One Thing Remains

We are presently in the process of recording seven songs for a CD which we will give to all the children to take home at the end of Pandamania Vacation Bible School. I will post them as soon as they are complete for you all to listen to, which should be in a few days. We will be teaching all the songs on the CD to the children during the week of VBS.

"The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease."

Lamentations 3:22

We prayed about the choice of songs beforehand and one of the songs is entitled "One Thing Remains" from the Jesus Culture album "Come Away".

The lyrics are as follows:

Higher than the mountains that I face,

Stronger than the power of the grave,

Constant through the trial and the change,

One thing remains.

One thing remains.

Your love never fails.

It never gives up.

It never runs out on me.

On and on and on and on it goes.

It overwhelms and satisfies my soul.

And I never ever have to be afraid.

One thing remains.

In death and in life I'm confident,

And covered by the power of Your great love.

My debt is paid. There's nothing that can

Separate my heart from Your great love.

I chose this song because as a child I remember vividly a time when my parents were fighting hostilely, with my mother crying hysterically at the end. My dad then announced to my mom he was leaving for good. I saw him angrily walk out our front door. I was a young girl with spunk and so I yelled after him, "And don't ever come back!" My mother then screamed louder and bitterly said to me later, "If he never comes back, it is your fault!" I was terrified at what I had done and was ridden with guilt. The fear I felt was overwhelming that I might be to blame for the destruction of my family. Fortunately, my father came back and from then on I tried not to get involved in their fights anymore.

The lyrics of this song gives me the peace and assurance that even though my father's love was not constant, God's love will never fail. He will never run out on me, even if I get mad at Him or disappoint Him at times. I hope these lyrics will speak the same to the children at VBS. I know many children these days come from split homes and are suffering insecurities, anger and guilt.

In many ways, I am still like that little girl, that yelled out to her father. I haven't changed much over the years. I am quick to defend someone against any kind of abuse. When I was a teenager, I even tried to stop a schoolyard fight between two teenage boys, while everyone else was standing around watching them, cheering the bully on and making fun of the nerd. After the fighting finally stopped, I reprimanded the bully and the spectators. It was the first time I think I preached a sermon.

One time a missionary from Israel came to my church, stopped in the middle of his sermon, looked at me and started prophesying.  He told me God had called me to be His spokesperson because I am not afraid to speak or act on His behalf. I was actually embarrassed, but the fact is that statement is true. Normally, I am quiet and soft-spoken, but if I see injustice, I speak up and act. When I do, it usually shocks people.

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Here are some pictures Tim took last night of my sons, Chris and Matthew, as they head off to Taekwondo. Matthew keeps bugging me that I should join too. I told them I don't need to. I now have them as my bodyguards.