These are songs with special meaning that encouraged us through our adoption process. Each song has a story that fits perfectly into our lives. Two slide shows have music:
When Love Takes You In (For the babies left behind on MEET ALAINA)
When God Made You (OUR FIRST YEAR is on MEET ALAINA)
The other songs are here for the amazing lyrics.
When God Made You
Newsong
It’s always been a mystery to me
How two hearts can come together
And love can last forever
But now that I have found you,
I believe That a miracle has come
When God sends the perfect one
Now gone are all my questions about why
And I’ve never been so sure of anything in my life
I wonder what God was thinking
When He created you
I wonder if He knew everything I would need
Because He made all my dreams come true
When God made you
He must have been thinking about me
I promise that wherever you may go
Wherever life may lead you
With all my heart I’ll be there too
From this moment on I want you to know
I’ll let nothing come between us
And I will love the ones you love
Now gone are all my questions about why
And I have never been so sure of anything in my life
I wonder what God was thinking
When He created you
I wonder if He knew everything I would need
Because He made all my dreams come true
When God made you
He must have been thinking about me
He made the sun He made the moon
To harmonize in perfect tune
One can’t move without the other
They just have to be together
And that is why I know it’s true
You’re for me and I’m for you
Cause my world just can’t be right
Without you in my life
I wonder what God was thinking
When He created you
I wonder if He knew everything I would need
Because He made all my dreams come true
He must have heard every prayer I’ve been praying
Yes He knew everything I would need
When God made you
When dreams come true
When God made you
He must have been thinking about me
Keep the Faith
Amy Morris
Look at me now
It's really me
Where I always dreamed I'd be
Here in your arms
Feeling secure inside
Through your eyes I can see
tomorrow clearly now
Because of you
I'm living proof that
Chorus:
Love comes to those who wait
Time heals a heart that breaks
Giving up's a big mistake
Love will come to you
Just Keep the Faith
Who would have thought
Someone like me
Could have found the
Strength I need
So many times
I felt like letting go
But my heart said no
I held on when hope was almost gone
Then I found you
To see me through
If I can stand against the wind
And give my everything
If I could fly, it's worth a try
With God's help
Anybody can
Yes, they can.
In My Arms
Michael W. Smith
I really want to see you
I really want to touch you
If only I could hold you...in my arms
I really want to reach you
Forever to be with you
If only I could hold you...in my arms
It was written in the stars
On the pages of my heart
Oh, that someday I would find
The love I feel for you tonight
On the ocean of our dreams
Like a prayer you came to me
And the longing that had been
Found its ending in your eyes
And I am missing you tonight
Across the waves, across the sea
Separating you from me
Here's a promise and it's mine
I will love you for all time
I'm wishing you were here tonight
I Know Your Name
Michael W. Smith
Yes I know your name
Every prayer you pray
I'm the one who brought you to this place
The voice who sings to you
The hand that clings to you
Oh my child, I've always known your name
Known your name
I hold you close to me, close to heart
And this kind of love will find you
Anywhere you are
Never fear, I am here
When Love Takes You In
Steven Curtis Chapman
I know you’ve heard the stories
But they all sound too good to be true
You’ve heard about a place called home
But there doesn’t seem to be one for you
So one more night you cry yourself to sleep
And drift off to a distant dream
Where love takes you in and everything changes
A miracle starts with the beat of a heart
When love takes you home and says you belong here
The loneliness ends and a new life begins
When love takes you in
And somewhere while you’re sleeping
Someone else is dreaming too Counting down the days until
They hold you close and say I love you
And like the rain that falls into the sea
In a moment what has been is lost in what will be
When love takes you in everything changes
A miracle starts with the beat of a heart
And this love will never let you go
There is nothing that could evercause this love to lose its hold
When love takes you in everything changes
A miracle starts with the beat of a heart
When love takes you home and says you belong here
The loneliness ends and a new life begins
When love takes you in it takes you in for good
When love takes you in
For the babies left behind: Love Brings You Home
More
by Matthew West, Jason Houser, Kenny Greenberg
Take a look at the mountain
Stretching a mile high
Take a look at the ocean
Far as your eye can see
And think of me
Take a look at the desert
Do you feel like a grain of sand?
I am with you wherever
Where you go is where I am
And I’m always thinking of you
Take a look around you
I’m spelling it out one by one
Chorus:
I love you more than the sun
And the stars that I taught how to shine
You are mine and you shine for me too
I love you yesterday and today
And tomorrow I’ll say it again and again
I love you more
Just a face in the city
Just a tear on a crowded street
But you are one in a million
And you belong to me
And I want you to know
I’m not letting go
Even when you come undone
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
Shine for me
Shine for me
Shine on, shine on
Shine for me
