amazing testimony
Guess who just pre-ordered Jeremy Camp’s upcoming CD “Restored”? ahhh I’m so excited. And I can not WAIT to see him in Nov! I bought his new DVD at the Cedarville campus bookstore yesterday. I just watched him tell his testimony; it brought me to tears. For real. Wow. Hearing him tell the part about his wife getting cancer and dying (they were so young. I think around age 26...and this was just a few years ago!) was powerful. When she passed away in the hospital room, God told Jeremy “worship Me”. Obviously Jeremy struggled with that and told God that he was having a hard time wanting to worship Him. But then he stood up and lifted his hands, praising God. After a few minutes, her family was doing the same thing with Jeremy in the hospital room. She was such a beautiful young woman-full of life and totally dedicated to God. That was inspiring to me.
I want you to really read these lyrics to Jeremy’s song “I Still Believe”; he wrote them right after his wife’s death. They are incredibly encouraging…especially considering that he wrote and MEANT these words during the hardest time in his life. Instead of pulling away from God, he just drew closer.
Scattered words and empty thoughts seem to pour from my heart.
I’ve never felt so torn before, seems I don’t know where to start.
But it's now that I feel Your grace fall like rain, from every fingertip washing away my pain. I still believe in Your faithfulness. I still believe in Your truth. I still believe in Your holy word. Even when I don't see, I still believe...the only place I can go is into Your arms, where I throw to You my feeble prayers in brokenness. I can see that this is Your will for me. Help me to know You are near.
God blessed Jeremy with Adrienne (lead singer of the former Christian band, the Benjamin Gate) and they are now happily married. Three days ago, Sept. 25, they had their first baby: Isabella Rose Camp :)
Jeremy’s testimony is just one example that if you stay close to God and walk by faith, He will richly bless you...
..even if it means going through heart-breaking trials.