“Lead Me”

I have been hearing this song on our radio lately in the car and it kept getting in my head. I love lyrical-type songs; I think they’re very pretty so the fact that it was stuck in my head didn’t surprise me, but the only part I could remember were the words “lead me.” Finally, I looked it up on Google tonight and watched a YouTube video with lyrics. It is “Lead Me” by Sanctus Real and it is truly a gorgeous song! It is told in the point of view of a man who has a wife and kids who want him to lead them and be head of his household. The third verse asks God to lead him so that he can lead them. Being a woman, obviously I am not meant to be head of the household, a job I am more than happy to allow my husband to fill, and so don’t feel an exact kinship with the vocalist; still, I find myself echoing the man’s thoughts. I need my Lord to lead me so that I can be a great parent to my children and wife to my husband. I think the lyrics at the end could very well be every parent’s prayer:

“So Father, give me the strength
To be everything I'm called to be
Oh, Father, show me the way
To lead them
Won't You lead me?
To lead them with strong hands
To stand up when they can't
Don't want to leave them hungry for love,
Chasing things that I could give up
I'll show them I'm willing to fight
And give them the best of my life
So we can call this our home
Lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone
Father, lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone”

(Lord, don’t let me miss a moment of my children’s lives for things I could give up!)

In other, related, news, Corey will be ordained as a deacon tomorrow morning in church. Father, lead him too. I praise You that he has answered this call and is setting such a wonderful example for myself and especially our children.

If you would like to hear the song that inspired this post, you can watch it here.

Beautiful, inspiring song.

The 5 People You Are Around the Most

Recently, I came across this picture on Pinterest and I got to thinking, “You know, that’s absolutely right.” Think about it, when you were a kid, you imitated those you were around most. You develop the same mannerisms as your parents, you quote the adults in your life (sometimes to their embarrassment), you laugh like your grandfather, you put your hands on your hips like you saw your neighbor’s kid doing. The same goes for adolescence: you say the same things your friends say and act and dress like your peers. In adulthood, we still do it. We eat things we never thought we ever would because our spouse eats it (I hated coleslaw before Corey), we say things that our friends say, if we move somewhere else—or even sometimes just visit—we pick up the local dialect. If I go visit family in Tennessee, I come back with a similar twang as them. In fact, I’ve noticed that I’ve picked up my husband’s thick country accent since we’ve started dating. I’m from the South, so I have an accent, but it wasn’t really thick until I started hanging around the man that is now my husband.

So today in church, this exact same sentiment was brought up by our preacher completely without his knowing that I’ve just recently seen and saved this very picture from Pinterest. His point was that we need to refresh our relationship with God. To do this, we should spend more time with Him. He even brought up the very fact that we act like the people we spend more time with: eating foods we never thought we would because our spouse eats it, acting like our co-workers, etc. So think about it, if we spend more time with God, won’t we begin acting more like Him?

We need to set aside time each day to spend time with God. It needs to be time away from all distractions, a time just for you and the God of all. Some people do this first thing in the morning, preferring to start their day with Him. I am NOT a morning person by any means, so I generally prefer to do this at night before bed. I find there are far fewer distractions and my house is much quieter when it is nighttime and everyone is in bed. I also like to talk to Him when I drive to work in the morning. Obviously I can’t read my Bible while driving, but praying and singing His praises are a great way for me to start my morning. In fact, I sing His praises whenever I can. It doesn’t matter what time you give Him, but give Him some time every day. Then, if He becomes someone you spend the most time with, you will be more like Him. It makes perfect sense.

So, what time will you give Him?

 

Listen to our church’s sermon here: http://gentianchurch.org/sermons/sermons.php Look for September 2, 2012 for this specific sermon (and the other points made, because the sermon wasn’t just about this), but feel free to listen to any of them.