{"id":92,"date":"2005-05-01T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-01T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/?p=93"},"modified":"2005-05-01T08:22:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-01T14:22:00","slug":"great-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"Great Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"
– by Steven Curtis Chapman<\/div>\n
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The morning finds me here at heaven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s door<\/div>\n
A place I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been so many times before<\/div>\n
Familiar thoughts and phrases start to flow<\/div>\n
And carry me to places that I know so well<\/div>\n
But dare I go where I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand<\/div>\n
And do I dare remember where I am<\/div>\n
I stand before the great eternal throne<\/div>\n
The one that God himself is seated on<\/div>\n
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And I, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been invited as a son<\/div>\n
Oh I, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been invited to come and<\/div>\n
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Believe the unbelievable<\/div>\n
Receive the inconceivable<\/div>\n
And see beyond my wildest imagination<\/div>\n
Lord I come with great expectations<\/div>\n
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So wake the hope that slumbers in my soul<\/div>\n
Stir the fire inside and make it glow<\/div>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m trusting in a love that has no end<\/div>\n
The savior of this world has called me friend<\/div>\n
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And I, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been invited with the son<\/div>\n
Oh I, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been invited to come and<\/div>\n
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We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been invited with the son<\/div>\n
And we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been invited to come and<\/div>\n
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Believe the unbelievable<\/div>\n
Receive the inconceivable<\/div>\n
And see beyond our wildest imagination<\/div>\n
Lord we come with great expectations<\/div>\n

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\nI love fairy tales. I see my journey these past 3 years as taking me to the place where dreams come true. I want to believe the unbelievable, and receive the inconceivable, and see beyond my wildest imagination. And that’s happening before my eyes. Who would have known that such a wonderful life was ahead of me, when all I could see was pain and death? <\/p>\n

(I know I’m being idealistic and that life is not all roses. I know there are trials ahead, but God is faithful to walk with me through all of them. So I’m not going to worry about that. For today, I’m going to dream and enjoy all the good things in my life, and praise God because He loves me!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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