Friday, September 9, 2011

Because He Lives....

Over the past 3-4 months I have had plenty of people ask me why I sign my cards of encouragement or my emails "Because He Lives" well this is the story....
When I was a little girl we used to have to special speakers come to the Church and they would stay and speak on a certain subject....as the hours would pass on each night, I would of course get real tired, I remember that I would lay on my mommas coat and pull it over the top of me and it was lined with the really good silky sateen (which is a whole nother story....called "Silky") and would smell just like my momma. As the message was coming to the end, there would always be a long closing prayer, a call to except Christ and then "the closing song" the songs back then you know the Hymns? were a big part of my growing up, physically and spiritually. Those hard years, you know the ones, I would and still do get choked up and teary when  we sang them. Some of my most favorites are: 

  • Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus
  • Just a closer walk with Thee
  • Softly and Tenderly
  • How Great Thou Art
  • The Old Rugged Cross
  • In the Garden
  • Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
So many more....

          But the one that sticks in my mind all the time is "Because He Lives" and the reason is this:

God sent His son, They called Him Jesus. He came to love, heal and forgive. He lived and died, to buy my pardon. An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives, all fear is gone.
Because I know, I know, I know He holds the future.
And life is worth the living just because He lives.

How sweet to hold a new born baby, and feel the pride and joy he gives. But greater still is that assurance the child can face uncertain days because He lives.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives, all fear is gone.
Because I know, I know, I know He hold the future.
And life is worth the living just because He lives.

And then one day, I'll cross that river. I'll fight life's final war with pain. And then as death gives way to victory. I'll see the light of glory and I'll know that He lives.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives, all fear is gone.
Because I know He holds the future.
And life is worth the living just because He lives. 

Each and every word brings me peace, and even today when Satan attacks me and temps me to become someone other than what God desires me to be.....I can hear the sweet sweet voices in that little white Church, in the third pew, wrapped in my momma's sweet smelling-silky coat, as if it were the arms of my Savior,  and I know that Because He lives, I can face tomorrow, in this everyday life...

Jackie