Hello everyone,
Thanks for the incredible response to my first video. I was overwhelmed to see the support and how even the concept behind these videos resonated with you.
In a world that lacks constancy, what a joy it is to be able to say that we have a friend in Jesus. Never to fail nor forget me.
I hope this song blesses you, whatever season you may find yourself in.
Thanks for watching.
| Empty Space Sessions |
I have the privilege of following Jesus around the world. But with that privilege comes the cost of constantly having to say goodbye to loved ones, time and time again. It never gets easier, but God continues to do a good work in all of us, and it goes even deeper still.
These sessions came out of a dream I had about my mother when I left home again after Christmas '20.
Where she would have been used to seeing her baby boy grow up in the same room, waking up at the same time, having breakfast together and singing worship songs from Mizoram - that space is now empty. And no matter how many days go by, thinking the same thing that I'll be there, I'm not.
It deeply pained me to think about how much grief these constant transitions must take on my parents. And then it led me to even deeper thought about how much God must truly love us. Especially in all the times that we walk away from Him and leave what may feel like spaces in His heart. But thank goodness that He is God and His love never runs dry (Isaiah 58:11).
I recently went through a rough transition and it felt like everything just slipt through my fingers without any of my control and it was so so painful and traumatic. Time went so fast. People came and went. And most significantly, someone that I dearly loved decided to abruptly walk away.
But what I found in those empty spaces that once were occupied by dancing, laughter, joy, tears, heartache and elation was God.
I pray that in '21 (or whenever you're reading this) you may find yourself in these physical and spiritual empty spaces and just be real with God. Whatever your song may be - rejoicing or mourning (Romans 12:15) - I pray that it will be so. And if there's only one thing that I know, it's that God will always meet you there.
"I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
Lamentations 3:19-23