A Life in Themes
I don’t know if other Christians feel like their life has a theme song. I know many have chosen life verses, and mine is: The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him. Psalms 28:7 (NKJV) But, I really think my life runs in themes. For a long time I was stuck on the desert theme. My head full of images of swirling dust devils and tumble weed, as I wander uncomfortably through empty, purposeless valleys. All of the backround music would be in a minor key, and would include a sad cello and a breathy voice far off, singing “I’m wandering in circles and I see no end…” Thankfully, I didn’t stay on that theme, or I would have needed some depression medication, I think. After the desert, I ended up focused on the sailing away theme. I wrote songs about it. “Sail off into the unknown,throw off the ties that bind me, pull up anchor and I’m gone…” I think my struggle with contentment is pretty clear at this point. But God is great, and He brought me through those times and themes, and sent me into the next one. The “follow ME” theme, was exactly what I needed to get my faith set on HIM and not on circumstances. It was not a secure song, not a predictable one. I painted the scene with Jesus as Shepherd reaching back with His mighty right hand, to guide the traveler to the path of His choice. It’s kind of funny how a time of complete dependence on the Lord, was in my mind scary, but in truth, the best place I had ever been. How easily my mind can slip back into those old themes, but then I remember the lessons, and change my tune! Lately my theme has been like the most beautiful lovesong. If you could picture my head resting on the Lord’s chest, and His hand smoothing my hair back, THAT is what I think about. I want to paint it, sing about it, and thank Him for the contentment it gives me to sigh and picture it in my mind. I’d like to stay here, in this theme. It is really nice not to feel that itch to do more, have more, be more, for a change. “There is a place of quiet rest, near to the heart of God…”
