"Blessing"

I have been reading on other blogs about words or phrases some have "adopted" for the year 2008. I have found this very interesting as I thought I was the only one that did it. While I may not always make New Year's resolutions, I do ask God to give me a verse, song or word to be just mine for that new year. I LOVE music!!!!! (Contemporary Christian) I can't sing "worth a hoot" but love to LISTEN to music and sing to my heart's content when no one is listening. God has used music to get my attention, comfort me, etc in the past and I have many songs that are very special to me. I have shared with some of you how when I was going thru my brain tumor experience, EVERY time we were headed to see a different doctor, Twila Paris' song "God is in Control" would come on the radio. We had to travel far to some of the specialists and listened to different Christian radio stations. I already knew the song as I believe we have ALL of Twila's cassette tapes. But the cool thing was, is that we haven't heard a Twila Paris song played for quite some time on any station's! Even that VERY early morning when we drove into the hospital parking lot, that song came on and I totally lost it. It was as if God was giving me those words personally. (okay, got to get to why I am posting here, cuz now I made myself cry! LOL!!0

So...with all that said, sometimes God gives me a song, sometimes a verse and sometimes, just a word. If you have been reading my blog and read my resolutions, you will have read that I want to use what I have and "BLESS" others. That is the word that I chose for 2008. And right after I chose that word I heard this song for the first time driving to pick Benjamin up from school. I had tears running down my face as I felt this was the song that God was giving me and it is a biggie! This is my song for 2008 and I pray that I can live up to the words. I am sharing them with you and I changed the words "we" "us" etc to singular form. So any words in parenthesis are the ones I changed. The actual words are plural. I like this song so much that I want to make a frame with them. I haven't started on that yet, but will share it when I do.

The Blessing by John Waller

Chorus:
Let it be said of (me)
While (I) walked among the living.
Let it be said of (me)
By the ones (I) leave behind.
Let it be said of (me)
That (I) lived to be a blessing for life.

Let it be said of (me)
That (I) gave to reach the dying.
Let it be said of (me)
By the fruit (I) leave behind.
Let it be said of (me)
That (my) legacy is blessing for life.

This day
You set life, you set death right before (me),
This day
Every blessing and curse is a choice now,
And (I) will choose to be a blessing for life.

Let it be said of (me)
That (my) heart belonged to Jesus.
Let it be said of (me)
That (I) spoke the words of life.
Let it be said of (me)
That (my) heritage is blessing for life.

This day
You set life, you set death right before (me),
This day
Every blessing and curse is a choice now,
And (I) will choose to be a blessing for life.
(I) will choose to be a blessing for life.


*Blessings and Curses are choices,
'Cause blessings and curses are choices.
Will (I) build up, tear down?
The moment of truth is now.*

This day
You set life, you set death right before (me),
This day
Every blessing and curse is a choice now,
And (I) will choose to be a blessing for life.
(I) will choose to be a blessing for life.


For your Kingdom, for (my) Children
For the sake of every nation
For your Kingdom, for (my) Children
For the sake of every nation

(I) will choose to be a blessing for life.
For life.
Blessing for life.