January has been a month of learning. The thing I’ve learned the most about this month has been the Father’s love for me. Over Christmas break, we read “Abba’s Child” which was full of new insight and strong reminders of how and why God loves his children. I’ve seen a new face to my Father’s love, and I’ve seen it through the way my own dad loved me. Way back in middle school, I remember one day my dad played a song for me in the car and told me it was our song. The name of the song is “My Hands” by Grey Reverend. Here are the lyrics:
My hands they still believe in you
My heart’s lens, and I’m staring through
My back against the wall singing yesterdays lines
And I wish that you could see me through tomorrow’s eyes
You’re so in love with no one it seems
So clear your tears will drown your dreams
Did you think of what I’m saying before you decide?
Cause’ I wish that you could see me through tomorrow’s eyes
So many times I cross the line to get to you
No one likes you quite the way I do
Try to understand the songs that I sing to you
No one likes you quite the way I do
My hands are here to feel your pain
Like the clouds that appear before the rain
Did you think of what I’m saying before you decide?
Cause’ I wish that you could see me through tomorrow’s eyes
So many times I cross the line to get to you
No one likes you quite the way I do
Try to understand the songs that I sing to you
No one likes you quite the way I do
No one wants you quite the way I do
No one loves you quite the way I do
This song has always reminded me of how my dad loved me. I know my dad didn’t know all the meanings of the lyrics or really pay attention to them, but I know he was trying to tell me that his hands would always be there to feel my pain and that no one would love me the way he does. My dad woke up every day seeking to show the love of Christ. He was not perfect, but I don't think I would know my heavenly Father’s love in the same way I do if my dad hadn’t mirrored that for me. In my dad’s absence, I see the Father’s love for me greatly because of the way He loved me through my dad and the way He continues to love me.
No one loves us the way God loves us.
This month I recommend… snow in Raleigh, finding God in everyday things, Bananagrams at a Mexican restaurant, half-birthday parties, watered-down lemonade, coffee with Maddie Roberts, and “Heartbreaker” by Justin Bieber.
Evy :)