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)

God Heals the Brokenhearted

I realized one day that we hold grudges and stay mad at people because we want them to be truly sorry for what they've done to us and by doing so, help us in our healing.

But sometimes that sorrow is not forthcoming because they do not see any thing wrong in what they did or they do not know that they did wrong. And so we hold on to our anger and wonder how the other could be so insensitive, a thought which adds fuel to the flames.

But they say anger does more damage to the angry person than it does the object of anger. Holding on to anger is a sure way to punish ourselves. So what are we to do?

I realized one day that we should bring our shattered hearts to God and let him fix the pieces. The psalmist says, God heals the brokenhearted. So we should take the psalmist at his word, bring our broken hearts to God and let God do the healing.

Maybe healing comes with a change of perspective. Maybe the person who thought he did no harm was right after all. Or, maybe there is real damage and it might not repair the relationship. But at least we let go of the anger and find ourselves in a better position to forgive when the person comes around and is truly sorry.