“Special” Request
Getting ready for work I was feeling a little overwhelmed. Beck was making breakfast, and I was getting my supplements (the quantity seems to be growing). My mind was practicing accounting triage. Too many deadlines. I was swimming in a numerical version of alphabet soup. 940’s, 941’s, 5080’s and 5081’s, W/2’s & W/3’s, 1094’s, 1095’s 1096’s and 1099’s, soon to be followed by 1040’s and 1120’s. As I was mentally laying out my day, I looked to Caleb and asked him to turn on Mercy Me’s song, Even If. He, however, wanted to play Son of God, code for David Crowder’s song I Am. (The You Tube version uses footage from the movie Son of God).
No More Owies
As Caleb requested Son of God, he pointed at Brooke’s picture on the wall and said owie. I was trying to follow his train of thought and I asked if he was telling me Brooke no longer has any owies. He said yes. And then he continued. Son of Man has owies. I caught his train. Brooke no longer has any owies because of Jesus’ owies? Yes. I acquiesced to his song.
When a thirteen year old with Down’s preaches a sermon so simple and concise and yet so powerful, how can I not share it? We have loved ones waiting for us in our eternal home enjoying the presence of the Son of God. All of a sudden the alphabet soup wasn’t so overwhelming. The deadlines didn’t disappear, they were just put in their proper perspective.
I don’t know what you are facing or what your day may bring, but I would like to encourage you to put your day in perspective. Watch the YouTube version of the song I Am with the Son of God footage. If not for yourself, for Caleb. It’s his favorite. Since it goes so well with the Songs in the Night theme, I just want to leave you with the lyrics to Even If, and hope you have a great day with the Son.
“Even If”
They say sometimes you win some
Sometimes you lose some
And right now, right now I’m losing bad
I’ve stood on this stage night after night
Reminding the broken it’ll be alright
But right now, oh right now I just can’t
It’s easy to sing
When there’s nothing to bring me down
But what will I say
When I’m held to the flame
Like I am right now
I know You’re able and I know You can
Save through the fire with Your mighty hand
But even if You don’t
My hope is You alone
They say it only takes a little faith
To move a mountain
Good thing
A little faith is all I have right now
But God, when You choose
To leave mountains unmovable
Give me the strength to be able to sing
It is well with my soul
I know You’re able and I know You can
Save through the fire with Your mighty hand
But even if You don’t
My hope is You alone
I know the sorrow, and I know the hurt
Would all go away if You’d just say the word
But even if You don’t
My hope is You alone
You’ve been faithful, You’ve been good
All of my days
Jesus, I will cling to You
Come what may
‘Cause I know You’re able
I know You can
I know You’re able and I know You can
Save through the fire with Your mighty hand
But even if You don’t
My hope is You alone
I know the sorrow, and I know the hurt
Would all go away if You’d just say the word
But even if You don’t
My hope is You alone
It is well with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul