my deliverer

i had the joy of visiting my sweet friend Christine in the maternity ward this morning before her labor intensified, and pray with her for their baby who is still yet to come crying into this world. as i left the hospital, i thought of the circle of life... of this precious new life coming that has had so much prayer over her, and of the lives lost at Virginia Tech yesterday.

this is the song that hasn't left my head all day, that when i listen to never fails to brings tears to my eyes as surely it does to the eyes of Jesus who i love so much. this is the prayer i'm praying for all those who are rejoicing in new life, and for all the students who are trying to cope with yesterday's tragedy.

here are some of the lyrics:

Joseph took his wife and her child and they went to Africa

To escape the rage of a deadly king

There along the banks of the Nile, Jesus listened to the song

That the captive children used to sing

They were singin' My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by

My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by

Through a dry and thirsty land, water from the Kenyon heights

Pours itself out of Lake Sangra's broken heart

There in the Sahara winds Jesus heard the whole world cry

For the healing that would flow from His own scars

The world was singing My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by

My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by

He will never break His promise - He has written it upon the sky

My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by

I will never doubt His promise though I doubt my heart, I doubt my eyes

My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by

He will never break His promise though the stars should break faith with the sky

My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by

My Deliverer, Rich Mullins, the Jesus Record