There are a couple of songs that have touched Joy and me during this planning and preparing phase of The Rwanda Project.I'd heard "Give Me Your Eyes" by Brandon Heath before, but had never really listened to the words closely. I was driving to meet Joy for TRP details when this song came on.
This time, I heard all the words, and my heart was silenced by the plea in these lyrics.
"Give me Your eyes for just one second
give me Your eyes so I can see
everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken-hearted
the ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me Your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see"
I told Joy about it when I arrived at her place. A few days later, Joy was working on addressing envelopes for support letters and the song came on again. It was a beautiful moment for her to look over envelopes representing people she loves and sing this song in prayer for them, for their eyes, their arms, their hearts.
This is our passion for our lives, here and in Africa. We want to see people the way God does. We want you to see too. Father, give us Your eyes.
For "Give Me Your Eyes," click here.
[We'll reference the other songs in posts to come.]
1 comment:
What a terrific song. I can't imagine how your hearts are stirred by this prayer, knowing (or at least anticipating) what you are about to experience. But even the brief glimpse of your heart's cry from this song is a challenge to me that my passion and vision, like yours, would mirror that of Christ. Thank you!
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