Helping some friends move this weekend brought back so many memories. We've moved 11 times in almost 13 years of marriage. Considering we've been at this house over 3 years...you do the math. Our friends had been at their house...13 years. Time marches on. We move on, we grow older, our kids grow up, we move on again.
Today I was thinking back to the poem I posted on here a month or so ago. Time is so fleeting. Age is no matter. Only whats done for Christ will last. Man do I fail at loosing sight of that almost every day. Well, honestly; more like every hour. Our lives have been so bonkers the past two months...that I know I've lost site of some of the reality of eternity w/my kiddos.
Is anyone else thankful for Christian music? I sure am. Music is a HUGE part of my life. I literally have it on 24/7. But...it's in my car that I REALLY comprehend and LISTEN (not just hum along to the tune) to the words and grasp the meaning. I love hymns (most of them) some don't even seem to be biblical just some nice sounding rhyming words w/Christian "phraseology". However, so many are just amazing. This evening I spent my birthday grocery shopping w/my family and doing the Wally World run. Holy, Holy, Holy was one of those car songs tonight. Then another one...that I first heard in college....had me thinking. The song is spoken as one reflectively talking to the Lord. We are so distracted w/"STUFF" and life....would we know Him? Our Lord and Saviour; our Lion of Judah; our Lamb that was slain for the sins of the world; our Redeemer; Prince of Peace; Comforter Keeper; Friend of sinners....I could go on for paragraphs.....It is called "Would I know you now"
Would I know You now if You walked into the room If you stilled the crowd--If You light dispelled the gloom And if I saw Your wounds--Touched Your thorn pierced brow, I wonder if I'd know You now.
Would I know You now if You walked into this place Would I cause You shame--Would my games be Your disgrace Or would I worship You--Fall upon my face I wonder if I'd know You now.
Or have the images I've painted So distorted who You are That even if the world was looking They could not see You--The real You Have I changed the true reflection To fulfill my own design Making You what I want Not showing You forth divine; divine.
Would I miss You now if You left and closed the door Would my flesh cry out "I don't need You anymore" Or would I follow You--Seek to be restored I wonder Will I ever learn...I wonder--Would I know You now
Wayne Watson
Sometimes I really wonder...if Christ was in the room, if I would even know or if I am so distracted by my surroundings and caught up in "life" that I wouldn't know if He was here. I know there are so many days I would cause Him shame and disgrace. The song just is such a reminder to me of what my focus should be each day. The God Head, should only be my focus in each thing I do everyday; all day.
Ok, bear with me just a little bit longer....it is my birthday....so Im taking liberty to be wordy and lengthy. A friend passed this on to our homeschool coop group. If you have 12 minutes. Prepare to watch scripture come to life.....Worship Matters w/Bob Kauflin. This is amazing. Once you click here....on the left side of the page, scroll down until you get to "archives" click on November 2006 and then scroll down until you get to a screen w/a man and the heading will say "Ryan Ferguson recites Hebrews 9 and 10" I was very moved. (not to mention motivated)
God Bless you all dear friend.
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