Moving Day

I just looked at my phone and noticed it's April 23rd, my biological dad's birthday. And while I couldn't feel more estranged from him, I saw the look of a dad in Bruce's eyes as he spoke of how he and Audrey wanted us to come and be in their home for this coming year. Yesterday, my prayer with Laura was centered on the fact that Jesus came to introduce us to His Father and and invite us into the middle of their relationship..."that tHE LOv E YOU HAvE for Me may be in them" John 18, maybe?

Well, I was there when you were torn apart
Now a piece of you is gone
Somehow you wish that you could only find
A little strength to carry on
You've tried so hard to make it on your own
That your heart has come undone
So I am here to prove that I alone
Have the power to overcome
Don't let your heart be troubled
This world will never keep you down
It will never keep you down
So rise up, my friend
No, this will never be the end
So rise up, my friend
And live again
I didn't want you to feel this way
It's not what life was meant to be
And so for you, my friend, I'll take your shame
You can give it all to me
'Cause you've wrestled demons every day
And they've dragged you to your knees
But in your weakness you will learn to find
That I will always be your strength
In life or in death
Through joy or regret
And all of the secret things you have done
No matter what comes, my friend
Nothing can keep you from the love of God

A song I just heard for the first time that I'd like to dedicate to those of us who fear our secrets are darker than the blood on His side. Including my biological dad.