Raindrops … Falling on My Head?
May 25, 2012
It is the morning of our first day of garage sale. We start at noon and they are saying there is the possibility of rain. Rain really puts a damper on things when it comes to garage sales. We need the rain, but I hope it waits until after noon tomorrow :-).
But there is a rain of another sort that I’ll take anytime. I read the story of how it was that Elizabeth Codner, wife of an Anglican pastor, came to write her hymn, “Even Me”.
She was having her personal devotions one day when she became deeply impressed with a verse of Scripture, Ezekiel 34:26: “I will cause the shower to come down in the season, there shall be showers of blessing.”
Mrs. Codner thought about the important necessity of water in the dry country of Palestine. It then occurred to her that it was much like the necessity of the daily refreshment of the Holy Spirit and the Scriptures in a believer’s life. When she was still contemplating this truth, a group of young people from church came visiting and shared with her some of their experiences in a recent trip to Ireland. They related that certain cities and areas of that country had experienced a spiritual awakening during the time of their visit. The young people were thrilled to have been witnesses of this event. As they were describing their experience, Mrs. Codner began to pray that these young people would not be content merely to have been spectators of the Holy Spirit’s ministry but would also desire a genuine outpouring of His power in their individual lives. With the words of Ezekiel 34:26 in mind, she challenged them with the remark, “While the Lord is pouring out such showers of blessing upon others, pray that some drops will fall on you.”
Shortly thereafter, with the impact of the young people’s experience still fresh in her mind, she penned these challenging words.
Lord, I hear of show’rs of blessing Thou art scatt’ring full and free; show’rs the thirsty land refreshing—let some drops now fall on me. Love of God so pure and changeless, blood of Christ so rich and free, grace of God so strong and boundless: magnify them all in me. Pass me not! Thy lost one bringing, bind my heart, O Lord, to Thee; while the streams of life are springing, blessing others, O bless me.Refrain: Even me, even me, let Thy blessing fall on me.
It reminds me of the hymn we sang last Sunday, by Daniel Whittle:
There shall be showers of blessing: This is the promise of love; There shall be seasons refreshing, Sent from the Savior above.Refrain
Showers of blessing, Showers of blessing we need: Mercy-drops round us are falling, But for the showers we plead. There shall be showers of blessing, Precious reviving again; Over the hills and the valleys, Sound of abundance of rain. There shall be showers of blessing; Send them upon us, O Lord; Grant to us now a refreshing, Come, and now honor Thy Word. There shall be showers of blessing: Oh, that today they might fall, Now as to God we’re confessing, Now as on Jesus we call! There shall be showers of blessing, If we but trust and obey; There shall be seasons refreshing, If we let God have His way.Lord … have Your way in my life to the extent that I am drenched in your blessings!
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