Chewymom

I am interrupting your regularly scheduled Down syndrome posts to blog about something else. See, I told you Down syndrome doesn’t dominate my life! I wrote this email to a few of my precious friends, and I decided to make it into a blog post. Here it is.

I got some “me” time on my back porch this morning with a blanket, a latte, and my Ipod. I was feeling quite spoiled! I was listening to a song that has been one of my favorites for a long time, and I was pondering why this song moves me like it does. the song is “Sing to Jesus” by Fernando Ortega. Here are the lyrics:

Come and see, look on this mystery
The Lord of the Universe, nailed to a tree
Christ our God, spilling His Holy blood
Bowing in anguish, His sacred head

Sing to Jesus, Lord of our shame
Lord of our sinful hearts.
He is our great Redeemer.
Sing to Jesus, Honor His name.
Sing of His faithfulness, pouring His life out unto death

Come you weary and He will give you rest
Come you who mourn, lay on His breast
Christ who died, risen in Paradise
Giver of mercy, Giver of Life

Sing to Jesus His is the throne
Now and forever,
He is the King of Heaven.
Sing to Jesus, we are His own.
Now and forever sing for the love our God has shown.

Sing to Jesus, Lord of our shame
Lord of our sinful hearts.
He is our great Redeemer.
Sing to Jesus, Honor His name.

Sing to Jesus His is the throne
Now and forever,
He is the King of Heaven.
Sing to Jesus, we are His own.
Now and forever sing for the love our God has shown.

Y’all, when I think of Jesus as Lord, I tend to think back to my own “salvation experience.” I professed faith in high school because some sweet baptist friends told me terrifying tales of hell. A few years later, through a Keith Green memorial concert, I realized that I was only in it for whatI could get, but I wasn’t willing to follow Jesus and let him be Lord.

This song puts a whole new twist on “Lord.” Is Jesus “Lord of my shame?” “Lord of my sinful heart?” I think of him as Lord of my goodness, of my obedience, of my mind. But of my shame and sinfulness? It’s a big whammy of a reminder to me that he loves me IN my sin and shame, not in spite of it, not peering around it to find the good. But IN it. Wow. Join me today in singing to Jesus–Lord of our shame and our sinful hearts. He IS our great redeemer!!!

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