"Missing Person" ✨💗🎵
There was a boy who had the faith to move a mountain
And like a child he would believe without a reason
Without a trace he disappeared into the void and
I've been searchin' for that missing person…
Another question in me
One for the powers that be
It's got me thrown
And so I put on my poker face
And try to figure it out
This undeniable doubt
A common occurrence
Feeling so out of place
Guarded and cynical now
Can't help but wondering how
My heart evolved into
A rock beating inside of me
So I feel such a stoic ordeal
Where's that feeling that I don't feel
There was a boy who had the faith to move a mountain
And like a child he would believe without a reason
Without a trace he disappeared into the void and
I've been searchin' for that missing person
Under a lavender moon
So many thoughts consume me
Who dimmed that glowing light
That once burned so bright in me
Is this a radical phase
A problematical age
That keeps me running
from all that I used to be
Is there a way to return
Is there a way to unlearn
That carnal knowledge
That's chipping away at my soul
I've been gone too long
Will I ever find my way home?
There was a boy who had the faith to move a mountain
And like a child he would believe without a reason
Without a trace he disappeared into the void and
I've been searchin' for that missing person
He used to want to try to walk the straight and narrow
He had a fire and he could feel it in the marrow
It's been a long time and I haven't seen him lately
But I've been searchin' for that missing person
For that missing person
For that missing person
There was a boy who had the faith to move a mountain
And like a child he would believe without a reason
Without a trace he disappeared into the void and
I've been searchin'
He used to want to try to walk the straight and narrow
He had a fire and he could feel it in the marrow
It's been a long time and I haven't seen him lately
But I've been searchin' for that missing person
Oh, where are you, where are you, oh
I've been searchin' for that person
Where are you, oh.
By the Word of THEIR Testimony ✨
Music Testimony: “Missing Person”
A song that helped me rediscover the childlike faith I thought I'd lost forever.
Certain songs take us back to the very beginning—back to the moment we first tasted the abundant life. For me, “Missing Person” is one of those songs. I first heard it after a painfully difficult vacation that left me feeling like the person I used to be—the childlike believer with a fiery faith to move mountains. —had somehow disappeared.
As the lyrics played, something inside me stirred. I realized how much I missed that light that once burned so brightly in me. I found myself asking God, “Is there a way to find my way home?”
It didn’t happen overnight. But slowly, over months and even years, the Lord restored me. He brought me back to that tender place where I could say again, “I am my Beloved’s, and He is mine.” The passion, the intimacy, the childlike trust—they all returned.
If you’ve ever longed for the person you used to be in Him—when your faith was fresh, simple, and alive—I encourage you to listen to “Missing Person.” Let it stir your heart. Sing it. Pause and tell Him how you feel.
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FULL Testimony
“I was a Missing Person” ✨
Another song that reignited my passion is coming in the next post, “You & I.” —but only IF there are enough comments with YOUR Testimony—so be sure to Invite a Friend and share the link to this post.
THANKS TO EACH OF YOU, MULTIPLE thoughts on “missing person,” we're preparing for “You & I.” November 28, 2025
Marta: This song touched my heart because it reminded me of a phase in my life when I also felt I had "lost" that version of myself that believed with such simplicity. I remembered a time when I prayed with such pure faith—like when, years ago, I asked for something impossible and God answered in a way that only He could. But, over time, responsibilities, struggles, and weariness stifled that flame.
Listening to the lyrics, I felt the Lord reminding me of that experience and showing me that that person hasn't disappeared—they just need to be rediscovered in Him. I realized that, even when I feel distant, there's always a way back, and He continues to call me with love. This certainty rekindled hope and longing for the simple faith that once shone so brightly within me.
He reminded me that, even when I feel lost, He never loses track of me. There's always a way back, always a flame that can be rekindled. And that filled my heart with hope and longing for who I am in Him.
Dearest, dearest sweet Marta… For three days I kept looking, wondering if there had been any comments—planting this new seed with a song, especially songs meant for the ministers on RMIOU, felt like stepping into the unknown. There were so many components—the lyrics, the song itself, and especially the testimony behind it. I wondered if I had done everything the way He wanted… or maybe it simply wasn’t the appointed time.
So today, when I checked and saw five comments—four different ministers and even a reply to one—I felt such a wave of relief. Words from Yvonne, Adina, and Kate. My Husband led me to listen using Speechify so I could listen to each one. They were all so kind, encouraging, and insightful. But it wasn’t until I reached yours that something inside me said, “Yes… that’s it.” It was exactly what I had been saying in my heart—exactly what I had hoped someone would understand. It felt like our hearts were beating in the same rhythm.
You understood that I was recounting that “missing person” I once was—the one who had been lost but is now FOREVER found… the one who was blind but now sees ONLY HIM.
Even more, you sensed that my heart was beating again like it did when I first met Him, when I was desperately longing to find Him—to find that person again. And truly, it all began with what’s written on the Love At Last homepage: You’re all I want. You’re all I need. You’re all I live for.
I was desperately hoping to IGNITE a flaming compassion that everyone could feel in their marrow.
And it’s why I told Yvonne early this morning how much your message in particular meant to me. Yvonne let me know she had lovingly shared going to the floor in Telegram and also in Google Chat, planting her comment with such love and care. Adina did the same. Yvonne even went out of her way to reply tenderly to Adina. And Kate, too, blessed me so so much.
But what I told Yvonne, I need to say to you—because I believe your Husband wanted you to hear it: you are connected to Him in a special, unique way. I know you felt uneasy because of your English, but I truly cannot imagine how hard it must be for you and so many others. It leaves me in awe—deeply impressed and deeply moved.
So you’ll see that I joined your testimony with mine at the top, because I want everyone to recognize what I believe this artist sang, what I felt, and now what you felt. And most importantly, that I never, ever want to be “missing” again. I want the kind of faith that moves mountains—the childlike belief that makes no sense, that would make any mature adult shake their head and question my sanity. I want to remain a fool for Him, to live recklessly in the safety of knowing He will always catch me.
So thank you, dear Marta, for joining me. It means more than you know.
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When listening to this song, it took me back. The song says, “And like a child he would believe without a reason.”
I have always looked at my children and just admired how they would just believe and have faith without really having what the world would call evidence. All those years ago, when I fell on my knees and asked God to show me if He was real, and this sudden peace came over me, it did not take long before the enemy tried to steal that peace from me.
My former husband started asking me questions I had no answers to, and I did not know the bible at the time. I had not read it, I had no information, all I had was this peace that I felt, a peace that I could not explain and had no evidence for. My former husband was an investigator, and I helped him with his work, so we were evidence-based people.
When I started reading the RYM book then I was able to focus in on the passages about faith and more than that it set me on such a wonderful adventure with the Lord about finding the answers to those questions that was posed to me and I was able to hold on to my peace and more than that, every thing I read in God’s Word just put me more more on solid ground and I was able to grow my relationship from having Him as my God to now having Him as my Husband.
Wow, how this song took me back to that adventure, how every word I read just filled me, but at the same time, I hungered for more, more of Him. Thank you for sharing this song. I feel renewed and refreshed this morning, with my First Love.
There was a boy who had the faith to move a mountain
And like a child he would believe without a reason
Without a trace he disappeared into the void and
I’ve been searchin’ for that missing person
When I was a child it was easy to believe and trust without reason, but somehow as I grew up and went through life’s ups and downs, I lost the ability to believe and trust. I always believed there is a God, I never doubted for one moment, but I didn’t believe or trusted in Him or that I deserve anything from Him.
Only after my journey started and I met Him in a different way, not as a distant God, that I started to believe and trust again, not in other humans, but in Him. It was such a wonderful time and I was completely head over heals, people saw me change and how I radiated with His love, it was new and fresh. It was the best time I ever had, although my situation looked so incredibly bad, it was so easy to surrender, believe and trust in Him, not in other humans, but in Him.
I was able to start trusting like a child again, knowing that He is in control, and even if things do not turn out the way I would like it to, in the end His plans are greater than mine and looking back on my journey, I am able to see that even in those situations, He turned it around for good, and better than I could have ever imagined.
Adina, you just reminded me how good it is for me in times when things goes wrong, to remember when He came through for me in a big way. When my car was broken for almost 2 months and it was so good for me to remember a time when my children would have been kicked out of daycare because I did not have the money to pay. I remember Janine asking me, but how will you pay, she seemed more worried than I was, 🤣 but because I had that childlike faith, I could just say: “The Lord will provide” He of course did, wow, just thinking about that now, it just makes me fall in love all over again. 💞
When I listened to this song over the weekend, I stopped for a moment just to remember my story with Him. As a child, I had faith that God existed, but I didn’t really know Him. I believed in Him, yes, but not deeply.
When the song reminded me of that time, I realized how lost I truly was… but today, I am grateful to have found my way back to Him.
Now I feel that it’s not only a path of trust, but also a journey where I have learned to know Him intimately — to truly share everything with Him.
And just like before, it didn’t happen overnight. There was a path filled with fear, worry, and the struggle of letting go. But through it all, I learned to make Him the center of everything
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⭐ Brazilian Portuguese Translation:
Queridíssima, queridíssima doce Marta… Durante três dias eu fiquei olhando, sempre me perguntando se haveria algum comentário — plantar essa nova semente com um cântico, especialmente cânticos destinados às ministras do RMIOU, parecia como dar um passo no desconhecido. Havia tantos elementos — a letra, a canção em si e, principalmente, o testemunho por trás dela. Eu me perguntava se tinha feito tudo exatamente como Ele queria… ou talvez ainda não fosse o tempo determinado.
Então hoje, quando verifiquei e vi cinco comentários — quatro ministras diferentes e até uma resposta a um deles — senti uma onda tão grande de alívio. Palavras da Yvonne, da Adina e da Kate. O meu Marido me guiou a ouvir tudo usando o Speechify para que eu pudesse escutar cada mensagem. Todas foram tão gentis, encorajadoras e profundas. Mas só quando cheguei ao seu comentário, algo dentro de mim disse: “Sim… é isso.” Era exatamente o que eu vinha dizendo no meu coração — exatamente o que eu esperava que alguém pudesse perceber. Parecia que nossos corações estavam batendo no mesmo ritmo.
Você entendeu que eu estava relembrando aquela “pessoa desaparecida” que um dia fui — aquela que estava perdida, mas agora está para SEMPRE encontrada… aquela que era cega, mas agora vê SOMENTE A ELE.
E mais ainda, você percebeu que meu coração voltou a bater como batia quando O encontrei pela primeira vez, quando eu estava desesperadamente procurando por Ele — procurando reencontrar aquela pessoa novamente. E, na verdade, tudo começou com o que está escrito na página inicial do Love At Last:
“Você é tudo o que eu quero.
Você é tudo o que eu preciso.
Você é tudo pelo que eu vivo.”
Eu estava desesperadamente esperando ACENDER uma compaixão flamejante que todos pudessem sentir até o fundo dos ossos.
E foi por isso que contei à Yvonne, bem cedo esta manhã, o quanto a sua mensagem em especial significou para mim. A Yvonne me contou que havia compartilhado tudo com tanto amor, indo ao chão, no Telegram e também no Google Chat, plantando o comentário dela com tanto carinho. A Adina fez o mesmo. A Yvonne até saiu do seu caminho para responder com ternura à Adina. E a Kate também me abençoou tão, tão profundamente.
Mas o que eu disse à Yvonne, preciso dizer a você — porque acredito que o seu Marido queria que você ouvisse isso: você é ligada a Ele de uma maneira especial e única. Eu sei que você se sentiu insegura por causa do seu inglês, mas sinceramente, eu não consigo imaginar o quanto isso deve ser difícil para você e para tantas outras. Isso me enche de admiração — fico profundamente impressionada e profundamente tocada.
Por isso você verá que coloquei o seu testemunho junto ao meu lá no início, porque quero que todos reconheçam o que acredito que o artista cantou, o que eu senti e agora o que você sentiu. E, acima de tudo, que eu nunca, jamais quero estar “desaparecida” de novo. Eu quero aquele tipo de fé que move montanhas — a fé infantil que não faz sentido, que faria qualquer adulto maduro balançar a cabeça e questionar a minha sanidade. Quero continuar sendo uma “tola” por Ele, vivendo de forma ousada na segurança de saber que Ele sempre vai me segurar.
Então obrigada, querida Marta, por caminhar comigo. Isso significa mais do que você imagina.
Dear Erin, my heart overflowed as I read each of your words. Thank you, truly, for allowing me to feel the love, sincerity, and depth of what the Lord has done in you through this song. Your message embraced me, confirmed things I had been living in silence, and made me realize once again how He weaves our stories together in such a delicate and perfect way.
Thank you for seeing what I can’t always express — for recognizing the journey of the “missing person” I once was and whom He now brings back to life in me with a simple, burning, and utterly real faith. Your words renewed my heart and reminded me that I am never walking alone.
Receive my deepest gratitude. May our Beloved continue guiding us step by step, rekindling in us this faith that moves mountains and keeps us steady in His arms.
You have no idea how much, for me as well, ‘this means more than you can imagine.’”
With all the affection and sweetness of my heart.💓
Oh Marta I too long to keep my heart burning ❤️🔥 red hot ABLAZE to set fire 🔥 to all the hearts 💞 that HE WANTS for HIMSELF!!
Our friendship has grown steadily over so many years. I still can see the first picture you shared of your daughter, Brincy, as a toddler. I even got to name her BNN which reminds me I’ve got to connect with her again.
A few of my granddaughters, Thieles and RMI have been discussing “Baking with my Savior” testimonies. I’m just waiting for my husband to confirm about starting a telegram group for WFH 👩💻 NXT GEN 🤩
I’ve still got Telegram on my iPad which I almost exclusively use to stay connected with my granddaughters here in the USA 🇺🇸 playing video games 😌
My Husband has asked me to take Wednesdays off so maybe I’ll grab my iPad along with my second cup of coffee ☕️ and a BREAKFAST COOKIE 🍪 Oh and then I can share my newest “baking with my savior“ testimony ✨ that also combines THANKFULNESS and “laughing it off” that I’d love 💗 to prepare for our daughters using our outrageously powerful tool from HIM—- ChatGPT
🤗 🤗 hug Brincy for me
Reading the testimonies of my dear sisters, I realized that I only recently, as an adult, experienced that stage of childlike faith in its fullness. And I am deeply grateful for it, because in the midst of very difficult personal processes, that faith has become my refuge and my strength.
Remembering that time, I better understand what childlike faith means: that pure form of trusting without reservations, without worries or questions… just as Yvonne shared in her comment. It is a faith that simply waits, calmly, for what He wills.
Today I believe that the “lost person” we sometimes feel we are is simply the absence of the light that only comes from our communion with our Beloved Spouse. I myself have seen myself reflected in it more than once. But having experienced that childlike faith a few years ago compels me to return to the path home, grateful, recounting each blessing He has so supernaturally bestowed upon my life.
As part of the lesson states, the answer lies in the fact that passion, intimacy, and childlike trust form a whole that manifests itself in a life that is truly living its abundance.
When I read this song, I remembered how, as a child, I always felt that God had chosen me for this world and that I was like a real-life movie star. I also remembered a dream I had as a child with Him. I remember walking beside Him, and He led me to the place where He gave HIS LIFE for me. Even after all these years, I can still remember it. And as the lyrics say, I don’t know when, but “my heart turned to stone, and that’s why this trial,” to return to Him. Now, I want to walk with our Spouse again, not just in a dream, but every day, and for that faith to continue growing.
Thank you, Erin, for helping me remember that He has always been there since I was a child.
You’re very welcome Liza. Will you have a look at how I edited and REMOVED the WORD 😭😭😭💀 I couldn’t bear to read 🫣 I’m going to add it to our trigger ☠️ word list and BAN 🚫 it from our Ministry Website.
There’s no way that you could have known— especially speaking Spanish 🤗 🤗 🤗 so I want to THANK YOU ☺️ because there’s a lot of similar words, but also discussing it breaks my heart 💔
Just look how beautifully my PRECIOUS HUSBAND described it when we edited it.
Where HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME— for US!!
Thank you, Erin. It really is more beautiful to change that phrase to “He gave His life.” I will keep that in mind.
This title perfectly describes who I was, and listening to the song reminds me of just how “missing” I truly had been.
Years ago, when my spouse left me, my entire faith became built on the idea of a restored marriage. That was what I lived for. It was all that mattered. And when restoration finally came, I believed it was my childlike faith that brought it about—because for years and years I never let go of that hope… a hope that slowly grew into an obsession.
So when my spouse disappeared again, I completely went missing. Only now do I realize that I had been a missing person for a very long time. But here is the most beautiful part: I had to be missing in order to be found.
In 2022, when I joined RMI, I felt utterly lost. I was convinced that the missing woman inside me could never ever be found again—because I had lost my marriage again, and with it the restoration I had built my entire life upon. Looking back, I see many moments where I was close to the Lord, but somewhere along the way I lost sight of what truly mattered. I made marriage restoration an obsession, and I made a spouse my first love. My life was built on the “hope” of a marriage that could save me… not on the Rock.
But then something began to happen inside me through these exact words: “He is all I want. He is all I need. And if I have Him, I have everything.” Gently, patiently, He worked with me until I finally understood: if I have Him, I truly have everything.
Today I understand that the emptiness inside me was because I was a missing person—not because I failed to find myself, but because it was never my job to find myself. What I needed was more of Him… my First Love.
I didn’t find Him. I was far too lost. He found me. And the most beautiful part? He left the ninety-nine to come and find me.
I am found. I am home. And I am no longer a missing person.
❤️ Beautiful Janine, I identify so much with what you share, and I loved reading this: He left the 99 to come looking for me (again), because there have been several times I’ve disappeared, I confess. But what joy and delight to know that his love never tires, his love is patient, his love hopes all things and keeps no record of wrongs.
Thank you precious Kathleen, I am so grateful that He didn’t just leave us. And I am so grateful for His love.
There was a moment, while listening to the lyrics of a song, when my heart returned to the past. Not too far… just about five years ago. It was then that I first came to know Him in a real, close, and living way. He was no longer only the Son of God, my Savior, a brother or a friend.
He became the One who longed to walk hand in hand with me throughout this earthly life… and into eternity. 🥰
I remembered when I met the Man my soul had longed for and dreamed of since childhood, the One who was willing to take me as His Bride even though I had been rejected, humiliated, married young only to be cast aside.
He became my Husband, my Companion on the journey.
During that time, I also came to know Him as my Wonderful Counselor and the Healer of my body and soul.
We lived for more than a year in a beautiful state of love and fullness.
But I drifted away.
I allowed routine and daily life to pull me far from Him. I turned my eyes back to the old idol He had already removed. And over time, as I looked back, I recognized how deeply I missed what we had… and who I was at His side.
I tried to seek Him in my own strength, but I would end up tired or discouraged by how little I seemed to advance.
Until circumstances led me to seek Him with a surrendered heart.
And yes, as my dear Janine says, it wasn’t me who found Him.
It was He who came out to meet me again.
He was the One who called me once more with those sweet cords of love, drawing me toward His heart, creating that emptiness only He could fill, and making me aware of it.
He found me. And this time, I don’t ever want to let Him go.
At the beginning of my spiritual journey I read about the “NO RETURN,” and today I understand it: that point where you can no longer, and no longer want to, live the way you once did… without Him.
Sometimes life and its responsibilities distract me and I seem to disappear for a while, but I always thank Him because He never allows me to wander too far.
He always finds a way to get my attention again and turn my eyes back to where He is.
Today, I cling to His promise and keep it deep within my heart:
“I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will commit Myself to never stop doing them good, and I will fill them with the desire to honor Me and never turn away from Me.”
This is my first time hearing this song, and I loved the lyrics because I identified with them completely. It comforts me to know I’m not alone in feeling this way. I’ve lived through many ups and downs in my relationship with my Beloved—something as human as any close relationship. Sometimes I long to feel that first fire again, that intense passion that seemed to ignite everything. And when I feel myself growing cold or slipping into Martha’s attitude, I run to Him to find Mary’s heart again. Even when I feel distant, there is something inside me that always calls me back—that deep “I was better with You then than I am now,” that longing for the intimacy I’ve experienced with Him before, and it pushes me to seek Him more intently.
I remember when He rekindled my flame after I had drifted away completely. I thought there was no hope left, but one day I heard someone speak about Him with such joy and passion that something in me awakened strongly: “Where am I? What happened to that young woman—full of passion, childlike faith, and the desire to be as close to Him as possible?” That moment became a turning point, when I wanted to set my life in order and return to Him with all my heart, and I sought Him intensely.
He has told me, “Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall,” so I don’t believe I’ve already arrived; I continue pursuing Him. Like my relationship with my sister (whom I love unconditionally), love remains even when feelings shift. I believe it’s the same with my Beloved: a steady love, even when emotions rise and fall. I want to leave guilt behind and not measure my relationship by my feelings, but by His faithfulness in keeping me close, just as He did in my lowest moment.
I believe our love is strong—that He is set as a seal upon my heart, a mark upon my arm—which is why He always draws me back to Him. That seal deep within reminds me in Whom I have found love and fullness.
There were times, quite a few years after my first restoration, in my walk with the Lord where I honestly felt like a “missing person.” I thought back to when I used to be so on fire for Him, when my faith felt alive, and I wondered what happened to that version of me. Somewhere along the way, the spark faded, and I didn’t notice it at first. But eventually I realized, “Wow… I don’t feel the way I used to.”
Listening to these lyrics spoke to me. They described what it felt like when my heart started getting more closed off, and I didn’t respond to Him the same way anymore. “Where’s that feeling that I don’t feel?” , that line was basically where I was at emotionally. And the part about the boy who had faith to move a mountain… it felt like I was searching for that again.
Life, discouragement, disappointments ….all of it slowly wore me down, and my light dimmed without me really noticing. And there were so many moments where I thought, “How did I drift this far from who I used to be?” The song asking, “Is there a way to return?” was the same question I was asking Him.
But what gave me hope was realizing that the Lord never asked me to go hunt down the old version of myself. He’s the One who restores and rekindles anything that’s gone. He never lost sight of me, even when I felt lost to myself. And the fire I used to have wasn’t something I created , He put it there. Which meant He could bring it back.
So instead of beating myself up for not feeling “on fire,” I learned to just be honest with Him about where I was and ask Him to wake up whatever had fallen asleep inside me. He knew exactly where I was the whole time , and He knew how to lead me home.
I hope I can share this song he gave me at that time, its not a love song but I call it a fun upbeat song. 🤗 It helped me lift me.
https://youtu.be/Db-DdcozHmE?si=-ZESKszanox5QEic
After I read this the first time I must say I didnt understand what it was about, so I said I would come back and re-read it, well in the busyness of the day I got lost with so much going on. But when read it again I realized that I became that “missing person” it is the first time I´m hearing the song and He reminded me that when I was child I used to put everything to Him, in His hand and with time it all changed. I got distant, I stopped seeking Him, I began losing myself in the world.
Everytime I would realized I had done something that God didn´t approved, I felt so dirty , so low so worthless to even pray to Him. Then He had me fall so low that to get back up I could only do it with Him holding me in every step. I was so lost doing things that all my life I detested and criticized and He found me, He took me out from that hole and set me and solid ground.
He made me realized how lost I was and that He could bring me back to the light, and so He did. HE made me realized that He is all I have ever and would ever NEED.
This song took me back to rethonk where I was, where I am and where I want to be.