TOTD, Jan 14

Sweet Sound In Your Ear

Let me tell you a story about the composer of the song I Love You Lord: Laurie Klein

A remote mobile home gleams faintly in the crisp Autumn sunrise. Within that metal refuge in the high deserts of central Oregon, a young mother is having a quiet time with the Lord. Her toddler is still asleep. Her husband is a full time college student, and the couple is surviving on $400 per month. They have no home church, no friends nearby, and she does not drive. Even the expense of a long distance phone call might leave them without milk or bread in weeks to come.
Such is the backdrop of Laurie Klein's classic praise song, "Love You, Lord", written in 1974.
"It was a very hopeless time, a very depressed time," she summarizes. "I felt the poverty of my own life keenly at that point, both emotionally and physically."
"That morning I was so empty," she says, recalling her time with the Lord. "I knew I didn't have anything to offer Him. I asked if He would like to hear me sing . . if He would just give me something He would be in the mood to hear."
Klein describes "I Love You, Lord", as a gift from God that emerged spontaneously: "I sang the first half and put the chords with it with no effort," she says.
I love You Lord
and I lift my voice
To worship You
O my soul, rejoice!

Intrigued and moved by these words, she remembers thinking, "maybe I should write that down." She stopped long enough to get a pen. When she came back, the last two phrases came just as easily:

Take joy, my King
in what you hear
May it be a sweet, sweet sound
in Your ear.

Well, I was moved by Laurie's wonderful way to worship God. She has nothing to offer, except an open heart full with thanksgiving and LOVE to our dear God.
For many times, we feel that we don't have anything to offer Him. We don't have enough money to help others, we don't have beautiful voice to sing in music ministry for Him, maybe we thought we left with nothing (this usually happens in times of depression).
But, at least we can still connect with Him through prayers. A simple one will do. As long as we pray it with full sincerity, I'm sure it will please Him and it will be a sweet sound in His ear. (-fon-)

Praise our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard.
---Psalm 66:8