Yesterday, our former Associate Pastor, Joe posted on Facebook a song that he recalled to soothe himself during this strange time of shelter in place. The song was, I Need Thee Every Hour by Jars of Clay. I believe this is an old beloved hymn but when I heard the reference to the song, I went back to when I was a baby Christian soaking in the wealth of Christian music. The version that I remembered was from Sandi Patti. Her version was paired with a song called The Stage Is Bare. The meaning of the song tells a story of an after concert "low" when the crowds are gone and it's just-her on the stage...alone with her God and Savior.
I had a wonderful, deep time of worship with this song last night... It may not speak to you to the same degree that it did for me, but I thought, hey maybe it's time to look up on Youtube a song or two or three... from YOUR past... Let it speak to you and worship God in this time of as Mike puts it, "Life in the slow lane"... Take some time with just you and God and pour out your praise, worship, fear, trust...your heart to Him...
Psalm 91 has so much in it to relate to right now.
Love, and prayers to you all!!
Linda
Psalm 91
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.
4He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the LORD, who is my refuge--
then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
"Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."