Today was a very looooooong day (I feel like I’ve been saying that a lot lately…).
It doesn’t help that I haven’t been sleeping well for the past few weeks… and I also just feel like I fully haven’t been myself physically, mentally, and emotionally… Perhaps I am stressed… Well, anyhow, I was so tired today that I got lost driving from our main church campus to the new campus… And then I missed the freeway to get home TWICE after my 12-hour day. Oh man… Yeah, I’m kind of a mess… geeeeesh…
As I was sitting half-brain dead during my last meeting tonight, we had a time of worship. Usually, I can pretty much sing most of the songs on pilot-mode. Our worship pastor decided to end the evening with “Jesus, Lover of my soul…” Initially, the words would just flow right out of my mouth without much thought… but the third time we repeated the song, the words all of a sudden registered in my half-dead brain… and I found myself smiling through these words: “Though my world may fall, I’ll never let you go. My Saviour, my closest friend, I will worship you until the very end.” And as we repeated the words over and over again, I found myself smiling bigger and bigger (I probably looked pretty dorky at this point).
I was reminded that Jesus is indeed the lover of my soul… He is the One that I need… He is the One who made me and formed me… He is the One who knows me inside and out… He is the One that I love and worship… and those thoughts brought much needed smile to my face tonight… (on a side note, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that so many of my blogs this month has been about music and lyrics–since I’ve been on media-fast, lyrics have made a bigger impact… God is so cool that way!)
Jesus, Lover of my soul,
Jesus, I will never let you go
You’ve taken me from the miry clay
You’ve set my feet upon the Rock, and now i know
I love you, I need you,
Though my world may fall, I’ll never let you go
My Saviour, my closest friend,
I will worship you until the very end
gloria s. lee 