finally gotten it! God has been trying to get the message across to me that Jesus is my hero!! God gave me the answer 9 years ago, but I just didn’t understand. The lyrics continue…”You can find love… if you look within your soul, and the emptiness you know will disappear.”
Keep in mind that at that time I was unsaved. I was sharing this revelation with the ladies in my NEVER ALONE group, and one of them gave me the scripture…“While I was still a sinner, Christ died for me.”
And you will finally see the truth. That a hero lies in you.” Hallelujah! Thank you Jesus!