Monday, April 13, 2009

God is so good

Tonight on the way to BSF, I was talking to my mom on the phone, telling her I was so tired and wished I could go home and just relax. I told her I know I needed to go, though, but I would sure love to be at home in my recliner.

Well, I got to the church and drug myself in, and throughout the first hymn I was in tears...inexplicably. I was so tired and in such pain, all I wanted to do was cry. Then D, our lecture leader, said that tonight's lecture was going to be for the tired Christian. She told the story of Bill and Gloria Gaither's hymn "Because He Lives."

Of course, we then sang the song, and as we did, tears of joy streamed down my face. I knew that tonight's lesson was for me.

Because He Lives

God sent His son, they called Him, Jesus;
He came to love, heal and forgive;
He lived and died to buy my pardon,
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives!

Chorus
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living,
Just because He lives!

How sweet to hold a newborn baby,
And feel the pride and joy he gives;
But greater still the calm assurance:
This child can face uncertain days because He Lives!

Chorus
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living,
Just because He lives!

And then one day, I'll cross the river,
I'll fight life's final war with pain;
And then, as death gives way to vict'ry,
I'll see the lights of glory and I'll know He lives!

Chorus
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living,
Just because He lives!

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