As I took out my iPhone to listen to a song to quiet the noise, I put on Owl City’s “In Christ Alone�. I laid my head against the glass, looked the mountains over and raised my eyes to the black South African sky.
For the first time in a long time, I felt as I was being held. I almost forgot what that felt like.
As those stars looked down on me, tears flowed freely down my face. Do you remember the last time you were held when nothing was spoken but, “I love you�? Felt good didn’t it?
“What heights of love, what depths of peace, when fears are stilled, when strivings cease. My comforter, my all in all, here in the love of Christ I stand….�
The song has been stuck on repeat and it gets me EVERY TIME at that part.
“I am His and He is mine….�
Hard to believe sometimes huh? Swallow it, because He created you to be His. He died so you could be His and He rose to finish the deal; that He could be yours and you, His! Don’t scrape for crumbs under the table because we eat from the same table as the Almighty Himself!!!
It’s difficult to just set aside and BE when you are busy, when you are surrounded by 64 people that never slow down…. To be honest, it wears me out! I’m sure you can identify somehow…. With your work, with your every day life…? Who do we become when striving is all we know? Cold, dry and alone….
“In Christ alone, my hope is found. He is my light, my strength, my song. This cornerstone, this solid ground, firm through the fiercest drought and storm.�
There is this one star in the sky that keeps my attention and I can’t keep my eyes off of it. I feel like it is looking into me and I just don’t know what else to do. LOOK INTO ME LORD!!!! HOLD ME AND TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME!!!! That’s all I want right now….
The feeling that overcomes when we ALLOW Jesus to look into us…. All is calm, full of intimacy and never alone.
For now, possibly another day or two, I will be stuck on this bus with 64 others. What will I do with it?
“Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand. Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.�
Stand with me. Get away and ALLOW Jesus to look into your and speak into your soul. ALLOW Him to cease your strivings and show you how to just stand. Sometimes the best thing for us is to simply stand and be. Stand with me….
Loving and thanking you from this midget bus seat in the middle of Africa,
colby
