Midweek Music 11/13/14 by Ellen I Am by Jill Phillips Jumpy Rainbow died today. (we forgive your chuckle) 5 years ago, on Easter, our 2-year-old Olivia and 1-year-old Isaac received a little, white bunny as a gift from Grandpa and Grandma. They promptly put their cute little heads together and came up with her exquisite name. I have no idea what the life expectancy of rabbits is, so I dont know if 5 years is a good, long life for a rabbit or not. But, this morning, I was awakened by Olivia. Mom, Jumpy doesnt look right, go check on her, I dont want to. I am feeling some mommy-guilt over the first half-asleep words out of my mouth which were, ugh, Olivia, shes fine!! Olivia has a perfect view of the rabbit hutch out her bedroom window, and I cant tell you how many mornings I have heard the same concern, and gone out to find a perfectly healthy rabbit. Alas, today, it was not to be. So, as I came back in the house, up the stairs to the kitchen, I was met by a fully hysterical little girl. She read my face as soon as I came in. We spent the next half-hour before school on the living room floor, with her wrapped around me, head in my chest, like that little 2 year-old I knew 5 years ago. Oh, this all can seem very dramatic in the grand scheme of things. But this loss in our household, combined with some losses and difficulties being felt in our church family, compelled my choice of todays song, I Am. I always go back to a mantra when life gets difficult, and I think its safe to say its a life verse for my heart. Hebrews 13:8 says Jesus is the same Yesterday, Today and Forever. When our clan has dealt with times of loss, anxiety or difficulty, these are words I have written or spoken aloud over and over, just to speak truth back into chaos. In Exodus, What grand message did God give Moses to go back to the unbelieving, despairing Israelites with as they waited to be delivered from Egypt? Tell them I Am has sent you. We could do weeks of study on the depth of that sentence - why those 7 words were so loaded -but this obviously meant something to the Israelite people. They knew that the one, true, never-changing God was called I Am, and that knowledge of His presence and voice gave them a hope and purpose. Sometimes we despair and cant see the deliverance coming; the grief, pain, confusion, failures, disappointments --- they may overwhelm. But we can claim this truth: I AM is with us. I Am - our Father God - is the SAME yesterday, today and forever. I tucked a teary girl into bed tonight. {she is almost 8 - approaching the age of dont-embarrass-me, so maybe dont mention that to her next time you see her!} I am so thankful to be her momma -- the chest she cried into and the one to comfort her -- and to get to teach her about an eternal I AM father who will do the same for her when I cannot. Are you weary? Are you hurting? Are you lonely? Are you just seeking to hear Gods voice? Listen: https://youtube/watch?v=2yHbb1HP78k
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:34:48 +0000
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