be-musings

I've been waiting to do this post, though I didn't know what it would consist of until tonight. Thank you Matthew for the inspiration.
Last month James referred to a sermon about monsters. I found that sermon to be powerful. More so the video clip with the little girl, alone after bedtime, looking around her darkened room. I remember the feelings that she was dramatizing. Looking at the closet shapes; clothes shape-shifting in their black home. Wondering what was there that I couldn't see, as the images took on a look of animated features.
I remember being alone at home during the day and sitting with my feet up on the couch because I didn't want the almost other-worldly creature that might be under the couch to reach out and grab my ankles. I think that thought may have stemmed back to early lake experiences when my father would tell me the fish would bite my toes if I wasn't careful.
Here's a song I liked a few years ago:

Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you lovers
Put your lights on, put your lights on

Hey now, all you killers
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on

Cause there's a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She says I've got nothing to fear

There's a darkness living deep in my soul
I still got a purpose to serve
So let your light shine, deep into my home
God, don't let me lose my nerve
Lose my nerve

Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Wo oh hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now

Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on

Because there's a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say's I've got nothing to fear
La illaha illa Allah
We all shine like stars
La illaha illa Allah
We all shine like stars
Then we fade away


Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture.
None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing--nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable--absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.
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There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
We love because he first loved us.

God, show us your perfect love. Let it shine inside us so that the dark corners are filled with it. So that there's no room for monsters. That wherever we goes we know you are with us and that when we are afraid You are strong.