25/08/2023
In the Upper Galilee when I was still in my 20s.
REMEMBER YOU
A melody sings in my ear
Of love that followed me
In my early years.
I have run three and forty years
Into the arms of grace
I have run three and forty years
In Joseph's well, I have fallen on my face.
So I remember you,
From the land of Jordan
And the roar of Your waterfalls.
You guide me with a Shepherd's rod
"God is great, Jesus save us!",
The villagers yelled as we prayed.
I will never forget that amazing day
Under the foot of Hermon.
Even on Mount Olives,
When they removed a titanium rod in my femur,
Your light came through the scariest place.
Your Word went forth
When I came out of that extra long surgery.
Lines of people outside my hospital room,
Not to see me, but to get a Bible from my mother.
I must become less, and You must become greater.
You use even our darkest moments to bring light to the world.
This the glory of suffering.
So tonight, I remember those dark days, And how His glory was there.
His glory is here now, too.
Even though I face rejection and broken dreams.
You surround me- in a locked garden.
You shower me with flowers in the midst of the terrors of night.
My tears flow like rain, but You are here in the danger.
You are here in the brokenness.
To You alone do I lift my soul.
You were with me,
Skating with me on the ice of Metulla,
You were with me in the apple orchards,
You were with me on the Golan and in Florida.
And in Nazareth,
My heart came alive as I blossomed
Into a woman who followed You.
You were with me, when I walked through the shadows of death,
You were with me, when I was stoned.
You were with me, when my friends betrayed me.
You were with me, when my love was unrequited.
You were with me when I dreamed a dreamed that was never to be.
You were with me, and You gave me something better for me.
You knew me better than I knew myself.
You knew my weakness
And what direction the next ten years would bring.
After the lock downs,
After the breakdown,
You called me like a soldier
On a journey alone
Into the unknown.
Walking by faith like Abraham,
An alien, a foreigner, in my homeland,
Holding on to the promise that I belong,
A sparrow at Your altar--
I forever belong.
You hold me forever
In the palm of Your hand.
I hold on to the words from Your lips.
For who else holds the words of life but You?
You are my Love, I hold on to You.
Your hope is to make all things new tomorrow.
You will wipe away our sorrow
And give us the majestic embrace
That arises with the dawn.
I will not forget, I will not lose heart,
For I know that I know that You love me
And have called me out of the dark
To shine Your light.
This sacred night, I lift up my heart to hope
And remember You
And Your faithfulness in the watches of the night.
You who walked with a simple shepherdess
On the Galilean hills,
Are with me the streets of Jerusalem.
If I faint, I will rise again!
If I lose heart, I will remember.
I will remember,
Your love that calls to me
To run after You.
May tomorrow all things be made new.
May tomorrow a new song
Arise in the hearts of the daughters of Jerusalem.
No more shackles on my feet anymore,
For You will heal the ankles of those who were chained,
So we can dance again on the streets of gold
You will awaken our hearts with the dream of joy.
With the dream of heaven come down to earth.
Joy in tomorrow, Joy in tomorrow,
For Messiah will come and new song will be heard in our land.
The song of the Bride and the Bridegroom,
Our land will be married!
The filth of the daughters of Zion will be washed away,
God will wash the tears from our eyes.
He will make Jerusalem new!
You will bring back those who were exiled.
He will bring us closer and closer to His heart-
Until we know the heartbeat of heaven.
So I will step by step let Him lead me
And when my heart shakes,
I will look up to the One who holds all things.
I know heaven will move
And heaven will come down-
If I keep my eyes up
And my heart moving with the Lamb.
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The last few months have been truly a trial for the soul. And yet the Lord was shepherding me all the way. He is has never left me or forsaken me. So now I may be exiled again like Joseph was. But God will move in ways we do not comprehend and He may yet take me out of that pit of Dothan. Or he may lead us to a far away place like Yeshua was led as a babe into the land of the Nile- to set him aside for the work he would have him to do.
I know not the next step, but I do know that I will trust Him in the journey.
I will let the tears flow, but I will yet trust.
For He never promised that we would not face trials.
He only promised that He would never leave us or forsake us
And that He would be with us until the very end of the age.
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