Is this God’s tear or ours?
Is this a tear of sorrow with a pleading prayer for what can be?
Or is it a tear of joy for small yet important steps that ARE being taken in a better direction?
Isn’t this a simple picture of what delights the heart of the Father when the children let go of their predispositions and take hold of the two most fundamental commandments?
Today, may I choose to love my neighbor and strive for peace with my neighbor — no matter what my neighbor may look like.
Today’s post begins a miniseries within our Lenten series. Each piece in this five-day set has been inspired by one song from the album Worship and Believe by Steven Curtis Chapman.
The song accompanying today’s piece is shared below. And the following four days of posting will not contain any commentary — only art and a song link.
Be blessed and delight.
PS — When the day comes, will someone please play this song at my funeral?
Mind-numbing: to consider our glorious complexity and dare to think no Creator wove us.
Heart-shattering and hope-smothering: to consider our fundamental need for unconditional love and yet refuse to see the Creator who sings over us in delight.
Close your eyes and hear His song in your beating heart.