I wish I placed the trust I have in Google, on God.
This morning as I prayed, this one song niggled.
I didn’t know the name of the singer,
But, I put two sentences into Google & found it!
(It’s the Singletons I’ll Worship You All of My Days).
Ages ago, 1st year uni, summer holiday,
I was still reeling from the loss of my sister
And decided to go up north to visit a friend.
We had a similar religious background:
Vaguely Anglican upbringings and
Parents with a healthy suspicion of church folk,
But I got there to find my friend rather changed!
Bible-believing,
Choir-singing,
Community-having Christian?!
It probably existed, lol, but I hadn’t seen it before
My idea was that young people active in church
Were weird, repressed, overly eager…and weird.
But suddenly, here was my friend
With a cluster of cool, kind, funny Christians.
At the time, I looked put together
Inside I was falling apart y’all.
19 years old, angry at life,
Suspicious of God.
And here were people who seemed certain,
Certain of nothing but their faith in God.
I didn’t know what they were on,
But I was hooked.
I ‘burnt’ every one of their choir practice c.ds
This Singletons’ song was on one of those c.ds.
I don’t think they even knew what they did,
They were just being themselves,
But they inspired me to the faith.
Once I got back down to London,
I joined a church & joined the choir
(And a lot of my friends joined that church!)
Suddenly all the parables of finding treasure
Began to make sense.
I was on the brink of falling completely apart,
Those women turned out to be my saving grace.
There is no weapon we wield,
More powerful than our example.
Perhaps these strange times
Raise reasons for Christians
To be an example of peace in the madness
And love despite the hardship?🤷🏽‍♀️