Tonight Adrianne was running singing (to the tune of “Where is Thumpkin”)
“He’s my Savior (Where is Thumpkin), He’s my Savior (Where is Thumpkin)
But instead of saying “Here I am”, the appropriate words, she responded with, “Now and Then, Now and Then”.
At first I was struck by the sad truth of that statement. The way that we use “now and then” in today’s English is so flippant, so “something-I-don’t-always-need”. I was angry at how the simple reality touched me so truthfully.
Yesterday, I also found out that my Mom who is sick with cancer most proably had a mini-stroke in the midst of the already terrible pain that she has so bravely endured. I wonder how much longer the gates of heaven will be her hope and not her reality.
Now and then…suddenly the words comfort me. He really is my Savior now…and THEN.
Today I will bask in His goodness that will still be there on the day that my Mom is called home and released from the sickly prison that holds her captive. Today, God whispered “and then” to me.
He is my Savior…now…and then. No matter what “then” holds, the reality remains. He is busy Saving and doing all the things that come along with that package…Comforting, Keeping, Sustaining.