Today I have been thinking a lot about sweet Ellen. How much I miss her, both as my child's keeper, but also as a friend and confidant. Wondering how her wonderful husband, Ron, was doing only 6 weeks after losing her. I was listening to some music in the background when Joe Nichols' song I'll Wait For You came on. It was a song I had never heard before, so I was listening a little harder than normal. It's a really nice song, about a husband and wife. When the last stanza came on, I was frozen in place, literally with fingers stopped in mid-air as I typed up a memo. Tears welled up in my eyes, and eventually fell by the end of the stanza. The words that I heard are these:
He didn't stop all day to eat a bite
And he finally got there around midnight
The doctor said, she's in a better place
She said to give this you this note just in case
And it said, I'll wait for you at Heaven's gate
Oh, I don't care how long it takes
And I'll tell Saint Pete I can't come in
Without my love and my best friend
Oh, this ain't nothin' new
Sweetheart, I'll wait for you
P.S. I love you, too
Sweetheart, I'll wait for you
How can anyone not believe that God listens, hears, knows the things we need to hear? Even though it's not directed at me personally, what powerful lyrics. They prompted me to write a note to Ron, telling him we still pray for him, and how much we love his family. This is not the first time I have listened to a song that has fully gripped my heart. Many are not as sad as this, but all are very touching and most come when the time in my life needs this type of reflection.
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I keep forgetting to tell you that we ran into Julie and Kaitlyn a couple weeks ago. Ron is doing ok...trying to keep busy and getting more involved again with the church. I told her that we all miss them both and to tell him we said hello.
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