Lauren Daigle: Trusting God in the Midst of Grief

man me my grandfather passed away about two years ago and I grew up with him we were best friends we called each other partner in crime because at night we'd all go out they probably went to go get some ice cream let's go run let's go run and get president yogurt and we all believed in my grandmother be like what did y'all do tonight I know sweets or involves you know so we caught each other the partner in crime he was just my very best friend and I lived with him while I went to LSU and we were really really close and he was my my number one Supporter I mean he just anytime people would come over to the house he'd say hey Lauren I say yeah what's going on he said come come sing Adele for them in the kitchen right now and so I would be like oh gosh here we go again and I would go in there and he would pull it out of me you know he'd say come on Lauren don't be shy share your kids this is what the Lord gave you come on come on sing to these people and he knew the place of joy that it was coming from in me and he knew that that would fall on the hearts of the people involved and they're listening and everything so anytime someone would come over he would say I'm going to play that girl's music if though there's kind of this theme of that girl and in the process of his support I left Ella's shoe moved to Nashville and started writing and five months later found out that he was diagnosed with cancer and it was definitely a journey where I had to choose am I going to pursue the career am I going to pursue the dream or am I going to take these moments with my grandfather really dear and so one night I just decided I know that people will support me in this I'm going to go home and I just bought a plane ticket and flew home and he passed away a week later and we were actually in that that week we were supposed to record the record and so I was like I just know that I just know it like the Lord kind of put the pressure on my spirit to go back home and so I had to put the record on hold and everybody's timelines had to shift and that was a lot of pressure involved you know but I just knew alright I'm gonna I want to go home and the Lord is going to do it mighty work and he did he showed up so prevalently in that room in that moment where it was really difficult and I mean he was my best friend and I had never experienced loss before so in the room you know my grandfather was laying there and he was passing away but he was telling us I see Jesus oh I see him he's right over there you know and you know he saw his daughter that had passed away years before him and he's like calling out their names while he's passing over and God made death so real but so beautiful in that time he just he entered the room with a piece like I've never felt before with a closeness like I've never felt before I felt like in the midst of this great sorrow there was so much joy because I could see the process of my grandfather entering into the gates entering into the streets of gold so it made the hope so much more real because I was like you know I kid mourn and go into this place of deep deep deep depression because he was really close to me or I could say Lord thank you for the years that you allowed me to have with him and in my thanks I'm going to be so grateful for the fact that he's in your presence there's no pain there's no sorrow there's nothing that he's experiencing and he passed away right before the record was a release right before the very first song went on on the radio like three days before and you know I could look at those moments and say God why didn't you just let him last a little bit longer so that the thing that he had built up in his heart all of these years and supporting me that he could see this come to fruition what why did he have to pass right before but I truly believe that God has a purpose for everything and he knew mine this is going to be a place of loss here on earth but it's going to be such heavenly gain Wieck for you on earth now I'm not afraid of death there's not piece of me that's like Oh death I I don't I don't know if I want to do this I'm like I'm ready like let's go it's going to be the most beautiful thing we're going to be in the presence of God we're going to be the presence of loved ones and it's going to be so beautiful and he let me experience a little taste of that here on earth like what a treasure what a gift you know and so in that place though he said you know you can either look at this with incredible sorrow or you can take this and leverage it into that your next season of life so although we pushed back the record we started recording a month or two later and that's where the songs came in that month or two where I was alright Lord I'm going to go into that closet with you and I'm going to I'm going to petition the cries of my heart alright Lord can you just please make all of this work for your good and that's what he says in Romans 8:28 that you will work all things out for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose and that was just another moment in life where he was like alright I'm going to use this and that's where the strong trust in you came I I was really you know needing some clarity alright Lord I'm not going to be angry I'm not going to be upset because I know that your your thoughts are higher your ways are higher here you're so much greater you're seeing way more than I am in in the midst of all of this and he saw all of the stories that were going to come out he saw all the the hearts that were going to be touched through my grandfather's legacy and what I did with with his stories that he told me and how I transferred those into songs and then now the hearts of all of these people are being intersected with the glory of God and and they're taking on this new place of hope you

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Keywords: dealing with grief, trusting god, christian music, lauren daigle, trust in you, how can it be

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Length: 6min 58sec (418 seconds)

Published: Mon May 02 2016