**Warning! Serious stuff ahead!**
Is it just me, or could somebody else use a little encouragement these days? Considering my own life the last couple of months, as well as what I've heard/read from some other moms, life has been tough lately. Thankfully, no major crises, but just the little everyday struggles seem to be piling up. The best I can figure is that Satan is working overtime, trying to throw us Christian mamas off track. Seriously, folks.....I'm probably doing the best I ever have in this walk with Jesus; all my life I've heard that the closer you are to the Lord, the more the devil will be after you, and I am finding out first hand that it is true!
So, this past Sunday it was my father-in-law's turn to bring the special music at church, and he asked me if I would play for him. He sang this song, which he's sung dozens of times before, but it just really touched me, and from looks on everyone else's faces, it touched them too. Maybe it's something that will give you a little encouragement too. If times are tough, know that I'll be praying for all of us mamas, trying to be the best Christians and role models we can be.
Here it is: (by the great Ira Stanphill...writer of the classic "Mansion Over the Hilltop"...remember, I'm an old-fashioned girl)
He Washed My Eyes with Tears
He washed my eyes with tears that I might see,
The broken heart I had was good for me;
He tore it all apart and looked inside,
He found it full of fear and foolish pride.
He swept away the things that made me blind,
And then I saw the clouds were silver lined;
And now I understand 'twas best for me,
He washed my eyes with tears that I might see.
He washed my eyes with tears that I might see,
The glory of Himself revealed to me;
I did not know that He had wounded hands,
I saw the blood he spilt upon the sands.
I saw the marks of shame and wept and cried,
He was my subsitute, for me He died;
And now I'm glad He came so tenderly,
And washed my eyes with tears that I might see.
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