“….‘Where is God my Maker who gives songs in the night, who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?’” Job 35:10, 11
Christ’s death and resurrection is particularly dear to me this year, as our earthly celebration follows mere days after my sister-in-law passed away. Over the past four years, some of my posts documented Rebecca’s battle with cancer and requests for your prayers. You shared in her victories and disappointments. Now she is gone–and it’s as difficult to write that as to believe it.
“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!”
I Corinthians 15:56, 57
Becky wrote a song the night before she had a very difficult back surgery to remedy months of excruciating pain caused by an unforgiving tumor. The song was put to music by the worship team at her church and played at her memorial service last week. I may have a word or two wrong since I transcribed this from a shaky recording, but it deserves to be shared:
Becky’s Song in the Night
Jesus you are the bright and morning star
Illuminate our hearts and guide us where you are
Help us dear Lord in the shining light you send
Oh morning star, we love you, and we long for You
Jesus morning star, our lives in you made new
Jesus morning star, our lives in you made new!
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Chorus:
Praise the bright and Morning star
Praise his holy name
Praise the Master and the Saviour,
You won’t be the same
Praise Him, Morning star!
Praise Him, The bright and Morning star!
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Now as you rise in heavens glory, morning star
Help our hearts to rise up on your wings
Help us know the ways you made us free,
And let us see your beauty and your majesty!
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Praise the bright and Morning star
Praise his holy name
Praise the Master and the Saviour,
You won’t be the same
Praise Him, Morning star!
Praise Him, The bright and Morning star!
How amazing, that her song in the night focused entirely on her Morning Star! Becky’s eyes were fixed on Jesus!
As we remember our Lord’s Passion, his suffering, pain and grief, may our songs in the night melt into praise in the morning, as we see Him, risen with power and glory, paving the way of Hope for our eternal future!
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Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
And so we will be with the Lord forever.
I Thess. 4:13-17
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