Blurb:
Music is the
magical entry into the spirit world; the golden gate into the Kingdom of God. But
we mustn’t be of the mindset that God only uses Christian music to reach out
and touch our mind, heart and spirit. God uses any and every
means available to speak to His children.
Our job is to be
open and receptive.
In this devotional,
Pamela S Thibodeaux shares how God opened her spirit to a deeper understanding
of the abundance of His grace and mercy through the words of the song, The Rose sung by Country & Western
artist Conway Twitty.
Pamela offers Seeds to Ponder and a prayer as she
parallels the love of God and the Christian life to each verse of the song.
Excerpt:
Nearly every Christian
song I hear touches my heart in some way, urging me into a closer walk with God
and bringing me a truer knowledge of Jesus. Amazingly though, the one song that
really opened my spirit to a deeper understanding of the abundance of His grace
and mercy wasn’t a Christian song but a Country one.
I’ll never forget the
morning in 1995 when The Rose as performed by Conway Twitty came to me in its
entirety with Bible references or Scriptures correlating to every verse….
Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed…
“A bruised reed He
will not break.”
Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to
bleed….Bible Conversion; a cutting or stripping away of old
beliefs.
Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless, aching need… "As the hind longs for running water, so my soul
longs for thee oh God...”
I say love, it is a flower, and you its only seed…“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed…”
It’s the heart, afraid of breaking, that never learns to
dance… David danced before the Lord.
It's the dream, afraid of waking, that never takes the
chance… "Entrust your works unto
the Lord and your plans will succeed."
It's the one who won't be taken, who cannot seem to give… “Love is not selfish…For God so loved the world He GAVE…!”
And the soul, afraid of dying, that never learns to live… "What shall a man give in exchange for his
soul? For what is man profited if he should gain the whole world but lose his
soul?” Or more accurately…“Let not
your heart be anxious, for I am with you always, even unto the end of time.”
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been
too long… "I am going
but I will not leave you alone. I will send you a comforter, a counselor to
guide and help you.”
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the
strong…. “God is love and he who dwells in love
dwells with God. The meek shall inherit the earth…blessed are the poor in
spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God.”
Just remember in the winter (of darkness and
sin)....Jesus died so that we might have life, He conquered sin and darkness…. “I came so that you might have life, in
abundance, to the full, overflowing.”
Far beneath the bitter snows... How can something so
beautiful, so pure, be so bitter and cold? God is light. He washes us clean
with the shed blood of His Son so that we might be as pure as the snow.
Lies the seed, (of faith)... that with the sun's (Son's) love... in the spring... (season of new birth, new life)... becomes the rose (an attractive
flower).
Wow, what a revelation!
I immediately sat down and
wrote the ensuing compilation paralleling the love of God and the life of a
Christian to the words of this song.
Author Bio: Award-winning
author, Pamela S. Thibodeaux is the Co-Founder and a lifetime member of Bayou
Writers Group in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Multi-published in romantic fiction
as well as creative non-fiction, her writing has been tagged as, “Inspirational
with an Edge!” ™ and reviewed as “steamier
and grittier than the typical Christian novel without decreasing the message.”
Website
address: http://www.pamelathibodeaux.com
Bayou Writers
Group: http://bayouwritersgroup.com
Face Book: http://facebook.com/pamelasthibodeaux
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