Walk With Me

As I was wracking my brain (and my hard drive, and the internet…) for a brilliant name for this blog, I came across these song lyrics. I loved them so much and they seemed so perfect, that I almost picked ‘Walk With Me’ as the name. But, ‘Cloud Watching’ just seemed so perfect, too…it has the advantage of being for both of us. For you, it accurately describes the purpose of this blog: to help you, my cloud of witnesses, watch what God does in and through me as a result of your love, prayers and support. And for me, it reminds me: there is a cloud watching. I have a responsibility, first to God, and then to you, to be faithful to my calling, to seek and serve God among young people who need Him.

But, as I said, I almost picked ‘Walk With Me,’ because it fits, too. It’s a Caedmon’s Call song that I sang at St. Paul once (I flatter myself to think that some of you SPCC'ers might remember :)). I have the lyrics on my hard drive because, well, I never trust my memory when I sing. Anyway, check it out:

Walk With Me
Walk with me quiet, walk with me slow
With watered down coffee and words of gold
I can feel the edges of these things
When I hear you speak to me, so walk with me

Walk with me empty, walk with me strong
The hush of our voices, when the day seems so long
It is like a balm, it is like a jewel
It unravels all I thought I knew

Will you lead me, beside the still waters
Where the oil, it runs over, and my cup overflows
You restore my soul

Tell me the story, where old is made new
The promise of ages, and all things that are true
When the shadows fall and the wrecking ball
Swings and tears me through the heart

Will you lead me, beside the still waters
Where the oil, it runs over, and my cup overflows
You restore my soul

15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that Saul had come out to take his life. 16 And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God. I Samuel 23

Sometimes God, as in Psalm 23, directly leads us to still waters, comforts us and gives us rest from the trials we face, the battles we fight. I’ve experienced that often over the last year, and it has been awesome. But many times, we are too focused on our struggle or pain to respond to His leading. Then, he sends us friends—they listen to us, speak comfort to us, advise us, help us understand, lead us beside the still waters and sit with us there until God restores our soul. I’ve experienced that many times this year, as well, and I can’t begin to express my gratitude to God and to those who’ve allowed Him to use them to ‘walk with me’ and ‘help me find my strength in God.’ I’m so thankful to you, my cloud of witnesses, for walking with me in the last year, and for signing up to do it again—I know that I will be able to ‘do all things’ that come my way because ‘Christ strengthens me’ (Phil 4) directly, and through you. I praise God for you!