{"id":1508,"date":"2022-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2022\/09\/13\/maybe-its-ok\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T06:00:00","slug":"maybe-its-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2022\/09\/13\/maybe-its-ok\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beautiful &#8220;We Are Messengers&#8221; Song That Brought Me To Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The We are Messengers\u2019 song \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hl5GcRrJLyw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maybe It\u2019s Ok<\/a>\u201d really speaks to my heart. Every time I hear it, I am struck by a different line.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>If I didn\u2019t know what it hurt like to be broken<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Then how would I know what it feels like to be whole&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If I didn\u2019t know what it cuts like to be rejected<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Then I wouldn\u2019t know the joy of coming home<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I attended a concert of theirs this weekend, and they played that song. The crowd was truly connecting with it, but there was a beautiful young lady with special needs that caught my eye as she ran past me while they played the song. She was struggling to run, but was determined to get to the front. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As she ran by me I could hear her say \u201cthat\u2019s me, that\u2019s my song\u201d \u2013 she waved her arms and danced with such abandon and joy that my tears just started flowing. I couldn\u2019t help but think how precious her worship must have been to the Lord. It was so pure, so sweet and authentic.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Maybe it\u2019s okay if I\u2019m not okay&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cause the One who holds the world is holding onto me&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Maybe it\u2019s all right if I\u2019m not all right<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cause the One who holds the stars is holding my whole life<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, we are not OK. Life can be hard \u2013 some seasons hurt more than others and yet I am certain that as we push through the crowds \u2013 to worship regardless of our pain or circumstance \u2013 our <a href=\"https:\/\/star991.com\/god-is-with-you-in-the-midst-of-struggles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">God is there<\/a>, ready to hold on to us. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Claudia Wittel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of Philanthropy &amp; Advancement, STAR 99.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The We are Messengers\u2019 song \u201cMaybe It\u2019s Ok\u201d really speaks to my heart. Every time I hear it, I am struck by a different line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[88,24],"class_list":["post-1508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","tag-artist","tag-encouragement"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-13 22:50:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}