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I was in tears after giving a musical fireside to a youth group one Sunday night about 20 years ago. "Why am I doing this?" I asked myself. Why was I putting myself through the stress of giving up my Sunday nights, leaving my little baby, and singing for people? From my point of view the fireside had been a complete failure, void of the spirit, and not worth the effort for me or for the congregation. "Why am I doing this music thing? What went wrong?" I asked myself and God as I prayed through my tears.Rarely have my prayers been answered immediately, but this prayer was different. If I'm remembering correctly, it was that very same night an image of a window with the Savior standing behind it flooded my mind and soon after, most of the words poured out on paper through my tears as I plunked the melody out on our little upright piano. This was truly a gift of mercy given to a young wife and mother in her early 20's who for years had been plagued with insecurities and self-doubt, but also arm with strong desire to do God's will and to follow Jesus Christ.Heavenly Father taught me what went wrong at the fireside as he gently showed me that I was in way. I was so worried about myself, how I was doing, sounding, and how I looked, that he couldn't work with me. He couldn't use me as an instrument. I needed to get out of the way so he could work through me. The lyrics to "Window To His Love" have become a motto for over 2 decades and the truths in this song were and are my only hope for making a difference in the world. I want to be a window to His love. LISTEN To "Window To His Love"[powerpress]Download "Window To His Love" on iTunesState of the Heart CD (reprise - piano/vocal)State of the Heart CD (pop version)Pray For Rain Live Concert CD / EFY Window to His Love: Intimate Renditions of Inspirational Favorites CDLYRICS Window to His Love (Reprise)From the album State of the Heart Words & Music: Julie de Azevedo 1992 Mohrgud Music (BMI)I want to be a window to His loveSo when you look at me you will see HimI want to be so pure and clearThat you won't even know I'm here'Cause His love will shine brightly through meI want to be a doorway to the truthSo when you walk beyond you will find HimI want to stand so straight and tallThat you won't notice me at allBut through my open door He will be seenChorusA window to His loveA doorway to the truthA bearer of the messageHe'd have me bring to youAnd with each passing dayI want to fade away'Til only He can be seenAnd I become a window to His loveI want to be a window to His loveSo you can look through me and you'll see HimAnd someday shining through the glassYou'll see His loving countenance'Cause I will have become like He isChorusA doorway to the truthA bearer of the messageHe'd have me bring to youAnd with each passing yearI want to disappear'Til He's become everythingAnd I've become a window to His loveFUN FACTS ABOUT "Window To His Love"
- The only hate mail I ever received was about this song.
- I've recorded this song more times than any other song I've written.
- This song is the most recorded songs that I've written, recorded numerous times by many other artists.
- The words original words "And someday shining through my face" were recorded on the first recording were changed to "And someday shining through the glass you'll see His loving countenance."
- The first recording of Window to His Love appeared on the CD "Charity Never Faileth."
- It's been recorded in many different languages.
- This is the most widely performed song I've written (probably because it's one of the few "chapel appropriate" songs in my collection).
- People who know this song usually don't know who wrote it (and I love it).
- When I polled my Julie de Azevedo Facebook friends which song introduced them to my music "Window To His Love" had the most votes by a long shot.
- Google search turns up about 45 pages when you search the song title. Try it.
- There are several YouTube videos/slideshows about the song (none of which I was involved in)
- The little baby crawling around when I wrote this song is now serving a full-time LDS mission in England and is listening to the CD "Window To His Love" and sharing it with converts and companions.
- I continued to be overwhelmed and humbled when I perform this song and the majority of the audience can sing a long on the chorus. It still blows me away after 20 + years that a little song that came through a desperate twenty-something has reached so many people. God is good.
No, to love a problem like that is to meet it with dozens, hundreds or even thousands of solutions. To recognize that perfection is impossible. To love a problem like that is to face frustration and closing walls, to meet rejection and rough compromises.
To say that you were devastated would be putting it lightly. Here was a thing that you did and loved, only to discover that you did it poorly. Broadway was not in the stars. Even singing Happy Birthday was suspect. More than that, the realization shook your faith in yourself. Since as long as you could remember, you fancied yourself competent at this one thing. Turns out you were terribly, horribly wrong. So what else are you wrong about?
What\u2019s more, a single solution is a complex, multi-faceted beast. It may address multiple problems at once, but in varying degrees of success. For example, Google Search helps you do your homework, find a restaurant, catch up on the latest news, shop for a new summer jumper. It does not achieve these things equally well.
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There is such a thing as making subpar decisions based on ego when the facts suggest a better path.
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In the fourth grade, your entire class put on a winter musical spectacular. It was everything your little nine-year-old heart could hope for: Singing! Dancing! Glittery snow and beaming parents! This being an inclusive school event, everyone was to participate in belting out politically-correct Christmas classics like Jingle Bell Rock and I\u2019m Getting Nuttin\u2019 for Christmas. But the biggest, awesomest, wickedest act was the solo. The grand finale. The coup de grace. And yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, it included a CONFETTI SNOWSTORM.
Now, recall that you are nine. This was the period of your life in which you fancied yourself an Ariel, whose dazzling voice could produce miracles like transforming fins into legs. Every night in the shower, you belted out Part of Your World like you could never get enough gadgets and gizmos and thingamabobs. (Twenty years later: not true.) There was something magical about the way your notes reverberated all bright and frosty off the glass. You liked to sing\u2014nay, you loved it. And you thought you were pretty damn good at it, too.
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