Lyrics to “Meet You where You Are” by Melinda Wood Allen & David Roth: Oh my friend, I will meet you where you are.
I won’t throw flower petals on your wounded heart.
If it’s not okay we won’t pretend,
But if it’s not okay, it’s not the end.
Aren’t you stronger than you ever used to be?
At least that’s the way it seems to me, if not to you.
Aren’t you the one who’s made it all this way?
No matter what those voices in your head might say, it’s up to you.
This too shall pass.
There are times that are simply not okay.
What you do with them, it’s up to you to say.
I’ll meet you where you are.
Responsive Reading for October 16
“A friend is a friend at all times, and a brother is born for the time of adversity” (Prov.17:17).
Oh my friend, I will meet you where you are.
I won’t throw flower petals on your wounded heart.
if it’s not okay we won’t pretend,
But if it’s not okay, it’s not the end.
“The man then bowed down in worship to the LORD, saying: ‘Blessed be the LORD …. who has not let his constant kindness toward my master fail. As for myself also the LORD has led me straight to the house of my master’s brother” (Gen. 24:26-7).
Aren’t you stronger than you ever used to be?
At least that’s the way it seems to me, if not to you.
Aren’t you the one who’s made it all this way?
“The LORD, in whose presence I have always walked, will send his messenger with you and make your errand successful…. The LORD … had led me on the right road” (Gen. 24:40-8).
No matter what those voices in your head might say, it’s up to you.
“When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he exclaimed, ‘Truly, the LORD is in this spot, although I did not know it …. Jacob then made this vow: ‘If God remains with me to protect me on this journey I am making and to give me enough bread to eat and clothing to wear, and I come back safe to my father’s house, the LORD shall be my God” (Gen. 28:16-21).
This too shall pass.
There are times that are simply not okay
What you do with them, it’s up to you to say.
I’ll meet you where you are.