1-12-11
Today I was sitting in the carpool line at school waiting to pick up my kids, and this song kept going through my mind. I hadn’t listened to it in several years, but it used to be one of my favorites. I then remembered the last time I sang it was at a Christmas Eve service 9 years ago when my husband Jamey and I were still at New Horizon in Dayton, OH. From time to time, Jamie would come and play the piano for our worship services and this was one of those service. It was Jamie, Tim Bench and myself. Oh, how I wish I had a recording of that service. I loved his playing so much. He was so gifted. Chloe recently reminded me of a day at his house when he let her and Max choose any songs they wanted and he would play them and they would dance. I didn’t remember this and I just love when my kids or anyone share memories of Jamie.
Well, as I sat in the car line I turned on the radio and pushed play on the CD that was already in and ready to go- and it was the very CD that I used to listen to that made me love that song. My husband had found it and put in in my CD player. I couldn’t find the original version on Youtube, but I did find this one that is very similar, just different artists. When we see all that is happening in our world every time we turn on the news, it can be so discouraging. This song is such a beautiful reminder of how to live: Jesus, Be the Centre. He is the reason we have hope and joy in what is to come beyond our brief lives on earth. He is the reason we live. We don’t always have a choice in our circumstances, or what we will face in our lifetime, and we are not promised a suffering-free life, but we do have a choice in how we’ll respond. We can choose to walk with Jesus, or walk to darkness, in the absence of God, the very essence of love and relationship. It’s our choice. Not His. I choose Jesus. And I’m so glad my brother chose Jesus and that the next time we worship God together, it will be face to face with HIM.
“In His kindness, God called you to share in His eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, He will restore, support, and strenthen you and He will place you on a firm foundation. All power to Him forever! Amen.” I Peter 5:10-11
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