Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Stay With Me

There's an old song Stay With Me from the movie, The Cardinal, that I learned in my teenage years.
It sounds like a song someone sings to God. Here's a link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaHO2tFp4OM

Should my heart not be humble, should my eyes fail to see,
Should my feet sometimes stumble on the way, stay with me.
Like the lamb that in springtime wanders far from the fold,
Comes the darkness and the frost, I get lost, I grow cold.
I grow cold, I grow weary, and I know I have sinned,
And I go seeking shelter and I cry in the wind.
Though I grope and I blunder and I'm weak and I'm wrong,
Though the road buckles under where I walk, walk along.
Till I find to my wonder every path leads to Thee,
All that I can do is pray, stay with me,
Stay with me.

At some point I tweaked it to make it a God song because the truth is God never leaves us. It's us who leave God sometimes. So imagine God singing this to you:

Should your heart not be humble, should your eyes fail to see,
Should your feet sometimes stumble on the way, stay with me.
Like the lamb that in springtime wanders far from the fold,
Comes the darkness and the frost, you are lost, you grow cold.
You grow cold, you grow weary, and you know you have sinned,
And you go seeking shelter and you cry in the wind.
Though you grope and you blunder and you're weak and you're wrong,
Though the road buckles under where you walk, walk along.
Till you find to my wonder every path leads to me,
All that I can do is pray, stay with me,
Stay with me.


Remain in me, as I remain in you...
If you remain in me and my words remain in you,
ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
(John 15)