I Was There...

Besides Christmas and Easter, my favorite hymns are sung on confirmation Sunday and graduation Sunday. One of them is I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry.

       (Listen to this on Utube...)

 

 

I was there to hear your borning cry,
I'll be there when you are old.
I rejoiced the day you were baptized,
to see your life unfold.

 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,

 before you were born I set you apart...

     Jeremiah 1:5

I was there when you were but a child,
with a faith to suit you well;
In a blaze of light you wandered off
to find where demons dwell.



When you heard the wonder of the Word
I was there to cheer you on;



You were raised to praise the living Lord,
to whom you now belong.


If you find someone to share your time



and you join your hands as one
I'll be there to make your verses rhyme
from dusk 'till rising sun.

In the middle ages of your life,
not too old, no longer young,
I'll be there to guide you through the night,
complete what I've begun.
When the evening gently closes in,
and you shut your weary eyes,
I'll be there as I have always been
with just one more surprise."

 The only reason

we glimps God's mercy

is that we were

created in his image.

 

To every thing there is a season,

and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant,

 and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

. . .  a time to break down, and a time to build up;

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn,

and a time to dance;

A time to cast away stones,

and a time to gather stones togethe...

   Ecclesiastes 3:1

One day slips into another.
The seasons pass.
The years seem to go by in clumps rather than one at a time....
Your life unfolds.
Things happen.
And, we wonder what does it all mean.
I was there....
What is my purpose?
Why am I here?
Looking back
It is sometimes easier to understand.
Looking forward
We often know not where to go or who to turn to.
I'll be there...

God has not promised
Skies always blue,
Flower strewn pathways
All our lives through.

God has not promised
Sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow
Peace without pain.

But God has promised
Strength for the day,
Rest for the labor
Light for the way,
Grace for the trials
Help from above,
Unfailing sympathy
Undying love.

            author unknown

                  

The Easter egg plastic shells have been stored away until next spring.
Our Easter Lillies look frail.
We remember singing "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today..."
What was it two Sundays ago?
But Easter is not past!







 It happened.
Christ rose.
And, because of that, each day as our life unfolds--it is Easter in our hearts.
Because Christ lives, we too shall live.

I was there to hear your borning cry,
I'll be there when you are old.
I rejoiced the day you were baptized,
to see your life unfold.

 

 

Prayers always and praise...

Bear fruit now and forever...