Reflections ...

Okay, so I'm a reflective kind of person. This morning in chapel the speaker challenged us regarding what we are actually doing in our lives - am I saying that I have compassion for the poor and want to help when I somehow get over to Africa, or am I actually engaged in helping those around me? A few songs ...

"Only Jesus" (My Legacy) by Denver and the Mile High Orchestra. The MP4 can be found here; the lyrics are below.

What will they say
When my life is over
Will it fade into the past
What will remain
When my life is over
Is there something that will last
What will I Leave behind
To stand the test of time
I leave the one who’s worthy
Of My whole life

My legacy
All I will leave
Is Jesus, only Jesus
The world will see
Inside of me
Is Jesus, only Jesus
Lord, I long for you to be
My legacy

Live thru me
Forever and ever
Every moment, Everyday
So My Legacy
Forever and ever
Will never fade away
People are longing for
Something so much more
May my life testify your glory, Lord

They won’t remember my name
But they’ll know the God that saved me
My life may fade away
But they’ll know the truth that sets me free
So I will live today
For you alone to be
My life, my love, My legacy

My legacy
All I will leave
Is Jesus, only Jesus
The world will see
Inside of me
Is Jesus, only Jesus
Lord, I long for you to be
My legacy

My next song is called "Here I Am, Lord" - I think I've probably posted it before, since I love it so much, but we sang it in chapel to end the service. And I had been thinking about it earlier this morning anyway, so I'm going to give it to you again - hopefully the words will be a prayer and not just another song.

I, the Lord of sea and sky
I have heard my people cry
All who dwell in dark and sin
My hand will save.

I who made the stars and night
I will make the darkness bright
Who will bear my light to them
Whom shall I send?

Here I am Lord
Is it I Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night
I will go Lord
If you lead me
I will hold your people in my heart.

I the Lord of snow and rain
I have borne my people's pain
I have wept for love of them
They turn away.

I will break their hearts of stone
Fill their hearts with love alone
I will speak my word to them
Whom shall I send?

Here I am Lord
Is it I Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night
I will go Lord
If you lead me
I will hold your people in my heart.

I will hold your people in my heart...

I think also of the Keith Green song, "People Need the Lord".

Everyday they pass me by,
I can see it in their eyes.
Empty people filled with care,
Headed who knows where?

On they go through private pain,
Living fear to fear.
Laughter hides their silent cries,
Only Jesus hears.

People need the Lord, people need the Lord.
At the end of broken dreams, He's the open door.
People need the Lord, people need the Lord.
When will we realize, people need the Lord?

We are called to take His light
To a world where wrong seems right.
What could be too great a cost
For sharing Life with one who's lost?

Through His love our hearts can feel
All the grief they bear.
They must hear the Words of Life
Only we can share.

People need the Lord, people need the Lord
At the end of broken dreams, He's the open door.
People need the Lord, people need the Lord.
When will we realize that we must give our lives,
For peo-ple need the Lord.

People need the Lord.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

~ People need the Lord; what am I doing? What are you doing? ~