I’ve always loved the “Good Shepherd” window you see here. It is in the front of our sanctuary at Christ United Methodist Church in Rochester, Minnesota. I’m in our praise band and the service I most frequently attend these days is in another area of our church, so I don’t get to see this window as much as I’d like these days. Yesterday my son sang in the 9 o’clock service so I was able to use the window as a focal point for centering myself once again. I was listening to the sermon and gazing at the window when the first line of this song flashed through my head. I’ll admit that I got out my blackberry and started writing the song down as my thoughts can disappear so quickly these days. My son watched as I wrote and I got it about halfway completed before the next hymn made me put it down. As always, I feel this talent is a gift from God and that he inspires the words. Truthfully, I had been feeling a little distance from God over the past few days as life’s details have been occupying much of my attention. At the beginning of that 9 AM worship service I asked God to help me get in a Lenten frame of mind. Between the song and finding out last night that I will have my first formal opportunity to tell my faith story to a group outside the walls of my home church in a month or so, God has surely responded to this prayer.
May you too recognize God’s actions and blessings in your life today!
John
Song of the Lamb
I am a sheep, I am a lamb
Resting each hour, in the palm of god’s hand
Not perfect or pure, So full of doubt
Always insecure, what’s life all about?
Why does God care ’bout each wand’ring lamb?
And welcome us back again and again
What’s in it for him, I’m sure I’ll never know
My only answer is God loves us so
I am God’s child though I go astray
Can’t stay in God’s pasture for even one day
Tempted every hour, so often I fail
To keep God in mind when caught in life’s gales
Why does God care ’bout each wand’ring lamb?
And welcome us back again and again
What’s in it for him, I’m sure I’ll never know
My only answer is God loves us so
I’m in God’s flock, when lost and alone
On the path of self interest, God calls me home
The Shepherd of All will come search all night
When I can’t find my way back to the true light
Why does God care ’bout each wand’ring lamb?
And welcome us back again and again
What’s in it for him, I’m sure I’ll never know
My only answer is God loves us so
Jesus, please save me
I’ve lost my way
Help me get back in your arms
I’ve drifted once more
But I want to be
At home in your fold, safe from harm
Why does God care ’bout each wand’ring lamb?
And welcome us back again and again
What’s in it for him, I’m sure I’ll never know
My only answer is God loves us so
Copyright March 14, 2011 John Lage, Jr. All rights reserved.
