January 19, 2010 - 10:49pm
Nothing Can Separate - A (Free) Song in the Midst of the Mystery
Tomorrow I'll fly to Calgary to take part in a multi-artist benefit for Haiti. I know our efforts will be a drop in the ocean, but I am very grateful for the opportunity to do something. [Update - the benefit was an amazing night and raised over $115,000 ... with the government matching the funds over $230,000 was raised.]
Even from this safe distance, watching the devastation in Port-au-Prince shakes the foundations of many of my tidy ideas about justice and what we can expect from the universe. When my head starts to hurt, I remember this:
1. The world is broken.
2. God is with us.
3. God is for us.
4. God is good.
5. More will be revealed.
About a year ago I wrote a song called "Nothing Can Separate", which I recorded on LOVE WAS HERE FIRST. The first verse talks about, among other things, an earthquake, and the whole song is an attempt to affirm the 5 points above. Have a listen, and please feel free to download it and pass it around.
I'll include the lyrics below (click on "read more" in the bottom bar if you don't see them), and you can also download them HERE.
You can donate to Compassion Canada HERE.
You can donate to Compassion USA HERE.
Love to you here, there and everywhere,
Carolyn
NOTHING CAN SEPARATE
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
Somewhere there's a mother waking up
To news in the night that she cannot bear
And somewhere the whole earth is quaking
Making dust of the city that was standing there
To news in the night that she cannot bear
And somewhere the whole earth is quaking
Making dust of the city that was standing there
Well who can say if the trouble comes from
Above or below or the hands of fate
I just pray when the trouble does come
You help us to remember the promise you make
I know - neither death nor life
Not the past nor the present nor
Things to come
No foe - neither depth nor height
Can separate us
From the love of Christ
Not the past nor the present nor
Things to come
No foe - neither depth nor height
Can separate us
From the love of Christ
Today there's a church group meeting
Though the government already burned their building down
They say there's no kind of beating
That can take away the peace and the joy they've found
Though the government already burned their building down
They say there's no kind of beating
That can take away the peace and the joy they've found
They know - Chorus
Though we go through the valley's shadow
And we live out our lives in these dangerous times
Still we know every step that we go
We don't have to walk alone, You walk by our side
And we live out our lives in these dangerous times
Still we know every step that we go
We don't have to walk alone, You walk by our side
We know - Chorus
Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ
© 2009 Running Arends Music/ASCAP
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Was the Center Street concert for Haiti last night. I was very impressed with your music.
Purchased some of your songs and sent them to my son, Ryan who is a musician in Toronto.
Hope they will help him seize the day.
He also enjoys play in front of an Orchestra.
Thanks to you and all the performers last night.
Thanks for coming to Centrestreet for the benefit concert.
It is so good to have a church like this and have wonderful people like You come to it and minister to us.
May The Lord continue to bless You and keep You.
I know HE will because You let HIM.