In the Night

Dear Lord; Good evening Father.

Wow Father, what a long and tiring day this was.  I started the day at a client’s site at 7:45 this morning, and finally drove into my driveway at 8:45 tonight.  I’m wiped.

Heading home this evening, I was driving along some back roads while Andrew Peterson’s “Counting Stars” CD massaged my mental temperament following the day’s toils.  It was a dark and clear evening, and the stars seemed especially bright away from the street lights and incursions of blatant civilization.  My mind drifted a bit, and I found myself pondering how much I actually enjoy driving at night; soaking in the Stillness and clarity of the draped surroundings.

And then track 9 started up…

It always fascinates me Father, how You manage to guide my thoughts and link them up with external reinforcements to get my attention.  In this case, it came in the form of a song on the CD called “In the Night My Hope Lives On”.  From my own thoughts of how in the Stillness of night I find comfort in Your Presence, this ballad reached in and awoke my spirit.  What an amazingly powerful song this is Lord:

The lyrics are truly wonderful Father… such a potent description of the Hope we find in Your Love for us.

“I can see the crowd of men retreating
As he stands between the woman and their stones
And if mercy in his holy heart is beating
Then in the night my hope lives on

I remember how they scorned the son of Mary
He was gentle as a lamb, gentle as a lamb
He was beaten, he was crucified, and buried
And in the night, my hope was gone

But the rulers of the earth could not control Him
They did not take his life–he laid it down
All the chains of death could never hope to hold him
So in the night my hope lives on”

What a perfect way to end my day Lord; focusing on the Hope You so freely gifted us with.  And in the night, my hope lives on.

Amen.

~Phather Phil