It's hard for me to explain just how much I love my grammy. She and my grandfather (who passed away when I was in college) practically raised me; she is like a mother to me. She's my confidant, my biggest fan, and my best friend. It was so hard to leave her in Morgantown when we moved to Kentucky, but I know she loves it there and is being well taken care of.
We got to visit her this past weekend and take her to Wes's Nana's house to have lunch. Aren't these pictures sweet?
(Grammy & Nana are good friends. They write one another frequently. HOW CUTE IS THAT?)
Anyway, tonight as I was driving home from the gym I was listening to Sojourn's latest CD, and this song came on ("Over Death"). The lyrics made me think of grammy and how I will handle her death someday, whenever the Lord chooses to take her home. Check them out:
I long for an overcoming faith
To cheer my dying hour,
To triumph over the monster death
And all of his frightful powers.
Joyful, with all the strength I have,
My trembling lips shall sing:
"Where is your boast of vict'ry, grave?
And where is the monster's sting?"
If sin be pardoned and secure
Death has no sting beside;
The law gives sin its damning power,
But Christ, my ransom, died!
Joyful, with all the strength I have,
My trembling lips shall sing:
"Where is your boast of vict'ry, grave?
And where is the monster's sting?"
So let us praise the God of victory,
Immortal hope for mortal flesh!
So let us praise the God of victory,
Who makes us conquerors of death!
I hope that my trembling lips will be able to sing those words when Grammy is no longer here with me.* But I know she is a Christian; there is immortal hope for our mortal flesh through Christ, and that is worth singing about! Don't you agree?
*Yes, I know I'm talking a lot about grammy's death when, in reality, I could be faced with anyone's at any time -- my mom's, Wes's, even my own! None of us are guaranteed tomorrow. Doesn't that thought make you reevaluate your priorities? It definitely has that effect on me.
2 comments:
I hear ya girl--- but I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum... I think about 'what if SETH??'... a LOT. And it definitely makes me keep things in perspective, capturing and embracing every moment I have with him (and hopefully, he'll be burying me not one second sooner than 70 years from now...). We definitely don't have tomorrow promised to us, so it's good to keep that in mind in order to keep priorities in order :) great post, I loved it!
Thank you! I love this song, too (and also think about it in relation to my grandmother's death -- and anyone else's, like you said). I was looking for the lyrics, and here they are. Very powerful, aren't they. Thanks for the reminder to let them really affect me. Laura
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