THEY'RE PLAYING MY SONG

I wasn't really expecting much this weekend. It was, after all, just an outing. But the highlight of this trip unexpectedly came while I was simply killing time and Tess and Mon started playing my current favorite song.

Okay, i must admit, the fact that I love this song has to do with what (or who) it reminds of. But this shallowness aside, I am always moved every time I hear this song because I can very well resonate with its every word.

This is my current theme song with God.


HERE IS MY LIFE
(Ed Conlin)

Behold the eyes of the Lord
Search the face of the earth
To find hearts that are given
Seeking souls to make pure
To enflame the world's darkness
To warm cold hearts with grace

AM I HERE LORD
FOR SUCH A TIME
AND SUCH A PLACE?

Here is my life Lord,
heart, mind and body
My soul's surrender
take it for your own.
AND YOU WILL LEAD I KNOW
WHERE ONLY LOVE CAN GO
Here is my life, O Lord.
My life for You.

THERE IS A LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH
PASSION DEEPER THAN THIS LIFE
In the heart's purest longing
lies the pearl of great price.
One love all loves surpassing
True surrender the cost

AM I HERE LORD,
TO BEAR THIS LOVE
AND SHARE ITS CROSS?

Here is my life Lord
Heart, mind and body
My soul's surrender
Take it for Your own.
and You will lead I know
where only love can go

HERE IS MY LIFE, O LORD
MY LIFE FOR YOU.


Every time I hear this song, I am reminded that apart from my present comfortable, seemingly charmed and sheltered life, there is still something more that awaits me.

Perhaps a higher calling.

Or a more radical discipleship.

Or a response to a neglected call.

Whatever that is, I find comfort from this truth: God will go where only love can go. And because He has captured my heart, I too, shall go.