In Other Words: Amos Story

Amos Story is a song written by Aaron Ivey about his family's adoption story. It is a beautiful story and one you can find out more about through videos on YouTube and through Jamie Ivey's blog. In fact, Jamie just posted a video about when they brought Amos home. You can find it here. I recommend having some tissues close by.

AMOS STORY
Aaron Ivey. ©2009 IVEYMUSIC. (ASCAP)

Another photograph to wrestle in my head
Another sleepless night on concrete featherbed
These thoughts of you like bullets to my soul
We’ve got to find a way to get you home
I’ll find a way to get you here
If it takes my fleeting breath
Another sunrise hits the ground
And it’s a dark lonely sight
Lightyears away I hope you know
There is somebody searching
For the way to get you here
I will get you here
Throw the clocks away and run out to the street
We’ll fly to distant clouds where it’s just you and me
A day will come when all of this is gone
You’ve got to find a way to believe
I’ll find a way to get you here
If it takes my fleeting breath
Another sunrise hits the ground
And it’s a dark lonely sight
Lightyears away I hope you know
There is somebody searching
For the way to get you here
I will get you here
Close your eyes and dream of a better day with me
As angels hold you tight, may you sleep in peace tonight
So dream, dream, dream my child
Hear the whisperings of hope
It’s a song that you can sing, as you sleep in peace tonight

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"Aaron Ivey is the worship pastor at The Austin Stone in Austin, Texas. (www.austinstone.org) Aaron Ivey is challenging a generation of believers to take their experiences in corporate worship out into the world, to marry song with service. An advocate for those in need, Aaron has been living out the word of God not only through music, but by engaging in a lifestyle devoted to missions and justice, and educating others about poverty and adoption. Aaron and his wife, Jamie, have four children. 'Having two children that were born and lived in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere for the first part of their life has been the most challenging thing I’ve ever experienced. It has brought a sobering reality to the fact that millions of children are in need of adoption and support.'"

aaronivey.com