“Haha! … Do It Again, Do It Again!”

“Haha! … Do It Again, Do It Again!”

When my son was in pre-school, he was obsessed with the ABC book by Dr. Seuss. We would read it every night with the anticipation and excitement to do the U page again and again and again! It went something like this…

Me: U, what begins with U?

Dillon: giggle… giggle…

Me: Uncle Ubb’s umbrella

Dillon: giggle giggle…

Me: and his… underwear, too!

Dillon: Haha! Do it again, do it again!!

I feel the same way when I read Psalm 126. Life seems like a dream and too good to be true. I laugh and I sing and God’s blessings over my life are very obvious to all looking in. Then, the complete opposite happens when God seems distant and silent, so I fall on my knees and say; “Please God! Do It Again!” It’s in that place of desperate brokenness when my soul always hears His whisper echoing back; “Do It Again!... Meet me in our Secret Place, cling to My Word, sing to me, love and forgive like you’ve never been hurt before. Do It Again! Do It Again!! Do it happy, do it sad, do it afraid, and do it even when It hurts like hell!"

This is definitely not an easy thing to do when you are heavy burdened and your soul is weary, but faith is the assurance of the things that I cannot see, and as I do it again and again, pressing on, and believing, He meets me there! And as I do it again, He lifts my countenance. Before I know it, I feel like a child playing this tag-game with my Heavenly Father, where my confidence grows stronger and my heart learns to trust deeper! Haha! Do it again, do it again!!

"It seemed like a dream, too good to be true,
    when God returned Zion’s exiles.
We laughed, we sang,
    we couldn’t believe our good fortune.
We were the talk of the nations—
    “God was wonderful to them!”
God was wonderful to us;
    we are one happy people.

And now, God, do it again—
    bring rains to our drought-stricken lives
So those who planted their crops in despair
    will shout hurrahs at the harvest,
So those who went off with heavy hearts
    will come home laughing, with armloads of blessing."