Music Notes

It came to me today as I was driving home, listening to one of my favourite songs. Sometimes we deal with difficult situations, have to carry a heavy load, or make a big decision. I find it can be so easy to be caught up in the “What if…?” syndrome — looking for a way to combat the unknown, a way to get the goods on tomorrow without living it. But what if we did know what tomorrow would bring?? Would we seriously want to add it to today’s “to-do list”? Would we be able to handle the joys or sorrows that only God knows are in store for us? We are so fragile, so weak. Who are we anyway that we should even ask? Is it not enough for us to know that all our times are in His scarred hands, the hands so marred by His unending love for us?

        Who Am I?

“Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth

Would care to know my name

Would care to feel my hurt

Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star

Would choose to light the way

For my ever wandering heart

Not because of who I am

But because of what You’ve done

Not because of what I’ve done

But because of Who You are

I am a flower quickly fading

Here today and gone tomorrow

A wave tossed in the ocean

A vapour in the wind

Still You hear me when I’m calling

Lord, You catch me when I’m falling

And You’ve told me who I am

I am Yours, I am Yours

Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin

Would look on me with love and watch me rise again

Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea

Would call out through the rain

And calm the storm in me

I am Yours

Whom shall I fear

Whom shall I fear

‘Cause I am Yours

I am Yours”
  -By Mark Hall

Tonight I witnessed the beautiful fiery orange and red glow of the setting sun in the west on sharp, frigid snow, and the pale pink reflections in the east… It reminded me of Christ and the beautiful, awsome glow of His love as it burns on our otherwise cold hearts, and the often too pale reflections of that amazing love we give to those around us. It also reminded me of the full glory of the Home that awaits us, and of the faded shadows in which we now live.

We are a reflection, a mere flicker of the perfection of the Perfect One.

This world is a shadow, a soft echo of the world beyond.

“We are a moment, You are forever

Lord of the ages, God before time

We are a vapour, You are eternal

Love everlasting reigning on high. 

Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty

Worthy is the Lamb Who was slain

Highest praises honour and glory

Be unto Your name

Be unto Your name

We are the Broken, You are the healer

Jesus Redeemer mighty to save

You are the love song we’ll sing forever

Bowing before You blessing Your name.”