Sing over me

Today I was in the baby house care giving for an orphan, baby ola saho, who was adopted by the ministry. We call her baby oli. Baby oli has been very sick for 2 days. Baby oli was very upset crying and crying because of her aches and pains. Mrs. Brenda, basically baby oli's mom, came in and swept her up and began to sing. She sang:

I love you, I love you, I love you. I love you, I love you, I love you. Oli my baby girl I love you I love you I love you. You are blessed (that's what ola saho means) my baby. I love you I love you I love you.

Screaming baby Oli calmed down in her arms. A few minutes later I found myself repeating the melody she sang over Baby oli. I love you I love you I love you and tears filled my eyes (as they do now) as I remembered a verse.

Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

As Ms. Brenda rejoiced and vocalized her love for her child with passionate singing, so does my God sing over me.

It was humbling as the tears fell down my cheeks to be reminded that as Brenda loves that baby, so much more does my Father God love me. He rejoices over me with singing. It's not because of what I do. It's not because I was a youth minister or because i'm in Africa, it's not because of what I don't do, because I don't swear or don't get drunk. It's simply because He loves me. He loves me for who I am.

Just as Brenda will sing over Oli all her life. Just as my parents have loved me my whole life. My parents have seen the good and the bad of Jessika, the giving and the greedy, the angry and the happy, the disobedient and the obedient, Yet my parents love me. Not because what I have done or not done, but because I am their child, because of who I am, because I am theirs.

And so it will be for every child of God, He will sing with joy over you. He loves you. Can I tell you today that if you were able to physically and naturally hear His voice right now in this moment it would not be correction and it would not be praise, it would not be agenda, it would not be do's and don'ts no He'd simply sing over you.

I love you I love you I love you. Jessika (Your name) I love you I love you I love you. Daughter (or son) I love you I love you I love you.

I hope this blesses your heart today as this simple lesson and reminder blessed mine. Your God wants you. He wants your heart. Take the time to just sit with him, take the time to enjoy His presence as He will enjoy yours. We do not serve a God who stays a million miles away, who creates you and then walks away. Jesus promised in John 14:18 that He would not leave us as orphans! And He fulfills that promise everyday. He is able to meet us and to take care of us, He sings over us, He walks with us.

I serve a good God, a good Dad.
Be Blessed,
J. Tate

P.s: if you enjoyed this blog please check out this song on the subject by my friend Jennifer Lynn Martin titled "songs of love".
She also has a cd that she sells, if you're interested ;).

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