Beautiful Tears

by Elle Batdorff on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 10:01pm

On this past Monday I felt great, my life was so exciting, I was in Kirkland for crying out loud! At this amazing conference surrounded by amazing, passionate people, who love Jesus more than me! I went into worship that night thinking only to give praise to my Father who is worthy of every ounce of strength within me. After all I was feeling pretty good so I figured I didn't need to receive anything, just give. What I didn't realize was that God did have something that He wanted to give me.
Rick Pino introduced us to this song which was written long ago during the Jesus People movement, and I started crying right away as the Lord poured out His pleasure and approval on me throughout my listening. I didn't realize that there was this deep need in me to hear His voice say "I'm proud of you." This song strikes a cord in me, as I often find myself alone or confused, thinking "God you brought me here, now what?". The Lord just wanted to tell me that He sees me, He sees the obedience and the sacrifice I've given to Him and He loves it. There is such a special place in His heart for those who say "I don't care how difficult this is, or how alone I am in it, I'm still going to run after you!" He showed me this. So I wanted to share this with all the other pioneers out there, maybe you feel alone sometimes, maybe you wonder if God realizes just how painful this is sometimes, but just know that God is so pleased with you. He hasn't forgotten you, He sees you, and He sees your sacrifice and your obedience; you don't have to try any more to please Him, He's easy to please and He's already pleased with you. So be blessed as you read this and receive from Him.

Pioneer
By Nancy Honeytree ©1993 OakTable Publishing, Inc./ASCAP

Pioneer, pioneer
Keep pressing onward, beyond your fear
Only the Father goes before you
To your own frontier
You're a pioneer

Uncharted wilderness stretches before you
And you thrive on going where no one has gone
Still it gets lonely when darkness deepens
So sing by the fire until the dawn

You travel light, you travel alone
And when your arrive, nobody knows
But the Father in heaven, He's glad you can go
For those who come after you will need the road

What you have done others will do
Bigger and better, and faster than you
But you can't look back, you gotta keep pressing through
There's a wilderness pathway, calling you

Calling you, calling you clear
Keep pressing onward, you can't stay here
Only the Father goes before you
To your own frontier
You're a pionee