*sorry for the blog to be in caps it copied weird and i didnt have time to re type it… sorry*
THIS WEEK WE HAD A PROMPT TO WRITE ABOUT SOMEONE WHO HAS IMPACTED US AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST MONDAY THE 22ND DURING WORSHIP. WE WERE SINGING SO WILL I AND RECKLESS LOVE AND I GOT THIS IMAGE/ MEMORY OF MY DAD AND I HIKING IN THE MEADOWS IN MOUNTAINS. I GOT THIS SENCE OF PEACE COME OVER ME WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT BEING IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH MY DAD. I STARTED CRYING AS I REALIZED THAT SO MUCH OF GODS CHARACTER IS IN MY DAD AND HOW MUCH INFLUENCE MY DAD HAS HAD ON ME GROWING UP. THE PLACE I SEE GOD THE MOST IS IN THE MOUNTAINS WHEN IM UP HIGH SOAKING IN HIS CREATION. IN THE SONG SO WILL I IT SAYS “I CAN SEE YOUR HEART IN EVERYTHING YOU’VE DONE,” AND THIS IS SO EVIDENT ABOUT MY DAD. HE WALKS IN SO MUCH LOVE AND KINDNESS FOR EVERYONE HE PASSES AND IT IS CLEARLY A REPRESENTATION OF GODS LOVE COMING OUT THROUGH HIM. “YOURE THE ONE WHO NEVER LEAVES THE ONE BEHIND,” IS ANOTHER LINE IN THE SONG AND THIS IS WHERE I GOT THE IMAGE OF MY DAD AND I HIKING IN THE MOUNTAIN AND HOW MY DAD FULLY COULD HAVE LEFT US AND RAN TO THE TOP, BUT HE DIDN’T. HE STAYED BEHIND ME TO MAKE SURE I HAD ENOUGH CHOCOLATE TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT BREAK. THE SONG GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT HOW CREATION AND ALL THE STARS AND MOUNTAINS ALL BOW DOWN, SO WILL I. AGAIN I GOT AN IMAGE OF ME RUNNING THROUGH A FIELD INTO MY DADS ARMS AND HIM SWINGING ME AROUNG, JUST AS GOD WANTS US TO ACT LIKE HIS CHILDREN AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE TO PICK US UP AND SWING US AROUND.
THEN WE PLAYED THE SONG RECKLESS LOVE, WHICH IVE LISTENED TO MANY TIMES BUT THAT NIGHT IT REALLY HIT ME THE IMPACT AND MEANING BEHIND THE SONG, AND JUST HOW TRUE IT IS. I AM JUST GOING TO PUT THE LYRICS BELOW AND THEN EXPLAIN MY SIGNIFICANCE TO THEM:
“OH, THE OVERWHELMING, NEVER-ENDING, RECKLESS LOVE OF GOD
OH, IT CHASES ME DOWN, FIGHTS ‘TIL I’M FOUND, LEAVES THE NINETY-NINE
I COULDN’T EARN IT, AND I DON’T DESERVE IT, STILL, YOU GIVE YOURSELF AWAY
OH, THE OVERWHELMING, NEVER-ENDING, RECKLESS LOVE OF GOD, YEAH
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THERE’S NO SHADOW YOU WON’T LIGHT UP
MOUNTAIN YOU WON’T CLIMB UP
COMING AFTER ME
THERE’S NO WALL YOU WON’T KICK DOWN
LIE YOU WON’T TEAR DOWN
COMING AFTER ME”
THESE TWO STANZAS REALLY GOT ME. I WAS REMINDED OF HOW MUCH OF GOD HAS SHOWN THROUGH MY DAD EVER SINCE I WAS A BABY. HE WOULD DROP EVERYTHING/ANYTHING HE WAS DOING TO COME FIND ME – HE WOULD LEAVE THE 99 TO FIND ME- WHITHER IT BE A DARK PLACE OR SOMEWHERE HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN HE WOULD COME BRING LIGHT TO THE VALLEYS OR MOUNTAIN TOP. HE WOULD KICK DOWN ANY WALL TO COME FIND ME EVEN IF I DON’T DESERVE IT, HE STILL WOULD COME. WHEN IVE GOTTEN INTO TRUBBLE YOUR UNFAILING LOVE GAVE ME GRACE AND MERCY AND BROUGH ME BACK ON MY FEET AND OUT OF THE VALLEY IVE FALLEN INTO. JUST AS MY DAD HAS SHOW ME THIS UNFAILING LOVE, GODS LOVE IS SO MUCH MORE AND WE GET THE CHANCE TO BE A PART OF IT.
EVER SINCE BEING ON THE RACE IVE BEEN ASKING GOD TO SHOW UP AND SPEAK TO ME, THROUGH THIS HE SHOWED ME THAT HE HAS ALREADY BEEN SPEAKING TO ME THIS WHOLE TIME THROUGH THE PEOPLE AROUND ME. HE HAS BEEN USING MY DAD TO SHOW ME WHO HE IS BY THE WAY MY HAD BEEN TO ME GROWING UP AND THE IMAGE OF GOD THAT MY DAD HOLDS.
DAD I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A AMAZING DAD. YOU ARE A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF THE FATHER AND I AM BEYOND BLESSED TO BE NOT ONLY GODS CHILD BUT YOURS TOO.
