Recently, my husband told me that I should consider focusing my writing on the songs that are nearest and dearest to my soul right now. So, I’ve considered it and I’ve decided to do so. And I’m going to start with a David Crowder song that I haven’t been able to get out of my head the past few weeks. There are two lines in that song that I keep going back to–“Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can’t heal” and “Come as you are.” It seems especially appropriate to me to ponder such words as we get ready to transition from one calendar year to another.
For most if not all of us, our earthly sorrows will not end when 2014 does. There is more than one source of real pain in my own life that I prayed would come to an end this year; with just a couple of days left, however, the pain is still very much there. Does that mean that the lyrics to this song I so love are untrue? Does that mean that Heaven really does have its limits? Well, let’s just say that if I didn’t believe Heaven can heal anything then I’d be an even sadder case than I am on my very worst day down here.
Heaven really can do anything; it’s just too easy for us to give up on it as the minutes in our day tick away and the pages of our calendar are flipped over again and again–and we continue to see no change at all where we yearn for it the most. We mustn’t give up our hope though and we mustn’t put off coming to Heaven’s throne until we get that change–we must, even with no change at all in sight, come as we truly are. Heaven’s our only real hope. It’s our only real hope in this year and in the new year and in any other year. Heaven, personified in Jesus, knows us exactly as we are in our most private moments yet awaits our coming just the same; that is love–that is God. And that trumps any and all earthly sorrows indeed.
I love this idea and enjoyed this post. Looking forward to the others!
Thank you, my friend, for reading and for continuing to be such an encouragement to me!
The writings of Dr. Foss always strike a cord with me and for that I am grateful. Just knowing that someone else has the same human feelings and yearnings to be a better Christian makes me feel like I am not such an “oddball” walking this little patch of “earth” after all. I thank the writer for letting our Lord speak to us through your experiences. Keep “The Faith” and keep writing! I pray blessings to you and yours.
Thank you for your most kind words! The fact that my writing is meaningful to you means so very much to me. It seems that, through his “kids,” our timely God always sends the words I need to hear at the exact moment I need them most. Thank you for reading! And thank you taking the time to write! And for the record, I think “oddballs” are way underrated.:). Much, much love to you, Kay