V1
Blessed is the mom whose mind is stayed on Christ
Trusting Him by faith, and not by sight.
Seeking first GOD's kingdom, His righteousness
The LORD, her Shepherd and her Guide
V2
Daily fix your eyes upon the LORD
Casting all your worries and cares on Him
Asking Him for wisdom in all you do
And grace sufficient to see you through
Chorus:
(So you sing)
Love lifted me
Love lifted me
Jesus' love overflows through me
Love lifted me
Our praise band is up for duty this weekend and it happens to fall on Mother's Day. So I suggested to the guys "why don't you all sing us moms a song or give a special item to encourage us :)" It has been quite sometime since we have special items to minister to the worshippers and some have asked why. Anyways. One of them said "cool idea, how to go about doing it?" So I started searching the website for Christian songs but most of them consists of words from children to mom.
That night, I asked the LORD for a song that would encourage the moms from His Word. The next minute, I started to compile Bible verses and that's where the words of the above song came about. After that, a tune came to mind but it was kind of from the 70s. Anyways, I sang out the song and whatsapped the bandleader and the guitarist brother who said it was a cool idea, hoping they would use their talents as musicians to fine tune, edit the words, etc. In the meantime, I also sent the words of the song to the other guys in the band, hoping they as musicians would also give some pointers or help to improve it.
The bandleader responded and said he's quite busy at work but would go home and take a look at it. The next evening at the Northpoint Cold Storage, I heard a song and another tune came to mind. This time, I think, it's more in the 80s (hahaha am much influenced by the songs back then). So I came home and edited the words and fit them into the new tune. Then I recorded the song and whatsapped it to the same two brothers. That same evening the bandleader sent the chords for the song and also did very minor edit to the song and said the mp3 would follow suit.
Today, he sent me an email that the song,needs more tweaking, like new wine, must let it mature and maybe debut in 2014. My first reaction was "sure, as I also agree it could be improved further." Then the worship leader sent another email saying that after listening to the mp3 said "it sounded like it needed more input to improve to give it a lasting impression. Appropriateness of the lyrics, theme and biblical soundness is only part of a package to a great singable and lasting song."
These words came after I asked the LORD for a song to encourage the moms of the church. And GOD inspired with words from the Bible and a tune. This kind of thing does not happen everyday, at least to me. Plus He gave it about a week in advance so that the musicians could put their heads together to fine tune it. May be it is just for this season that He wants to use this song (be it not perfect in tune, musically, etc) to just encourage the moms. Some more, I thought it ties in well with the respond song of this week's sermon :)
Frankly, am disappointed because we always want to "perfect" things and not let GOD use the broken and imperfect things for His own purposes. We tend to see things our way, do things our way and believe we can do it better rather than let the Holy Spirit do the convicting and empowering. I believe GOD's Word is a double-edged sword and He can use His words to accomplish His purposes even though it may not be 'matured" or polished. His word will last, not the tune or the lasting impression or whatever package the song may come with. Hebrews 4:12.
Since the moms of the church will not get to be encouraged by the above words, may you be encouraged to look to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith.
A Blessed Mother's Day to you :)
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