One thing about my Daddy that most of you know is that he is an amazing musician. We are so proud of him!!!!! He’s a published song writer, and again we (all of our family) are so proud of him. One of my favorite songs of his was introduced to Lauren and me two summers ago. The first time I heard it I cried. It has a beautiful melody and meaningful lyrics.
Last May, as Nathan and I were on our way home from church, we discussed how our hearts moved from concern over the nations and needs in our area and we how we had become too self-centered with our life goals. This conversation lent its way into a renewed focus as God’s Spirit convicted us of our neglect. This song renews that conviction each time I listen to it.
Recently, my mom sent me a video on youtube of this song in…yes…Chinese! A choral group from Baptist University in Hong Kong sang it. I think everyone in our family cried! To know that the song that my dad wrote sitting on his cozy glassed-in porch in the back of their house made it literally around the world (to the glory of God) into a culture that has become so dear to me. Of course when I hear this I think about the blessing of children that God has graciously given us. Of course I think about the child I cherish inside of me as well as the child (whom we believe will be from China) I cherish in my heart. I pray they will have a heart for Jesus and for His nations! May you be blessed as you listen!
LYRICS IN ENGLISH;
WHAT FEAST WILL YOU BRING?
What feast will you bring?
Who will sit at your table?
Will you ask the broken, the hungry, the poor?
Will you seat them and feed them and show them by deed;
The love the Lord gives us is given to all.
To the feast will you bring the first fruits from your garden?
Will you bring from the cellar your most treasured wine?
Will you serve them on rarest white linen cloth,
With silver most cherished, most cherished and fine.
How will you heal the sick and the broken?
How will you feed the hungry and poor?
Will you give them the treasure laid up in your store room?
Will you open your heart and give even more?
What feast do you bring as Christ sits at your table?
Do you bring your first fruits and most treasured wine?
Do you serve them on rarest white linen cloth,
With silver most cherished and fine?
Do you see Christ in the sick and the broken?
Do you see Christ in the hungry and poor?
Will you give them the treasure laid up in your store room?
Open your heart and give even more?
“As you do unto them so you do unto me,”
Says Christ our Savior, our Lord and King.
Is your table set for the least of these?
What feast will you bring them?
What feast will you bring?
Such a beautiful moving song... and yes I am a Chinese.
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