“You know how I like to lay on your chest and listen to your
heartbeat?” I asked my husband as he
came around the corner into the kitchen.
“Yes?” he answered with a question mark - wondering into
what kind of conversation this strange question was leading him.
“This song has been playing in my head all day…” and I sang
a few bars of the song for him.
“That’s an OLD song,” he replied.
“I know. I’m not sure why it’s on my mind, unless the
Pandora station that I made for myself played it for me. I don’t think that
they play it on the radio much anymore.” I replied, then added, “it was also
one of the songs that Julie put on the CD that she make for me when Caleb died.
“Well, while I’ve been cleaning the kitchen and listening to
this song in my head, I really heard the words in the song as if for the first
time, and suddenly my mind made a picture of what those words meant!”
The preacher started out by describing significant tragedies that had occurred in the lives of several people that he knows – including one that very week. He then when on to explain his sermon title “God is in Control, So What?” I could not imagine what point he was going to make, but when he finally did, it opened my eyes!
“What is the chief end of man? To glorify God, and enjoy Him forever.”
God wants me to ENJOY Him! And He wants to enjoy me!
The problem is that there is a rift between us and God because sin prevents this fellowship and enjoyment of one another. That is why Jesus Christ came - - to heal that rift.
Sin and death are Siamese twins – they are inseparable –as long as there is sin in the world, there will be death. There will come a time when sin and death will be gone and our fellowship will not be broken, but for now there are times when it is only in hardship or tragedy that we come to that place of intimacy with God.
My reaction to that sermon came flooding back in the same moment the picture of the song was created in my mind.
Then I thought of my sweet friend who is currently experiencing multiple tragedies. When she commented on this on Facebook the other day, she asked, “What do you do when you have heartbreak on top of heartbreak?”
This is my answer to my friend's question:
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