Last week I asked you t keep my friend Stacy in your prayers. He and his wife lost their 24-year- old son to an overdose. Graham got addicted to opioids after a soccer injury in high school. He has been battling this addiction for 7 years. It has been eye-opening for me as I have gone on this journey with Stacy. He and his wife did everything in the power to help this young man. The addiction was just greater than his will to get clean. What has really stuck with me is the number of kids who are fighting this same battle. Opioid addiction is affecting tens of thousands of families across this country. Families in our own community that are feeling helpless and afraid.
As I shared with you last week, as Stacy was dealing with his grief, part of the process was anger with God. After visiting with his pastor last week, he was still angry. He asked the question we probably all would ask, “How could God let this happen?” As he was running an errand Thursday morning, a song came on the radio that overwhelmed him. He said he simply pulled over on the side of the road and lifted his hands toward heaven. He knew God was speaking directly to him. Graham had learned Spanish working in Stacy’s shrimp house growing up. He loved to flirt with the waitresses at Mexican restaurants and order in Spanish. The amazing part of the story is that pat of the song was sung in Spanish. God is Good! Below are the words to the song. I hope you too will see how God spoke to Stacy. They used the song in his Celebration of Life service last weekend.
Be Alright by Ethan Craft
There’s a name that can silence every fear
There’s a love that embraces
The heartache, the pain and the tears
Through my faith and my doubting
I know one thing for sure
His word is unfailing
His promise secure
Todo va a estar bien
Everything will be alright
The whole world’s in His hands
Your whole world’s in His hands
In the darkness and the trials
He’s faithful and He’s true
The whole world’s in His hands
Y todo va a estar bien
Oh-oh oh-oh-oh
Everything will be alright
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Yeah
Father, You say everything is gonna be alright
But my circumstances say I won’t last through the night
I need Your word to hold me now, need You to pull me through
I need a miracle, a breakthrough, I need You
They say You hold the whole universe in Your hand
But my world’s falling apart like it is made of sand
Am I small enough to slip through the cracks?
Can You take my broken pieces and put them back?
Give me faith to believe You are on my side
Open my eyes to see You working in my life
Let the past remind me You never fail
Tell my soul “It is well” (oh)
Y todo va a estar bien
Everything will be alright
The whole world’s in His hands
Your whole world’s in His hands
In the darkness and the trials
He’s faithful and He’s true
Your whole world’s in His hands
Y todo va a estar bien (everything)
Oh-oh oh-oh-oh
Everything will be alright (everything will be alright)
Oh-oh oh-oh-oh
Todo va a estar bien (oh-oh)
Oh-oh oh-oh-oh
Everything will be alright
Oh-oh oh-oh-oh (eh-yeh)
Please continue to pray for the Kirvin family.
Shine, Shine, Shine!
Tina