Moonshine & Wanderlust

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The Foxes in the Vineyard

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I share a lot of personal musings and writings but one area I have not shared a lot of with you all is my faith. This is a lifestyle blog so my topics span a wide variety of topics. However, at the same time, since I do open parts of my personal life up it only seems natural to me to share one of the most important parts of my life. I promise more fun posts are coming, but these past few weeks of the New Year have been so significant in what I hope is the undoing of self and more of my God.

I found one of the most purely simple and beautiful worship songs this week – It’s from Audrey Assad and it’s called “Good to Me”

“Good To Me”

I put all my hope in the truth of Your promise
And I steady my heart on the ground of Your goodness
When I’m bowed down with sorrow I will lift up Your name
And the foxes in the vineyard will not steal myjoyBecause You are good to me, good to meI lift up my eyes to the hills where my help is found
Your voice fills the night – raise my head up to hear the sound
Though fires burn all around me I will praise You, my God
And the foxes in the vineyard will not steal my joy

Because You are good to me, good to me

Your goodness and mercy shall follow me
All my life
I will trust in Your promise

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The lyrics are straightforward and uncomplicated – much how I strive for my faith to be. Some days I don’t even know if it’s as big as a mustard seed, but it’s there. Faith doesn’t have to be complicated, but oh how we complicate it so wholly and completely with our human nature.
The lines that popped out to me where “Though fires burn all around me I will praise You, my God And the foxes in the vineyard will not steal my joy.” I don’t know about you, but when I think of foxes I think words like “cute”, “sweet”, “fluffy”, “cuddly.”
In reality foxes are none of these things aside from fluffy. Foxes are wild. Foxes cause destruction. Foxes are cute packages that often bring harm. They steal the joy of our hard work, our dedication, our dreams, our plans, our love, our happiness…
We all have fires and foxes in our lives – some are small and some are astronomical, but they affect us all the same.
This year, don’t let the foxes ruin your joy. Don’t let the fires burn your perseverance and the remembrance that our God is in control.
xoxo,
patty lauren