Saturday mornings are supposed to be a little more laid back than the previous five days. That usually works pretty well, when I am able to decide what to do--if anything. Well, as you might imagine from those opening sentences, one recent Saturday did not start out to be one of those.
Those who know me, know I am simply not musical. I always wanted to be, but it seems the Lord left out the artistic bone, or organ, or allele on whichever chromosome it is supposed to be that controls such things. Often, however, the Holy Spirit has caught my attention with a song. Saturday morning a couple weeks ago, music was playing in my head. Mind you, this was not a song I had heard recently that stuck in my mind. Most of you are not even old enough to remember Joni Mitchell, whose most famous song was "Both Sides Now." Here is a hint on the time frame of the song. She sang it live on "The Johnny Cash Show" in 1970. I cannot remember the last time I heard it. I know I had heard it sometime because I recognized it when I heard it this time. I suppose it has been over thirty years ago since the last time I heard it. Bing Crosby is singing the song on YouTube as these words are typed. I have no idea who was singing it that Saturday morning. It was not Joni, Bing, or any of the other half dozen or so people who have sung it for me on YouTube in the past week. It was, however, being sung with full orchestration as though I were hearing it live or at least in surround sound, except that I was alone in the room and there was not any music playing anywhere except in my head.
My hope is that by typing that account into the computer, the Holy Spirit might help me understand what the lesson is here. If this does not work, perhaps one of those of you who have greater, spiritual insight than I do can assist me.
If I have learned anything from Leroy Jethro Gibbs on "NCIS," it is that coincidences are few and far between. We have previously quoted Harold Hill's definition of coincidence from his book "How To Live Like a King's Kid." He writes that "Coincidence is when God performs a miracle and chooses to remain anonymous." I know the Holy Spirit is trying to give me some direction, some guidance, or possibly even some correction, but I am at a loss as to what that might be. Normally, I would just sit on this until I could tell you the finished story, but somehow this seems too important to do that. Perhaps this is even a lesson in community as in the group working together to understand the mind of God? That kind of sounds like something we might have learned in the previous post. I know I could use a little help here.
It has been a couple weeks now since I heard the song. I have listened to it and sung it and meditated on the words, literally day and night. I still have no idea what the significance is for me. If you read back a few posts, you may remember the description of a vision of Jesus putting a seed into my hand. I am still wondering about that as well. Somewhere, somehow, sometime, this is all going to come together. The sooner the better. Post your comments here, call me, or see me in person. God has something great in store. I just cannot put my finger on exactly what it is right now. Can anyone out there help?
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I’m able to tell you this now, although I really thought you would get it yourself – you know, the whole prophet’s reward thing. In regard to the song, Both Sides Now… wait… check that – I’m not sure if I’m supposed to give you the entire answer because as I was writing this, I was compelled to just let you figure it out. What I can do is point you in the right direction. A few posts ago you talked about your vision of Jesus handing you the seed. I think you’re so focused on the seed that you’ve forgotten that it’s still just sitting in your hand. I suppose I could give you a bit more. I can’t tell you what the seed is or what it represents. But I can pose this question to you: What does one usually do with seeds? And are you so concerned with what the seed is that you haven’t taken the first step? You’re just standing there looking at it in your hand. The song is a clue having to do with soul and spirit. I want to tell you more, but I’m not supposed to yet. It’s crazy that I know, but I can’t tell you. Of course this is just my opinion, I could be wrong.
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