Oh My Dear

Heya Quest! I just wanted to share a quick something with y'all tonight. I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with the Christian band Tenth Avenue North. Well, personally I love them, and one of their newer songs has caught my attention and it's just awesome. It's called "Oh My Dear." It is an incredible song that tells a story that I'll bet some of us can relate to, if not all. It is specifically about 2 people, but it can be related to you and the Lord. The chorus goes like this:

Oh, my dear, ill wait for you
Grace tonight will pull us through
Until the tears have left your eyes
Until the fear can sleep at night
Until the demons that you're scared of
Disappear inside
Until this guilt begins to crack
And the weight falls from your back
Oh, my dear, ill keep you in my arms tonight

To me, it describes what God does for us, you know? He will wait for us; he isn't going to leave or forsake us, ever (Deuteronomy 31:8). His grace will pull us through every single time we fail him (2 Corinthians 12:9). He is there through every tear that is shed, every fear that keeps us up in the night wondering 'how am i gonna get though this?' (Lamentations 3:22-23) He is with us until our guilt is gone away because once again, his grace is sufficient for us. When we let go of our guilt and forgive ourselves and ask the Lord to forgive us, it's just like the song says, a weight falls from our backs. We have no need to carry guilt around. So when we let it go, we are free. We are free from having to try to be perfect and feel guilty each time we fail! We strive to be like Christ, but when we fail, and we definitely always will, (Romans 3:23) we can rely on his grace to get us the rest of the way! And so, during all of this and the rough spots in life, the Lord holds us in his arms. Oh, my dear, I'll keep you in my arms tonight. Then the song goes on and I especially love this part...

You slowly lifted your head from your hands
You said “I just don’t think that you’ll understand
You’ll never look at me that way again, if you knew what I did”
And so your tears fell and melted the snow
You told me secrets nobody had known
Oh, but I never loved you more even though now I knew what you did

It's like when we come to God broken and we tell him what we've done even though we know we disobeyed or failed or turned our backs on him. And we may even sometimes be ashamed to tell him what it is we've done, even though he already knows. Despite what we may think, when we tell him our deepest fears, secrets, and sins, he still loves us. He will never love us any less than he does right at this moment, even after he knows what we've done, no matter how horrible it may be. It's just all so reassuring, you know? It shows how incredible and totally compassionate our creator is for us. :) Anyways, just wanted to share this with y'all and there's a link if you click the title so you can listen to the whole song if you want to! Thanks for reading :)

Alexa