Somewhere; over the rainbow, way up high. There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue. And the dreams that you dare to dreamreally do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops.That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow,Why then - oh, why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow,Why, oh, why can't I?
I love this song… it brings to mind vivid imagery and inspires feelings of; “One day it’s all gonna be alright”. I doubt that EH Harburg had any Biblical context in mind when he wrote it, but in many ways this song mirrors an image the Bible gives us of a better life that is waiting beyond the troubles of today.
It is the day before the elections, and there is about a 50/50 split between people who are worried that life as we know it in America will end and those that feel life will begin after Tuesday. The one thing we can rest assured of… whoever wins the presidency will be by Gods design.
Daniel 2:21 "It is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men and knowledge to men of understanding.
His designs do not necessarily line up with our ideas of what should come to pass, but they are never with out a purpose. And if Satan is looking more like the victor in where the leadership of this country is taking us, it too is by Gods design, and He has given us another verse that we can hold on to.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
We have a responsibility to pray for Gods will to be carried out, and to vote according to what He has led you to do. Beyond this, we must place our country and the lives we live within in it into His capable hands.
And regardless of the outcome it is comforting to know that we do have a better home waiting for us…
‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’.
1 comment:
Good stuff - and I love that song to.
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