See?

It was one of those days when I just had to listen to some oldies but goodies; some 60's and 70's rock.  Driving to work one fine morning, I was 'groovin' to Pink Floyd, but something just didn't sit right.  I felt I should be concentrating more on God, but my heart wasn't really in it.  I just wanted to do what I wanted to do, and at that moment, what I wanted most, was to listen to 'my' music.  "I can think about You and listen to 'Praise' music later, Father..not right now....right?"  The unsettled feeling didn't settle....it wouldn't go away but continued to nag at me.  "Okay, okay," I sighed in resignation, "I guess it's true, I should listen to some 'Praise' music."  As soon as the thought hit me, the song playing on the radio ended and the next thing I heard was the old Ocean song, 'Put Your Hand in the Hand' (see *lyrics at the bottom of the page).  Since this could be considered a 'Praise' song, and it could also be considered Rock, I was, of course, surprised and sang along happily, thanking Him for understanding. 

The song ended, and just as it did, I arrived at a red light.  I happened to glance over to the line of cars beside me, and there I saw a vehicle with the 'Jesus fish' symbol on its bumper. "Right....right. Time to change the channel, Father.  Thanks for reminding me." Dutifully, I turned the dial to our local Christian radio station, and some gentle, peaceful music immediately calmed my spirit.  I looked up to check the traffic signal, but the light hadn't turned green yet. That's when I saw it. The car directly in front of me also had a 'Jesus fish' symbol displayed on its back bumper, and just beside it was the licence plate, that read, CARLENE.  "C (see) ARLENE?"  "Yes, Father, thank you! I see!"



*lyrics to 'Put Your Hand in the Hand' (by Ocean)

Put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who stilled the water.
Put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who calmed the sea.
Take a look at yourself,
And you can look at others diff'rently,
By puttin' your hand in the hand,
Of the man from Galilee.

Every time I look into the Holy Book,
I wanna tremble (tremble).
Or when I read about the part where
The carpenter cleared the temple (temple).
For the buyers and the sellers
Were no diff'rent fellas,
Than what I profess to be.
And it causes me shame to know,
We're not the people we should be.

So, put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who stilled the water.
Put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who calmed the sea.
Take a look at yourself,
And you can look at others diff'rently,
By puttin' your hand in the hand,
Of the man from a-Galilee.

My mama taught me how to pray,
Before I reached the age of seven.
She said, "There'll come a time when
There'll probably be room in heaven."
But I'm feelin' kinda guilty 'bout,

The number of times to do

What we must do.
But we forget what He said,
Then we figure that He'll still make room.

So, you gotta put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who stilled the water.
Put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who calmed the sea.
Take a look at yourself,
And you can look at others diff'rently,
By puttin' your hand in the hand,
Of THE man from a Galilee.

Everybody come along.

Put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who stilled the water.
(Who stilled the water.)
Put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who calmed the sea.
[Fade.]
(Who calmed the sea.)
Take a look at yourself,
And you can look...