One Step At A Time

ONE STEP AT A TIME

Verse 1
When something seems too hard to handle
Too big to conquer, too far away to touch,
When all your dreams begin to shatter,
And deep inside you you’re hurting, oh, so much,
That’s when it’s time to say

Chorus
I’m climbing my mountain step by step
I’m climbing my mountain day by day
I’m climbing my mountain all the way
I’m climbing my mountain, I’m gonna make it
One step at a time, One step at a time,
One step at a time with Jesus by my side
One step at a time, One step at a time,
I’m climbing my mountain one step at a time

Verse 2
Even though you might grow weary
Don’t be discouraged, in your weakness God is strong
Remember this, He’ll never leave you,
He won’t forsake you, He’s your strength and He’s your song
So sing and start to say,

Chorus

Tag
One step at a time, One step at a time,
One step at a time with Jesus by my side
One step at a time, One step at a time,
I’m climbing my mountain
I’m climbing my mountain one step at a time

Words & Music Ernie Rettino & Debby Kerner Rettino
©1985 & this arrangement 1986 Rettino Kerner Publishing– www.psalty.com
All rights reserved. International Copyright Secured.

The Song Amazing

Consider your needs of the past
When somebody helped but you never asked
Now think of the joy you received
When you reached out to someone else in need

(Pre-Chorus)
Cause some days we laugh
Some days we cry
Some days we hold it deep inside
Though each day is a gift from on high

(Chorus)
But what I find
Amazing
The love we give the love we gain
Amazing
There's so much more that's in Jesus name

Sometimes it's hard to see
That it's more blessed to give than receive
Learning from different mistakes
Learning to give instead of just take
But when we all start to blend
We'll be like colors surrounding the sun as it sets

(Repeat Pre-Chorus)

(Chorus)

(Pre-Chorus)

(Chorus)
Amazing
Sometimes it's hard to see
That it's more blessed to give than receive
Consider your needs of the past
When somebody helped but you never asked

He Swept Her Off Her Feet

He swept her off her feet, 
The ex of The One Who Should Know Me Better,

The new BF of The One Who Knows Me Less.

(She is still the One Who Knows Me Better too.)

Everything is different than a month ago,

Everything is accelerated. 

They are moving across country in a couple months - 

After only a little over a month of official dating.

They are definitely in the honeymoon stage - 

And I can't dismiss the bliss they feel!

I'm concerned about the things repeated

That happened a year or so ago with another.

The things I did when he was with

The One Who Should Know Me Better,

May I not do now, no matter how I feel,

Because I do truly want the best for both of them.

What do I do now?

I let her go.

God accepts no idols.

And He knows who they are even before we do.

The Letter

My child, I pray you'll listen to
A thing I must confess
You've been a treasure buried deep
Within my busyness
You were not born into this world
To live an orphan's life
And by God's grace
I long to make it right

Your life's a living letter
That's a sacred certainty
A poem of perfect praise
That's what I hope you will be
It's all you were and all you are
And all you'll ever be
Your life's a letter
Written there by me

Day by day I write across
The pages of your life
Some sentences of kindness
And some paragraph of light
May they be words of love
And words of hope
Not words of dark despair
For on your soul the world
Will read them there

Your life's a living letter
That's a sacred certainty
A poem of perfect praise
That's what I hope you will be
It's all you were and all you are
And all you'll ever be
Your life's a letter
Written there by me

Your life's a letter
Written there by me

It's Sad All Around Part II

When friendships change,
When friendships end,
It's sad all around.

For years the One Who Should Know Me Better

Considered The One Who Knows Me Better 

Her very best friend.

She even told me about it in earnest this year.

So many times -  at soccer games, in random conversations - 

Now I see it as insecurity.

Her aunt mentioned it enough that maybe she saw it coming - 

Or at least suspected something awry.

I saw it coming.

But no one could stop it.

Now they are not friends.

And I want to remain friends with them both.

There are at least three sides to every story.

Both perspectives (or more) 

And the unbiased truth.

Only The One Who Sees Everything

Truly knows all that has happened. 

And now there's nothing else I can say.

Rain Down On Me

Showers of sadness flood my soul

In the dryness of my pain
I watch for the rainbow
When my heart turns gray
As I long for yesterday
I know that I need you
In the time that I stray
So I'll follow like night after day

I need you to rain down on me please pour down your light
For this is my life-line
I need you to rain down on me
The weather is fine when you rain on me
The weather is fine when you rain on me

The power of gladness takes control
When it's streaming from Your face
You vanish my sorrow
You wash it away
Like the sunlight in the rain
I know that I need You
In the time that I stray
So I'll follow like night after day

I need you to rain down on me please pour down your light
For this is my life-line
I need you to rain down on me
The weather is fine when you rain on me
The weather is fine when you rain on me

Holy water falls as I lift my eyes
From my own fate
Then heaven flows straight through my
heart as it carries your embrace

I need you to rain down on me please pour down your light
For this is my life-line
I need you to rain down on me
The weather is fine when you rain on me
The weather is fine when you rain on me

The weather is fine when you rain on me

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Michelle L. Tumes / Tony Miracle

Rain Down on Me lyrics © Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol CMG Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group

I Understood What She Said

When I was in high school in my Junior year,
I visited a church where a specific teenager gave her testimony.

It was a Sunday evening and I went with a girl named Ruthie,

Who was a year older than me; I don't remember why she invited me.

I wish I knew the (then) girl's name, but she had long, layered dark hair and I think blue eyes.

I remember this girl had gone through addiction, though she was still in high school - 

If I remember correctly, it was both drug and alcohol addition - 

And I remember how though she regretted it, she said she wouldn't change it for the world.

At the time, I immediately connected with what she said.

It was paradoxical at best, and contradictory to most,

And I couldn't adequately explain it to my mother, 

Who looked at me like she didn't understand.

I wish I remembered her name - but she was correct.

You don't have to wish what happened to yourself to have happened,

But you can still be thankful to where it led. 

For her it led to the podium that night, speaking about how God had redeemed her.