Today when I was at church, I was walking past the preschool class and the teacher was having all the kids run around in a circle and she was yelling “Run like a deer! Run like a deer to Jesus!” And I got all choked up. God wanted me to hear that phrase and it just got me right in the heart, it made me think of the imagery of the deer panting for the water and how desperate we need to be for God. Anyway, I wrote this song tonight about it. I don’t know why my voice sounds all pop-diva in it. I didn’t mean to. Anyway, here it is:

Run Like A Deer
I have taken cover underneath the shelter
Of my own human strength
I’ve gone to other lovers seeking their protection
I have tirelessly sought them

Now you have brought me to the wilderness
Hedged me in behind and before
Here I am now broken hearted empty handed
I wait upon the presence of the Lord

And I run run run like a deer to you Jesus
There is no other love that satifies
I am thirsting for the living water
Only you Lord can provide

I will run to you
As You run to me Lord
I will run to you
As You run to me

Now you have brought me to the wilderness
Hedged me in behind and before
And I will worship in the glory of Your presence
Blessed are those who wait upon the Lord

My mom made this dress for me. I wore it for Easter in 1977.

Here is Nadia Elsie in it 30 years later, Easter 2007. Missing a bow but still in great shape!

Heidi: Easter 2009. One or two more stains but it’s still holding up. I wonder if my mom had any idea it would last this long!

Once I was at a marriage seminar and I remember the speaker saying that a woman talking is like a garden hose – When you first turn it on, it sputters and spurts out a bunch of water and sediment for a little while, and then finally the pure cold water flows. They were making a point that women have to talk for a while before they can get their point out. I don’t know if that’s true of most women. I’m not a big talker so I can’t relate to it that well. However, that concept always stuck in my mind and I think it definitely makes sense to me when it comes to creativity. We can’t expect things to come out perfectly at the start. We will severely cripple ourselves if we wait for that. We must turn the hose on, come what may. The cold clear water can only flow behind the junk that has to come out first…

Recorded last night with my friends Ed and Natalie Wall.

Overflow Me

Let the water rise inside of me
Let the water rise inside of me
You have made a well inside me
Let the water swell inside me
Let the water rise inside of me

Holy Spirit reign inside of me
Holy Spirit reign inside of me
I am weak, Oh God You know me
I need You to overflow me
Holy Spirit reign inside of me

For You, You are the source of life
And You, You cannot be contained
Oh Lord, I am your vessel
Pour out your glory till You cover the earth
Rise up and spill out of me
Pour out love until You cover the whole earth

ⓒ2009 Mary Brewer

Check out the work in progress by Rachel and a little bit me…
And check out the peepers on these trees…