I’ve been to church, I’ve read the Book
I know He’s here but I don’t look
Near as often as I should… yeah, I know I should…
His fingerprints are everywhere,
I just slowed down to stop and stare,
Opened my eyes and man I swear,
I saw God todayFrom George Strait’s newest single I Saw God Today
It’s no secret that King George is my favorite artist. I own every album he’s released, all the way back the the first one in 1981. In all that time and in all those tapes and CDs, there have been dozens and dozens of songs that I count among my all-time favorites… in fact, even just to trim it to a top 50 proves quite a challenge to me. However amongst all those great songs, it could be said that none have had quite the same kind of impact on me as his newest single that was released today.
The chorus (which is printed above) really struck home with me. As I listened to the words, it hit me just how well those words describe me. After all, I have been to church and I have read the Book, and I know He’s here… and yet, so often I live as though He is only around in certain times and in certain places. It’s not that I ever doubt or question His existence, but so often I get too caught up in life and it’s daily events – both good and bad… and I lose sight of the fact that He is all around and in everything and every part of my life. The problem is I just don’t look.
I know that if I could slow down and take the time to look, I would see God so much more often… and I can only imagine how that would change my perspective on so many things and revolutionize my attitude and the way I live my life.
The song closes with yet another verse that I must comment on:
Got my face pressed up against the nursery glass,
She’s sleeping like a rock…
My name on her wrist, and tiny pink socks.
She’s got my nose, she’s got her mamma’s eyes.
My brand new baby girl, she’s a miracle…
I saw God today”
I can say without a doubt, the day that I saw my little baby girl for the first time, I most definitely saw God that day. And in a way, she still plays that role in my daily life. There are so many times that I get worked up about something and then she comes to me with those big eyes and beautiful smile, with her arms raised up in the hopes that I will sweep her up and give her a big bear hug… and I am reminded of my priorities and the miracle that she is… and God uses her and those moments to remind me of Him and His blessings in my life.
In that way and many others, I definitely saw God today.
[...] I came across this interview with George talking about his new hit single that I originally wrote about back on February 4th – “’I Saw God Today’ is such a well-written song. It means a lot. Sometimes we take a lot of things for granted, especially anybody that’s had a child. When they first see them, if they’re in the delivery room or not, when they first see that child, it truly is a miracle and you just realize that all of these things that God has given us and how many blessings that we have around us all the time that sometimes you just take for granted. But if you just step back and take a look around you’ll see what beauty we have around us in the things that He’s created for us.” [...]
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