HEAVEN SERENADES: Jesus I Belong to You
(Heaven Serenades are poems written to be read are song called ‘Psalms’)
At this very moment, many of our brothers and sisters are going through depression, sickness, grief, and so much more; please pray for them. One of my sweet sisters I have the pleasure of knowing is, Marla Warren. I met her seven years ago when she had Stage 4 Brain Cancer and we spent time together as I walked with her walk on her journey to healing. She is doing wonderfully, thank you, Lord! Marla asked that we pray for her husband, Johnny Warren who almost died twice in the hospital from pancreatitis.
Oh, Lord Jesus the healer of our body and soul, please heal and restore our dear brother to health or relieve the painful struggles in his body. Lord, You know what’s best for Your Beloved… thy will be done. Amen.
Today, I want to share a short reflection from my sister in Christ and friend, Sonia Brown. I have known Sonia for over 40 years. We both got saved in Fairbanks, Alaska in the same Bible Study group, called, The Overcomers. We have walked through many challenges together over the years and we have found our Lord to be simply amazing! We have been praying for Sonia since November 2020 when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer. By our Father’s grace, she is walking through it with Him. I wrote a psalm of encouragement and sent it to her, but first, let’s hear from her heart and her journey of discovery.
My Lord and I…
My sweet friend and sister in the Lord asked me to jot down a few notes on this journey I am on and what God has meant to me. I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer on November 10, 2020, I know right?!.. what a year to remember! Through every trial, disappointment, hurt, discouragement, betrayal, unmet expectation, etc. I have said, “Lord, I am your child and I am climbing in your lap. I don’t understand what is happening or what is going on, and I don’t have to, but I will trust you. I know you know all about this and I will rest and rely on you to take me through.” This was certainly no different while sitting in the doctor’s office. I know God had prepared me for this journey many years in advance.
I was ‘saved’ when I was a junior in High School. I loved the people of God, and all the things we did for the Lord and in the name of the Lord. I measured myself up against those I saw and always felt unworthy or not enough. God did not seem to bless me like he blessed others. He didn’t speak to me as he spoke to others. I read the word and believed most of it, but the one thing I didn’t believe was that he loved me. I said he loved me but deep down in my soul, I knew I didn’t believe it. It took many years before this would become a truth I believed. I would have to write a book on how God revealed himself in me, but suffice to say, once I learned that all-important truth the Bible opened up to me like never before. Once I knew I was saved by grace and not by my works or how good I was and that God loved me right where I was, even through my struggles, and addiction, I was set free. Knowing that Christ truly lives in me, giving me access to our Heavenly Father, to be able to stand before Him or in my case, crawl in his lap and rest, is so awesome!
As I walk this journey, I know words are so important. I will not allow fear to steal one day that God has purposed for me to be on this earth! I know that when Christ died, He took the keys of death from the enemy, and He will determine how long I shall live, not fear or man. I rest in Him. I trust His word and I rest in his promises to us as believers. He will never leave me nor forsake me. Jesus loves me!
Sonia
JESUS I BELONG TO YOU
Copyright © 2021 by Tresca S. Grannum
(Written for my Sister in Christ, Sonia Brown)
In pain or in pleasure, Jesus, I belong to You.
There is nothing in this life You can’t bring me through.
Through tears or laughter, I am always in Your hands.
Your heart is my heart, my Lord, I am always in Your plan.
At this moment, if just for a season, pain, and sadness I must endure.
Whether life or death, Your perfect will for me is sure.
As I walk through the dust of life, still abiding in Your grace.
You are always holding me tightly, daily, I see Your face.
So I rest under Your sweet comforter that always keeps me warm.
No matter the darkness, rains, or even the storms.
I belong to You my Jesus and I am always in Your arms.
So rest my soul, it’s midnight, the sun will rise again.
Our Lord is living within us carrying out His perfect plan.
Even though I walk through these shadows of death, I will fear no evil because You are IN ME. Psalm 23:4
And Greater is He that lives within me than he that is in this world. I John 4:4
Enjoy Christ, Enjoy Life!
2 thoughts on “HEAVEN SERENADES: Jesus I Belong to You”
Praying for you, dear Sonia!
Your verses feed my soul, Tresca! Keep on writing.
Thank you Jan! I forwarded your message to Sonia. Under our New Covenant, Psalm 23 has a different meaning. No longer is “Thou are with me,” as David understood God. For us, isn’t it wonderful, “Thou art IN ME!”