I got to thinking today about how crazy-awesome it is to be able to worship freely, and in spaces where we don't feel like life is in danger. Today was a very special day within the church, for so many different reasons...some I can't even comprehend. I think that it is just recently that I have started to realize what it actually means and looks like for Jesus to be alive today. I never really got it, and in many ways I still don't. It will take a lifetime for me to understand Jesus. And then some.
Today, during the celebration at my church, this little song popped into my head. It had nothing to do with what we were talking about or what we were singing, but the word "we" popped into my head. It is a song by the David Crowder Band (a great one if you've never heard them. YouTube "Everything Glorious" or "How He Loves" if you get a chance.)
Anyway, I want to share the lyrics with you.
Come and listen, come to the water's edge, all you who know and fear the Lord.
Come and listen, come to the water's edge all you who are thirsty, come.
Let me tell you what He has done for me.
Let me tell you what He has done for me,
He has done for you,
He has done for us.
Come and listen,
come and listen to what He's done.
Come and listen,
come and listen to what He's done.
Praise our God for He is good.
Praise our God for He is good.
Praise our God for He is good.
Praise our God for He is good.
He has done for me,
He has done for you,
He has done for us.
What I love about this song is that he uses the words "me", "you", and "us" - I just think that is so important. The other word that I couldn't stop thinking about this morning was "done". So much has been done for me and for you. And, I love the word "done" because there is a sense of completeness that one feels after saying it. It's done. Not check-off-the-list style done, but a "I can't pay you back the money I owe you right now" "It's done. I've got you covered, don't worry about it." kind of done. Jesus died to cover the cost of my life's greatest mistakes and follies, and it's done. I have surrendered all of those things over to him, and I don't have to go back to them ever again. It's done.
What a great day it was; a time to recount what has been done for me.
For us.
