Do you ever have days when it seems everything is a
challenge? Simple tasks that should not have glitches, have glitches in them. Everything
seems to take much longer than it should. Complications set in. Things fall
apart. Communications break down. Physically speaking, it is not one of your
better days. You cry easily. And, you are, perhaps, more sensitive than most
days.
And, then you have technical issues when you are trying to
do something on the computer, and then you have to redo and redo just to make
it ok and not horrible. And, we are not speaking perfection here, which is not
even possible at this point. You just want to get past horrible to something
presentable. But, every step along the way has issues.
And, I know these are first world problems. No one is
threatening to take my life, that I know of. I don’t have guns blaring at me. I
am not homeless, yet. I have a roof over my head and heated space to live in,
and I have clothing to wear and a vehicle to drive and food to eat. And, I have
a computer and access to the internet, which is why I am able to do what I do every
day.
But, that does not mean my life doesn’t have troubles or
heartaches or that I am not persecuted for my walk of faith. I am. I get sad. I
hurt. I cry. I need help. I don’t always say all the right things in all the
right ways. Sometimes I wonder to myself, “Why did you say that?” And,
sometimes I really don’t know. It is not bad stuff, just not worded well. And,
then I want to kick myself and cry, too. And, so I just have to give it over to
God.
And, so the Lord gave me this song to write to encourage my
heart, especially on days like I just described here. But, even that had
glitches. I was challenged in several different ways. I was tempted to doubt and
to fear. Each step of the way – and writing a song has lots of steps to it – there
was another challenge, and I did have to do lots of redo’s.
My voice would not cooperate today. It is an old voice, but
God chose to give me this gift of music in my old age when my voice would be
old, too. But, it has good days and bad days. Today was not one of the better
days. But, I realized that it fits with the lyrics where I am crying out to the
Lord for help, and I am telling him that I need him. And, I do! And, tomorrow
it could be worse, so it is what it is, and it fits with the song. So, again,
not perfect.
But, the Bible says to speak to one another in psalms, hymns
and spiritual songs. And, it doesn’t matter how good or not so good it sounds
musically, for the purpose is to encourage one another in our walks of faith
with Jesus Christ. So, it is my prayer that you will be encouraged by this song
today, and that you will be strengthened in your walk of faith through your
trials.
When I Was Walking
An Original Work / January 16, 2020
When I was walking along the way,
My Lord was with me, and He did say,
“My child I’m with you. I hear you pray,
‘Oh, help me, Lord! Need You today!’”
He is my friend, near to the
end.
Gently leads me. His servant
be.
He helps me pray – knows what
to say.
He’s all I need. On Him I feed.
When I am wond’ring of what to do,
He gently leads me to what is truth.
He is my helper. He strengthens me.
When I’m in want, supplies my need.
He comforts me with all His
love.
Gives me His grace from heav’n
above.
I heed His call to watch and
pray,
To guard my heart throughout
each day.
When He is calling to come to Him,
To let Him lead you, trust Him within,
How will you answer to Him today?
Will you say, “Yes, Lord, have your way”?
Do not neglect to let Him in,
Cleanse you from sin, made new
within.
Leave all your sin, obey your
Lord,
Trust in His Word – His mighty
Sword.
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